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Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 2,992 hours, for HYDRO BLASTER/VACUUM TECHNICIAN (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| HYDRO BLASTER/VACUUM TECHNICIAN | 1110 | Competency-Based: 2,992 hours Hybrid: 2,992 to 4,032 hours Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What cleaners of vehicles and equipment earn, by state
District of Columbia has the highest state median for cleaners of vehicles and equipment ($42,710) and Puerto Rico the lowest ($21,890), across the 54 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $42,710 | $20.53 | 350 |
| Alaska | $40,210 | $19.33 | 620 |
| Washington | $40,070 | $19.26 | 8,270 |
| Colorado | $39,610 | $19.04 | 6,750 |
| Vermont | $39,530 | $19.01 | 620 |
| New York | $39,390 | $18.94 | 20,390 |
| Massachusetts | $38,630 | $18.57 | 5,100 |
| Oregon | $38,070 | $18.30 | 5,550 |
| California | $37,920 | $18.23 | 46,030 |
| Minnesota | $37,580 | $18.07 | 4,460 |
| Hawaii | $37,560 | $18.06 | 1,180 |
| Delaware | $37,440 | $18.00 | 1,280 |
| Maine | $37,440 | $18.00 | 1,150 |
| New Hampshire | $37,420 | $17.99 | 1,030 |
| Kansas | $37,370 | $17.96 | 6,410 |
| Rhode Island | $37,340 | $17.95 | 780 |
| North Dakota | $37,290 | $17.93 | 1,330 |
| Nebraska | $37,160 | $17.87 | 4,570 |
| New Jersey | $37,090 | $17.83 | 9,930 |
| Montana | $36,510 | $17.55 | 1,490 |
| Maryland | $36,390 | $17.49 | 6,010 |
| Illinois | $35,930 | $17.27 | 16,350 |
| Iowa | $35,920 | $17.27 | 4,190 |
| Connecticut | $35,870 | $17.25 | 3,480 |
| Idaho | $35,640 | $17.13 | 2,840 |
| Arizona | $35,410 | $17.02 | 6,260 |
| Wisconsin | $35,280 | $16.96 | 7,040 |
| Ohio | $35,230 | $16.94 | 13,750 |
| South Dakota | $35,050 | $16.85 | 1,510 |
| Arkansas | $34,970 | $16.81 | 5,140 |
| Tennessee | $34,950 | $16.80 | 8,420 |
| Indiana | $34,940 | $16.80 | 7,520 |
| Utah | $34,900 | $16.78 | 4,580 |
| Missouri | $34,670 | $16.67 | 9,150 |
| Pennsylvania | $34,650 | $16.66 | 11,710 |
| Kentucky | $34,470 | $16.57 | 5,580 |
| Virginia | $34,450 | $16.56 | 8,860 |
| Nevada | $34,230 | $16.46 | 3,790 |
| South Carolina | $34,230 | $16.46 | 5,720 |
| Michigan | $33,890 | $16.29 | 10,320 |
| Wyoming | $33,890 | $16.29 | 720 |
| North Carolina | $33,470 | $16.09 | 13,820 |
| Florida | $33,380 | $16.05 | 24,920 |
| Oklahoma | $30,880 | $14.85 | 5,080 |
| Georgia | $30,610 | $14.72 | 12,180 |
| New Mexico | $30,310 | $14.57 | 1,820 |
| Texas | $29,450 | $14.16 | 37,750 |
| West Virginia | $29,390 | $14.13 | 1,260 |
| Alabama | $29,360 | $14.11 | 6,440 |
| Mississippi | $28,640 | $13.77 | 2,790 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $28,290 | $13.60 | 30 |
| Louisiana | $27,600 | $13.27 | 4,140 |
| Guam | $21,980 | $10.57 | 140 |
| Puerto Rico | $21,890 | $10.52 | 1,310 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).