Electrician License Reciprocity by State
- States researched
- 51
- Offer endorsement
- 35
- Interstate compacts
- 0
Already hold a Electrician license and moving your license to another state? Most states offer an endorsement (sometimes called "reciprocity") route that lets you transfer an active out-of-state license without repeating training from scratch, though you may still need to pass a state-specific exam, submit fingerprints, or pay a transfer fee. A handful of occupations also participate in interstate compacts, which let a single license cover practice in every member state. The table below covers every state we've researched for Electrician.
| State | Endorsement available | Compacts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Yes | — | No interstate compact covers electricians. Alabama's board-recognized reciprocity list is Electrical-Contractor-only for most states (Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Louisiana); Texas (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation) is the sole reciprocal state whose Journeyman Electrician license Alabama also accepts by reciprocity, effective a $315 reciprocal licensing fee as of 2026-02-14. |
| Alaska | Yes | — | No interstate compact covers electricians. As of 2025-08-08, Alaska accepts reciprocal Electrician Journeyman COF applications from any U.S. jurisdiction the department determines has 'substantially similar' requirements (8 AAC 90.111), without needing a prior mutual agreement. A provisional certificate (valid up to 1 year) is available to holders of a current out-of-state journeyman certificate/license held for at least 1 year, for a $50 application fee plus a $100 certificate fee (8 AAC 90.112). A separate 'Reciprocal Electrician Journeyman License' page lists Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming as states with an active reciprocity pathway; applicants must hold an active license from one of these states for at least 1 year and must have tested for that license. |
| Arizona | Yes | — | No formal reciprocity agreement or interstate compact for electrical contractor licensing; the Registrar's dedicated 'Out of State' page (roc.az.gov/out-of-state) had no published content ('Add content soon') as of this research date. The applicable mechanism instead is a trade-exam waiver: per A.A.C. R4-9-106(E), the Registrar may waive the AZ trade exam (not the AZ-specific Statutes and Rules Exam, which is never waived on this basis) if the Qualifying Party has been the qualifying party for a license in the same or a comparable classification, in Arizona or another state, within the preceding 5 years. |
| Arkansas | Yes | — | No interstate compact — Arkansas instead publishes its own bilateral reciprocal-agreement lists on the Board's Electrical Inspection and Licensing page. Journeyman Reciprocal Agreement states: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming (Wyoming reciprocates a journeyman license only with an individual who completed a USDOL-approved apprenticeship of at least 576 classroom hours). Master Reciprocal Agreement states: Iowa, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas. The Board only reciprocates an original license from the issuing state on these lists (a reciprocated license cannot itself be reciprocated), and a Master license from the Journeyman-Agreement list can only be reciprocated as a Journeyman license in Arkansas, except Oregon and North Dakota, which have a Master-to-Master reciprocal agreement. Reciprocity applicants must show current good-standing licensure, at least 1 year holding that license, and that they were tested (not grandfathered) in the sister state. |
| California | No | — | California has no direct licensure-by-endorsement for electricians and is not part of any interstate compact for this occupation. An out-of-state electrician's license does not exempt a candidate from California's exam — 'Your electrician's license acquired from other states will make you eligible to sit for the test,' per the ECU FAQ — but does not itself grant certification. However, per CCR §291.1, if the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards determines another state's experience requirements are comparable to California's, an out-of-state license can be accepted as proof of the required OJT hours, letting the holder qualify to sit for the exam without separately documenting 8,000 hours. |
| Colorado | Yes | — | Colorado offers two out-of-state pathways for Journeyman Electrician, both without a written exam: (1) Endorsement — any active, unrestricted out-of-state license gained by testing on the National Electrical Code currently in use in Colorado can be endorsed, supported by a Verification of Licensure form from the issuing state board; (2) Reciprocity via the National Electrical Reciprocal Alliance (NERA) — Colorado has journeyman reciprocal agreements with Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, requiring the applicant to have held a current, active, good-standing Journeyman or Master certificate gained via a state-administered exam for at least 1 year in the licensing state. compacts is left empty because NERA is a set of board-to-board reciprocal agreements administered directly by the state boards, not a formal interstate compact with its own compact-commission member registry (unlike e.g. the Nurse Licensure Compact). |
