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Carpenter License Requirements, by State

Which states license this trade, what each one costs, how long it takes, and what the job pays there. Pick a state for the full step-by-step.

Updated 2026-11-06•3 states
States licensing it
0 / 3
the rest have no state licence
Cheapest licence
—
Highest median pay
$73,370
California
Time to license
—
fastest route we found

State by state

StateLicence neededCostTimeMedian pay
California None — — $73,370
Florida None — — $48,570
Texas None — — $48,760

What this trade pays

National occupational data for Carpenter (SOC 47-2031) is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. State medians on this site are pulled from the same program, so the pages are comparable.