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Moving to Colorado as a journeyman electrician: every state's rule

Colorado has reciprocity agreements with 14 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.

Colorado journeyman electrician · “Journeyman Electrician”

Statewide license

Verified September 14, 2026· 5 sources

Issued by Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA Division of Professions and Occupations)

Colorado issues a statewide Journeyman Electrician license through the State Electrical Board within DORA's Division of Professions and Occupations. There are three routes: examination (8,000 hours over at least four years, 288 hours of classroom education, and the PSI-administered Colorado exam), endorsement of an active state-issued license obtained by exam on the NEC edition Colorado currently uses, and reciprocity for journeymen from the 14 NERA member states. Endorsement and reciprocity both issue the license without a Colorado exam. Applications are filed through DPO Online Services; licenses expire September 30 every three years.

States Colorado reciprocates with

Every origin state

Reciprocity 14Endorsement 20No credit 16
Every state's path into Colorado
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaEndorsement2026-09-14
AlaskaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
ArizonaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ArkansasReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
CaliforniaEndorsement2026-09-14
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-14
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-14
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-14
FloridaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
GeorgiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
HawaiiEndorsement2026-09-14
IdahoReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
IllinoisNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IndianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IowaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
KansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
KentuckyEndorsement2026-09-14
LouisianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
MaineEndorsement2026-09-14
MarylandEndorsement2026-09-14
MassachusettsEndorsement2026-09-14
MichiganEndorsement2026-09-14
MinnesotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
MississippiNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
MissouriNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
MontanaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
NebraskaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
NevadaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
New HampshireReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
New JerseyEndorsement2026-09-14
New MexicoReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
New YorkNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
North CarolinaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
North DakotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
OhioNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
OklahomaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
OregonEndorsement2026-09-14
PennsylvaniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
Rhode IslandEndorsement2026-09-14
South CarolinaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
South DakotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
TennesseeNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
TexasEndorsement2026-09-14
UtahReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
VermontEndorsement2026-09-14
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-14
WashingtonEndorsement2026-09-14
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-14
WisconsinEndorsement2026-09-14
WyomingReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14

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