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Helpers--Carpenters pay in New Hampshire and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Helpers--Carpenters is $58,090 per year in New Hampshire. It is $50,300 per year in Rhode Island. New Hampshire is 15.5% above Rhode Island 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 Not published in Rhode Island. 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