Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
SOC 51-7011 · 2024-2034
Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -9.8%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $50,149per year
- Projected openings
- 6,750
- Projected change
- -9.8%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
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.
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Selection
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $59,321 | 290 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $58,615 | 460 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $58,501 | 360 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $56,275 | 50 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $53,279 | 950 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $51,473 | 30 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $50,775 | 70 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $50,498 | 100 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $49,647 | 190 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $49,585 | 100 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $49,113 | 610 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $48,528 | 990 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $48,385 | 50 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $48,375 | 80 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $48,293 | 2,020 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $48,149 | 1,030 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $48,118 | 50 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $48,077 | 160 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $47,882 | 110 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $47,636 | 70 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $47,144 | 230 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $47,082 | 30 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $46,087 | 30 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $46,087 | 160 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $44,650 | 160 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $43,789 | 10 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $41,306 | 50 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 60 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing | $47,428 | 3,500 | -2.9% |
| Furniture Finishers | $50,200 | 1,240 | -13.3% |
| Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters | $58,904 | 2,460 | -20% |
| Carpenters | $77,977 | 110,410 | +6.4% |
| Upholsterers | $49,689 | 1,640 | -5.6% |
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