| Connecticut | No | — | No interstate compact covers electrician licensing. CGS §20-333a authorizes the commissioner to grant a license without examination to a currently-practicing, competent holder of a substantially-similar out-of-state license, but only where that reciprocal exchange runs both directions — and the Department's own electrical-license page states plainly: 'Connecticut does not have reciprocal agreements with any other jurisdiction.' Out-of-state applicants must instead apply through the equivalent-experience/training path and sit for the Connecticut exam. |
| Delaware | Yes | — | No interstate compact covers electrician licensing. Delaware grants a license to an applicant who holds a current license in good standing from another state, DC, or a US territory whose licensure standards are substantially similar to Delaware's (exam requirement waived). If the other jurisdiction's standards are not substantially similar, the applicant must instead show at least 5 years of practice after licensure. |
| District of Columbia | Yes | — | Formal reciprocity (exam waiver) is limited to Journeyman and Master Electricians currently licensed by examination in Maryland or Virginia; applicants must submit a letter of good standing/verification from the MD or VA board confirming the license was obtained by exam. Electricians licensed elsewhere must apply through the standard experience/exam pathway. |
| Florida | No | — | No statewide reciprocity/endorsement process exists for individual (journeyman) electricians because there is no state-issued license to endorse into. The reciprocity/endorsement process described on DBPR's site applies to the business-level Electrical Contractor license (e.g. 10 years of active licensure in another state, or a substantially equivalent exam), not to individual journeyman credentials. |
| Georgia | No | — | No statewide reciprocity/endorsement process exists for individual (journeyman) electricians because there is no state-issued individual license to endorse into. Georgia does offer reciprocity for the business-level Non-Restricted Electrical Contractor license to applicants licensed by exam in Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee, but that applies to the contractor credential, not to individual electricians. |
| Hawaii | No | — | The Board's own application bulletin states explicitly: 'IMPORTANT: Hawaii does not reciprocate with any jurisdiction.' Out-of-state experience can still count toward Hawaii's own experience requirement (via an Experience Verification form signed by a licensed electrician or, in some cases, a licensed contractor), and applicants must submit License Verification forms for any license ever held elsewhere, but there is no expedited endorsement/reciprocity pathway and no multi-state compact for this occupation. |
| Idaho | Yes | — | DOPL's Electrical Journeyman Application includes a dedicated Reciprocity Pathway ($70 processing fee, same as Initial): applicants submit a License Verification Form from their state of licensure showing an active license obtained by examination, meeting Idaho's own experience standard (4 years apprenticeship + 8,000 hours, OR 16,000 hours of work experience). This is a state-to-state endorsement pathway rather than a named multi-state compact, so compacts is recorded as an empty array. Idaho is also a NASCLA-participating state, which many other NASCLA states accept for exam reciprocity. |
| Illinois | No | — | No statewide reciprocity/endorsement process exists for individual electricians because there is no state-issued individual license to endorse into. Any reciprocity between municipal electrician licenses (if offered at all) would be negotiated between individual cities/counties, not administered by IDFPR. |
| Indiana | No | — | No statewide reciprocity/endorsement process exists for individual electricians because there is no state-issued individual license to endorse into. Any reciprocity between municipal or county electrician licenses (if offered at all) would be negotiated between individual jurisdictions, not administered by the PLA. |
| Iowa | Yes | — | The Board's own 'Reciprocal Licensing Agreements with Other States' bulletin (dated 1/29/2026) lists journeyman-level reciprocity with: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The applicant must have passed an approved state-sponsored exam with a 70%+ score, held the qualifying license at least 1 year without lapse/suspension/revocation, and not have previously failed the Iowa exam. Separately, 661-502.2(6)(c) allows any current out-of-state electrician license holder to qualify for the Iowa exam after 18 hours of Board-approved continuing education and 1,000 hours of work in Iowa as an unclassified person, even without a named reciprocal state. This is a state-by-state endorsement framework, not a formal multi-state compact, so compacts is recorded as an empty array. |
