How much do carpenters make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

What the Carpenters median says in Kansas City, MO-KS

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Carpenters median in Kansas City, MO-KS at $61,810 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 47-2031 and BLS area 28140.

BLS lists 4,540 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $67,500 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Kansas City, MO-KS's Carpenters median is 2.0% above the U.S. Carpenters median of $60,580 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 47-2031 with area 28140

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 47-2031 and area 28140. SOC 47-2031 names Carpenters. Area 28140 names Kansas City, MO-KS. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 47-2031/28140 row has 4,540 wage and salary jobs. There are 4.14 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.96. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 47-2031/28140, the annual median is $61,810 per year, while the matching mean is $67,500 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 47-2031/28140 10th percentile: $44,950 per year.
• 47-2031/28140 25th percentile: $50,190 per year.
• 47-2031/28140 median: $61,810 per year.
• 47-2031/28140 75th percentile: $81,750 per year.
• 47-2031/28140 90th percentile: $96,410 per year.
• 47-2031/28140 employment RSE: 5.4%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.6%.
• 47-2031/28140 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 28140 facts behind this Carpenters page

Area 28140 reports 1,096,110 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $66,550. Its annual median is $50,820. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 47-2031 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Kansas City, MO-KS runs from $30,510 at the 10th percentile to $117,800 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,600. The median is $50,820. The 75th percentile is $78,900. This is a place check, not a pay range for Carpenters.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 28140. They do not show related skills or a path into Carpenters.

• 1. General and Operations Managers. Area: 28140. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 31,080. Yearly median: $90,490. Jobs per 1,000: 28.35. Location quotient: 1.26.
• 2. Registered Nurses. Area: 28140. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 29,650. Yearly median: $83,040. Jobs per 1,000: 27.05. Location quotient: 1.24.
• 3. Retail Salespersons. Area: 28140. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 26,110. Yearly median: $34,320. Jobs per 1,000: 23.82. Location quotient: 0.95.
• 4. Cashiers. Area: 28140. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 24,160. Yearly median: $30,700. Jobs per 1,000: 22.04. Location quotient: 1.11.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 28140. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 23,580. Yearly median: $36,850. Jobs per 1,000: 21.52. Location quotient: 1.18.
• 6. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 28140. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 22,240. Yearly median: $44,350. Jobs per 1,000: 20.29. Location quotient: 1.22.

Read the Kansas City, MO-KS wage ladder for Carpenters

The 10th percentile is $44,950 per year. The 25th percentile is $50,190 per year. The median is $61,810 per year. The 75th percentile is $81,750 per year. The 90th percentile is $96,410 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $50,190 per year to $81,750 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $51,460. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Kansas City, MO-KS with its state and the U.S.

Kansas City, MO-KS has a annual median of $61,810 per year. Missouri has $60,840 per year. The U.S. row has $60,580 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Kansas City, MO-KS is 1.6% above Missouri on the same published median. Kansas City, MO-KS is 2.0% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Kansas City, MO-KS sits for Carpenters

Kansas City, MO-KS ranks 103 of 390 among metro areas with a published annual median for Carpenters. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 103 of 390 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 100. Binghamton, NY. The Carpenters median is $62,000 per year. BLS estimates 400 jobs. The location quotient is 0.96.
• 101. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. The Carpenters median is $61,910 per year. BLS estimates 4,140 jobs. The location quotient is 1.35.
• 102. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. The Carpenters median is $61,900 per year. BLS estimates 2,020 jobs. The location quotient is 1.83.
• 104. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The Carpenters median is $61,780 per year. BLS estimates 14,260 jobs. The location quotient is 1.14.
• 105. South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. The Carpenters median is $61,690 per year. BLS estimates 500 jobs. The location quotient is 0.87.
• 106. Bend, OR. The Carpenters median is $61,640 per year. BLS estimates 1,180 jobs. The location quotient is 2.53.

