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Registered apprenticeship sponsors, state by state
apprenticeship.gov's partner file, dated October 7, 2026, lists 25,633 registered apprenticeship sponsors in the 50 states and DC; 2,558 registered in the last 12 months. Virginia has the most (2,417).
How registered apprenticeship works
Registered apprenticeships are paid jobs whose wages rise as you learn (29 CFR 29.5): the program sets a progressively increasing wage schedule. A sponsor is the employer, union or group that runs the program and hires the apprentice. The public sponsor file does not say which occupations a sponsor trains, so ask the sponsor, use apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder, or visit your American Job Center.
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Sponsors by state
| State | Sponsors | New in 12 months | Counties | Most sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 2,417 | 254 | 149 | Fairfax County (175) |
| Connecticut | 1,916 | 153 | 8 | Hartford County (5) |
| New Jersey | 1,736 | 295 | 25 | Morris County (174) |
| Wisconsin | 1,152 | 32 | 67 | Milwaukee County (106) |
| Texas | 1,148 | 156 | 130 | Harris County (323) |
| South Carolina | 922 | 71 | 47 | Charleston County (120) |
| Iowa | 903 | 89 | 100 | Polk County (153) |
| Pennsylvania | 877 | 46 | 68 | Allegheny County (114) |
| North Carolina | 864 | 77 | 62 | Guilford County (47) |
| Michigan | 854 | 56 | 74 | Kent County (108) |
| Montana | 830 | 151 | 51 | Flathead County (135) |
| Massachusetts | 727 | 7 | 22 | Middlesex County (140) |
| California | 717 | 64 | 44 | Los Angeles County (109) |
| Indiana | 633 | 92 | 85 | Marion County (92) |
| Rhode Island | 629 | 73 | 6 | Providence County (320) |
| New York | 628 | 34 | 49 | Monroe County (38) |
| Maryland | 547 | 33 | 28 | Prince George's County (71) |
| New Hampshire | 520 | 33 | 10 | Hillsborough County (131) |
| Illinois | 501 | 81 | 71 | Cook County (145) |
| Delaware | 481 | 45 | 4 | New Castle County (269) |
| Ohio | 472 | 36 | 66 | Cuyahoga County (56) |
| Colorado | 462 | 49 | 47 | Denver County (78) |
| Tennessee | 449 | 49 | 68 | Shelby County (90) |
| Florida | 368 | 48 | 51 | Hillsborough County (35) |
| Missouri | 340 | 42 | 69 | St. Louis County (57) |
| Washington | 320 | 18 | 34 | King County (76) |
| Utah | 318 | 40 | 25 | Salt Lake County (117) |
| Arizona | 315 | 52 | 16 | Maricopa County (196) |
| Georgia | 312 | 31 | 78 | Fulton County (63) |
| Idaho | 296 | 40 | 39 | Ada County (73) |
| Kentucky | 263 | 20 | 69 | Jefferson County (64) |
| Alaska | 244 | 25 | 19 | Anchorage Municipality (90) |
| Alabama | 190 | 22 | 38 | Jefferson County (33) |
| South Dakota | 187 | 18 | 34 | Minnehaha County (40) |
| Oregon | 174 | 3 | 23 | Multnomah County (47) |
| Minnesota | 162 | 15 | 39 | Ramsey County (38) |
| Kansas | 161 | 24 | 59 | Sedgwick County (19) |
| Arkansas | 159 | 12 | 37 | Pulaski County (42) |
| Vermont | 151 | 62 | 12 | Chittenden County (40) |
| Maine | 139 | 22 | 15 | Cumberland County (38) |
| Oklahoma | 137 | 17 | 40 | Oklahoma County (33) |
| District of Columbia | 126 | 5 | 3 | District of Columbia (120) |
| West Virginia | 122 | 4 | 27 | Berkeley County (18) |
| Louisiana | 112 | 12 | 38 | East Baton Rouge Parish (21) |
| Wyoming | 110 | 5 | 22 | Laramie County (21) |
| Nebraska | 109 | 12 | 33 | Douglas County (35) |
| Hawaii | 102 | 2 | 4 | Honolulu County (93) |
| North Dakota | 99 | 6 | 33 | Burleigh County (21) |
| Mississippi | 93 | 8 | 33 | Jackson County (20) |
| Nevada | 76 | 11 | 7 | Clark County (45) |
| New Mexico | 63 | 6 | 14 | Bernalillo County (28) |
Source: apprenticeship.gov Partner Finder sponsor file. Organization fields only: the file also names contact people, which we never publish. Some states run their own apprenticeship agencies; their sponsors appear here only when the federal file includes them.