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Registered Apprenticeships in Michigan - 2025 Report

Registered Apprenticeships in Michigan - 2025 Report

Registered Apprenticeships in Michigan - 2025 Report

This report details demographic, occupation, wage, industry, and program information, and builds and expands upon previous Registered Apprenticeship reports published by the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics.

 

Registered Apprenticeships in Michigan 2025 Report
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Executive Summary

  • There were a record 20,600 active registered apprentices in Michigan in 2024. The traditional Registered Apprenticeship industries of Construction and Manufacturing accounted for 83.4 percent of active registered apprentices.
  • Among active registered apprentices, 10.5 percent were women, and 14.4 percent were people of color. Veterans accounted for 5.4 percent of active registered apprentices, while youth represented 40.5 percent.
  • In 2024, there were a record 8,400 new registered apprentices statewide. The previous record was set in 2018 with just under 7,500 new registered apprentices.
  • Several industries also saw record numbers of new registered apprentices. Health care and social assistance and Public administration, both nontraditional industries, each set record marks for new registered apprentices in 2024.
  • Nearly 94 percent of 2022 Registered Apprenticeship completers were employed within Michigan one year after completing their program. These completers had a median one-year-after annual wage of $80,700, significantly greater than the median annual wage for all occupations in Michigan in 2024.
  • The completion rate among those scheduled to finish their Registered Apprenticeship program in 2024 was 43.9 percent. People of color had a completion rate of 36.1 percent, significantly below the rate for white registered apprentices (46.6 percent).