Wyoming Apprenticeship Programs
Wyoming's registered-apprenticeship system is small — 1,900 active apprentices across 100 programs as of September 2026 — so its structure, not its size, is the story below.
- Active apprentices
- 1,900
- National rank
- #50 / 51
- Completion rate
- 60.7%
- Completion wage
- $28
Wyoming ranks #50 of 51 jurisdictions by active registered apprentices - about 0.2% of all U.S. registered apprentices. Its 60.7% completion rate sits 2.5 pts above the 58.2% national average, and apprentices who finish raise their pay by 83% - from $15 to $28 an hour.
Apprenticeship filing desk
Jurisdiction WY · Wyoming
Wyoming registered-apprenticeship filing: 1,900 active apprentices (rank 50/51), 100 programs, 60.7% completion.
- BOOK-TRACE 1,900
- RANK-LOWER #50
- PROG-SPARSE 100
- COMP-MID 60.7%
- WAGE-STRONG +83%
- SHARE-SMALL 0.2%
- NEW-FY 510
Nearest enrollment peer: District of Columbia (100 apprentice gap)
U.S. Department of Labor registered-apprenticeship filing stamps for this jurisdiction. Read: future proof careers
Where Wyoming sits among all 51 jurisdictions
Enrollment by jurisdiction; Wyoming is marked near the small end. Inventory size is not a quality ranking.
Wyoming vs all states by active apprentices
Where this state's DOL registered-apprenticeship enrollment sits among every tracked jurisdiction
1,900 50th of 51 higher than 1 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 Wyoming'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: program size
Wyoming's most unusual number is how thinly enrollment spreads: only 19 apprentices per program, a smaller program size than 100% of states.
One of the smallest systems
At rank 50 of 51 with 1,900 active apprentices (0.2% 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
60.7% of apprentices finish their programs, 2.5 points above the 58.2% national average — the clearest quality signal in this filing.
Fast intake pipeline
New registrations are running hot: 510 in the latest fiscal year equals 26.8% of the active base (national pace 25.9%). If completions keep up, this system is compounding.
Typical wage progression
Pay runs $15.00/hour at the start and $27.50 at completion — a 83.3% progression near the 82.7% norm.
Wyoming'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 Wyoming have?
About 1,900 active registered apprentices, one of the smaller state totals (rank 50 of 51), in roughly 100 programs.
What is the apprenticeship completion rate in Wyoming?
60.7% — 2.5 points above the 58.2% national average, one of the stronger completion records among the states.
How much do apprentices earn in Wyoming?
Entry wages average $15.00/hour, rising to about $27.50 at completion (83.3% growth).
What are the top apprenticeship trades in Wyoming?
The dataset's largest registered-apprenticeship occupations for Wyoming are Electrician, Plumber, Pipefitter, Operating Engineer, Carpenter — construction trades dominate registered apprenticeship in every state.
Is apprenticeship growing in Wyoming?
The intake numbers say yes: 510 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
What to do with this
Use Wyoming'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
U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship data is the source here; enrollment and completion both 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).