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These are guide ranges mapped to Nevada's 2025 statewide wage distribution. BLS does not publish these specific career-level rates.
Last updated October 1, 2026. Rates are market estimates, not guarantees.
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Discover Nevada carpenter hourly rates, annual salaries, career levels, credentials, industries, and factors affecting earning potential.
Carpenters in Nevada construct, install, and repair wood and comparable-material structures, including framing, forms, doors, windows, cabinets, and related fixtures. CareerOneStop, using BLS latest wage estimates, reports Nevada carpenters at $20.03 per hour at the 10th percentile, $29.99 median, and $49.21 at the 90th percentile. Those figures correspond to $41,670, $62,380, and $102,360 annually. Actual earnings can vary with experience, location, specialization, employer, union status, overtime, and project type. Nevada public works can use separate prevailing wage schedules, which include base wages and applicable fringe benefits. The statewide figures are occupational wages, not guaranteed rates for individual jobs or career levels.
These are guide ranges mapped to Nevada's latest statewide wage distribution. BLS does not publish these specific career-level rates.
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$28.00 is above roughly 46% of this market. The top quarter starts at $36.00, and the median sits at $29.00.
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An estimate, not an offer. Overtime is paid at time and a half past forty hours.
Public works and specialized construction can have higher published rates.
This is the 2025–2026 prevailing wage rate for a union carpenter journeyman in qualifying Clark County public works.
This is the 2025–2026 prevailing wage rate for a union carpenter journeyman in qualifying Washoe County public works.
Residential carpentry includes framing, installation, repairs, and finish work across Nevada's housing construction market.
Commercial carpenters work on buildings, interiors, framing, fixtures, and other larger construction projects.
Industrial projects can involve structural carpentry, concrete forms, installation, repair, and related construction activities.
Carpentry work on qualifying heavy, highway, and engineering public works follows applicable Nevada prevailing wage schedules.
Median hourly across every state with a published guide for this trade. Cost of living is not netted out — compare take-home, not just the rate.
Sorted by payback speed.
| Certification | Rate bump | Extra / year | Cost | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCCER Carpentry Level 2 | +$1 | $2,080 | $190 | 5 weeks |
| Scaffold User/Competent Person (OSHA-aligned) | +$1 | $2,080 | $210 | 5 weeks |
| NCCER Carpentry Level 1 | +$0.75 | $1,560 | $190 | 6 weeks |
| Fall Protection Competent Person (OSHA-aligned) | +$0.75 | $1,560 | $165 | 6 weeks |
| First Aid/CPR (OSHA-aligned) | +$0.25 | $520 | $70 | 7 weeks |
| OSHA 10-Hour Construction | +$0.25 | $520 | $85 | 9 weeks |
| OSHA 30-Hour Construction | +$0.50 | $1,040 | $170 | 9 weeks |
Past forty hours the rate is time and a half. Built from the rate above. At $29.99/hr.
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