| Kansas | Yes | — | K.S.A. 12-1526 provides built-in statewide reciprocity between Kansas jurisdictions: a certificate of competency earned by passing the exam in one Kansas county/city is valid proof of competency, without additional examination, for licensure in any other Kansas county/city requiring electrician licensure. This is a Kansas-specific statutory feature, not a multi-state compact, so compacts is recorded as an empty array. |
| Kentucky | Yes | — | DHBC's official EL-3 application requires applicants to mark whether they are qualifying via 'Test results' or 'Reciprocity,' attaching proof and required documentation for whichever applies -- confirming Kentucky offers a reciprocity/endorsement pathway for the Electrician license. The specific reciprocal states or agreement terms were not detailed on the pages retrieved during this research, so no named agreements are listed beyond confirming the pathway exists; there is no multi-state electrician compact, so compacts is recorded as an empty array. |
| Louisiana | No | — | No statewide reciprocity/endorsement process exists for individual electricians because there is no state-issued individual license to endorse into. LSLBC does offer reciprocal agreements for its business-level contractor license with a handful of other states, but that governs the contractor credential, not individual journeyman electricians. |
| Maine | Yes | — | The Electricians' Examining Board issues a license without re-examination to an applicant already licensed by another U.S. state or territory that has a reciprocity agreement with Maine, provided the applicant passed a written exam in the reciprocating state and has been actively engaged in electrical work for a minimum of 6 years. The Board's own licensing page names Maine's current reciprocity partners as New Hampshire, Vermont, North Dakota, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming. There is no multi-state electrician compact, so compacts is recorded as an empty array. |
| Maryland | Yes | — | Maryland has reciprocal licensing agreements with Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, and the District of Columbia; specific requirements (including minimum years already licensed in the home jurisdiction, 2-5 years depending on state) vary by agreement. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation, so compacts is empty. |
| Massachusetts | Yes | — | Massachusetts has a reciprocity agreement with New Hampshire only, covering both Journeyman and Master licensure — and only for candidates who obtained their NH license by examination in NH, not by NH's own reciprocity/endorsement from a third state. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation, so compacts is empty. |
| Michigan | No | — | Michigan does not offer direct license reciprocity/endorsement with any other state — an out-of-state license cannot be swapped for a Michigan one. Out-of-state licensees must still sit for Michigan's journeyman exam, though LARA's Electrical Division may credit verified out-of-state experience toward the 8,000-hour/4-year requirement on a case-by-case basis via its out-of-state license verification process. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation, so compacts is empty. |
| Minnesota | Yes | — | Minnesota recognizes journeyworker electrician licenses without examination from Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, provided the applicant has held the license at least 1 year in good standing in the originating state and has not previously failed the same or greater class of license in Minnesota; a $50 fee plus applicable license fees still applies. Licenses expired more than 2 years in Minnesota require retaking the exam rather than using reciprocity. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation, so compacts is empty. |
| Mississippi | No | — | No state-level reciprocity exists for individual electricians, since there is no statewide individual license to reciprocate. Some municipalities reportedly accept reciprocity from neighboring cities/counties for their local licenses, but this varies locally and was not independently verified per-municipality in this research pass. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation. |
| Missouri | No | — | No state-level reciprocity exists for individual journeyman electricians, since there is no mandatory statewide individual license to reciprocate. OSEC's optional statewide electrical contractor license was created specifically so contractors would not need a separate license per city/county, per Section 324.920.3-.4, RSMo — but that addresses the business-contractor tier, not individual journeyman reciprocity. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation. |
| Montana | Yes | — | Montana uses a Substantial Equivalency (SE) review rather than a fixed list of reciprocal states: an applicant with an active, unrestricted, in-good-standing license from ANY other state qualifies for SE review if that state required passage of an electrical exam AND one of (approved apprenticeship completion, a bona fide union/trade-association training program, 8,000 hours of practical experience, or 20,000 hours in electrical maintenance with 8,000 practical). SE-qualified applicants pay the $190 application fee without retaking Montana's exam; non-SE applicants must take Montana's exam. The Board also accepts continuing education completed in any reciprocal state. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation, so compacts is empty. |
