How much does a carpenter earn in the UK?
Advertised carpentry pay currently averages £45.2k a year across 3,557 live UK job listings — full breakdown by region, day rate and official benchmark below.
Carpentry
Average UK pay
£45.2k
from 3,557 job listings
ONS official median £34.0k· 2025, employees
CIJC agreed £16.40/hr· from 20 Jul 2026
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Where the money lands
Annual salary spread across 1,203 listings that advertised a salary
Carpentry pay — league table
1London£48,690
2East Midlands£47,042
3West Midlands£46,808
4Scotland£46,328
5North West£45,320
6North East£44,921
7Wales£44,811
8Yorkshire£43,952
9East of England£43,632
10South East£43,602
11South West£43,537
12N. Ireland£31,200
Mean advertised salary by region · thousands of listings · via Adzuna
Employed
£45.2k
a year, salary
Going subbie
£52.9k
gross · £230/day
The £230/day is our estimate of a typical subbie day rate, not a feed figure. Subbie total is gross at that rate, 5 days × 46 weeks — before holiday, sick, pension and quiet weeks. More per day, less safety net.