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Electrician training by state

750 electrician training programs in 46 states and 3 territories, with costs, results and funding that can make them free

509 schools offer these programs, and each state on this page approved its programs for workforce funding. Compare the states below, then open one to see each program with its price and how past students did.

Electricians install, maintain and repair electrical power, communications, lighting and control systems. Most learn the trade in a four- or five-year apprenticeship with paid on-the-job training, and most states require electricians to pass a test and be licensed.¹

Compare electrician training by state: cost, pay and results

Electrician training by state
State	Programs	Most cost	Earned a year, estimated	Working 6 months later	Finished
Alabama	4	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Alaska	1	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Arizona	11	$2,919 to $5,312	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Arkansas	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
California	33	$1,680 to $9,156	about $43,700	67%	83%
Colorado	7	$1,749 to $17,910	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Delaware	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Florida	24	$3,800 to $6,502	about $34,400	78%	69%
Georgia	15	$2,020 to $6,044	about $29,900	68%	27%
Hawaii	8	$2,199 to $3,620	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Idaho	14	$2,590 to $3,700	Not reported	Not reported	93%
Illinois	20	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Indiana	39	$4,912 to $4,912	Not reported	Not reported	67%
Iowa	5	$7,910 to $14,600	about $30,700	81%	49%
Kansas	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Kentucky	16	$6,771 to $11,386	about $36,500	77%	37%
Louisiana	28	$1,269 to $7,808	about $32,500	Not reported	Not reported
Maine	6	$2,667 to $5,258	Not reported	Not reported	70%
Massachusetts	5	$21,600 to $30,848	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Michigan	19	$6,300 to $12,643	about $45,600	89%	65%
Minnesota	21	$12,016 to $14,098	about $38,100	81%	67%
Mississippi	25	$3,000 to $7,975	about $31,200	74%	100%
Missouri	23	$1,500 to $8,732	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Montana	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Nebraska	8	$3,335 to $7,739	Not reported	Not reported	33%
Nevada	9	$1,750 to $2,903	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
New Hampshire	11	$1,500 to $2,672	Not reported	Not reported	92%
New Jersey	12	$5,213 to $15,784	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
New Mexico	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
New York	8	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
North Carolina	36	$188 to $5,342	Not reported	Not reported	35%
North Dakota	2	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Northern Mariana Islands	1	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ohio	28	$2,719 to $10,726	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Oklahoma	18	$1,905 to $3,287	about $35,000	Not reported	84%
Pennsylvania	26	$7,260 to $21,228	about $39,900	Not reported	87%
Puerto Rico	5	$10,400 to $14,420	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Rhode Island	2	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
South Carolina	4	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
South Dakota	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Tennessee	13	$4,288 to $5,492	about $31,300	80%	69%
Texas	81	$2,595 to $7,218	about $34,700	73%	91%
US Virgin Islands	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Utah	8	$2,169 to $3,316	Not reported	Not reported	41%
Virginia	37	$1,500 to $2,812	about $37,100	60%	100%
Washington	77	$1,125 to $2,575	Not reported	88%	Not reported
West Virginia	4	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Wisconsin	12	$2,602 to $4,834	about $42,800	84%	77%
Wyoming	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Each figure is the middle program in that state. Yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. Only programs approved for workforce funding are counted; other schools may offer electrician training too. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).How these figures are made

Is there free electrician training in the US?

WIOA funding can pay for electrician training in the US

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.²People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.³

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).⁴

Or pay for electrician training yourself

Without funding, prices differ by state: most electrician training programs cost $1,125 to $2,575 in Washington and $21,600 to $30,848 in Massachusetts. Each state's page lists every program with its price.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Where the electrician program numbers by state come from

Which electrician programs are counted?

Programs each state approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025), covering programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).⁵ Schools that never applied for approval are missing.

What the figures for each state mean

Each figure is the middle program among those that report it: half did better, half did worse. Prices are what most programs cost if you pay yourself (the middle half). Earnings are for the second quarter after students left, times four. Where too few programs report a figure, the table says "Not reported".

Other training by state

Approved programs per trade across every state. Each opens that trade's comparison by state.

Sources for the facts about electrician training

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