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Career Information for Carpenters in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Carpenters in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Rockford, Decatur, and Peoria
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Danville, Kankakee, and Springfield
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Rockford, and Peoria

Salaries for Carpenters in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Chicago, Kankakee, and Bloomington. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Carpenters in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Carpenters in Illinois

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Carpentry
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

ITT Technical Institute
Online

With over 100 campuses in 34 states nationwide and online programs offered as well, the ITT Technical Institutes may have a program that is convenient for you. ITT Tech is dedicated to teaching technology.

  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Illinois Carpentry Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicagoAssociate6,140
College of Lake CountyGrayslakeAssociate16,010
Danville Area Community CollegeDanvilleAssociate2,832
Illinois Central CollegeEast PeoriaAssociate11,804
Joliet Junior CollegeJolietAssociate13,149
Kankakee Community CollegeKankakeeAssociate3,591
Kaskaskia CollegeCentraliaAssociate5,041
Kishwaukee CollegeMaltaAssociate4,466
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,655
Parkland CollegeChampaignAssociate9,407
Rock Valley CollegeRockfordAssociate7,923
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburgAssociate2,606
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsvilleMasters & First Professional13,398
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBellevilleAssociate13,713
Triton CollegeRiver GroveAssociate15,658

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Carpenters

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Carpenters

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Carpenters relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Rockford1,930$47,1202
Decatur430$41,3101.6
Peoria1,430$51,9701.3
Champaign700$48,5301.2
Bloomington450$54,7201.1
Chicago24,910$63,5201
Springfield540$40,1900.8
Kankakee170$54,8100.8
Danville110$30,8600.8
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