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

Texas has reciprocity agreements with 10 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.

Texas journeyman electrician · “Journeyman Electrician”

Statewide license

Verified September 14, 2026· 4 sources

Issued by Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)

Texas issues a statewide Journeyman Electrician license through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). A new applicant needs 8,000 hours of on-the-job training under a master electrician (TDLR's application page specifies a Texas-licensed master) and must pass the PSI-administered journeyman exam, which is open book on the 2023 NEC. TDLR has signed journeyman reciprocity agreements with ten states; a qualifying licensee from one of those states is licensed without taking the Texas exam. Licenses are valid for one year and renewed annually.

States Texas reciprocates with

Every origin state

Reciprocity 10Endorsement 24No credit 16
Every state's path into Texas
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
AlaskaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
ArizonaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ArkansasReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
CaliforniaEndorsement2026-09-14
ColoradoEndorsement2026-09-14
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
MinnesotaEndorsement2026-09-14
MississippiNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
MissouriNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
MontanaEndorsement2026-09-14
NebraskaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
NevadaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
New HampshireEndorsement2026-09-14
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 DakotaEndorsement2026-09-14
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
UtahEndorsement2026-09-14
VermontEndorsement2026-09-14
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-14
WashingtonEndorsement2026-09-14
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-14
WisconsinEndorsement2026-09-14
WyomingReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14

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