Moving to Oregon as a journeyman electrician: every state's rule
Oregon has reciprocity agreements with 7 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: experience 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.
States Oregon reciprocates with
Every origin state
| State | Mechanism | Note | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Alaska | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Arizona | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Arkansas | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| California | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Colorado | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Connecticut | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Delaware | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| District of Columbia | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Florida | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Georgia | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Hawaii | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Idaho | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| Illinois | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Indiana | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Iowa | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Kansas | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Kentucky | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Louisiana | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Maine | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| Maryland | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Massachusetts | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Michigan | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Minnesota | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Mississippi | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Missouri | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Montana | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| Nebraska | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Nevada | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| New Hampshire | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| New Jersey | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| New Mexico | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| New York | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| North Carolina | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| North Dakota | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Ohio | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Oklahoma | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Pennsylvania | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Rhode Island | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| South Carolina | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| South Dakota | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Tennessee | No credit | no state license to transfer | 2026-09-14 |
| Texas | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Utah | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| Vermont | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Virginia | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Washington | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |
| West Virginia | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Wisconsin | Experience credit | 2026-09-14 | |
| Wyoming | Reciprocity | explicit agreement | 2026-09-14 |