Louisiana Apprenticeship Programs
As of September 2026, Louisiana fields 7,800 active apprentices across 335 registered programs, a mid-sized system with 53.4% completion.
- Active apprentices
- 7,800
- National rank
- #31 / 51
- Completion rate
- 53.4%
- Completion wage
- $27
Louisiana ranks #31 of 51 jurisdictions by active registered apprentices - about 0.9% of all U.S. registered apprentices. Its 53.4% completion rate sits 4.8 pts below the 58.2% national average, and apprentices who finish raise their pay by 80% - from $15 to $27 an hour.
Apprenticeship filing desk
Jurisdiction LO · Louisiana
Louisiana registered-apprenticeship filing: 7,800 active apprentices (rank 31/51), 335 programs, 53.4% completion.
- BOOK-SMALL 7,800
- RANK-LOWER #31
- PROG-SPARSE 335
- COMP-MID 53.4%
- WAGE-STRONG +80%
- SHARE-SMALL 0.9%
- NEW-FY 2,000
Nearest enrollment peer: Connecticut (200 apprentice gap)
U.S. Department of Labor registered-apprenticeship filing stamps for this jurisdiction. Read: fastest growing occupations 2034
Where Louisiana sits among all 51 jurisdictions
Enrollment by jurisdiction with Louisiana marked mid-field. Inventory size is not a quality ranking.
Louisiana vs all states by active apprentices
Where this state's DOL registered-apprenticeship enrollment sits among every tracked jurisdiction
7,800 31st of 51 higher than 20 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 Louisiana'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: completion
If one figure defines this system it is attrition: 53.4% completion, weaker than 92% of states.
Where the scale sits
7,800 active apprentices rank 31 of 51 nationally, 0.9% of all registered enrollment.
Flatter wage progression
The wage arc is comparatively flat: $14.75/hour rising 79.7% to $26.50, a bottom-tercile progression (national norm 82.7%).
Middle-of-the-road program size
335 registered programs at 23.3 apprentices per program lands in the middle tercile of states; program structure is not what distinguishes this system.
Slow intake pipeline
Intake is the soft spot. 2,000 new apprentices against 7,800 active is a 25.6% replacement rate, in the bottom tercile of states; the base renews more slowly than almost everywhere else.
Louisiana'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%
- Boilermaker 21%
- Operating Engineer 25%
- Plumber 27%
- 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 Louisiana have?
Louisiana reports about 7,800 active registered apprentices in 335 programs, ranking 31 of 51 jurisdictions.
What is the apprenticeship completion rate in Louisiana?
53.4%, which trails the 58.2% national average by 4.8 points.
How much do apprentices earn in Louisiana?
Apprentices start near $14.75/hour and finish near $26.50. The 79.7% progression is flatter than in most states.
What are the top apprenticeship trades in Louisiana?
The dataset's largest registered-apprenticeship occupations for Louisiana are Electrician, Plumber, Pipefitter, Boilermaker, Operating Engineer — construction trades dominate registered apprenticeship in every state.
Why is Louisiana's apprentice pipeline slow?
The data shows the symptom, not the cause: 2,000 new registrations against 7,800 active apprentices is a 25.6% intake ratio, bottom-tercile nationally. The dataset does not record why sponsors register fewer new apprentices here.
Compare other states
Put these numbers to use
Use Louisiana's apprenticeship numbers above to plan a specific trade path, not just compare states.
- Real wage and growth numbers weigh an apprenticeship path against a college degree. Apprenticeships vs college
- Browse the full occupation directory to check wage and AI exposure for a specific trade. Browse all occupations
- The occupations projected to add the most jobs through 2034 are worth a look. 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).