Overtime must be paid for all hours over eight in a calendar day and 40 hours in a week. Violations may. subject the contractor to a state penalty of $25 per day per worker and a federal penalty of $10 per day. per worker.
The average salary of all carpenters as of May 2012 was $44,520 a year, or $21.41 hourly, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the high end, the top 10 percent of carpenters earned $34.90 per hour or more. The lowest 10 percent of income earners made $11.96 or less per hour. the median wage was $19.20 an hour. The BLS also noted that apprenticeship pay is often 30 percent to 50 percent less than full professional carpenter pay.
Other essential requirements for this job are physical strength and stamina, manual dexterity and problem-solving and math skills. The average annual salary for a union carpenter was $76,000 as of 2013, according to Careerbliss. This equates to $36.53 per hour, based on 40-hour workweeks.During apprenticeship training, a carpenter is typically paid 30 to 50 percent of the wages he'll earn once he completes his training, according to the BLS.Unions usually pay their carpenter apprentices more.For example, apprentices who trained through the Mid-Atlantic Carpenters' Union earned $18.77 and $21.45 per hour, respectively, during their second and third years in Washington, D.C., according to the Mid-Atlantic Carpenters' Training Center.ther essential requirements for this job are physical strength and stamina, manual dexterity and problem-solving and math skills. The average annual salary for a union carpenter was $76,000 as of 2013, according to Careerbliss. This equates to $36.53 per hour, based on 40-hour workweeks.