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Carpenter Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Carpenters

Carpenters are responsible for making, installing, and repairing structures that are made of wood and similar materials. They undertake projects ranging from the installation of cabinets in kitchens to assisting in the building of bridges and highways.

Schools and Degrees

These professionals may start their formal training right from the time they are in high school. There they learn things like blueprint reading and mechanical drawing. Then they are expected to begin an apprenticeship. These programs typically last for 3-4 years. They may also join a vocational school or a community college to obtain training. They may obtain optional certification in fields like high torque bolting or scaffold building.

Job Requirements

Wood working professionals have to possess good hand-eye coordination skills, a sense of balance, manual dexterity, and physical fitness to be able to accomplish their tasks.

Along with the formal training that they receive, these professionals can also increase their employment opportunities by ensuring that they maintain a good work record. Carpenters who have worked with the armed forces are often preferred by employers.

Nature of Work

Essentially the tasks of wood workers consist of measuring and working with materials such as wood, fiberglass, plastic, or drywall using tools like drills, saws, chisels, planes, and sanders. They follow the plans given in blueprints to make the structures with the help of adhesives, staples, screws, and nails. After the structure is made, they check it with plumb bobs, levels, rules, and framing squares.

These trade professionals work in both indoor and outdoor settings. They make doors, windows, tables, chairs, and other furniture for offices and homes. They may be involved in the construction of tunnel bracing in mines and underground passageways.

Tradespeople often have to do strenuous work. They may have to stand and bend for prolonged hours. They may also work with sharp and rough materials. This makes them vulnerable to non-fatal injuries, something common in the buiding trades.

Job Numbers and Growth

About 1,462,000 carpenters can be found working in the US. A very high unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 7%.

Area Job Conditions

Finding carpenters is easiest in Punta Gorda (Florida), Vallejo (California), and Billings (Montana), and by comparison more challenging in El Centro (California), Jackson (Tennessee), and Sherman (Texas).

The pay is best in Lawrence (Massachusetts), Chicago (Illinois), and Atlantic City (New Jersey) and worst in Florence (South Carolina), Brownsville (Texas), and McAllen (Texas).

Training and Education

You'll generally want long-term on-the-job training for this career path. Of current carpenters, 6% graduated from college with degrees. Some 22% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's degree. A high school education was sufficient for 73% of employees. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Carpenters working part-time accounted for 6% of those employed in 2008. Self-employed workers represent an estimated 32% of the total.


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Carpenters by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anniston$32,000140-49%
Auburn$29,000340+31%
Birmingham$36,0002,410-31%
Decatur$35,000360+13%
Dothan$34,000300-15%
Florence$35,000230-23%
Gadsden$30,000120-37%
Huntsville$29,000620-54%
Mobile$31,0001,480+26%
Montgomery$30,000690-37%
Tuscaloosa$32,000570+4%

Alaska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anchorage$57,0001,810+76%
Fairbanks$60,000320+76%

Arizona

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Flagstaff$34,000470+45%
Kingman$34,000570+91%
Phoenix$37,00024,340+95%
Prescott$38,000810+119%
Tucson$38,0002,670+10%
Yuma$30,000440+23%

Arkansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Fayetteville$36,000940-26%
Fort Smith$29,000550-25%
Hot Springs$30,000200-4%
Jonesboro$32,000100-65%
Little Rock$34,0001,810-19%
Pine Bluff$27,000120-36%

California

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bakersfield$49,0001,290-26%
Chico$41,000400-4%
El Centro$50,00080-73%
Fresno$40,0002,290+5%
Hanford70-56%
Madera$41,000220+7%
Merced$48,000240-29%
Modesto$43,0001,060+1%
Napa$55,000830+117%
Oakland$60,00010,440+51%
Oxnard$46,0002,130+9%
Redding$46,000540+36%
Riverside$48,00014,180+66%
Sacramento$53,0007,730+30%
Salinas$54,0001,200+22%
San Diego$48,0009,340+4%
San Francisco$62,0008,540+27%
San Jose$56,0005,310-14%
San Luis Obispo$49,000870+41%
Santa Ana$52,00010,500+2%
Santa Barbara$57,0001,260+17%
Santa Cruz$61,000530-1%
Santa Rosa$59,0001,860+57%
Stockton$52,0001,230-11%
Vallejo$58,0002,460+221%
Visalia$37,000660-22%
Yuba City$60,000230+4%

