Framing Cost Calculator for Arkansas - Free 2026 Cost Estimates

Arkansas Framing Labor Costs — Verified from BLS OEWS (2025)

Every figure on this page is a published U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics value. Last verified 2026-06-20.

In Arkansas, carpenters — the core trade for framing work — earn a mean wage of $24.69/hr ($51,350 per year) in the 2025 BLS OEWS release. That is 22% below the national average (national mean $65,630 per year). Arkansas employs about 4,030 carpenters statewide. Related trades that price into a typical framing job include construction laborers ($39,250/yr), first-line supervisors of construction trades ($65,690/yr). Because labor is the largest variable cost on most framing projects, these published state wage levels are the biggest single reason framing costs differ between Arkansas and other states. Every figure here is a mean value published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and is refreshed automatically when BLS releases new OEWS data.

Across the trades that touch a typical framing job in Arkansas, BLS reports mean wages of carpenters at $51,350 per year ($24.69/hr); construction laborers at $39,250 per year ($18.87/hr); first-line supervisors of construction trades at $65,690 per year ($31.58/hr). The spread between first-line supervisors of construction trades ($65,690) and construction laborers ($39,250) reflects differences in skill, certification, and supervisory responsibility on Arkansas job sites, and it is why a detailed, line-item estimate beats a single blended rate when you are budgeting framing work.

Half of Arkansas carpenters earn less than the median of $47,760 per year — below the $51,350 mean, which a smaller number of higher earners pulls upward. For budgeting, the median is often the more realistic figure for routine framing crews. BLS counts roughly 4,030 carpenters, 10,650 construction laborers, 6,590 first-line supervisors of construction trades employed across Arkansas, a measure of how deep the local framing-trade labor pool is and how much competition for crews you can expect when scheduling work.

When you budget a framing job in Arkansas, treat these BLS wage levels as the labor-rate floor: a crew's billed rate adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin on top of the $24.69/hr mean wage shown above. Because Arkansas's carpenters wages sit 22% below the national average, a framing quote that comes in far below these published rates is worth a second look — labor that cheap usually signals a different scope, materials, or crew experience. Use the calculator on this page to combine these Arkansas labor rates with your project's material quantities for a complete estimate.

Wages are statewide means published by BLS and reflect labor cost only — not the total installed cost of a project. Use the calculator below for a full materials-and-labor estimate, and always obtain written bids from licensed Arkansas contractors.