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What WIOA pays for in Kentucky

In program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025), WIOA paid toward the training of at least 513 people at programs Kentucky approved in the fields on this site. 29% of them were in welding classes, against 4% across the US.1

That count is low: 11.2 people per 100,000 residents, against 52.3 across the US. WIOA most likely paid for more people in Kentucky than its programs reported; the federal file doesn't have complete counts for every program.

752 programs in 73 fields, or 16.4 for every 100,000 residents (28th of 52 states and places with a population figure). To choose a program, see every training program in Kentucky.

Which fields does WIOA pay for in Kentucky?

People WIOA paid toward, by field, with each field's share in Kentucky. The thin line marks its share across the US.

  1. Welding classes149 29% US 4%
  2. CDL training49 10% US 37%
  3. Phlebotomy training35 7% US 2%
  4. Electrician training35 7% US 1%
  5. Medical billing and coding training32 6% US 2%
  6. Medical assistant training31 6% US 5%
  7. Sonography school26 5% US under 1%
  8. Lineman school25 5% US 1%
  9. Respiratory therapy programs19 4% US under 1%
  10. IT training18 4% US 2%
  11. Industrial maintenance technician training18 4% US under 1%
  12. Pharmacy technician training14 3% US 1%
Show the other 9 fields
  1. CNA classes13 3% US 7%
  2. Business administration programs11 2% US 1%
  3. Administrative assistant training8 2% US 1%
  4. Plumbing school7 1% US under 1%
  5. Dental hygiene programs6 1% US under 1%
  6. Heavy equipment operator training6 1% US under 1%
  7. Medical administrative assistant training4 1% US 1%
  8. Auto mechanic classes4 1% US under 1%
  9. EMT classes3 1% US 1%

Where in Kentucky are the training programs?

3 in 10 of the 654 programs with classes in Kentucky are in the Lexington, Louisville and Cincinnati areas. 98 have classes in a neighboring state.

  1. Lexington area93 14%
  2. Louisville area66 10%
  3. Cincinnati area41 6%
  4. Corbin area36 6%
  5. Bowling Green area36 6%
  6. Huntington area28 4%
  7. Owensboro area28 4%
  8. Elizabethtown area27 4%
  9. Madisonville area23 4%
  10. Somerset area20 3%
  11. 11 smaller areas together107 16%
  12. Outside the metro areas149 23%

How the Kentucky WIOA numbers are made

  • Programs: every program in the fields on this site that Kentucky approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).
  • People WIOA paid for: each program's count of people who trained there with a WIOA training account. Programs report it only from 3 people up, and some report nothing, so the totals are minimums.
  • Per 100,000 residents: approved programs divided by the Census Bureau's population estimate for July 1, 2024.2
  • Metro areas are the Census Bureau's; a program counts where its classes are held.

What WIOA pays for across the US, with every state side by side, and all WIOA training statistics.

Sources for the Kentucky WIOA statistics

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  1. US Department of Labor, Eligible Training Provider data (trainingproviderresults.gov)
  2. US Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (NST-EST2024-POP)