Carpenters Salary in Wausau, WI

Carpenters pay range in Wausau

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,230 a year or less, while the top 10% make $79,010 or more. The middle half of carpenters in Wausau earn between $48,130 and $61,680.

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

Carpenters salary after taxes in Wausau

On the average salary of $56,090, a single filer in Wausau takes home about $45,371 a year, or $3,781 a month and $1,745 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 Wausau a good place for carpenters? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Wausau area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $56,090 buys what about $60,539 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Wausau ($48,790). A typical home costs $274,194, or 4.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Carpenters salary in other Wisconsin cities

Wausau ranks 13th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Oshkosh pays the most ($75,310).

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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 Wausau

• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$83,350 a year
• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$79,550 a year
• Sheet Metal Workers$72,200 a year
• Electricians$70,720 a year
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$65,880 a year
• Construction Laborers$55,850 a year
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance$51,670 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$80,200 a year

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