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Carpenters pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC and Kankakee, IL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Carpenters is $49,070 per year in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. It is $95,280 per year in Kankakee, IL. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is 48.5% 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 440 wage and salary jobs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 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