Registered sheet metal worker apprentices by county, open recruitment windows where the state publishes them, and how the apprentice tier fits Pennsylvania's licence ladder. Updated nightly.
Pennsylvania has 425 registered sheet metal worker apprentices in active status (fiscal year 2025, DOL RAPIDS), placed in 41 counties, 0.3 per 10,000 residents. That is 13.4 apprentices for every 100 employed sheet metal workers in the state, the rate at which the trade is training its own replacements.
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Registered sheet metal worker apprentices by county of the apprentice, largest first. Each county links to its sheet metal workers market page.
| County | Apprentices | Share | Per 10k residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County | 60 | 14% | 0.5 |
| Philadelphia County | 41 | 10% | 0.3 |
| Bucks County | 34 | 8% | 0.5 |
| Butler County | 23 | 5% | 1.2 |
| Fayette County | 23 | 5% | 1.9 |
| York County | 22 | 5% | 0.5 |
| Luzerne County | 20 | 5% | 0.6 |
| Erie County | 19 | 4% | 0.7 |
| Westmoreland County | 19 | 4% | 0.5 |
| Berks County | 14 | 3% | 0.3 |
| Armstrong County | 13 | 3% | 2.0 |
| Delaware County | 13 | 3% | 0.2 |
| Montgomery County | 13 | 3% | 0.1 |
| Lancaster County | 12 | 3% | 0.2 |
| Lehigh County | 10 | 2% | 0.3 |
| 26 other counties | 89 | 21% |
Source: DOL RAPIDS apprenticeship FY2025, active status, county-coded; as of December 31, 2025.
Pennsylvania records apprentices on its own sheet metal worker licence register as SHEET METAL APPRENTICE: 267 active apprentice-tier records against 558 journeyman records, a ratio of 0.48 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.
See how to get a sheet metal worker license in Pennsylvania 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: Pennsylvania register read September 16, 2026; population: U.S. Census 2023 estimates.
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