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Career Information for Carpenters in Louisiana

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Fast Facts for Carpenters in Louisiana

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and Alexandria
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Lafayette, Monroe, and New Orleans
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Shreveport

Salaries for Carpenters in Louisiana

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Carpenters in Louisiana are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Carpenters in Louisiana

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

Louisiana Carpentry Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier CityAssociate4,986
Louisiana Tech UniversityRustonDoctorate10,564
Louisiana Technical College-Lafourche CampusThibodauxAssociate424
Louisiana Technical College-Northwest Louisiana CampusMindenAssociate741
Louisiana Technical College-Ruston CampusRustonAssociate126
Louisiana Technical College-Shreveport-Bossier CampusShreveportAssociate1,160
Louisiana Technical College-Sullivan CampusBogalusaAssociate1,080
Louisiana Technical College-Tallulah CampusTallulahAssociate420
Louisiana Technical College-Teche Area CampusNew IberiaAssociate507
Louisiana Technical College-West Jefferson CampusHarveyAssociate564
Louisiana Technical College-Young Memorial CampusMorgan CityAssociate964
Nunez Community CollegeChalmetteAssociate1,442
University of Louisiana MonroeMonroeDoctorate & First Professional8,541

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Carpenters

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Louisiana. 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

LOUISIANA

   
Lake Charles860$36,9801.6
Baton Rouge3,530$38,7201.5
Alexandria450$31,9701.3
Shreveport1,250$33,7901.1
Houma600$33,4001
New Orleans2,890$39,3600.9
Monroe390$32,3100.8
Lafayette610$31,9700.7
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