Registered electrician apprentices by county, open recruitment windows where the state publishes them, and how the apprentice tier fits Wisconsin's license ladder. Updated nightly.
Wisconsin has 3,142 registered electrician apprentices in active status (fiscal year 2025, DOL RAPIDS), placed in 69 counties, 5.3 per 10,000 residents. That is 21.2 apprentices for every 100 employed electricians in the state, the rate at which the trade is training its own replacements.
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Registered electrician apprentices by county of the apprentice, largest first. Each county links to its electricians market page.
| County | Apprentices | Share | Per 10k residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane County | 1,699 | 54% | 29.5 |
| Milwaukee County | 383 | 12% | 4.2 |
| Outagamie County | 113 | 4% | 5.8 |
| Winnebago County | 79 | 3% | 4.6 |
| Brown County | 74 | 2% | 2.7 |
| Grant County | 59 | 2% | 11.5 |
| Sheboygan County | 43 | 1% | 3.7 |
| Eau Claire County | 41 | 1% | 3.8 |
| Dodge County | 40 | 1% | 4.5 |
| Waukesha County | 37 | 1% | 0.9 |
| Barron County | 34 | 1% | 7.3 |
| Calumet County | 29 | 1% | 5.5 |
| Kenosha County | 27 | 1% | 1.6 |
| Waupaca County | 26 | 1% | 5.1 |
| Marathon County | 25 | 1% | 1.8 |
| 54 other counties | 433 | 14% |
Source: DOL RAPIDS apprenticeship FY2025, active status, county-coded; as of December 31, 2025.
Wisconsin records apprentices on its own electrician license register as Electrician, Registered: 8,115 active apprentice-tier records against 9,092 journeyman records, a ratio of 0.89 apprentice records per journeyman, register read October 6, 2026. The register's apprentice tier and the federal registered-apprenticeship count in the county table are two different systems: a license-register apprentice is anyone the state has credentialed to work under supervision, a registered apprentice is enrolled in a DOL-registered program.
Counts are license records, not people: a holder with more than one license appears once per license, and a contractor license is a business, not a worker.
Credential types the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) (Wis. Admin. Code ch. SPS 316) issues for this trade: Registered Electrical Apprentice, Registered Electrician, Licensed Journeyman Electrician, Licensed Master Electrician, Licensed Residential Master Electrician. See how to get an electrician license in Wisconsin for hours, exams and renewal.
Sources: registered apprentices: DOL RAPIDS apprenticeship FY2025, active status, as of December 31, 2025; employment: BLS QCEW construction x OEWS occupation share (estimate); license tiers: Wisconsin register read October 6, 2026; population: U.S. Census 2023 estimates.
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