State comparison · 2025
Carpenters salary: Hawaii vs Kentucky
Carpenters in Hawaii earn a median of $85,280. In Kentucky, $52,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.7% — not 61.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.9%
Hawaii vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+32.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Carpenters
- Median
- $85,280
- p25
- $66,380
- p75
- $110,980
- p10
- $52,760
- p90
- $115,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
Kentucky
Carpenters
- Median
- $52,680
- p25
- $45,940
- p75
- $61,260
- p10
- $36,760
- p90
- $72,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.