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Career Information for Carpenters in Texas

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Fast Facts for Carpenters in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: San Angelo, Beaumont, and El Paso
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Sherman, Laredo, and Wichita Falls
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio

Salaries for Carpenters in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Austin, Beaumont, and Sherman. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Carpenters in Texas are listed below.

Selected Carpentry Schools in Texas

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Everest Institute
Houston

Founded in 1851 as Duff's Business Institute, the school offers career education programs in 12 states with greater than 25 locations.

  • Programs: Carpentry
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Carpenters in Texas

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

More Texas Carpentry Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Brazosport CollegeLake JacksonBachelor3,753
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleAssociate3,196
Hill CollegeHillsboroAssociate3,556
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Lee CollegeBaytownAssociate5,856
McLennan Community CollegeWacoAssociate8,079
Midland CollegeMidlandBachelor5,739
North Lake CollegeIrvingAssociate9,835
Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie ViewDoctorate8,382
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvilleDoctorate16,496
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
Southwest Texas Junior CollegeUvaldeAssociate4,716
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaAssociate4,439
Texas A & M UniversityCollege StationDoctorate46,542
Texas A & M University-CommerceCommerceDoctorate8,813
Texas State Technical College HarlingenHarlingenAssociate4,957
Texas State Technical College-West TexasSweetwaterAssociate1,639
Texas State University-San MarcosSan MarcosDoctorate28,121
University of HoustonHoustonDoctorate & First Professional34,663
University of North TexasDentonDoctorate34,710

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Carpenters

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

TEXAS

   
San Angelo240$26,5001
Beaumont830$34,9300.8
El Paso1,380$26,3300.8
Brownsville600$24,7000.8
Killeen490$33,5200.7
Houston10,950$32,9400.6
Amarillo380$29,9600.6
Lubbock460$30,8400.6
San Antonio3,380$31,6900.6
Abilene220$30,4100.6
Victoria160$26,4300.6
Austin2,930$35,0700.6
College Station250$29,6000.5
Midland210$32,4100.5
Tyler290$32,3100.5
Longview280$31,4100.5
Dallas6,860$33,1200.5
Odessa160$34,0200.5
Texarkana130$33,1000.4
Waco230$29,4800.4
Fort Worth2,210$31,8400.4
McAllen510$19,8100.4
Wichita Falls120$31,3300.4
Laredo170$31,1700.3
Sherman40$34,3100.2
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