The Facts About Apprenticeship Programs in California
The Facts About Apprenticeship Programs in California
According to statistics provided by the California Department of Industrial Relations for 2017, the vast majority of state-approved apprenticeship training is provided by Union/Joint Labor-Management Apprenticeship programs.
* 92 percent of all construction apprentices (49,443 out of 53,666) are enrolled in union programs.
* 95 percent of apprenticeship graduates are produced by union programs (4,729 out of 5,010 in 2015).
* 68 percent of participants in union programs are people of color (33,532 out of 49,443).
* 96 percent of all women in state-approved approved apprenticeship training are in union programs (1,225 out of 1,275).
In California, there are 230 union-sponsored apprenticeship programs for every type of building and construction trade. These programs are training apprentices who live and work in California. Unions spend more than $100 million a year for apprenticeship programs in California.
| Joint Female | Joint Male | Joint Total | Nonunion Female | Nonunion Male | Nonunion Total | Total Ethnic |
Native American | 30 | 387 | 417 | 1 | 37 | 38 | 455 |
Asian/Pacific | 46 | 1,391 | 1,437 | 1 | 147 | 148 | 1,585 |
Black | 256 | 3,449 | 3,705 | 11 | 270 | 281 | 3,986 |
Caucasian | 415 | 15,496 | 15,911 | 14 | 1,457 | 1,471 | 17,382 |
Filipino | 19 | 443 | 462 | 2 | 63 | 65 | 527 |
Latino | 459 | 27,029 | 27,488 | 21 | 2,199 | 2,220 | 29,708 |
Unknown | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Total | 1,225 | 48,218 | 49,443 | 50 | 4,173 | 4,223 | 53,666 |
For more information about the State of California's apprenticeship system, please visit: www.dir.ca.gov/das/
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