Electrician license reciprocity by state
How each state treats an out-of-state electrician license, split by license level because the rules differ.
journeyman electrician
51 of 51 states documented · 35 issue a statewide journeyman electrician license · 214 state pairs with a reciprocity agreement
- Alabama· 1 reciprocal
- Alaska· 13 reciprocal
- Arizona
- Arkansas· 17 reciprocal
- California
- Colorado· 14 reciprocal
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia· 2 reciprocal
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho· 18 reciprocal
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa· 13 reciprocal
- Kansas
- Kentucky· 2 reciprocal
- Louisiana
- Maine· 12 reciprocal
- Maryland
- Massachusetts· 1 reciprocal
- Michigan
- Minnesota· 9 reciprocal
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska· 13 reciprocal
- Nevada
- New Hampshire· 9 reciprocal
- New Jersey
- New Mexico· 10 reciprocal
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota· 13 reciprocal
- Ohio
- Oklahoma· 10 reciprocal
- Oregon· 7 reciprocal
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota· 14 reciprocal
- Tennessee
- Texas· 10 reciprocal
- Utah
- Vermont· 2 reciprocal
- Virginia· 3 reciprocal
- Washington· 1 reciprocal
- West Virginia· 1 reciprocal
- Wisconsin· 2 reciprocal
- Wyoming· 17 reciprocal
master electrician
51 of 51 states documented · 40 issue a statewide master electrician license · 126 state pairs with a reciprocity agreement
- Alabama· 8 reciprocal
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas· 4 reciprocal
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware· 20 reciprocal
- District of Columbia· 2 reciprocal
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho· 1 reciprocal
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa· 8 reciprocal
- Kansas
- Kentucky· 3 reciprocal
- Louisiana
- Maine· 4 reciprocal
- Maryland· 4 reciprocal
- Massachusetts· 1 reciprocal
- Michigan
- Minnesota· 4 reciprocal
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska· 4 reciprocal
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina· 10 reciprocal
- North Dakota· 3 reciprocal
- Ohio· 7 reciprocal
- Oklahoma
- Oregon· 2 reciprocal
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina· 8 reciprocal
- South Dakota· 11 reciprocal
- Tennessee
- Texas· 7 reciprocal
- Utah
- Vermont· 2 reciprocal
- Virginia· 7 reciprocal
- Washington
- West Virginia· 2 reciprocal
- Wisconsin· 1 reciprocal
- Wyoming· 3 reciprocal