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Registered apprenticeships
The apprenticeship.gov partner file, dated 2026-10-07, lists 26,155 apprenticeship sponsors and 7,853 educators in the 50 states and DC; Virginia has the most sponsors (2,425).
How apprenticeship pays
Registered apprenticeships are paid jobs whose wages rise as you learn (29 CFR 29.5): the program must set a progressively increasing wage schedule, starting at no less than the federal minimum wage where it applies. Find openings with apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder or your local American Job Center.
Sponsors and educators by state
| State | Sponsors | Educators |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 2,425 | 1,172 |
| Connecticut | 1,920 | 23 |
| New Jersey | 1,740 | 815 |
| Texas | 1,165 | 272 |
| Wisconsin | 1,156 | 19 |
| South Carolina | 930 | 274 |
| Iowa | 905 | 246 |
| North Carolina | 886 | 27 |
| Pennsylvania | 885 | 336 |
| Michigan | 859 | 510 |
| Montana | 830 | 379 |
| New York | 805 | 45 |
| Massachusetts | 747 | 137 |
| California | 731 | 247 |
| Rhode Island | 637 | 351 |
| Maryland | 636 | 145 |
| Indiana | 635 | 169 |
| New Hampshire | 528 | 163 |
| Illinois | 506 | 172 |
| Delaware | 493 | 149 |
| Ohio | 477 | 290 |
| Tennessee | 473 | 112 |
| Colorado | 466 | 116 |
| Florida | 375 | 217 |
| Missouri | 347 | 90 |
| Washington | 327 | 34 |
| Georgia | 325 | 140 |
| Utah | 323 | 152 |
| Arizona | 316 | 70 |
| Idaho | 297 | 116 |
| Kentucky | 265 | 108 |
| Alaska | 244 | 51 |
| Alabama | 193 | 57 |
| South Dakota | 189 | 77 |
| Oregon | 177 | 5 |
| Minnesota | 166 | 53 |
| Kansas | 161 | 119 |
| Arkansas | 159 | 61 |
| Vermont | 152 | 57 |
| Maine | 139 | 83 |
| Oklahoma | 139 | 13 |
| District of Columbia | 132 | 14 |
| West Virginia | 122 | 26 |
| Louisiana | 115 | 26 |
| Nebraska | 110 | 21 |
| Wyoming | 110 | 13 |
| Hawaii | 104 | 17 |
| North Dakota | 99 | 32 |
| Mississippi | 95 | 11 |
| Nevada | 76 | 15 |
| New Mexico | 63 | 6 |
Source: apprenticeship.gov Partner Finder sponsor file. Counts only: the file also names contact people, which we do not publish.