Colorado

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boulder$43,000730-29%
Colorado Springs$48,0001,570-4%
Denver$40,0007,490-11%
Fort Collins$36,000880+16%
Grand Junction$36,000400+20%
Greeley$41,000670+48%
Pueblo$42,000400+27%

Connecticut

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bridgeport$50,0001,980-32%
Danbury$48,000420-2%
Hartford$49,0002,450-37%
New Haven$48,0001,430-22%
Norwich$49,000770-1%
Waterbury$48,000240-41%

Delaware

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Dover$36,000340+6%
Wilmington$49,0002,010-7%

District of Columbia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Washington$45,00011,850-24%

Florida

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cape Coral$40,0002,420+79%
Deltona$36,0001,040+5%
Fort Lauderdale$35,0005,790+18%
Fort Walton Beach$34,000300-35%
Gainesville$33,000370-48%
Jacksonville$37,0004,140+3%
Lakeland$31,0001,710+37%
Miami$34,0005,320-20%
Naples$36,0001,680+123%
Ocala$34,000770+32%
Orlando$36,00010,100+44%
Palm Bay$39,0001,790+41%
Palm Coast$32,000160+135%
Panama City$31,000800+93%
Pensacola$32,0001,040+10%
Port St Lucie$37,0001,010+27%
Punta Gorda$30,000840+274%
Sarasota$40,0002,640+54%
Sebastian$33,000510+83%
Tallahassee$32,000610-41%
Tampa$34,0006,800-17%

Georgia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$32,000180-50%
Athens$36,000360-21%
Atlanta$36,0009,810-38%
Augusta$37,000760-43%
Brunswick$38,000300+24%
Columbus$26,000650-5%
Dalton$31,000240-49%
Gainesville$42,000320-24%
Macon$34,000170-72%
Rome$35,00090-56%
Savannah$34,000590-38%
Valdosta$29,000250-24%
Warner Robins$30,000210-27%

Hawaii

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Honolulu$64,0004,650+61%

Idaho

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boise$32,0003,860+120%
Coeur Dalene$35,000930+189%
Idaho Falls$33,000630+130%
Lewiston$42,000120-2%
Pocatello$34,000270+62%

Illinois

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bloomington$55,000450+6%
Champaign$49,000700+21%
Chicago$64,00024,910-3%
Danville$31,000110-21%
Decatur$41,000430+59%
Kankakee$55,000170-20%
Peoria$52,0001,430+31%
Rockford$47,0001,930+100%
Springfield$40,000540-16%

Indiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$36,000280+24%
Bloomington$39,000530+29%
Columbus$37,000320+32%
Elkhart$40,0001,990+145%
Evansville$38,0001,300+17%
Fort Wayne$40,000950-31%
Gary$44,0003,210+76%
Indianapolis$42,0006,290+5%
Kokomo$36,000200+0%
Lafayette$38,000570+24%
Michigan City$46,000300+22%
Muncie$43,000190-27%
South Bend$42,000780-9%
Terre Haute$40,000450+8%

Iowa

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ames$33,000210-2%
Cedar Rapids$34,0001,120+32%
Davenport$43,000860-27%
Des Moines$39,0002,460+14%
Dubuque$34,000370+24%
Iowa City$36,000520+20%
Sioux City$34,000540+26%
Waterloo$30,000430-18%

Kansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawrence$41,000360+38%
Topeka$35,000650-6%
Wichita$34,0001,440-28%

Kentucky

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bowling Green$33,000290-14%
Elizabethtown$33,000370+48%
Lexington$35,000990-37%
Louisville$38,0003,140-24%
Owensboro$31,000230-18%

Louisiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Alexandria$32,000450+27%
Baton Rouge$39,0003,530+45%
Houma$33,000600+3%
Lafayette$32,000610-34%
Lake Charles$37,000860+62%
Monroe$32,000390-18%
New Orleans$39,0002,890-15%
Shreveport$34,0001,250+11%

Maine

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bangor$34,000360-5%
Lewiston$34,000280-2%
Portland$38,0001,680+28%

Maryland

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Baltimore$43,0008,260-6%
Bethesda$47,0004,760+25%
Cumberland$33,000270+35%
Hagerstown$35,000660+8%
Salisbury$37,000420+37%