| Nebraska | Yes | — | Nebraska has a reciprocal licensing agreement for the Journeyman license with Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, confirmed directly on the Board's Journeyman Electrician page. Note that a Nebraska 'Restricted' license (issued when the in-state experience/apprenticeship thresholds above are not met) cannot itself reciprocate with any other state. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation, so compacts is empty. |
| Nevada | No | — | No state-level reciprocity exists for individual journeyman electricians, since there is no mandatory statewide individual license to reciprocate. No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation. |
| New Hampshire | Yes | — | Per the Board's own reciprocal application form, New Hampshire grants reciprocal Journeyman licensure to holders of a current license from: Maine (must include a printout from the Maine Board's website), Massachusetts or Vermont (must include a certified statement from that state), or — journeyman only — Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, or Wyoming. Per Plc 313.24, reciprocal/endorsement applicants must have at least 1 year of professional experience in the licensure category sought. The Massachusetts reciprocity is mutual — Massachusetts's own Board confirms its only reciprocity agreement is with NH (see electrician--ma.json). No multistate electrician licensure compact exists for this occupation, so compacts is empty. |
| New Jersey | Yes | — | Two official NJ sources disagree: the Board's FAQ states flatly 'New Jersey does not have reciprocity with any other state.' However, N.J.A.C. 13:31-5.8 sets out a conditional endorsement path for a Class A journeyman electrician license, available only from a jurisdiction that provides 'equal reciprocity' to NJ-licensed Class A journeymen, requiring 2 of the last 5 years of active practice, no disqualifying discipline, a 15-hour NEC course, and a Board finding that the other jurisdiction's qualifications are 'substantially equivalent.' Per PROMPT.md source rule to prefer statute over board prose where they disagree, endorsementAvailable is set true but treated as narrow/case-by-case, not general reciprocity. No formal interstate compact exists for this occupation. |
| New Mexico | Yes | — | New Mexico maintains bilateral reciprocal licensing agreements (journeyman certificate/license only, not a formal interstate compact with a compact commission) with Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Reciprocal applicants must hold a current, active, good-standing journeyman electrician certificate/license (or higher) obtained by passing an exam after a 4-year apprenticeship or 4 years of equivalent experience, and must submit the NM journeyman application, processing fee, and a copy of the qualifying out-of-state certificate/license. compacts is left [] because this is a bilateral reciprocity list, not a compact-commission-administered compact, per source rule 6. |
| New York | No | — | There is no statewide license to reciprocate into. The Department of State's waiver program only lets a master electrician already licensed by an individual NY municipality before July 15, 1993 register to work statewide or obtain a limited state license exemption — it is not a reciprocity path for out-of-state licensees. No interstate compact exists for this occupation. |
| North Carolina | Yes | — | Under G.S. 87-50, the Board may grant a license of the same/equivalent classification without written examination to electrical contractors already licensed by another state. NC has entered bilateral reciprocal licensing agreements (not a formal interstate compact administered by a compact commission, so compacts is left []) with: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. NC also participates in the NASCLA reciprocal licensing program for contractors holding the NASCLA national exam credential. |
| North Dakota | Yes | — | North Dakota is part of the National Electrical Reciprocal Alliance (NERA), a multi-state reciprocal licensing group, not a formal compact-commission-administered compact, so compacts is left []. For the Journeyman license specifically, ND has reciprocal agreements with Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming (Master-license reciprocity is narrower: Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota only). Reciprocal applicants must have passed the written exam in the reciprocating state, hold a current/active/good-standing license held continuously for at least 1 year, list 8,000 hours (Journeyman) or 10,000 hours (Master) of qualifying supervised experience, and — if reciprocating from a state without a CE requirement — complete an 8-hour ND-approved code class. Reciprocal application fee is $25 (Journeyman) / $50 (Master), plus the same amount again as a license fee once approved. |