Where Carpenters medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 47-2031, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Kankakee, IL has the highest published median in this set, at $95,280 per year. Kansas City, MO-KS sits at $61,810 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Carpenters is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Kankakee, IL has a Carpenters median of $95,280 per year, or $33,470 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.64.
• 2. Urban Honolulu, HI has a Carpenters median of $94,310 per year, or $32,500 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 3,120 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.62.
• 3. Michigan City-La Porte, IN has a Carpenters median of $91,970 per year, or $30,160 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 260 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.46.
• 4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Carpenters median of $89,200 per year, or $27,390 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 14,010 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.37.
• 5. Decatur, IL has a Carpenters median of $87,220 per year, or $25,410 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 180 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.9.
• 6. Fairbanks-College, AK has a Carpenters median of $84,970 per year, or $23,160 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 280 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.79.
• 7. Oshkosh-Neenah, WI has a Carpenters median of $84,430 per year, or $22,620 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 650 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.6.
• 8. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Carpenters median of $82,110 per year, or $20,300 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 700 jobs there, compared with 4,540 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 2.19.

Where BLS counts the most Carpenters jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Carpenters in this same-source set, at 34,210 jobs. Kansas City, MO-KS has 4,540. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 34,210 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 29,670 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $74,300 per year, or $12,490 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.84.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 30,600 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 26,060 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $75,740 per year, or $13,930 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has 14,970 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 10,430 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $76,410 per year, or $14,600 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.67.
• 4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 14,260 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 9,720 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $61,780 per year, or $30 below Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.14.
• 5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 14,220 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 9,680 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $80,440 per year, or $18,630 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.73.
• 6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 14,010 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 9,470 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $89,200 per year, or $27,390 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.37.
• 7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 13,280 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 8,740 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $60,800 per year, or $1,010 below Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.98.
• 8. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA has 12,970 estimated Carpenters jobs, a gap of 8,430 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $70,880 per year, or $9,070 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.75.

Where Carpenters takes the largest share of local jobs

Barnstable Town, MA has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.15. Kansas City, MO-KS has 0.96. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Carpenters is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Barnstable Town, MA has a location quotient of 3.15, a gap of 2.19 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 1,280 Carpenters jobs and a median of $70,580 per year, or $8,770 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 2. Bozeman, MT has a location quotient of 2.9, a gap of 1.94 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 900 Carpenters jobs and a median of $62,450 per year, or $640 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 3. St. George, UT has a location quotient of 2.85, a gap of 1.89 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 1,110 Carpenters jobs and a median of $47,060 per year, or $14,750 below Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 4. Rapid City, SD has a location quotient of 2.73, a gap of 1.77 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 870 Carpenters jobs and a median of $48,640 per year, or $13,170 below Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 5. Bend, OR has a location quotient of 2.53, a gap of 1.57 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 1,180 Carpenters jobs and a median of $61,640 per year, or $170 below Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 6. Coeur d'Alene, ID has a location quotient of 2.53, a gap of 1.57 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 790 Carpenters jobs and a median of $56,160 per year, or $5,650 below Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 7. Lancaster, PA has a location quotient of 2.53, a gap of 1.57 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 2,750 Carpenters jobs and a median of $55,690 per year, or $6,120 below Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 8. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a location quotient of 2.43, a gap of 1.47 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 2,150 Carpenters jobs and a median of $80,520 per year, or $18,710 above Kansas City, MO-KS.

How common Carpenters is in Kansas City, MO-KS

BLS lists 4,540 Carpenters jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS. It also lists 4.14 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 0.96. A value of 1 means Carpenters has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is the same than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Carpenters beside other roles in Kansas City, MO-KS

The all-occupations median in Kansas City, MO-KS is $50,820 per year. The Carpenters median is $61,810 per year. Carpenters is 21.6% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Kansas City, MO-KS. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Carpenters. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $61,060 per year. BLS lists 11,500 jobs and a location quotient of 1.17.
• 2. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $60,170 per year. BLS lists 18,230 jobs and a location quotient of 1.25.
• 3. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, SOC 41-3091, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $64,950 per year. BLS lists 9,250 jobs and a location quotient of 1.04.
• 4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $66,250 per year. BLS lists 9,930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.14.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $66,780 per year. BLS lists 8,860 jobs and a location quotient of 0.87.
• 6. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $54,990 per year. BLS lists 13,770 jobs and a location quotient of 1.39.
• 7. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $50,940 per year. BLS lists 8,780 jobs and a location quotient of 0.91.
• 8. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $48,860 per year. BLS lists 10,360 jobs and a location quotient of 0.96.

