Where a Oregon journeyman electrician license transfers
4 documented states waive the exam for Oregon journeymans. 17 review by endorsement, 13 credit your hours, 0 give no credit.
Oregon journeyman electrician · “General Journeyman Electrician (J)”
Statewide license
Issued by Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services)
Oregon issues a statewide General Journeyman Electrician (J) license through the Building Codes Division. An applicant without a reciprocal license must document either an approved apprenticeship, or 576 classroom hours plus 8,000 hours of on-the-job experience earned outside Oregon, or 16,000 out-of-state on-the-job hours, and then pass the Oregon journeyman exam. Oregon has signed journeyman reciprocity agreements with Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; qualifying holders of those licenses are licensed without taking the Oregon exam. Licenses renew every three years on October 1 and require 24 hours of continuing education.
Exam waived
Every destination
| State | Mechanism | Note | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Alaska | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Arizona | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-14 |
| Arkansas | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| California | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Colorado | Endorsement | 2026-09-14 | |
| Connecticut | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Delaware | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| District of Columbia | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Florida | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Georgia | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Hawaii | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Idaho | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| Illinois | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-14 |
| Indiana | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Iowa | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Kansas | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Kentucky | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Louisiana | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Maine | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-15 |
| Maryland | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Massachusetts | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Michigan | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Minnesota | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Mississippi | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Missouri | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Montana | Endorsement | explicit agreement | 2026-09-15 |
| Nebraska | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Nevada | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| New Hampshire | Endorsement | explicit agreement | 2026-09-15 |
| New Jersey | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| New Mexico | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| New York | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| North Carolina | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| North Dakota | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Ohio | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Oklahoma | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Pennsylvania | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Rhode Island | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| South Carolina | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| South Dakota | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Tennessee | Not applicable | no state license at this level | 2026-09-15 |
| Texas | Endorsement | 2026-09-14 | |
| Utah | Endorsement | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| Vermont | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Virginia | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Washington | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| West Virginia | Endorsement | 2026-09-15 | |
| Wisconsin | Experience credit | 2026-09-15 | |
| Wyoming | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-15 |