| Ohio | Yes | — | For the Electrical trade specifically, Ohio's OCILB offers reciprocity (to applicants who tested in the other state; bilateral agreements, not a compact-commission compact, so compacts is left []) with: Kentucky, Louisiana (Business & Law exam also required), Mississippi (B&L required), North Carolina, South Carolina (B&L required), Tennessee (B&L required; Tennessee also accepts Ohio-grandfathered licensees), West Virginia, Virginia, and Texas ('coming soon' per the Board's page). This reciprocity is for the statewide Electrical Contractor license only — there is no statewide journeyman credential to reciprocate into. Note: com.ohio.gov blocks plain automated fetches (404s); verified via browser-emulating fetch of the live page. |
| Oklahoma | Yes | — | Oklahoma has bilateral Reciprocal Journeyman Electrician License Agreements (not a formal interstate compact with a compact commission, so compacts is left []) with Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. To reciprocate, the applicant's out-of-state license must be current and in good standing for at least 1 year (grandfathered licenses do not qualify), and the applicant must be current on that state's CE requirements; CIB verifies hours directly with the reciprocating state rather than requiring an affidavit of experience. |
| Oregon | Yes | — | BCD accepts a reciprocal license only from a state where the applicant actually tested (bilateral agreements, not a compact-commission compact, so compacts is left []). For the General Journeyman Electrician (J) license, Oregon has reciprocity agreements with Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Reciprocity applicants must have qualified for their home-state journeyman certificate/license via 4 years (576 classroom hours minimum) of apprenticeship vocational education plus 4 years (8,000 hours) of supervised trade experience. Washington applicants specifically must have completed their apprenticeship in Oregon or Washington and passed the Washington licensing exam. |
| Pennsylvania | No | — | There is no statewide license to reciprocate into, and the Commonwealth keeps no central record of municipal licensing requirements or any reciprocity between them. No interstate compact exists for this occupation. |
| Rhode Island | Yes | — | Rhode Island does not waive its exam for out-of-state licensees, but it does provide a defined out-of-state applicant pathway (fee schedule computer code 22, same as new applicants): an out-of-state applicant who holds a contractor's license or journeyperson's license from another state is allowed to sit for the Rhode Island journeyperson's exam using that license (plus verified experience) to qualify, per Board Rule 7(b). This is endorsement-to-test rather than exam-free reciprocity, and there is no formal interstate compact for this occupation, so compacts is left []. |
| South Carolina | No | — | South Carolina does not issue an individual journeyman electrician license, so there is no state endorsement/reciprocity process for one. LLR's Contractor's Licensing Board does recognize exam-waiver/reciprocity agreements with several states for the business-level Electrical Contractor license (for the qualifying-party exam requirement), but that is separate from an individual journeyman credential. |
| South Dakota | Yes | — | South Dakota has reciprocal agreements for Journeyman licensure with Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming (per the Commission's Reciprocal Agreements page). General condition: the applicant must have earned the out-of-state license by examination and held it for at least one year in active status, unless the specific agreement states otherwise. The Reciprocal Journeyman application/license fees ($60/$80) match the standard Journeyman fees. No interstate licensure compact exists for electricians. |
| Tennessee | No | — | No LLE reciprocity/endorsement pathway is described on the Board's LLE pages — applicants qualify by passing the PSI trade exam. There is no interstate compact for electricians. Because the LLE only applies in state-fire-marshal-administered municipalities, an out-of-state electrician working in a self-administering city (Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, etc.) would instead need to check that city's own local reciprocity rules, which are outside the Board's LLE program. Tennessee restructured this section of tn.gov and retired the page previously cited; the citation above is its current location. |
| Texas | Yes | — | Texas has Journeyman Electrician reciprocity agreements with Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming (TDLR periodically adds states — e.g. Alabama added March 2026, Iowa February 2026, Arkansas December 2025). Requirements: the applicant must have taken and passed the reciprocal state's examination, held that license for at least one year, have at least 8,000 hours of experience under a master electrician's supervision, and pay a $30 application fee; TDLR verifies status directly with the issuing state. No interstate licensure compact covers electricians. |
