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Portland, OR (population: 573,530) has one carpentry school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Chemeketa Community College has a total student population of 12,217. It is the 5468th highest ranked school in the USA and the 63rd highest in the state of Oregon (#1 is Reed College).

Carpentry students from Portland schools who go on to become carpenters, construction managers, construction workers, construction engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 743,760 people working as carpenters alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $43,640. Also, Construction laborers make on average $33,190 per year and there are about 856,440 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton-WA area alone, there are 6,290 employed construction laborers earning an average salary of $35,100. Carpenters in this area earn $45,880/yr and there are 8,780 employed.

Portland lies in Clackamas county, which is one of the 16 counties in Oregon. Overall, the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton-WA area has 993,470 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.15/hr average worker wage, and a $46,080 average annual salary. Thus, about 8.834 out of every 1000 jobs in Portland are held by carpenters, and 6.328/1000 are held by construction laborers.

After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Chemeketa Community College ends up costing a student $5,817/yr.

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Chemeketa Community College
  • Carpentry/Carpenter
    Levels offered: Certificate

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