Exactly 630 of the 11,940 carpentry professionals employed in Louisiana, work in Lafayette. There has been a 54% growth in the number of carpentry professionals in Lafayette between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Lafayette has decreased.

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As the number of carpentry professionals in Lafayette has grown, salaries for carpentry professionals have also increased. In 2010 Lafayette carpentry professionals earned an average yearly salary of $39,170. The average salary for carpentry professionals in Lafayette was $29,550 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Lafayette.

Carpentry professionals in Lafayette earn a median salary of $33,960 per year. The difference in pay between the carpentry professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 127%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $24,370 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $55,390 per year.

Carpentry professional salaries in Lafayette are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Lafayette's carpentry professionals are graduates of the only accredited carpentry school in the city.

Lafayette's carpentry schools offer 2 carpentry degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 29 students completed carpentry courses.