Miami-Dade County / Housing and Community Develop / Carpenter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
13 employees hold this title in Housing and Community Develop. Median total compensation for the role is $79,346, below the department median of $82,782.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for Carpenters — about 10,100 people — is $51,570. Housing and Community Develop pays a median base salary of $79,346 for this role, 54% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Carpenters across every employer in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Housing and Community Develop’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. Housing and Community Develop’s median base salary is 31% above that national figure, about the 77th 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Housing and Community Develop is $79,346, 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 8 Miami-Dade County departments. In Housing and Community Develop, the median of $79,346 ranks #6 of 8.
Median total compensation for the Carpenter role in other Miami-Dade Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 30 jurisdictions. In Miami-Dade County, the median of $83,077 ranks #12 of 30. See Carpenter across all of Miami-Dade County →
Median total compensation for comparable Carpenterroles 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/Housing and Community Develop
Source-specific fields
Brian Harris holds the role of Carpenter at Housing and Community Develop within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $89,009.