The largest detailed roles in Kansas City, MO-KS

General and Operations Managers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kansas City, MO-KS table, at 31,080 jobs. Carpenters has 4,540 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 1,096,110. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Carpenters's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has 31,080 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 26,540 from Carpenters. Its median is $90,490 per year, or $28,680 above Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.26.
• 2. Registered Nurses has 29,650 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 25,110 from Carpenters. Its median is $83,040 per year, or $21,230 above Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 3. Retail Salespersons has 26,110 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 21,570 from Carpenters. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $27,490 below Carpenters. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 4. Cashiers has 24,160 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 19,620 from Carpenters. Its median is $30,700 per year, or $31,110 below Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 23,580 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 19,040 from Carpenters. Its median is $36,850 per year, or $24,960 below Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 6. Customer Service Representatives has 22,240 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 17,700 from Carpenters. Its median is $44,350 per year, or $17,460 below Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.22.
• 7. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 20,870 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 16,330 from Carpenters. Its median is $32,780 per year, or $29,030 below Carpenters. Its location quotient is 0.69.
• 8. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 20,120 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 15,580 from Carpenters. Its median is $29,560 per year, or $32,250 below Carpenters. Its location quotient is 0.74.

Published role medians around Kansas City, MO-KS

Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Kansas City, MO-KS role table, at $124,990 per year. Carpenters has $61,810 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $50,820 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Software Developers has a median of $124,990 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $63,180 above Carpenters. BLS lists 12,160 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $101,050 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $39,240 above Carpenters. BLS lists 8,380 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 3. General and Operations Managers has a median of $90,490 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $28,680 above Carpenters. BLS lists 31,080 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.26.
• 4. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $90,060 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $28,250 above Carpenters. BLS lists 8,350 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 5. Registered Nurses has a median of $83,040 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $21,230 above Carpenters. BLS lists 29,650 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 6. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $80,040 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $18,230 above Carpenters. BLS lists 11,260 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.1.
• 7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $66,780 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $4,970 above Carpenters. BLS lists 8,860 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $66,250 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $4,440 above Carpenters. BLS lists 9,930 jobs, compared with 4,540 for Carpenters. Its location quotient is 1.14.

Roles with the largest local share in Kansas City, MO-KS

Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kansas City, MO-KS role table, at 3.07. Carpenters has 0.96. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Carpenters with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 3.07 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 2.11 from Carpenters. BLS lists 13,850 jobs and a median of $30,170 per year, or $31,640 below Carpenters.
• 2. Packers and Packagers, Hand has a location quotient of 2.25 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 1.29 from Carpenters. BLS lists 8,890 jobs and a median of $44,460 per year, or $17,350 below Carpenters.
• 3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.39 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.43 from Carpenters. BLS lists 13,770 jobs and a median of $54,990 per year, or $6,820 below Carpenters.
• 4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.32 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.36 from Carpenters. BLS lists 15,930 jobs and a median of $46,810 per year, or $15,000 below Carpenters.
• 5. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.31 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.35 from Carpenters. BLS lists 13,370 jobs and a median of $39,710 per year, or $22,100 below Carpenters.
• 6. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.26 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.30 from Carpenters. BLS lists 31,080 jobs and a median of $90,490 per year, or $28,680 above Carpenters.
• 7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.25 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.29 from Carpenters. BLS lists 18,230 jobs and a median of $60,170 per year, or $1,640 below Carpenters.
• 8. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.24 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.28 from Carpenters. BLS lists 29,650 jobs and a median of $83,040 per year, or $21,230 above Carpenters.

What $61,810 may mean after the Kansas City, MO-KS price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.5. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 7.5% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $61,810 Carpenters median by 92.5 divided by 100. The result is $66,791 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 86.6. Goods are 94.1. Utilities are 89.0. Other services are 93.4. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Kansas City, MO-KS row

The employment RSE for this Carpenters row is 5.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.6%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 4,540 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $67,500 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Kansas City, MO-KS wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Carpenters. It uses a Kansas City, MO-KS place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $61,810 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Carpenters row for Kansas City, MO-KS does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 4,540 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.96 is not a growth score. Rank 103 of 390 is not a place score. The 92.5 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 47-2031 in BLS area 28140. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.