Massachusetts

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Barnstable Town$54,0001,210+95%
Boston$56,0007,910-32%
Brockton$55,000650+19%
Framingham$52,000700-33%
Haverhill$51,000600+28%
Lawrence$61,000480+42%
Leominster$59,000390+34%
Lowell$49,000560-26%
New Bedford$48,000580+50%
Pittsfield$38,000240+31%
Springfield$43,0001,050-47%
Worcester$45,0001,030-36%

Michigan

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ann Arbor$55,000700-34%
Battle Creek$41,000280-1%
Bay City$37,000150-23%
Detroit$52,0002,200-54%
Flint$47,000510-41%
Grand Rapids$40,0001,830-27%
Holland$43,000810+29%
Jackson$44,000100-67%
Kalamazoo$42,000510-41%
Lansing$46,000950-24%
Monroe$43,000160-29%
Muskegon$43,000150-58%
Niles$39,000210-43%
Saginaw$52,000310-33%
Warren$49,0005,130-34%

Minnesota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Duluth$42,0001,030+29%
Minneapolis$50,00010,610-12%
Rochester$48,000650+14%
St Cloud$38,000560-12%

Mississippi

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Gulfport$38,000740+9%
Hattiesburg$28,000400+20%
Jackson$32,000990-40%
Pascagoula$36,000600+121%

Missouri

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Columbia$35,000740+48%
Jefferson City$37,000670+63%
Joplin$31,000300-38%
Kansas City$49,0006,520-6%
Springfield$33,0001,570+25%
St Joseph$40,000330+13%
St Louis$53,00012,740+40%

Montana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Billings$33,0001,510+207%
Great Falls$32,000480+149%
Missoula$34,000640+112%

Nebraska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lincoln$38,0001,750+68%
Omaha$35,0003,480+13%

Nevada

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Carson City$54,000140-5%
Las Vegas$51,00014,820+139%

New Hampshire

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Manchester$48,000460-29%
Nashua$42,000710-19%
Portsmouth$40,000370+11%
Rochester$39,000380+14%

New Jersey

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Atlantic City$65,0001,220+30%
Camden$50,0002,620-26%
Edison$51,0005,950-14%
Newark$53,0005,180-23%
Ocean City$46,000370+57%
Trenton$60,000900-35%
Vineland$40,000330-2%

New Mexico

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albuquerque$35,0002,780+8%
Farmington$35,000270-12%
Las Cruces$29,000480+32%
Santa Fe$36,000650+73%

New York

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$42,0002,570-11%
Binghamton$35,000760+15%
Buffalo$41,0002,520-30%
Elmira$38,000230+16%
Glens Falls$45,000590+92%
Ithaca$38,000320+32%
Kingston$42,000480+37%
Nassau$58,00013,130+56%
New York$58,00029,940-13%
Poughkeepsie$48,0002,100+35%
Rochester$40,0002,870-14%
Syracuse$37,0002,220+9%
Utica$33,000790-1%

North Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Asheville$32,0001,310+14%
Burlington$28,000200-43%
Charlotte$33,0004,880-18%
Durham$32,0001,180-34%
Fayetteville$33,000420-45%
Goldsboro$32,000260+22%
Greensboro$33,0001,830-25%
Greenville$29,000440+3%
Hickory$33,000480-54%
Jacksonville$33,000310+34%
Raleigh$33,0002,380-30%
Rocky Mount$32,000250-27%
Wilmington$33,0001,140+24%
Winston Salem$32,0001,060-24%

North Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bismarck$29,000580+75%
Fargo$34,000710-2%
Grand Forks$33,000290+4%

Ohio

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Akron$51,0001,320-41%
Canton$38,000880-21%
Cincinnati$40,0005,180-26%
Cleveland$43,0004,830-32%
Columbus$41,0004,060-35%
Dayton$41,0001,350-48%
Lima$37,000330+8%
Mansfield$44,000290-4%
Sandusky$38,000180-9%
Springfield$32,000190-30%
Toledo$45,0001,850-10%
Youngstown$34,0001,080-29%

Oklahoma

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawton$31,000140-33%
Oklahoma City$32,0002,350-38%
Tulsa$31,0002,010-31%

