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Connecticut carpenter prevailing wage, town by town

A carpenter's prevailing wage on Connecticut public works is $74.22 an hour in every town that has one (170), for the main classification.

Main carpenter classification in each town (5) carpenter, acoustical ceiling installation, soft floor/carpet laying, metal stud installation, form work and scaffold building, drywall hanging, modular-furniture systems installers, lathers, piledrivers, resilient floor layers.), CTDOL schedules as of July 1, 2026. Rates are not fixed for the life of a contract: contractors must adjust wages and benefits every July 1 to CTDOL's new rates (CGS § 31-55a, as amended by PA 25-168). Checked October 25, 2026.

Middlesex County carpenter: $74.22 per hourNew Haven County carpenter: $74.22 per hourWindham County carpenter: $74.22 per hourNew London County carpenter: $74.22 per hourFairfield County carpenter: $74.22 per hourTolland County carpenter: $74.22 per hourLitchfield County carpenter: $74.22 per hourHartford County carpenter: $74.22 per hour
$74$74$74$74$74$74Carpenter, main rate, base + benefit per hour (median of each county's towns). Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a carpenter make on prevailing wage in Connecticut?

2 groups of towns with identical rates and 1 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which towns are in each group.

  1. New Haven group147 towns · 5) Carpenter, Acoustical Ceiling Installatio$74.22
  2. Bridgeport group23 towns · 5) Carpenter, Acoustical Ceiling Installatio$74.22
  3. Statewide1 town · 5) Carpenter, Acoustical Ceiling Installatio$74.22

Which towns pay which rate

TownsMain classificationBase + benefitBase
New Haven group, 147 towns: Andover, Ansonia, Ashford, Avon, Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bethany, Bethlehem, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bozrah, Branford, Bridgewater, Bristol, Brooklyn, Burlington, Canaan, Canterbury, Canton, Chaplin, Cheshire, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Colebrook, Columbia, Cornwall, Coventry, Cromwell, Deep River, Derby, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Hartford, East Haven, East Lyme, East Windsor, Eastford, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Farmington, Franklin, Glastonbury, Goshen, Granby, Griswold, Groton, Guilford, Haddam, Hamden, Hampton, Hartford, Hartland, Harwinton, Hebron, Kent, Killingly, Killingworth, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Litchfield, Lyme, Madison, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, Meriden, Middlebury, Middlefield, Middletown, Milford, Montville, Morris, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Hartford, New Haven, New London, New Milford, Newington, Norfolk, North Branford, North Canaan, North Haven, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Orange, Oxford, Plainfield, Plainville, Plymouth, Pomfret, Portland, Preston, Prospect, Putnam, Rocky Hill, Roxbury, Salem, Salisbury, Scotland, Seymour, Sharon, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southbury, Southington, Sprague, Stafford, Sterling, Stonington, Suffield, Thomaston, Thompson, Tolland, Torrington, Union, Vernon, Voluntown, Wallingford, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Waterford, Watertown, West Hartford, West Haven, Westbrook, Wethersfield, Willimantic, Willington, Winchester, Windham, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Wolcott, Woodbridge, Woodbury, Woodstock5) Carpenter, Acoustical Ceiling Installation, Soft Floor/Carpet Laying, Metal Stud Installation, Form Work and Scaffold Building, Drywall Hanging, Modular-Furniture Systems Installers, Lathers, Piledrivers, Resilient Floor Layers.$74.22 $44.48 
Bridgeport group, 23 towns: Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Sherman, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton5) Carpenter, Acoustical Ceiling Installation, Soft Floor/Carpet Laying, Metal Stud Installation, Form Work and Scaffold Building, Drywall Hanging, Modular-Furniture Systems Installers, Lathers, Piledrivers, Resilient Floor Layers.$74.22 $44.48 
Statewide5) Carpenter, Acoustical Ceiling Installation, Soft Floor/Carpet Laying, Metal Stud Installation, Form Work and Scaffold Building, Drywall Hanging, Modular-Furniture Systems Installers, Lathers, Piledrivers, Resilient Floor Layers.$74.22 $44.48 

2 groups of counties with identical CTDOL rates, and 1 county with rates of its own.

CTDOL's schedules list journeyperson rates only. A registered apprentice may be paid the program's percentage of the journeyperson base rate plus the full fringe benefit, at a ratio of at least one journeyperson per apprentice (CTDOL Important Information sheet).

Questions about Connecticut carpenter pay

What is the carpenter prevailing wage in Bridgeport?

$74.22 an hour: a $44.48 base wage plus $29.74 in benefits, under CTDOL schedules as of July 1, 2026. Overtime and every carpenter classification in Bridgeport.

Does carpenter prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Bridgeport the $74.22 total is a $44.48 base wage plus $29.74 in benefits, about 40% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does carpenter prevailing wage pay overtime in Connecticut?

CTDOL's schedules print no overtime rates. Connecticut's general rule applies: at least 1½ times the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek (CGS § 31-76c). Daily or weekend overtime under a union agreement isn't on CTDOL's schedules.

Do apprentice carpenters get this rate?

CTDOL's schedules list journeyperson rates only. A registered apprentice may be paid the program's percentage of the journeyperson base rate plus the full fringe benefit, at a ratio of at least one journeyperson per apprentice (CTDOL Important Information sheet).

Why do some towns have the same carpenter rate?

CTDOL often publishes the same carpenter rates for several towns. Across Connecticut, the 170 towns with a carpenter rate fall into 3 distinct sets of rates, and 2 of those sets are shared by more than one town; the largest covers 147 towns (the New Haven group).