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Carpenter Salary in Allentown

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from UBC Local 167, effective May 2025.

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UBC Local 167 is the union local for carpenters in the Lehigh Valley, part of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, with the local's hall and the council's Allentown apprentice school on Vultee Street. Pennsylvania's prevailing wage law applies to public construction.

UBC Local 167 journeyman carpenter Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly
$39.74
Effective May 2025
Base wage: $39.74/hr
Benefit contribution: $28.09/hr
Total package: $67.83/hr
Journey-Level Annual
$82,659
Based on 2,080 hrs / year
vs. BLS Area Median
+$23,119
Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the UBC Local 167 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.

Training CenterCarpenters Apprentice School of Allentown
Address1818 Vultee Street, Allentown, PA 18103
Phone(610) 866-3030
Websiteeascarpenters.org
Minimum ScoreNot published

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Check with UBC Local 167 for its current application requirements, including any aptitude test.

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

Median Annual
$59,540
-$1,040 vs. national
Median Hourly
$28.63
vs. Pennsylvania
+$4,356
vs. state average
Total Employed
1,390
In this area

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$59,540
Annual Mean Wage$61,870
Hourly Median Wage$28.63
Hourly Mean Wage$29.75
Total Employed1,390
Area TypeMetropolitan Area
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Up to six other metros in Pennsylvania, nearest first, then metros in other states within 300 miles. 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.

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Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 47-2031). How we build these figures →