Oregon

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bend$38,0001,090+165%
Corvallis$42,000180+5%
Eugene$46,0001,270+34%
Medford$39,000540+5%
Portland$43,00011,500+65%
Salem$35,0002,050+115%

Pennsylvania

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Allentown$43,0002,680+20%
Altoona$29,000600+70%
Erie$34,000790+0%
Harrisburg$41,0001,790-14%
Johnstown$34,000440+33%
Lancaster$38,0003,210+109%
Lebanon$36,000450+69%
Philadelphia$52,00012,300-3%
Pittsburgh$43,0008,020+5%
Reading$42,0001,080+3%
Scranton$36,0001,720+2%
State College$48,000350+6%
Williamsport$33,000370+25%
York$43,0001,390+20%

Rhode Island

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Providence$48,0004,860+29%

South Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$29,000240-33%
Charleston$34,0002,270+19%
Columbia$33,0002,180-6%
Florence$26,000400-22%
Greenville$32,0002,240+12%
Myrtle Beach$32,000840+13%
Spartanburg$31,000590-24%

South Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Rapid City$30,000810+118%
Sioux Falls$31,0001,370+57%

Tennessee

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Chattanooga$33,000790-48%
Clarksville$32,000400-12%
Cleveland$34,00090-55%
Jackson$30,00090-73%
Johnson City$29,000290-35%
Kingsport$31,0001,020+43%
Knoxville$34,0001,840-17%
Memphis$33,0002,150-48%
Morristown$27,000210-22%
Nashville$34,0002,880-44%

Texas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Abilene$30,000220-40%
Amarillo$30,000380-39%
Austin$35,0002,930-42%
Beaumont$35,000830-17%
Brownsville$25,000600-23%
College Station$30,000250-46%
Dallas$33,0006,860-51%
El Paso$26,0001,380-20%
Fort Worth$32,0002,210-62%
Houston$33,00010,950-37%
Killeen$34,000490-34%
Laredo$31,000170-66%
Longview$31,000280-51%
Lubbock$31,000460-39%
Mcallen$20,000510-64%
Midland$32,000210-47%
Odessa$34,000160-52%
San Angelo$27,000240+4%
San Antonio$32,0003,380-40%
Sherman$34,00040-82%
Texarkana$33,000130-59%
Tyler$32,000290-48%
Victoria$26,000160-40%
Waco$29,000230-61%
Wichita Falls$31,000120-65%

Utah

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Logan$38,000510+93%
Ogden$36,0002,050+59%
Provo$36,0001,810+71%
Salt Lake City$38,0005,090+22%
St George$32,000780+178%

Vermont

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Burlington$43,000970+42%

Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Blacksburg$31,000470+30%
Charlottesville$39,0001,570+174%
Danville$34,000330+71%
Harrisonburg$36,000690+119%
Lynchburg$33,0001,110+79%
Richmond$40,0004,070+2%
Roanoke$34,0001,280+27%
Virginia Beach$35,0005,980+19%
Winchester$36,000420+38%

Washington

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bellingham$49,0001,070+122%
Bremerton$49,000940+86%
Kennewick$48,0001,130+106%
Longview$48,000210+16%
Mount Vernon$45,000530+107%
Olympia$49,000800+39%
Seattle$52,00016,210+68%
Spokane$43,0001,890+40%
Tacoma$46,0003,640+107%
Wenatchee$34,000620+175%
Yakima$44,000390-20%

West Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charleston$38,0001,220+33%
Huntington$42,000740+5%
Morgantown$30,000560+110%
Parkersburg$40,000600+44%
Weirton$37,000340+42%
Wheeling$32,000410+9%

Wisconsin

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Appleton$37,000720+1%
Eau Claire$41,000560+21%
Fond$49,000430+72%
Green Bay$41,0001,380+29%
Janesville$41,000530+37%
La Crosse$38,000480+17%
Madison$42,0003,070+40%
Milwaukee$47,0004,340-24%
Oshkosh$39,000400-22%
Racine$41,000620+33%
Sheboygan$41,000410+23%
Wausau$37,000590+47%

Wyoming

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Casper$33,000330+54%
Cheyenne$37,000250+1%

Salary and employment data obtained from the United States Department of Labor. Individual salaries depend on location, education and career background. Thanks to CityTownInfo.com for this carpenter schools and jobs info.

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