Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow Over Portions of the West. A Pacific storm will bring heavy rain and mountain snow over the favored terrain of the Pacific Northwest and California into the weekend. Multiple feet of snow is expected along the higher peaks of the Sierra and Cascades. Unusually cold temperatures will impact the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys as well as the Mid-Atlantic.
(United States). Builders in the United States are largely men, earning an average of $14.50 per hour. Career duration is the biggest factor affecting pay for this group, followed by geography. Most Builders like their work and job satisfaction is high.
According to the BLS, carpenters earned a median salary of $40,820 in 2014, or $19.63 per hour. During that period, the highest-paid carpenters earned about $74,750, while the lowest-paid earned $25,640. The motion picture and video industry pays the highest for carpentry work.