Carpentry Schools In Maine
Maine has 3 accredited carpentry schools where carpentry faculty who teach carpentry classes can find employment. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of carpentry and carpentry training in Maine, which includes carpentry training at the following levels:
- Carpentry Certificate
- Associates degree in Carpentry
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Professional Trends
Maine Vs. National Carpentry Employment
| Maine | 4,500 |
| National | 656,880 |
Of all of the carpentry professionals in the country, nearly 1% are in the state of Maine.
Employment Growth for Carpentry professionals In Maine
| 6,280 | 6,370 | 6,240 | 5,200 | 4,500 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Carpentry is a shrinking field in Maine. In Maine, 1,780 less carpentry professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Maine, this field has shrunk by 28% in four years. This is slower 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 Maine
| $38,630 | $39,397 | $40,597 | $44,843 | $32,053 |
| $40,902 | $42,204 | $44,287 | $45,290 | $46,296 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Carpentry
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by carpentry professionals is decreasing in Maine. Carpentry professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $38,630 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $32,053 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Carpentry professionals in Maine
10th percentile |
$20,240 |
25th percentile |
$25,530 |
50th percentile |
$30,957 |
75th percentile |
$38,067 |
90th percentile |
$46,430 |
This represents a 21% decline in salaries. State trends for all professions are quite different from this decline. In Maine state, within the field of carpentry, there is a huge variation in pay. The highest paid carpentry professionals earn 129% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket.
Average Salaries for Carpentry professionals and related professions in Maine
Carpentry |
$32,053 |
Carpentry professionals in Maine earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Carpentry programs available for each degree type for all schools in Maine
associate |
1 |
bachelor |
0 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
3 |
| Total | 4 |
As the number of carpentry professionals is decreasing in Maine state, the number of students graduating from the 3 accredited carpentry schools in Maine state is decreasing. In Maine, there were 36 graduates in 2006. And there were 25 graduates from carpentry courses in 2010.
This represents a 31% decrease in the number of carpentry degree or certificate school graduates in Maine state. 75% of these graduates received an undergraduate certificate in carpentry.