Wyoming to Alaska: journeyman electrician license reciprocity
Alaska has a reciprocity agreement with Wyoming: a Wyoming journeyman electrician can get a Alaska license without retaking the trade exam.
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Reciprocal Electrician Journeyman certificate for Wyoming licensees
A signed state-to-state agreement. The trade exam is waived; you apply, prove your history, and pay the fee.
Wyoming is one of the thirteen states named on Mechanical Inspection's Reciprocal Electrician Journeyman License page. A Wyoming journeyman who tested for the Wyoming license, has held it for at least one year, and whose license is active receives an Alaska Electrician Journeyman Certificate of Fitness without taking the Alaska exam. The applicant submits the Reciprocal/Provisional application with a copy of the current license, picture identification and a 2x2 photo, and pays $250 ($50 application fee plus $200 two-year certificate fee). The reciprocal certificate is a full two-year certificate that renews as an ordinary journeyman COF and allows the holder to supervise trainees. Processing takes about 7-10 business days.
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Waived
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Typical processing
- About 10 days
- Agreement
- Active
What you must already have
- Your Wyoming license must have been obtained by examination, not by reciprocity or grandfathering.
- You must have held your Wyoming license for at least 1 year.Held the origin license for at least one year
- Your Wyoming license must be active and in good standing.
What you'll do to get licensed in Alaska
- 1Application fee. Pay the application fee ($50). Nonrefundable certificate of fitness application fee (AS 18.62.030).
- 2License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($200). Two-year Electrician Journeyman certificate fee (AS 18.62.030).
- 3Other. Copy of the current origin license, picture identification and a professional 2x2 photo submitted with the Reciprocal/Provisional application.
Published fees on this path total $250, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.
How Alaska licenses journeyman electricians
Alaska journeyman electrician · “Electrician Journeyman Certificate of Fitness”
Statewide license
Alaska issues a statewide Electrician Journeyman Certificate of Fitness (COF) through the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's Mechanical Inspection Section; a state COF is required for construction work subject to the National Electrical Code everywhere in Alaska (AS 18.62.010). A new applicant documents 8,000 hours of supervised electrical work (no more than 2,000 residential; up to 1,000 classroom hours, 1,000 lineman hours and 4,000 military/vocational hours may be substituted) and passes the department's open-book exam on the 2020 NEC with a score of at least 70%. The COF costs $50 to apply for plus $200 on issue, is valid for two years, and renews with 16 hours of continuing education. Since August 8, 2025 the department reciprocates journeyman certificates with any US jurisdiction whose requirements are substantially similar (8 AAC 90.111), still names thirteen long-standing reciprocal states, and offers a one-year provisional certificate to any out-of-state journeyman.
Common questions
- Do I have to take the Alaska journeyman electrician exam if I'm licensed in Wyoming?
- No. The trade exam is waived on this path under the agreement with Wyoming.
- How long do I need to have held my Wyoming license?
- At least 1 year before applying.
- What does it cost to get a Alaska journeyman electrician license from Wyoming?
- Published fees on this path total $250, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
- How long does the application take?
- The board's published or typical processing time is about 10 days.
Sources
- Alaska Certificate of Fitness Information Packet - AS 18.62 and 8 AAC 90 with FAQ (Version 20250715) · AS 18.62.010, AS 18.62.020, AS 18.62.030, AS 18.62.050(c), AS 18.62.070; 8 AAC 90.111, 8 AAC 90.112, 8 AAC 90.115, 8 AAC 90.125, 8 AAC 90.130, 8 AAC 90.192, 8 AAC 90.890, 8 AAC 90.900(14) · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection · Admin Rule · verified September 16, 2026
- Alaska DOLWD Mechanical Inspection - Certificate of Fitness License Requirements (Electrician) · 8 AAC 90.111, 8 AAC 90.112, 8 AAC 90.160 · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
- Alaska DOLWD Mechanical Inspection - Frequently Asked Questions · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection · Faq · verified September 23, 2026
- Alaska DOLWD Mechanical Inspection - Home (jurisdiction, adopted codes, August 8, 2025 regulation change) · 8 AAC 63.101; AS 18.60.705 · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection · Agency Page · verified September 16, 2026
- Reciprocal/Provisional Application for Electrical and Plumbing Certificates of Fitness (v.20250828) · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection · Form · verified September 16, 2026
- Alaska DOLWD Mechanical Inspection - Reciprocal Electrician Journeyman License · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection · Agency Page · verified September 15, 2026
- Alaska DOLWD Mechanical Inspection - Testing Information · 8 AAC 90.115 · Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.