Maryland Apprenticeship Programs
As of September 2026, Maryland fields 14,500 active apprentices across 590 registered programs, a mid-sized system with 57.6% completion.
- Active apprentices
- 14,500
- National rank
- #20 / 51
- Completion rate
- 57.6%
- Completion wage
- $32
Maryland ranks #20 of 51 jurisdictions by active registered apprentices - about 1.7% of all U.S. registered apprentices. Its 57.6% completion rate sits 0.6 pts below the 58.2% national average, and apprentices who finish raise their pay by 83% - from $17 to $32 an hour.
Apprenticeship filing desk
Jurisdiction MA · Maryland
Maryland registered-apprenticeship filing: 14,500 active apprentices (rank 20/51), 590 programs, 57.6% completion.
- BOOK-MID 14,500
- RANK-MID #20
- PROG-MID 590
- COMP-MID 57.6%
- WAGE-STRONG +83%
- SHARE-SMALL 1.7%
- NEW-FY 3,700
Nearest enrollment peer: Arizona (1,000 apprentice gap)
U.S. Department of Labor registered-apprenticeship filing stamps for this jurisdiction. Read: fastest growing occupations 2034
Where Maryland sits among all 51 jurisdictions
Enrollment by jurisdiction with Maryland marked mid-field. Inventory size is not a quality ranking.
Maryland vs all states by active apprentices
Where this state's DOL registered-apprenticeship enrollment sits among every tracked jurisdiction
14,500 20th of 51 higher than 31 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 Maryland'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
What separates Maryland is a slow front door: new registrations equal just 25.5% of the active base, a slower pipeline than 82% of states.
Where the scale sits
14,500 active apprentices rank 20 of 51 nationally, 1.7% of all registered enrollment.
Completion near the average
A 57.6% completion rate holds within two points of the national average (58.2%).
Middle-of-the-road program size
590 registered programs at 24.6 apprentices per program lands in the middle tercile of states; program structure is not what distinguishes this system.
Typical wage progression
Pay runs $17.25/hour at the start and $31.50 at completion — a 82.6% progression near the 82.7% norm.
Maryland'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%
- Sheet Metal Worker 23%
- Plumber 27%
- Carpenter 28%
- Iron Worker -
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 Maryland have?
Maryland reports about 14,500 active registered apprentices in 590 programs, ranking 20 of 51 jurisdictions.
What is the apprenticeship completion rate in Maryland?
Roughly 57.6%, effectively at the national average of 58.2%.
How much do apprentices earn in Maryland?
Entry wages average $17.25/hour, rising to about $31.50 at completion (82.6% growth).
What are the top apprenticeship trades in Maryland?
The dataset's largest registered-apprenticeship occupations for Maryland are Electrician, Plumber, Iron Worker, Carpenter, Sheet Metal Worker — construction trades dominate registered apprenticeship in every state.
Why is Maryland's apprentice pipeline slow?
The data shows the symptom, not the cause: 3,700 new registrations against 14,500 active apprentices is a 25.5% intake ratio, bottom-tercile nationally. The dataset does not record why sponsors register fewer new apprentices here.
What to do with this
Use Maryland'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
- 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).