Arizona to Oregon: master electrician license reciprocity
Arizona does not issue a statewide master electrician license, so there is nothing to transfer. Here is Oregon's standard path for out-of-state applicants.
Your origin state does not issue a statewide license at this level, so there is no license to transfer. The destination's standard out-of-state path is shown; expect to meet it in full.
Reference only, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the licensing board before you apply. Full disclaimer.
Examination with credit for out-of-state journeyman experience (all non-reciprocal states)
Your out-of-state credentials give no advantage. You meet the destination's requirements from scratch.
A master or journeyman electrician licensed in a state without an Oregon supervising-level agreement applies for the General Supervising Electrician license on the standard Electrical License Application. The applicant must either hold an Oregon General Journeyman license or meet the Oregon journeyman qualifications (which accept out-of-state classroom and on-the-job hours), and must document an additional 8,000 hours of on-the-job journeyman experience. ORS 479.630 phrases this as at least four years of experience as a general journeyman electrician or its equivalent. The Oregon supervising exam is required: four hours, two sections, 52 code questions and 12 calculation questions, open book, 75 percent to pass.
The License Directory notes that the 300 percent rule applies when documenting journeyman hours. A separate application or exam fee could not be confirmed from a machine-readable official source; the License Directory lists only the $100 license fee.
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Required
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Out-of-state hours
- Count toward eligibility
- Typical processing
- About 21 days
What you must already have
- Hold an Oregon General Journeyman license, or meet the Oregon General Journeyman qualifications (576 classroom hours plus 8,000 on-the-job hours, or 16,000 on-the-job hours)
- You must document at least 8,000 hours of qualifying work experience.
What you'll do to get licensed in Oregon
- 1License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($100). General Supervising Electrician license fee (three-year license).
- 2Trade exam. Pass the destination's trade exam. Oregon General Supervising Electrician exam: 4 hours, 2 sections (52 code questions, 12 calculation questions), open book; minimum score 75 percent.
Published fees on this path total $100, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.
What you'll need to buy or arrange
Exam preparation
Most boards contract PSI, Prov, or ICC for exams. Check which code edition the exam is written to before buying a prep course.
- Trade exam
How Oregon licenses master electricians
Oregon master electrician · “General Supervising Electrician (S)”
Statewide license
Issued by Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services)
Oregon does not use the title "master electrician"; its closest equivalent is the General Supervising Electrician (S) license, which authorizes the holder to design, plan and lay out electrical work, sign permits, and direct, supervise or control the installation or alteration of an electrical service. It is treated here as the master level. An applicant must hold or qualify for the Oregon General Journeyman license, document an additional 8,000 hours of journeyman-level experience, and pass the Oregon supervising exam. Oregon has signed supervising-level reciprocity agreements with Arkansas and Utah only; master electricians from other states go through the standard application and exam. Licenses renew every three years on October 1 with 24 hours of continuing education.
Why Arizona has nothing to transfer
Arizona master electrician
No individual license at this level
Issued by Arizona Registrar of Contractors (contractor licensing only)
Arizona does not issue a master electrician license. The state-level credential for electrical work is a contractor license from the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) in the R-11 Electrical (residential), C-11 Electrical (commercial, under 600 volts) or CR-11 Electrical (dual) classification; the license is issued to a business (sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC or corporation) and is qualified by a named qualifying party rather than to the electrician personally. A master electrician arriving from another state who only wants to work for an employer needs no Arizona license at all. To run their own electrical business they must apply for an ROC license: the qualifying party must show 4 years of practical or management trade experience (at least 2 within the last 10 years, with up to 2 years creditable from accredited technical training), pass the open-book Arizona Statutes and Rules Exam (SRE, $61 via Gmetrix) and the classification trade exam with at least 70% ($66 via PSI, or the NASCLA Electrical exam for $116, accepted for R-11, C-11 and CR-11), complete a background check, register the entity with the Arizona Corporation Commission if an LLC or corporation, post a continuous license bond sized by classification and annual volume (commercial specialty $2,500 to $50,000, residential specialty $4,250 to $7,500, dual licenses combine both), and pay application and license fees plus the residential recovery fund assessment ($720 total for R-11, $580 for C-11, $850 for CR-11, before exam fees). Arizona has no direct reciprocity agreement with any state; under A.A.C. R4-9-106(E) the Registrar may waive the trade exam and experience documentation when the qualifying party held a comparable contractor license in another state within the preceding 5 years and obtained it by trade examination (Out-of-State Waiver Request Form RC-L-200G submitted with the application), but the SRE cannot be waived.
Common questions
- Do I have to take the Oregon master electrician exam if I'm licensed in Arizona?
- Yes. Oregon requires the trade exam on this path.
- What does it cost to get a Oregon master electrician license from Arizona?
- Published fees on this path total $100, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
- Do my Arizona work hours count in Oregon?
- Yes. Documented out-of-state experience counts toward Oregon's eligibility requirements.
- How long does the application take?
- The board's published or typical processing time is about 21 days.
- Does it work the other way, from Oregon to Arizona?
- Not necessarily. Reciprocity is directed. Going from Oregon to Arizona, the mechanism is not applicable.
Sources
- Oregon Building Codes Division - Apply for an electrical license · Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Building Codes Division · Agency Page · verified September 15, 2026Application steps for individual electrical licenses; notes that reciprocal agreements exist only for the General Supervising Electrician and General Journeyman Electrician licenses, so the LME has no reciprocity.
- Building Codes Division - Reciprocal licenses · Oregon Building Codes Division (DCBS) · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026Lists reciprocal states per license type: General Journeyman (J): Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Utah, Washington, Wyoming; General Supervising (S): Arkansas, Utah. States the apprenticeship/8,000-hour qualification and the Washington-specific apprenticeship condition.
- OAR chapter 918, division 30 - General licensing requirements · OAR 918-030-0020, 918-030-0045 · Oregon Secretary of State · Admin Rule · verified September 14, 2026918-030-0020: an applicant required to pass a written examination must score at least 75 percent.
- OAR chapter 918, division 282 - Electrical licensing · OAR 918-282-0140, 918-282-0170 · Oregon Secretary of State · Admin Rule · verified September 14, 2026918-282-0170 general journeyman experience categories (8,000 hours); 918-282-0140 general supervising electrician (licensed journeyman documents 8,000 additional journeyman hours).
- ORS chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings from Fire and Electrical Hazards · ORS 479.630, 479.632, 479.840 · Oregon Legislature · Statute · verified September 14, 2026479.630: general journeyman requires four years as apprentice or equivalent and a written exam; general supervising requires four years as general journeyman or equivalent and a written exam. 479.632: the board may refuse to examine an applicant whose out-of-state training or experience is not equivalent.
- Oregon License Directory - General Supervising Electrician (S) · Oregon Secretary of State / Building Codes Division · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026Eligibility: Oregon journeyman license or journeyman qualifications plus 8,000 additional journeyman hours; exam 4 hours, 2 sections, 52 code + 12 calculation questions, open book; license fee $100. Page last updated 01/23/2026.
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.