Carpenters
SOC 47-2031 · 2024-2034
Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $77,977per year
- Projected openings
- 110,410
- Projected change
- +6.4%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Speaking
- Quality Control Analysis
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $84,001 | 6,030 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $83,597 | 2,450 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $83,333 | 8,710 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $82,928 | 1,060 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $82,629 | 650 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $81,260 | 760 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $80,864 | 1,280 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $80,385 | 5,540 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $79,366 | 10,830 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $77,143 | 1,070 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $76,453 | 1,390 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $76,010 | 12,390 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $76,010 | 23,530 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $75,856 | 11,660 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $74,878 | 700 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $74,652 | 150 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $74,569 | 990 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $74,353 | 280 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $73,910 | 170 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $71,924 | 2,390 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $68,928 | 1,390 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $68,043 | 420 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $66,962 | 18,410 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $66,818 | 850 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $66,025 | 560 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $66,025 | 1,830 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $65,109 | 1,640 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $64,893 | 1,160 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $64,883 | 370 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $61,897 | 2,700 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $59,900 | 730 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers | $67,665 | 25,830 | +5% |
| Structural Iron and Steel Workers | $78,439 | 6,220 | +5.5% |
| Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters | $58,904 | 2,460 | -20% |
| Brickmasons and Blockmasons | $70,921 | 4,180 | +5.7% |
| Sheet Metal Workers | $78,665 | 7,970 | +5.5% |
| Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | $50,149 | 6,750 | -9.8% |
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