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Apprenticeships by trade and state

An apprenticeship is a paid job with training, and you don’t need experience to start one. You are paid for every hour on the job, and your pay goes up in steps as your hours add up.

  • 50trade and state guides
  • 5,396apprenticeship programs

How an apprenticeship works

  1. Apply to a programStart here · ask each program how and when it takes applications
  2. Start workPaid from your first day on the job
  3. Pay goes up in stepsAt set points, as your hours add up
  4. Reach the journey rateWhen you finish the program

Pick your trade, then your state

Federal figures are the median pay at the start and at the end of an apprenticeship, from different groups of apprentices. Register figures run from the lowest-paying program to the highest.

California and New York have a license guide but no apprenticeship page yet. The other 24 states and the District of Columbia have no guides yet.

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