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Electrician apprenticeships in Washington

To become an electrician in Washington, you can start in a registered apprenticeship (a paid job with training). You can compare 34 electrician programs registered with the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) by what they pay.

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Pay on day one

$19.05 an hour

About $760 a week at 40 hours. Programs range from $14.60 to $24.75 an hour.

Journey rate

$45.00 an hour

About $1,800 a week at 40 hours: the pay of a fully qualified worker. Programs range from $31.48 to $76.95 an hour.

The middle of the 34 programs: half pay more and half pay less. Each program counts once, whatever its size.

How to get in

Pick 2 or 3 programs near you
Use the list below. Each program's page says what it pays and how long it takes.
See the programs
Ask each one when it takes applications
Each program takes applications on its own schedule. Each program's page links to where the state lists how to reach it.

Find a program near you

All 34 programs registered with the state, grouped by area, with the highest journey rate first.

Search by city or program name

34 programs

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Puget Sound and the Peninsula

11 programs

Journey rates $35.07 to $76.95 an hour. Renton, Tacoma, Bellevue, Port Townsend, Suquamish, Arlington, Port Orchard and more.

Northwest Washington

7 programs

Journey rates $31.48 to $65.30 an hour. Mount Vernon, Ferndale, Lynden, Bellingham and Friday Harbor.

Southwest Washington

3 programs

Journey rates $53.86 to $54.00 an hour. Battle Ground and Vancouver.

Central Washington

6 programs

Journey rates $34.00 to $45.00 an hour. Yakima, Ellensburg, Union Gap and Sunnyside.

Eastern Washington

7 programs

Journey rates $32.06 to $58.00 an hour. Kennewick, Spokane, Clarkston, Post Falls, Lewiston and Pullman.

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Your hours count toward a license

The hours you work in one of these programs count toward the experience that Washington requires for an electrician certificate of competency. To get the certificate of competency, you must also pass an exam.

L&I also registers marine electrician programs and industrial plant maintenance electrician programs. Completing a marine electrician program doesn't qualify you for an electrician certificate of competency exam. Completing an industrial plant maintenance electrician program qualifies you for the nonresidential maintenance (07) exam, but your hours count only if you hold a trainee certificate and work under a certified supervising electrician.

See Washington electrician licensing

Sources

Pay: Each program pays you from day one, and your pay rises in steps until you reach the journey rate (the hourly pay of a fully qualified worker). L&I lists both rates for each program, and each program sets the pay steps in between.

Every bar uses the same scale. The city is the one on the program's registration, and it's often an office or a union hall.

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