Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters · SOC 51-7011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenterss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 219 metro areas

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Jonesboro, AR	$66,860	40	0.7
2	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$66,040	50	0.4
3	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$64,130	70	0.6
4	Barnstable Town, MA	$63,270	50	0.5
5	Rockford, IL	$60,900	70	0.5
6	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$60,390	50	0.3
7	New Haven, CT	$60,340	80	0.3
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,240	2,020	0.2
9	Peoria, IL	$60,040	50	0.3
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$59,870	660	0.3
11	Reno, NV	$59,840	110	0.4
12	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$59,440	90	0.5
13	Bozeman, MT	$59,160	110	1.6
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$59,120	790	0.3
15	Savannah, GA	$58,670	240	1.2
16	Madison, WI	$58,620	80	0.2
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$58,620	320	0.3
18	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$57,170	80	0.3
19	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$57,110	50	0.9
20	Kingston, NY	$56,910	50	0.8
21	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$56,410	1,420	0.3
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$56,370	590	0.3
23	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$56,030	70	0.8
24	Bellingham, WA	$55,880	50	0.5
25	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$55,750	190	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.