Los Angeles County / Fire Department / Carpenter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
11 employees hold this title in Fire Department. Median total compensation for the role is $154,770, below the department median of $226,568.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Carpenters — about 30,600 people — is $75,740. Fire Department pays a median base salary of $89,906 for this role, 19% above that figure — about the 64th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Carpenters across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fire Department’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. Fire Department’s median base salary is 48% above that national figure, about the 83rd 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 9 of 11 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Fire Department is $154,770, 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 10 Los Angeles County departments. In Fire Department, the median of $154,770 ranks #3 of 10.
Median total compensation for the Carpenter role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 30 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $147,665 ranks #2 of 30. See Carpenter across all of Los Angeles County →
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.
Record list
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Carpenter/Fire Department
At Fire Department, Jordan Simpson serves as a Carpenter. Their 2025 pay totaled $226,264.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Freddy Fernandez works as a Carpenter for Fire Department. Freddy earned $224,967 in 2025.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Carlos Martinez holds the role of Carpenter at Fire Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $214,955.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Alexander Hernandez holds the role of Carpenter at Fire Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $210,977.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Mitchell Knox is a Carpenter at Fire Department. 2025 total compensation came to $163,724.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Mario Alvarez works as a Carpenter for Fire Department. Mario earned $154,770 in 2025.
Carpenter/Fire Department
At Fire Department, Anthony Margott serves as a Carpenter. Their 2025 pay totaled $153,218.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Larry Kempton holds the role of Carpenter at Fire Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $145,002.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Benjamin Lueck is a Carpenter at Fire Department. 2025 total compensation came to $125,549.
Carpenter/Fire Department
Zackary Sherman works as a Carpenter for Fire Department. Zackary earned $28,800 in 2025.
Carpenter/Fire Department
David Gutierrez holds the role of Carpenter at Fire Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $27,616.