Salary Data/Carpenter by State/Mid-Atlantic/Delaware/Dover

Carpenter Salary in Dover

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from UBC Local 255, effective May 2025.

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Market Context

UBC Local 255 is the union local for carpenters in Dover, part of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters; its territory includes Kent, New Castle, and Sussex counties, with the council's Delaware apprentice schools in Georgetown and New Castle. Delaware's prevailing wage law applies to public construction.

Union Scale

UBC Local 255 journeyman carpenter Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$38.27

Effective May 2025

Base wage: $38.27/hr

Benefit contribution: $25.34/hr

Total package: $63.61/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$79,602

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$27,462

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the UBC Local 255 journeyman carpenter journey-level rate from the applicable Davis-Bacon wage determination. The BLS area median reflects all carpenters across all employment types and experience levels.

JATC Information

Training Center	Carpenters Apprentice School of Georgetown
Address	21420 Vaughn Road, Georgetown, DE 19947
Phone	(609) 567-0400
Website	eascarpenters.org
Minimum Score	Not published

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Check with UBC Local 255 for its current application requirements, including any aptitude test.

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Area Wage Data

All carpenters, union and non-union, all experience levels

Median Annual

$52,140

-$8,440 vs. national

Median Hourly

$25.07

vs. Delaware

+$1,275

vs. state average

Total Employed

270

In this area

Full Wage Breakdown

All carpenters, union and non-union, all experience levels. Wage figures only, employer-paid benefits, pension contributions, and health and welfare are not included.

Annual Median Wage	$52,140
Annual Mean Wage	$57,460
Hourly Median Wage	$25.07
Hourly Mean Wage	$27.62
Total Employed	270
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Other Carpenter Markets in Delaware

Sussex Delaware (Non-Metro)

$49,590

Non-Metro

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Union Rates Within 300 Miles

There is no other Delaware metro in our coverage. These are the nearest metros in other states, within 300 miles, nearest first. Journey-level rates are sourced from Davis-Bacon wage determinations, state prevailing wage determinations, or, where a local publishes one directly, its own collective bargaining agreement.

UBC Local 255

Vineland

$57.42/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective May 2025

UBC Local 158

Philadelphia