Salary Data/Carpenter by State/Midwest/Wisconsin/Madison

Carpenter Salary in Madison

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from Carpenters Local 1781, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

Carpenters Local 1781 is the union local for carpenters in Madison, part of the Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters, with the council's Madison Training Center at the local's hall on Monument Lane. Wisconsin has no state prevailing wage law, so prevailing wage requirements apply only to federally funded construction.

Union Scale

Carpenters Local 1781 journeyman carpenter Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$42.45

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $42.45/hr

Benefit contribution: $28.78/hr

Total package: $71.23/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$88,296

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$24,816

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the Carpenters Local 1781 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	Northern Midwest Carpenters Madison Training Center
Address	5202 Monument Lane, Madison, WI 53704
Phone	(608) 241-0960
Website	nmcarpenters.com
Minimum Score	Not published

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Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$63,480

+$2,900 vs. national

Median Hourly

$30.52

vs. Wisconsin

+$1,800

vs. state average

Total Employed

2,320

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	$63,480
Annual Mean Wage	$68,120
Hourly Median Wage	$30.52
Hourly Mean Wage	$32.75
Total Employed	2,320
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Wisconsin

Madison MC3
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Other Carpenter Markets in Wisconsin

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Union Rates in Wisconsin and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Wisconsin, 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.

Carpenters Local 2096

Oshkosh

$41.43/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective June 2025

Carpenters Local 2096

Appleton