Exactly 400 of Louisiana's 11,940 carpentry professionals work in Alexandria. Between 2006 and 2010, in Alexandria, there has been a 18% growth in the number of carpentry professionals. As the number of carpentry professionals in Alexandria has increased, overall employment in Alexandria has also increased.

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As the number of carpentry professionals in Alexandria has grown, salaries for carpentry professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $32,350 per year was earned by carpentry professionals in Alexandria. Carpentry professionals in Alexandria made a yearly average salary of $28,450, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Alexandria.

Carpentry professionals in Alexandria earn a median salary of $30,880 per year. The difference in pay between the carpentry professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 93%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $23,100 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $44,600 per year.

Alexandria carpentry professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There is only one accredited carpentry school in the city. Many of Alexandria's carpentry professionals are graduates of this school.

There are a total of 4 degree and certificate programs in carpentry offered by Alexandria's carpentry schools.

Approximately 78 students graduated from carpentry courses in 2010.