Paid apprenticeship
Kent, WA · Union
Year-one pay
From day one
Journey rate
On completion
Term
+ 600 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
13 listings on file
Machinist programs in Washington
13 registered apprenticeships, and no trade schools. We hold no school records for this trade yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The apprenticeships are below.
What the job pays in Washington
$66,160median, per year
This is what machinists earn across Washington, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $58,750.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 51-4041 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
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Paid apprenticeships · 9
These pay you from day one. No tuition.
Paid apprenticeship
Kent, WA · Union
Year-one pay
$17.13/hr
From day one
Journey rate
$28.55/hr
On completion
Term
8,000 hrs
+ 600 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Paid apprenticeship
Auburn, WA · Union
Year-one pay
$41.63/hr
From day one
Journey rate
$59.47/hr
On completion
Term
7,360 hrs
+ 640 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Paid apprenticeship
Auburn, WA · Union
Year-one pay
$42.71/hr
From day one
Journey rate
$61.01/hr
On completion
Term
7,360 hrs
+ 640 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Paid apprenticeship
Auburn, WA · Union
Year-one pay
$42.71/hr
From day one
Journey rate
$61.01/hr
On completion
Term
7,360 hrs
+ 640 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Paid apprenticeship
Woodland, WA
Year-one pay
$19.20/hr
From day one
Journey rate
$32/hr
On completion
Term
8,000 hrs
+ 759 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Paid apprenticeship
South Seattle, WA · Union
Year-one pay
$17.13/hr
From day one
Journey rate
$26.35/hr
On completion
Term
8,000 hrs
+ 720 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Paid apprenticeship
Centralia, WA
Year-one pay
$17.40/hr
From day one
Journey rate
$29/hr
On completion
Term
8,000 hrs
+ 759 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Paid apprenticeship
Auburn, WA · Union
Tuition
$0
Paid employment
Term
8,000 hrs
+ 144 classroom
Active on the registry. Call for the next intake.
Name and place only
Also registered in Washington · 4
4 sponsors appear in the federal register for this trade. It records that they exist and where, and nothing about pay, cost or intake. To reach one, search its name on the apprenticeship.gov partner finder, or call your state apprenticeship office.
- Machinists Institute · Seattle, WAWebsite
- C-Tran/Machinist Local #1432 Apprenticeship Committee · Vancouver, WA
- Honeywell Machinist Apprenticeship Plant Program · SPOKANE, WA
- Machinists Institute Career Accelerator (MICA) · Seattle, WA
Requirements, the test, timing
How to actually get in
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into a machinist apprenticeship13 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.