New Hampshire Apprenticeship Programs
New Hampshire's registered-apprenticeship system is small — 3,400 active apprentices across 165 programs as of September 2026 — so its structure, not its size, is the story below.
- Active apprentices
- 3,400
- National rank
- #43 / 51
- Completion rate
- 61.8%
- Completion wage
- $31
New Hampshire ranks #43 of 51 jurisdictions by active registered apprentices - about 0.4% of all U.S. registered apprentices. Its 61.8% completion rate sits 3.6 pts above the 58.2% national average, and apprentices who finish raise their pay by 79% - from $17 to $31 an hour.
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Jurisdiction NE · New Hampshire
New Hampshire registered-apprenticeship filing: 3,400 active apprentices (rank 43/51), 165 programs, 61.8% completion.
- BOOK-TRACE 3,400
- RANK-LOWER #43
- PROG-SPARSE 165
- COMP-MID 61.8%
- WAGE-MID +79%
- SHARE-SMALL 0.4%
- NEW-FY 900
Nearest enrollment peer: Mississippi (200 apprentice gap)
U.S. Department of Labor registered-apprenticeship filing stamps for this jurisdiction. Read: future proof careers
Where New Hampshire sits among all 51 jurisdictions
Enrollment by jurisdiction; New Hampshire is marked near the small end. Inventory size is not a quality ranking.
New Hampshire vs all states by active apprentices
Where this state's DOL registered-apprenticeship enrollment sits among every tracked jurisdiction
3,400 43rd of 51 higher than 8 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 New Hampshire'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: wage lift
The standout metric here is a flat wage arc: 79.4% growth from start to completion, less than 90% of states manage.
One of the smallest systems
At rank 43 of 51 with 3,400 active apprentices (0.4% 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.
Above-average completion
61.8% of apprentices finish their programs, 3.6 points above the 58.2% national average — the clearest quality signal in this filing.
Many small programs
Enrollment is unusually distributed: 165 programs averaging 20.6 apprentices apiece against a 23.6 national norm. A long tail of small sponsors carries the system.
Fast intake pipeline
New registrations are running hot: 900 in the latest fiscal year equals 26.5% of the active base (national pace 25.9%). If completions keep up, this system is compounding.
New Hampshire'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%
- HVAC Mechanic -
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 New Hampshire have?
About 3,400 active registered apprentices, one of the smaller state totals (rank 43 of 51), in roughly 165 programs.
What is the apprenticeship completion rate in New Hampshire?
61.8% — 3.6 points above the 58.2% national average, one of the stronger completion records among the states.
How much do apprentices earn in New Hampshire?
Apprentices start near $17.00/hour and finish near $30.50. The 79.4% progression is flatter than in most states.
What are the top apprenticeship trades in New Hampshire?
The dataset's largest registered-apprenticeship occupations for New Hampshire are Electrician, Plumber, Carpenter, HVAC Mechanic, Sheet Metal Worker — construction trades dominate registered apprenticeship in every state.
Is apprenticeship growing in New Hampshire?
The intake numbers say yes: 900 new apprentices registered in the latest fiscal year, 26.5% of the current active base and above the 25.9% national pace.
Compare other states
Put these numbers to use
Use New Hampshire'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
- The full occupation directory covers wage and AI exposure for any specific trade. Browse all occupations
- Through 2034, these are the occupations projected to add the most jobs. Fastest-growing occupations
Apprenticeship figures come from U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship data; enrollment and completion vary by program and year.
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).