City of Las Vegas / Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance / Carpenter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance. Median total compensation for the role is $72,157, below the department median of $81,539.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for Carpenters — about 9,310 people — is $62,380. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance pays a median base salary of $49,230 for this role, 21% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Carpenters across every employer in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Carpenters — about 670,090 people — is $60,580. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 26th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance is $72,157, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Carpenter is held in 5 City of Las Vegas departments. In Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance, the median of $72,157 ranks #5 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Carpenter role in other City of Las Vegasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 30 jurisdictions. In City of Las Vegas, the median of $96,181 ranks #9 of 30. See Carpenter across all of City of Las Vegas →
Median total compensation for comparable Carpenter roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Carpenter/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance
Source-specific fields
Kory Anderson works as a Carpenter for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs - Parks and Ground Maintenance within Cea. Kory earned $72,157 in 2024.