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Carpenters pay in College Station-Bryan, TX and Kankakee, IL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Carpenters is $46,970 per year in College Station-Bryan, TX. It is $95,280 per year in Kankakee, IL. College Station-Bryan, TX is 50.7% below Kankakee, IL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 170 wage and salary jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX and 120 in Kankakee, IL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings