Woodworking programs in Pennsylvania
8 schools in Pennsylvania teach this, at certificate or associate level. 1 of them reports what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $36,312 at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.
What this work pays in Pennsylvania
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Pennsylvania earn a median of $44,980 a year across 3,310 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 Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | $47,610 | 3,300 |
| Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood | $40,590 | 1,720 |
| Furniture Finishers | $47,450 | 790 |
| Woodworkers, All Other | $61,880 | 50 |
| Patternmakers, Wood | $55,020 | — |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster | Associate's degree | $9,373 | $36,312 (17 grads) | 13 |
| Berks Career & Technology Center Leesport | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Bucks County Community College Newtown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Bucks County Community College Newtown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology Pleasant Gap | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center Altoona | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lancaster County Career and Technology Center Willow Street | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Schnecksville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
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 Woodworking — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.