{
  "batch": "1556-job-discovery-trades-construction-angle-boards",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r1556_job_discovery_trades_construction_angle_boards_bls_carpenter_2025",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Carpenter: job_overview",
      "summary": "Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures using wood and other materials.",
      "body": "Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures using wood and other materials.\n\nWhat U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics actually says:\n\n“Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures using wood and other materials.”\n\nNote: Official BLS occupational data from government source; pay data could not be verified from accessible source",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/47-2031.00",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "evidence_quote": "Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures using wood and other materials.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "1556-job-discovery-trades-construction-angle-boards",
      "subject": "Carpenter",
      "topic": "job_overview",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Nationwide employment",
      "job": {
        "job_name": "Carpenter",
        "category": "Skilled trades",
        "what_it_is": "Construction professional who constructs, repairs, and installs building frameworks and structures using wood and other materials",
        "startup_cost": "Low to moderate (tools, equipment)",
        "skill_level": "Apprenticeship or vocational training",
        "typical_pay_range": "could_not_verify",
        "pay_unit": "Annual salary",
        "where_to_find_work": "Union hiring halls, Construction job boards, Direct employer websites",
        "adjacent_jobs": "Construction Laborer, Framer, Trim Carpenter"
      },
      "tags": {
        "lane": "feet_parts",
        "stage": "running",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "blsooh",
        "topic": [
          "money.pricing",
          "money.payout"
        ],
        "explicitness": "none_on_camera"
      }
    }
  ]
}