| Utah | Yes | — | Utah does not have formal state-to-state reciprocity agreements, but DOPL offers licensure by endorsement: an applicant who provides official verification of licensure in another U.S. state/district/territory with a similar scope of practice to the Utah Journeyman Electrician license may qualify without retaking the Utah exam. DOPL's Journeyman Electrician 'Out of State Applicants Applying by Endorsement' page includes an interactive map of qualifying states — consult that page directly for the current list, since it is updated periodically. No interstate licensure compact covers electricians. |
| Vermont | Yes | — | Per the Division's FAQ page, the Electricians' Board currently has reciprocity with Maine and New Hampshire only, for both Master and Journeyman licensees. A reciprocal applicant must check off which state on the application and include a certified letter from the reciprocating state (a photocopy of the license is not acceptable proof). No interstate licensure compact covers electricians, and no other states currently qualify for Vermont reciprocity. |
| Virginia | Yes | — | Per the Board for Contractors' official Reciprocal Licensing/Examination Agreements list: District of Columbia (Journeyman and Master Electrical Tradesman) has full license-and-examination reciprocity with Virginia's Journeyman and Master Electrical Tradesman license; West Virginia (Journeyman and Master Electrical Tradesman) likewise has full license-and-examination reciprocity. Kentucky (Electrician and Master Electrician license) has examination-only reciprocity with Virginia's Journeyman and Master Electrical Tradesman exam (i.e. exam credit, not automatic licensure). Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio agreements listed by the Board apply to the Master Electrical tier only, not Journeyman. No interstate licensure compact covers electricians. |
| Washington | Yes | — | Washington has a reciprocal certification agreement only with Oregon: a holder of an Oregon General Journeyman Electrician (J) license earned via an approved 8,000-hour apprenticeship (with the required classroom hours) and Oregon's written exam can apply for a Washington reciprocal 01 General Journey Level certificate (form F500-148-000) without retaking the Washington exam; the reverse pathway (WA to OR) is also available. Washington does not have a reciprocity agreement with Idaho or other neighboring states — those applicants must apply as standard out-of-state applicants (notarized proof of the 8,000 hours, including 4,000 commercial/industrial hours) and pass the full Washington exam. No interstate licensure compact covers electricians. |
| West Virginia | Yes | — | Per 103 CSR 5 §103-5-9, the State Fire Marshal may enter formal reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions allowing a nonresident electrician to obtain a WV license without a written exam, provided they furnish written certification of their current out-of-state license, file the reciprocity application, and pay the annual license fee ($50). Secondary sources report active bilateral reciprocity with Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio, but the rule itself does not publish the current list of jurisdictions with agreements in effect — applicants should confirm with the Fire Marshal's office. A reciprocal applicant is ineligible if they previously failed the WV exam or failed to renew a prior WV license (§103-5-9.6). No interstate licensure compact covers electricians. |
| Wisconsin | Yes | — | Per DSPS Form #3106, Wisconsin's reciprocity is limited to Iowa and New Hampshire: a person holding a valid, unexpired Journeyman Electrician license obtained through a state examination in Iowa (Journeyman A) or New Hampshire may apply for a Wisconsin Journeyman Electrician license without taking the WI exam, provided they have held that out-of-state license continuously for at least one year immediately before applying (New Hampshire applicants must also have completed an electrical apprenticeship-schooling program of at least 600 hours, 24 of which are safety-related). No other states have a Wisconsin Journeyman reciprocity agreement, and there is no interstate licensure compact for electricians. |
| Wyoming | Yes | — | Per Wyoming Administrative Code Chapter 5, Section 5-3: an applicant with a current journeyman or master electrician license in good standing from a city, county, or state with requirements equal to or greater than Wyoming's may use that license as proof of on-the-job-training hours to qualify to SIT FOR the Wyoming exam — it is not an automatic exam waiver. The State Fire Marshal's licensing page separately lists reciprocal partner states as Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Iowa, and Utah, requiring that the applicant obtained their license by examination with a score of 70%+ and held it at least 1 year. Anyone who tested and failed for a Wyoming license is ineligible for a reciprocal license until they've held the other state's license for 3 years and completed a 16-hour approved continuing-education seminar on the current Wyoming-enforced electrical code. No interstate licensure compact covers electricians. |
"Endorsement available" reflects whether the destination state has a published route to transfer an active out-of-state license. Always confirm current rules with the issuing board before relying on endorsement to practice in a new state.