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Where a Montana master electrician license transfers

1 documented state waive the exam for Montana masters. 17 review by endorsement, 20 credit your hours, 1 give no credit.

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Montana master electrician · “Master Electrician”

Statewide license

Verified September 15, 2026· 5 sources

Issued by Montana State Electrical Board (Department of Labor & Industry, Business Standards Division)

Montana issues a statewide Master Electrician license through the State Electrical Board. Under MCA 37-68-304 an applicant needs either an electrical engineering degree from an accredited college plus 2,000 hours of practical experience, or at least 8,000 hours of legally obtained journeyman-level experience in planning, laying out or supervising electrical installations (no more than 50% residential), and must pass the PSI open-book exam on the 2020 NEC (at least 80 questions) with 75%. The $190 application fee includes the original license; renewal is $140 every two years with 16 CE hours. Out-of-state masters are reviewed for substantial equivalency: the board's published determinations mark only Alabama, Idaho, Nebraska, Utah and Wyoming as 'Yes', and their licensees are licensed by endorsement without the exam; masters from all other states must take the Montana exam. The board does not sign formal master-level reciprocity agreements (ARM 24.141.504(1) limits those to residential and journeyman licenses).

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Reciprocity 1Endorsement 17Experience credit 20No credit 1Not applicable 11
Every state's rule for a Montana license
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaExperience credit2026-09-15
AlaskaEndorsement2026-09-15
ArizonaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
ArkansasExperience credit2026-09-15
CaliforniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
ColoradoEndorsement2026-09-14
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-15
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-15
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-15
FloridaEndorsement2026-09-15
GeorgiaExperience credit2026-09-15
HawaiiExperience credit2026-09-15
IdahoEndorsement2026-09-14
IllinoisNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
IndianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
IowaEndorsement2026-09-15
KansasNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
KentuckyExperience credit2026-09-15
LouisianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MaineEndorsement2026-09-15
MarylandExperience credit2026-09-15
MassachusettsExperience credit2026-09-15
MichiganExperience credit2026-09-15
MinnesotaExperience credit2026-09-15
MississippiNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MissouriEndorsement2026-09-15
NebraskaEndorsement2026-09-15
NevadaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
New HampshireExperience credit2026-09-15
New JerseyExperience credit2026-09-15
New MexicoExperience credit2026-09-15
New YorkNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
North CarolinaExperience credit2026-09-15
North DakotaExperience credit2026-09-15
OhioExperience credit2026-09-15
OklahomaEndorsement2026-09-15
OregonExperience credit2026-09-14
PennsylvaniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
Rhode IslandExperience credit2026-09-15
South CarolinaExperience credit2026-09-15
South DakotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
TennesseeNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
TexasEndorsement2026-09-14
UtahEndorsementexplicit agreement2026-09-14
VermontEndorsement2026-09-15
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WashingtonNo credit2026-09-14
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WisconsinExperience credit2026-09-15
WyomingExperience credit2026-09-15

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