Carpentry Schools In California
California has 16 accredited carpentry schools where carpentry faculty who teach carpentry classes can find employment. The trends in California's carpentry academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in carpentry includes carpentry training at the following levels:
- Carpentry Certificate
- Associates degree in Carpentry
- Bachelors degree in Carpentry
- Masters degree in Carpentry
Schools
Cities
Statistics
Professional Trends
California Vs. National Carpentry Employment
| California | 65,660 |
| National | 656,880 |
Of all of the carpentry professionals that work in the US, approximately 10% work in California state.
Employment Growth for Carpentry professionals In California
| 148,200 | 130,720 | 110,840 | 83,700 | 65,660 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of carpentry professionals is shrinking in California. There were 82,540 less carpentry professionals working in California in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 56% decline in the field. This is faster than the trend for carpentry professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of carpentry professionals has shrunk by 36% between 2006 and 2010.
Carpentry VS. All Professions salaries in California
| $49,507 | $50,280 | $53,967 | $54,333 | $55,617 |
| $48,885 | $52,410 | $54,744 | $56,285 | $57,176 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Carpentry
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to carpentry professionals are growing in California. In 2006 carpentry professionals made a mean salary of $49,507 per year, and in 2010 they made $55,617 per year.
Salary percentiles for Carpentry professionals in California
10th percentile |
$32,173 |
25th percentile |
$40,253 |
50th percentile |
$50,030 |
75th percentile |
$66,697 |
90th percentile |
$88,633 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 11%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In the state of California, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of carpentry. The pay differential between the highest paid carpentry professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 175%
Average Salaries for Carpentry professionals and related professions in California
Carpentry |
$55,617 |
Carpentry professionals in California earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Carpentry programs available for each degree type for all schools in California
associate |
16 |
bachelor |
1 |
master |
1 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
24 |
| Total | 42 |
The number of students graduating from the 16 accredited carpentry schools in California is increasing. In California, there were 144 graduates in 2006. And there were 314 graduates from carpentry courses in 2010.
This represents a 118% increase in the number of carpentry degree or certificate school graduates in California state. Most of these graduates, or 57%, earned a undergraduate certificate in carpentry.