Maine to Vermont: journeyman electrician license reciprocity
Vermont has a reciprocity agreement with Maine: a Maine journeyman electrician can get a Vermont license without retaking the trade exam.
Reference only, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the licensing board before you apply. Full disclaimer.
Reciprocal license for Maine residents (journeyman)
A signed state-to-state agreement. The trade exam is waived; you apply, prove your history, and pay the fee.
Vermont's application form and the 2025 Electrical Safety Rules preserve a reciprocal agreement with Maine for the journeyman license, available to Maine residents only. A Maine-resident journeyman files the notarized all-classifications application checking 'Reciprocal license - Maine', attaches a certified statement of licensure from the Maine Electricians' Examining Board (which replaces the employer affidavit of experience) and a photocopy of the Maine license, and pays the $115 three-year fee; no Vermont examination or three-year holding period is stated for the reciprocal route. Maine reciprocates for Vermont journeymen.
The residency restriction is printed on the form ('Residents of these states only'); non-resident Maine licensees use the Universal (three-year) route. No holding-period or exam-by-examination condition is published for the reciprocal route beyond the statutory requirement in 26 V.S.A. s. 906(b)(1) that the origin state's standards be equivalent.
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Waived
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Typical processing
- About 60 days
- Agreement
- Active
What you must already have
- Applicant must be a resident of Maine
- Your Maine license must be active and in good standing.
What you'll do to get licensed in Vermont
- 1License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($115). Journeyman three-year license fee.
- 2Other. Notarized application with certified letter from the Maine Electricians' Examining Board and a photocopy of the Maine license.
Published fees on this path total $115, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.
How Vermont licenses journeyman electricians
Vermont journeyman electrician · “Journeyman Electrician”
Statewide license
Issued by Vermont Electricians' Licensing Board, Division of Fire Safety (Department of Public Safety)
Vermont issues a statewide Journeyman Electrician license through the Electricians' Licensing Board within the Division of Fire Safety. A new applicant must show completion of a Vermont registered electrical apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience acceptable to the board (an apprenticeship served in another state may be recognized under 26 V.S.A. s. 907), then pass the Prov-administered exam ($80); the license costs $115 for a three-year term and renewal requires 15 hours of NEC instruction. Out-of-state journeymen have three routes without examination: a reciprocal license for residents of Maine and New Hampshire, a 'Universal' license under 26 V.S.A. s. 906(b)(2) for any journeyman licensed in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction for at least three years, and, under the 2025 Safety Rules, recognition of a license from a National Electrical Reciprocal Alliance (NERA) member state held in good standing for one year. Vermont also licenses Type-S specialty journeymen and 12R military electricians, which are outside this level.
Common questions
- Do I have to take the Vermont journeyman electrician exam if I'm licensed in Maine?
- No. The trade exam is waived on this path under the agreement with Maine.
- What does it cost to get a Vermont journeyman electrician license from Maine?
- Published fees on this path total $115, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
- How long does the application take?
- The board's published or typical processing time is about 60 days.
Sources
- Division of Fire Safety - Electricians' License Application and Instructions, All Classifications (June 2026) · Vermont Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety · Form · verified September 15, 2026Fees: Master $150.00 three-year license; Journeyman $115.00; Type-S Specialist $115.00 per field; exam fees not included. 'If Reciprocal, Maine or New Hampshire (Residents only) check which state/s and include a certified letter/s from reciprocating state/s, and include a photocopy of license/s.' 'If Universal license be sure to include a certified letter/s from issuing state/s and include a photocopy of license/s... Include original date/s of issuance, and the means of obtaining the license'; the Universal license box says '3 Year Minimum' and 'Reciprocating a license from any other state'. Section 6 asks for a certified letter, license copy and documentation of the requirements to obtain the origin license. Applications must be notarized, list three references, and reach the Division two weeks before a board meeting.
- Vermont Division of Fire Safety - Electricians (electrical licensing home page) · Vermont Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety · Agency Page · verified September 15, 2026Licensing landing page: links the Vermont Electrical Statute (26 V.S.A. chapter 15), the Vermont Electrical Safety Rules 2025 Edition (effective 11/05/2025), the 'Electrical Application and Instructions - All Classifications' form, online renewal, and the licensed-electrician lookup; licensing office at 45 State Drive, Waterbury, 802-479-7564, [email protected].
- Vermont Electrical Safety Rules, 2025 edition - section 3.3 Type-S specialty electrician licenses · Vermont Electrical Safety Rules 2025, s. 3.3 · Vermont Electricians' Licensing Board, Division of Fire Safety · Admin Rule · verified September 15, 2026Opened through the r.jina.ai text proxy. Section 3.3 lists the Type-S specialty fields including A1 'Automatic gas or oil heating, including geo-thermal, ground source heat pumps' and C3 'Refrigeration or air conditioning, air to air heat pumps'. A Type-S licensee may 'design, install, repair, maintain and replace electrical installations as an employee or an independent contractor only in connection with the specialty field designated on the person's license, and may only install branch circuits from the existing electrical service'. Qualification: complete an accredited training and experience program recognized by the board or equivalent training and experience acceptable to the board, then pass the specialty exam ($80). The reciprocity provision in 3.4(f) applies to master and journeyman electricians only.
- 26 V.S.A. Chapter 15 - Electrical Installations (ss. 902-907: master and journeyman qualifications, fees, examinations not required, recognition of experience) · 26 V.S.A. ss. 902, 903, 905, 906, 907 · Vermont General Assembly · Statute · verified September 15, 2026s. 902: master applicant must have been a licensed journeyman under the chapter for at least two years or have comparable experience and training within or without the state acceptable to the board, and pass an exam. s. 903: journeyman applicant must show Vermont Apprenticeship Council completion or equivalent training and experience within or outside the state, and pass an exam. s. 905(d): three-year fees master $150, journeyman $115, type-S $115 per field; late renewal within one year $25 extra. s. 906(a): a license for an individual licensed by another state shall be issued without examination as provided in the section; s. 906(b)(1) reciprocity for licenses from states with equivalent standards that grant Vermont licensees a similar privilege; s. 906(b)(2)(A) uniform endorsement: the board shall license masters and journeymen licensed in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction for at least three years regardless of reciprocity; (C) the Commissioner may waive the practice requirement. s. 907: the board may credit journeyman experience or an apprenticeship served in another state.
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.