Carpenters Salary in Helena, MT

Carpenters pay range in Helena

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,230 a year or less, while the top 10% make $77,570 or more. The middle half of carpenters in Helena earn between $49,020 and $64,180.

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

Carpenters salary after taxes in Helena

On the average salary of $58,940, a single filer in Helena takes home about $47,525 a year, or $3,960 a month and $1,828 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Helena area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.7), so the average $58,940 buys what about $61,604 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Helena ($55,040). A typical home costs $477,996, or 8.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Carpenters salary in other Montana cities

Helena ranks 3rd of 5 Montana metro areas for this job; Bozeman pays the most ($65,740).

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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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Related jobs in Helena

• Electricians$71,150 a year
• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$63,460 a year
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,550 a year
• Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$57,010 a year
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance$55,040 a year
• Construction Laborers$51,060 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$79,430 a year
• Construction and Building Inspectors$75,650 a year

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