Alaska Apprenticeship Programs
Alaska's registered-apprenticeship system is small — 2,800 active apprentices across 140 programs as of September 2026 — so its structure, not its size, is the story below.
- Active apprentices
- 2,800
- National rank
- #46 / 51
- Completion rate
- 56.3%
- Completion wage
- $37
Alaska ranks #46 of 51 jurisdictions by active registered apprentices - about 0.3% of all U.S. registered apprentices. Its 56.3% completion rate sits 1.9 pts below the 58.2% national average, and apprentices who finish raise their pay by 90% - from $20 to $37 an hour.
Apprenticeship filing desk
Jurisdiction AL · Alaska
Alaska registered-apprenticeship filing: 2,800 active apprentices (rank 46/51), 140 programs, 56.3% completion.
- BOOK-TRACE 2,800
- RANK-LOWER #46
- PROG-SPARSE 140
- COMP-MID 56.3%
- WAGE-STRONG +90%
- SHARE-SMALL 0.3%
- NEW-FY 750
Nearest enrollment peer: South Dakota (200 apprentice gap)
U.S. Department of Labor registered-apprenticeship filing stamps for this jurisdiction. Read: fastest growing occupations 2034
Where Alaska sits among all 51 jurisdictions
Enrollment by jurisdiction; Alaska is marked near the small end. Inventory size is not a quality ranking.
Alaska vs all states by active apprentices
Where this state's DOL registered-apprenticeship enrollment sits among every tracked jurisdiction
2,800 46th of 51 higher than 5 of 51 states
States and territories, banded by active apprentices
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Labor registered-apprenticeship data · 2026-09-25
Source: U.S. Department of Labor registered-apprenticeship data, compiled by PlainWorkforce.
Reading Alaska's numbers
What stands out in this state's DOL filing, most distinctive first. Every figure below is computed from the state's own row in the dataset.
The signature stat: intake
The number that separates Alaska from its peers is intake velocity: new registrations equal 26.8% of the active base, a faster pipeline than 96% of states.
One of the smallest systems
At rank 46 of 51 with 2,800 active apprentices (0.3% of the national total), this is one of the country's smallest registered systems — which makes the per-program and intake figures above the more telling comparison.
Completion near the average
A 56.3% completion rate holds within two points of the national average (58.2%).
Many small programs
Enrollment is unusually distributed: 140 programs averaging 20 apprentices apiece against a 23.6 national norm. A long tail of small sponsors carries the system.
Strong wage progression
Wages move further here than in most states: $19.50/hour at entry to $37.00 at completion, a 89.7% climb versus the 82.7% national norm.
Alaska's largest registered-apprenticeship occupations, ranked by AI-exposure score, most sit well below the 37% occupation-wide average (the dotted line), which is exactly why the trades are AI-resilient. Bars link to the full occupation profile where tracked.
- Electrician 13%
- Operating Engineer 25%
- Plumber 27%
- Carpenter 28%
- Pipefitter -
AI-exposure scores are PlainWorkforce's analysis of O*NET task data; the 37% line is the average across all 832 tracked occupations. Lower = more AI-resilient.
Frequently asked questions
How many apprentices does Alaska have?
About 2,800 active registered apprentices, one of the smaller state totals (rank 46 of 51), in roughly 140 programs.
What is the apprenticeship completion rate in Alaska?
Roughly 56.3%, effectively at the national average of 58.2%.
How much do apprentices earn in Alaska?
Starting pay averages $19.50/hour and completion pay $37.00 — a 89.7% increase, among the strongest wage progressions of any state.
What are the top apprenticeship trades in Alaska?
The dataset's largest registered-apprenticeship occupations for Alaska are Electrician, Plumber, Carpenter, Operating Engineer, Pipefitter — construction trades dominate registered apprenticeship in every state.
Is apprenticeship growing in Alaska?
The intake numbers say yes: 750 new apprentices registered in the latest fiscal year, 26.8% of the current active base and above the 25.9% national pace.
Compare other states
Next steps here
Use Alaska's apprenticeship numbers above to plan a specific trade path, not just compare states.
- Weigh an apprenticeship path against a college degree with real wage and growth numbers. Apprenticeships vs college
- Browse the full occupation directory to check wage and AI exposure for a specific trade. Browse all occupations
- See which occupations are projected to add the most jobs through 2034. Fastest-growing occupations
Enrollment and completion vary by program and year; these figures come from the U.S. Department of Labor's Registered Apprenticeship data.
Every figure on PlainWorkforce is rendered directly from BLS/O*NET source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Enrollment and wage figures are rounded. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these figures, or report a data error. Data current as of U.S. Department of Labor, Registered Apprenticeship.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Registered Apprenticeship (active apprentices, registered programs, completion rates, and wages by state), O*NET (occupation task data, for the linked AI-exposure scores).