WIOA training statistics
In program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025), WIOA paid toward the training of at least 179,611 people in the 95 fields on this site, 37% of them in CDL training.
Figures from the US Department of Labor's file of programs approved for WIOA funding. One page covers the whole country; each state has its own.
What WIOA pays for across the US
What does WIOA actually pay for?- 37% CDL training, then RN programs (8%), LPN programs (7%), CNA classes (7%)
- Largest line of work: transportation and logistics, 38% of the people WIOA paid for
- Most programs: Texas, 4,183
- Most programs per resident: Alaska, 50.1 per 100,000 people
How long WIOA-approved training takes
How long does job training take?- Typical program: 30 weeks; 28% take 12 weeks or less
- Certificates and short courses 20 weeks, two-year degrees 68
WIOA statistics for each state
What each state paid for, against the US, and where in the state its programs are.
- Alabama416 programs, 8.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 5,633 paid for; most in CDL training (37%)
- Alaska371 programs, 50.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,201 paid for; most in CDL training (47%)
- Arizona901 programs, 11.9 per 100,000 peopleAt least 3,833 paid for; most in CDL training (56%)
- Arkansas715 programs, 23.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,466 paid for; most in CDL training (55%)
- California3,183 programs, 8.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 33,805 paid for; most in CDL training (31%)
- Colorado1,138 programs, 19.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 305 paid for; most in CDL training (35%); the count looks incomplete
- Connecticut401 programs, 10.9 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,693 paid for; most in CDL training (51%)
- Delaware163 programs, 15.5 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,314 paid for; most in CNA classes (17%)
- District of Columbia22 programs, 3.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 133 paid for; most in CDL training (45%)
- Florida2,040 programs, 8.7 per 100,000 peopleAt least 16,943 paid for; most in CDL training (23%)
- Georgia1,424 programs, 12.7 per 100,000 peopleAt least 9,058 paid for; most in CDL training (19%)
- Guam6 programsAt least 103 paid for; most in customer service training (61%)
- Hawaii142 programs, 9.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 335 paid for; most in CDL training (26%)
- Idaho173 programs, 8.6 per 100,000 peopleAt least 375 paid for; most in auto mechanic classes (39%)
- Illinois2,600 programs, 20.5 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,257 paid for; most in RN programs (34%); the count looks incomplete
- Indiana2,659 programs, 38.4 per 100,000 peopleAt least 2,323 paid for; most in CDL training (31%)
- Iowa806 programs, 24.9 per 100,000 peopleAt least 101 paid for; most in CDL training (52%); the count looks incomplete
- Kansas358 programs, 12.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 473 paid for; most in CDL training (49%)
- Kentucky752 programs, 16.4 per 100,000 peopleAt least 513 paid for; most in welding classes (29%); the count looks incomplete
- Louisiana1,278 programs, 27.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 7,848 paid for; most in CDL training (60%)
- Maine460 programs, 32.7 per 100,000 peopleAt least 906 paid for; most in CDL training (33%)
- Maryland644 programs, 10.3 per 100,000 peopleAt least 3,029 paid for; most in CDL training (31%)
- Massachusetts709 programs, 9.9 per 100,000 peopleAt least 387 paid for; most in CDL training (39%); the count looks incomplete
- Michigan1,945 programs, 19.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 4,759 paid for; most in CDL training (44%)
- Minnesota1,956 programs, 33.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 2,197 paid for; most in CDL training (43%)
- Mississippi751 programs, 25.5 per 100,000 peopleAt least 3,830 paid for; most in CDL training (41%)
- Missouri2,191 programs, 35.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 548 paid for; most in CDL training (57%); the count looks incomplete
- Montana166 programs, 14.6 per 100,000 peopleAt least 36 paid for; most in dental hygiene programs (44%); the count looks incomplete
- Nebraska572 programs, 28.5 per 100,000 peopleAt least 820 paid for; most in CDL training (56%)
- Nevada717 programs, 21.9 per 100,000 peopleAt least 4,619 paid for; most in CDL training (41%)
- New Hampshire666 programs, 47.3 per 100,000 peopleAt least 793 paid for; most in medical assistant training (24%)
- New Jersey482 programs, 5.1 per 100,000 peopleAt least 2,940 paid for; most in CDL training (60%)
- New Mexico549 programs, 25.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,037 paid for; most in RN programs (41%)
- New York540 programs, 2.7 per 100,000 peopleAt least 3,293 paid for; most in CDL training (27%)
- North Carolina2,010 programs, 18.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 6,897 paid for; most in CDL training (36%)
- North Dakota178 programs, 22.3 per 100,000 peopleAt least 659 paid for; most in CDL training (46%)
- Northern Mariana Islands12 programsAt least 40 paid for; most in culinary school (35%)
- Ohio3,706 programs, 31.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,460 paid for; most in LPN programs (43%); the count looks incomplete
- Oklahoma688 programs, 16.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 5,022 paid for; most in CDL training (51%)
- Oregon240 programs, 5.6 per 100,000 peopleAt least 100 paid for; most in CDL training (52%); the count looks incomplete
- Pennsylvania1,076 programs, 8.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 5,938 paid for; most in CDL training (66%)
- Puerto Rico265 programs, 8.3 per 100,000 peopleAt least 470 paid for; most in HVAC training (21%)
- Rhode Island65 programs, 5.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 533 paid for; most in CNA classes (30%)
- South Carolina178 programs, 3.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 2,109 paid for; most in CDL training (57%)
- South Dakota208 programs, 22.5 per 100,000 peopleAt least 212 paid for; most in welding classes (42%)
- Tennessee1,282 programs, 17.7 per 100,000 peopleAt least 9,911 paid for; most in CDL training (31%)
- Texas4,183 programs, 13.4 per 100,000 peopleAt least 15,744 paid for; most in CDL training (39%)
- US Virgin Islands81 programsAt least 357 paid for; most in phlebotomy training (17%)
- Utah434 programs, 12.4 per 100,000 peopleAt least 995 paid for; most in CDL training (38%)
- Vermont148 programs, 22.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 292 paid for; most in CDL training (37%)
- Virginia1,694 programs, 19.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 4,431 paid for; most in CDL training (37%)
- Washington3,487 programs, 43.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 1,020 paid for; most in CDL training (60%); the count looks incomplete
- West Virginia128 programs, 7.2 per 100,000 peopleAt least 404 paid for; most in CDL training (23%)
- Wisconsin1,569 programs, 26.3 per 100,000 peopleAt least 4,504 paid for; most in CDL training (27%)
- Wyoming287 programs, 48.8 per 100,000 peopleAt least 607 paid for; most in CDL training (59%)