Carpenters Salary in Lawrence, KS

Carpenters pay range in Lawrence

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,180 a year or less, while the top 10% make $95,450 or more. The middle half of carpenters in Lawrence earn between $50,650 and $95,450.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Carpenters salary after taxes in Lawrence

On the average salary of $68,080, a single filer in Lawrence takes home about $53,725 a year, or $4,477 a month and $2,066 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Lawrence a good place for carpenters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Lawrence area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.2), so the average $68,080 buys what about $75,441 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Lawrence ($47,390). A typical home costs $340,687, or 5.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Carpenters salary in other Kansas cities

Lawrence ranks 1st of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for carpenters

Fairbanks, AK pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($90,730).

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• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$63,690 a year
• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$63,480 a year
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,290 a year
• Electricians$61,020 a year
• Construction Laborers$50,630 a year
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance$43,100 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$80,990 a year
• Construction and Building Inspectors$72,860 a year

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