Wisconsin Apprenticeship Tax Credits and Employer Incentives Explained

Partial reimbursement of related instruction tuition you paid for a registered apprentice.

Maximum of $1,000 or 25% of tuition, whichever is less, including any year-one amount. Up to $250 at the one-year anniversary.

Whoever paid the tuition, the apprentice or the sponsor (employer). Sponsors request it electronically.

• Year one: apprentice is active and in good standing at the one-year anniversary
• Completion: apprentice finishes and is employed in the trade
• Apprentice must not be delinquent on child support
• Public sector apprentices and sponsors are excluded by law

Reimbursement and grant-based funding to support the program. DWD does not publish amounts on the page.

Not published. Email apprenticeship@dwd.wisconsin.gov or ask your local Apprenticeship Training Representative.

The employer sponsor and the apprentice.

• Employer sponsors an early childhood educator apprenticeship
• 24 months, 4,000 on-the-job hours and 432 hours of related instruction

Wage reimbursement for the on-the-job part of a registered apprenticeship; boards may also pay related classroom instruction through individual training accounts.

Up to 50% of wages, 75% with documented factors, and up to 90% for employers with 50 or fewer employees under a DOL waiver to June 30, 2028, if local policy allows.

The sponsor or employer, by reimbursement.

• Apprentice must be WIOA eligible
• If already employed, the OJT employed-worker rules also apply

A pipeline of high school youth apprentices placed by the consortium. Grant funds run the local program.

Requests are limited to $1,100 per youth apprentice served, and a grantee must serve at least 25 students. Total 2026-27 awards: $13,449,700.

The consortium (school districts and partners such as CESAs, colleges and employers). Employers do not receive a cash grant.

• Employers join a DWD-approved local consortium
• Consortia need at least 25 students