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Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters · SOC 51-7011

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$59,120
Median hourly wage$28.43

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $59,120 per year ($28.43 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,430 at the 10th percentile to $80,480 at the 90th. BLS estimates 790 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters in the Boston metro area earn more than $59,120 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,880 and $70,980.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$45,430$48,880$59,120$70,980$80,480
Hourly$21.84$23.50$28.43$34.13$38.69

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $59,120
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $58,040
  • United Statesnational
    $46,680

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Massachusetts overall and +27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$22,530$37,307$52,083$66,860Aguadilla, PR — $22,530San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,680Valdosta, GA — $30,310Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $32,540McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $34,810Oklahoma City, OK — $36,340Lubbock, TX — $36,360Columbus, GA-AL — $36,400Amarillo, TX — $36,690Waco, TX — $36,720Tulsa, OK — $36,740Pocatello, ID — $36,760Tyler, TX — $36,780Albany, GA — $36,950Mobile, AL — $37,180Williamsport, PA — $37,240San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,340Dothan, AL — $37,410Columbus, IN — $37,450College Station-Bryan, TX — $38,010Killeen-Temple, TX — $38,030Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,240Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $38,440Tallahassee, FL — $38,520Lexington-Fayette, KY — $38,650Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,760Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $39,240Port St. Lucie, FL — $39,280Duluth, MN-WI — $40,120Chambersburg, PA — $40,260Eugene-Springfield, OR — $40,700Athens-Clarke County, GA — $40,990Birmingham, AL — $41,010Lafayette, LA — $41,600Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,640Auburn-Opelika, AL — $42,050Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $42,070Logan, UT-ID — $42,920Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $42,950Gainesville, GA — $43,050Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $43,720Montgomery, AL — $43,720Chattanooga, TN-GA — $43,770Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,990State College, PA — $44,020Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,030Idaho Falls, ID — $44,090Roanoke, VA — $44,170Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $44,310Gainesville, FL — $44,450Gettysburg, PA — $44,450Huntsville, AL — $44,450Joplin, MO-KS — $44,490Tucson, AZ — $44,820Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,880Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,920South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,010Columbia, MO — $45,070Fort Smith, AR-OK — $45,090Wausau, WI — $45,100Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,120Winston-Salem, NC — $45,230Fort Wayne, IN — $45,330Fresno, CA — $45,340Baton Rouge, LA — $45,370La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,390Erie, PA — $45,420Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $45,440Youngstown-Warren, OH — $45,460Springfield, MO — $45,520Missoula, MT — $45,540Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $45,580Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,620Great Falls, MT — $45,630Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $45,660Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,690Ogden, UT — $45,820Salem, OR — $45,820Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,830Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $45,840Harrisonburg, VA — $45,910Green Bay, WI — $45,930Boise City, ID — $45,940Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $45,950Asheville, NC — $45,970Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $46,080St. George, UT — $46,140Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $46,240Wichita, KS — $46,260St. Cloud, MN — $46,270Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $46,360Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,410Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $46,470Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,470Urban Honolulu, HI — $46,500Albany, OR — $46,530Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,540Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $46,620Grand Junction, CO — $46,640Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,710North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,730Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $46,830Lancaster, PA — $46,850Knoxville, TN — $46,890York-Hanover, PA — $46,930Fargo, ND-MN — $46,940Bismarck, ND — $47,000Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $47,030Traverse City, MI — $47,030Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $47,060Cedar Rapids, IA — $47,110Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,120Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,140Jacksonville, FL — $47,140Coeur d'Alene, ID — $47,160Richmond, VA — $47,230Modesto, CA — $47,240Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,240Salinas, CA — $47,250Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,270Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,290Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $47,360Colorado Springs, CO — $47,360Greeley, CO — $47,370Bangor, ME — $47,410Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,420Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,440Medford, OR — $47,480Jefferson City, MO — $47,520Wilmington, NC — $47,520Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,530Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,540Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,680Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,720Syracuse, NY — $47,860Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,880Helena, MT — $47,950San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,950Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,960Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $48,070Bend, OR — $48,080Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $48,120Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $48,130Rochester, NY — $48,210Johnstown, PA — $48,300Kansas City, MO-KS — $48,350Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $48,380San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $48,460Appleton, WI — $48,480Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $48,550Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $48,580Omaha, NE-IA — $48,600Billings, MT — $48,610Akron, OH — $48,660Chico, CA — $48,750Canton-Massillon, OH — $48,790Evansville, IN — $48,800Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $48,850Springfield, MA — $48,850Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,900Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,000Columbus, OH — $49,000Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,040Albuquerque, NM — $49,050Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,050Punta Gorda, FL — $49,090Columbia, SC — $49,160Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $49,340Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $49,530Reading, PA — $49,540Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $49,550Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $49,610Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,650St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,830Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,260Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $50,400Fond du Lac, WI — $50,590Boulder, CO — $50,800Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $51,020Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $51,020Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,110Cleveland, OH — $51,370Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $51,830Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $51,870Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $52,180Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $52,430Charlottesville, VA — $52,640Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $53,280Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $53,670Pittsburgh, PA — $54,080Worcester, MA — $54,780Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $54,890Rochester, MN — $55,030Vallejo, CA — $55,450Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,750Bellingham, WA — $55,880Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $56,030Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $56,370Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $56,410Kingston, NY — $56,910Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $57,110Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $57,170Madison, WI — $58,620San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $58,620Savannah, GA — $58,670Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,120Bozeman, MT — $59,160Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $59,440Reno, NV — $59,840San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $59,870Peoria, IL — $60,040New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,240New Haven, CT — $60,340Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $60,390Rockford, IL — $60,900Barnstable Town, MA — $63,270Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $64,130Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $66,040Jonesboro, AR — $66,860

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 14th-highest published median for this occupation among the 219 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $59,120
  • Barnstable Town metro area
    $63,270
  • Worcester metro area
    $54,780
  • Springfield metro area
    $48,850

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,860Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$48,060First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$82,660Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$58,210Machinists$72,060Bakers$38,570

Highest-paying metro areas for cabinetmakers and bench carpenterss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.