How Much Do Cabinet Builders Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Cabinetmakers And Bench Carpenters

Cabinetmakers And Bench Carpenters cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.

Salary
$38900
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Low
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$38900 per year
Hourly wage
$19 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$25,310 to $29,530 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$12 to $14 per hour

Entry-level Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $25,310 to $29,530 per year or $12 to $14 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
D

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $28 $57,460
Senior (Top 25%) $22 $46,500
Middle (Mid 50%) $18 $36,710
Junior (Bottom 25%) $14 $29,530
No experience (Bottom 10%) $12 $25,310

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
HI $26 $53,240
NJ $24 $49,850
NY $24 $49,850
MA $23 $48,030
VT $23 $47,650
RI $23 $47,450
NH $22 $46,280
DE $22 $45,810
IL $22 $44,780
CT $22 $44,760

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Cabinetmaker and Bench Carpenter is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like HI doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at HI might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Cabinet Builders are in the states of HI, NJ, NY, MA and VT.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Federal Executive Branch $56790 $27.30
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing $52830 $25.40
Local Government $50950 $24.49
Elementary and Secondary Schools $49990 $24.03
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $48040 $23.10
Building Material and Supplies Dealers $46270 $22.25
Specialized Design Services $46170 $22.20
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $45930 $22.08
Warehousing and Storage $45520 $21.89
Home Furnishings Stores $44560 $21.42
Machinery Manufacturing $44390 $21.34
Residential Building Construction $44310 $21.30
Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance $44040 $21.17
Electronics and Appliance Stores $43530 $20.93
Management of Companies and Enterprises $42400 $20.38
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing $42270 $20.32
Nonresidential Building Construction $41800 $20.10
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing $41670 $20.03
Building Finishing Contractors $41620 $20.01
Ship and Boat Building $41160 $19.79
Plastics Product Manufacturing $40530 $19.48
Furniture Stores $40500 $19.47
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing $38890 $18.70
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing $38480 $18.50
Other Wood Product Manufacturing $36980 $17.78
Employment Services $35800 $17.21
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods $34770 $16.72
Automotive Repair and Maintenance $33980 $16.34
Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing $32280 $15.52
Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing $31920 $15.35

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