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Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Builds and repairs the wooden frames, stairs, cabinets and forms of buildings.

Typical education to startHigh school diploma or equivalent
Job outlook2025–2035: +6%
Median pay$45,990 a year (2025)
Interest codeRC Realistic, Conventional

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Carpenters read plans, measure, cut and install framing, floors, stairs, doors, cabinets and trim, and build the forms for concrete. Some run their own contracting businesses. The work is outdoors and indoors, and physical.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • Woodworking · Career and Technical

    Builds building and construction, which this job uses.

  • Geometry · Math

    Builds math, which this job uses.

  • Physics · Science

    Builds physics, which this job uses.

  • Physical Education · Health and PE

    Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.