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Where a North Dakota journeyman electrician license transfers

10 documented states waive the exam for North Dakota journeymans. 12 review by endorsement, 12 credit your hours, 0 give no credit.

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North Dakota journeyman electrician · “Journeyman Electrician

Statewide license

Verified September 15, 2026· 6 sources

Issued by North Dakota State Electrical Board (NDSEB)

North Dakota issues a statewide Journeyman Electrician license through the North Dakota State Electrical Board (NDSEB). A new applicant needs 8,000 hours of experience installing and repairing electrical wiring, earned over not less than three years while registered as an apprentice under a contracting master or master of record in a jurisdiction with licensing and inspection rules similar to North Dakota's, and must pass the board-administered journeyman exam (one-hour closed-book and 3.5-hour open-book sections, 70% to pass). An applicant whose experience was mostly earned in North Dakota must also have completed related apprenticeship training (two years of electrical school, 576 hours of classes or a recognized apprenticeship program). The application fee is $25 and the license fee is $25 per year; journeyman licenses expire March 31. North Dakota belongs to the National Electrical Reciprocal Alliance (NERA) and has journeyman reciprocity with 13 states, for which no written exam is required.

Exam waived

Every destination

Reciprocity 10Endorsement 12Experience credit 12Not applicable 16
Every state's rule for a North Dakota license
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaExperience credit2026-09-15
AlaskaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
ArizonaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
ArkansasReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
CaliforniaExperience credit2026-09-15
ColoradoReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-15
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-15
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-15
FloridaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
GeorgiaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
HawaiiExperience credit2026-09-15
IdahoReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
IllinoisNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
IndianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
IowaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
KansasNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
KentuckyExperience credit2026-09-15
LouisianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MaineReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
MarylandExperience credit2026-09-15
MassachusettsExperience credit2026-09-15
MichiganExperience credit2026-09-15
MinnesotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
MississippiNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MissouriNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MontanaEndorsementexplicit agreement2026-09-15
NebraskaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
NevadaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
New HampshireEndorsementexplicit agreement2026-09-15
New JerseyEndorsement2026-09-15
New MexicoExperience credit2026-09-15
New YorkNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
North CarolinaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
OhioNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
OklahomaEndorsement2026-09-15
OregonExperience credit2026-09-14
PennsylvaniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
Rhode IslandExperience credit2026-09-15
South CarolinaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
South DakotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
TennesseeNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
TexasEndorsement2026-09-14
UtahEndorsementexplicit agreement2026-09-14
VermontEndorsement2026-09-15
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WashingtonExperience credit2026-09-14
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WisconsinExperience credit2026-09-15
WyomingReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15

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