how much do you have to pay a carpenter?
The average annual salary for a union carpenter was $76,000 as of 2013, according to Careerbliss. This equates to $36.53 per hour, based on 40-hour workweeks. During apprenticeship training, a carpenter is typically paid 30 to 50 percent of the wages he'll earn once he completes his training, according to the BLS. Unions usually pay their carpenter apprentices more. For example, apprentices who trained through the Mid-Atlantic Carpenters' Union earned $18.77 and $21.45 per hour, respectively, during their second and third years in Washington, D.C., according to the Mid-Atlantic Carpenters' Training Center.