Pay by country

Carpenter pay, country by country.

One method for every bar: live ads, medians, the sample behind each number. Annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly — never mixed.

Advertised annual salary

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$87,500/yr ≈ £45,756n=20small sample

£38,189/yr ≈ £38,189n=19small sample

Advertised hourly rate

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$52.66/hr ≈ £27.54n=16small sample

£25.00/hr ≈ £25.00n=24small sample

Ireland

€23.03/hr ≈ £19.72n=16small sample

Canada

C$34.43/hr ≈ £18.21n=18small sample

New Zealand

NZ$35.00/hr ≈ £15.32n=24small sample

Benchmarks — different measures, so they sit beside the chart, not in it:

UK · Adzuna guide: £45,177/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 1,203 salary-bearing ads
Australia · Adzuna guide: A$92,871/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 109 salary-bearing ads
UK · ONS official: full-time “Carpenters and joiners” earned a median £34,000 in 2025 — earned pay runs below advertised offers.

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Every bar: Careerjet live ads, one method — typed salary fields honoured and band-validated, URL-deduplicated, MEDIAN of advertised range midpoints, minimum 10 pay-bearing ads. Periods never mixed: annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly. Dubai monthly ads annualise ×12 (calendar arithmetic, no hours assumptions). Cells that fail to fetch are excluded, never guessed.
The £ column uses ECB reference rates via frankfurter.app, 2026-08-04 · AED via the 3.6725/USD peg · a currency conversion, NOT a purchasing-power or cost-of-living comparison.
Tax and living costs differ wildly — a bigger number abroad is not automatically a better life.

All comparisons The Hidden Pay Index

Data refreshed 2026-08-05.

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Pay by country

Carpenter pay, country by country.

One method for every bar: live ads, medians, the sample behind each number. Annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly — never mixed.

Advertised annual salary

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$87,500/yr ≈ £45,756n=20small sample

£38,189/yr ≈ £38,189n=19small sample

Advertised hourly rate

Careerjet ads showing pay · median of advertised ranges · bars £-converted for scale, ECB 2026-08-04 · bars start at zero

Australia

A$52.66/hr ≈ £27.54n=16small sample

£25.00/hr ≈ £25.00n=24small sample

Ireland

€23.03/hr ≈ £19.72n=16small sample

Canada

C$34.43/hr ≈ £18.21n=18small sample

New Zealand

NZ$35.00/hr ≈ £15.32n=24small sample

Benchmarks — different measures, so they sit beside the chart, not in it:

UK · Adzuna guide: £45,177/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 1,203 salary-bearing ads
Australia · Adzuna guide: A$92,871/yr — advertised annual MEAN, 109 salary-bearing ads
UK · ONS official: full-time “Carpenters and joiners” earned a median £34,000 in 2025 — earned pay runs below advertised offers.

Read this honestly

Every bar: Careerjet live ads, one method — typed salary fields honoured and band-validated, URL-deduplicated, MEDIAN of advertised range midpoints, minimum 10 pay-bearing ads. Periods never mixed: annual compares to annual, hourly to hourly. Dubai monthly ads annualise ×12 (calendar arithmetic, no hours assumptions). Cells that fail to fetch are excluded, never guessed.
The £ column uses ECB reference rates via frankfurter.app, 2026-08-04 · AED via the 3.6725/USD peg · a currency conversion, NOT a purchasing-power or cost-of-living comparison.
Tax and living costs differ wildly — a bigger number abroad is not automatically a better life.

All comparisons The Hidden Pay Index

Data refreshed 2026-08-05.