Registered electrician apprentices by county, open recruitment windows where the state publishes them, and how the apprentice tier fits Iowa's licence ladder. Updated nightly.
Iowa has 2,952 registered electrician apprentices in active status (fiscal year 2025, DOL RAPIDS), placed in 99 counties, 9.2 per 10,000 residents. That is 26.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County | 661 | 22% | 13.1 |
| Linn County | 193 | 7% | 8.4 |
| Scott County | 140 | 5% | 8.0 |
| Black Hawk County | 110 | 4% | 8.4 |
| Dallas County | 97 | 3% | 8.7 |
| Johnson County | 97 | 3% | 6.2 |
| Story County | 89 | 3% | 9.0 |
| Warren County | 87 | 3% | 15.8 |
| Woodbury County | 85 | 3% | 8.0 |
| Pottawattamie County | 68 | 2% | 7.3 |
| Dubuque County | 64 | 2% | 6.5 |
| Clinton County | 58 | 2% | 12.6 |
| Marion County | 54 | 2% | 16.0 |
| Jasper County | 48 | 2% | 12.7 |
| Webster County | 44 | 1% | 12.1 |
| 84 other counties | 1,057 | 36% |
Source: DOL RAPIDS apprenticeship FY2025, active status, county-coded; as of December 31, 2025.
Iowa records apprentices on its own electrician licence register as Electrician Apprentice Electrician: 960 active apprentice-tier records against 1,877 journeyman records, a ratio of 0.51 apprentice records per journeyman, register read September 16, 2026. The register's apprentice tier and the federal registered-apprenticeship count in the county table are two different systems: a licence-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 Iowa Electrical Examining Board, Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing (DIAL) issues for this trade: Apprentice Electrician, Class A Journeyman Electrician, Class B Journeyman, Master Electrician, Electrical Contractor. See how to get an electrician license in Iowa 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); licence tiers: Iowa register read September 16, 2026; population: U.S. Census 2023 estimates.
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