Designs and builds custom staircases, including curved and spiral stairs.
You calculate the rise and run of a curving staircase, glue up laminated rails, and install it in a mansion foyer.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 3 years after high school. Carpentry training plus specialty stair shop experience.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Carpentry Apprenticeship, Woodworking.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Software calculates rise and run instantly, but building curved stairs that fit a real house is skilled shop and site work.
Classes: Geometry, Woodshop, Drafting or CAD.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2031.
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