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CareerOneStop reports these 2025 Oregon wage figures for Carpenters, SOC 47-2031, using BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data.
Last updated October 5, 2026. Rates are market estimates, not guarantees.
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Discover Oregon carpenter hourly rates, annual salaries, career levels, credentials, industries, and factors affecting earning potential.
Carpenters build, remodel, install, and repair structures including framing, roofs, stairs, decks, doors, windows, cabinets, concrete forms, and interior finishes. Oregon carpenters earn $21.06 per hour at the 10th percentile, $30.23 at the median, and $51.13 at the 90th percentile. These figures correspond to $43,800, $62,870, and $106,360 annually. The data comes from BLS OEWS estimates for SOC 47-2031. Actual pay varies by experience, specialty, location, employer, union status, overtime, and project type. Oregon also has state prevailing wage requirements for qualifying public works, with rates varying by occupation, region, project type, and applicable rate book.
Rates typically increase with experience, skills, and responsibility.
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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 classifications can carry substantially higher published rates.
Oregon's current public works schedule lists this base rate for Group 3 millwright carpenters in qualifying covered projects.
Group 5 bridge and highway carpenters have a published Oregon public works base rate of $56.06 per hour.
Group 6 piledriver carpenters have a published Oregon public works base rate of $56.06 per hour.
Group 2 carpenters have a published Oregon public works base rate of $54.86 per hour for covered projects.
Group 1 carpenters have a published Oregon public works base rate of $54.69 per hour for qualifying covered projects.
Oregon requires prevailing wages on qualifying public works, with rates determined by occupation, location, project circumstances, and applicable rate book.
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 $30.23/hr.
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