The Tennessee Comptroller’s office reports that from 2014 through 2023, the number of active registered apprentices in Tennessee grew from 4,300 to 8,423.
As of June 2023, Tennessee had 914 total registered apprenticeship programs. The largest industries, by total number of active apprentices, were construction and manufacturing. Public administration, educational services, and utilities apprenticeships rounded out the top five. The occupation with the most apprentices was electrician.
The growth in the active apprentice population also coincides with the creation of Tennessee’s Office of Apprenticeship (TOA) and the Apprenticeship TN initiative.
Tennessee’s Grow Your Own registered teacher apprenticeship has become a model for other states. Registered teacher apprenticeships in the state have grown rapidly since they began in 2022.
