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Helpers--Carpenters pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Sioux Falls, SD-MN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Helpers--Carpenters is $64,810 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $35,980 per year in Sioux Falls, SD-MN. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 80.1% above Sioux Falls, SD-MN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-3012 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 750 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 110 in Sioux Falls, SD-MN. 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