Salary Data/Carpenter by State/Southeast/Mississippi/Gulfport

Carpenter Salary in Gulfport

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from Carpenters Local 1846, effective January 2025.

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Market Context

Carpenters Local 1846, based in Metairie, Louisiana, is the union local for carpenters in Gulfport and the Southern Regional Council of Carpenters' only carpenters local for Mississippi. Its Mississippi office and training center share an address on Highway 63 in Moss Point, in Jackson County at the east end of the metro. The rate shown is Jackson County's, because no union carpenter rate is published for Harrison County.

Union Scale

Carpenters Local 1846 journeyman carpenter Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$31.36

Effective January 2025

Base wage: $31.36/hr

Benefit contribution: $13.45/hr

Total package: $44.81/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$65,229

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$15,759

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the Carpenters Local 1846 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	Moss Point Carpenter & Millwright Training Center
Address	7600 Highway 63, Moss Point, MS 39563
Phone	(228) 475-2205
Website	southernrcc.org
Minimum Score	Not published

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Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$49,470

-$11,110 vs. national

Median Hourly

$23.78

vs. Mississippi

+$2,887

vs. state average

Total Employed

530

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.