New Hampshire to Vermont: journeyman electrician license reciprocity
Vermont has a reciprocity agreement with New Hampshire: a New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire for the journeyman license, available to New Hampshire residents only. A New Hampshire-resident journeyman files the notarized all-classifications application checking 'Reciprocal license - New Hampshire', attaches a certified statement of licensure from the New Hampshire Electricians' Board (which replaces the employer affidavit of experience) and a photocopy of the New Hampshire license, and pays the $115 three-year fee; no Vermont examination or three-year holding period is stated for the reciprocal route. New Hampshire in turn lists Vermont as a qualifying jurisdiction for endorsement.
The residency restriction is printed on the form ('Residents of these states only'); non-resident New Hampshire licensees use the Universal (three-year) route.
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Waived
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Agreement
- Active
What you must already have
- Applicant must be a resident of New Hampshire
- Your New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire Electricians' Board and a photocopy of the New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire?
- No. The trade exam is waived on this path under the agreement with New Hampshire.
- What does it cost to get a Vermont journeyman electrician license from New Hampshire?
- Published fees on this path total $115, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
- Does it work the other way, from Vermont to New Hampshire?
- Not necessarily. Reciprocity is directed. Going from Vermont to New Hampshire, the mechanism is endorsement.
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 23, 2026
- Vermont Division of Fire Safety - Electricians (electrical licensing home page) · Vermont Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
- 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, 2026
- 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 23, 2026
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.