Carpenters programs in North Carolina
13 schools in North Carolina teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.
What this work pays in North Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in North Carolina earn a median of $75,270 a year across 32,460 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenters | $49,100 | 13,480 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance Community College Graham | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Bladen Community College Dublin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Cape Fear Community College Wilmington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Mayland Community College Spruce Pine | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| McDowell Technical Community College Marion | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Pamlico Community College Grantsboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Piedmont Community College Roxboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Southwestern Community College Sylva | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Surry Community College Dobson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Vance-Granville Community College Henderson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Carpenters — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.