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Helpers--Carpenters pay in New Hampshire and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Helpers--Carpenters is $58,090 per year in New Hampshire. It is $44,040 per year in New Jersey. New Hampshire is 31.9% above New Jersey 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in New Hampshire and 840 in New Jersey. 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