Ohio to Wyoming: master electrician license reciprocity
Wyoming has no reciprocity agreement with Ohio. Your Ohio experience counts toward eligibility, but you must pass the Wyoming exam.
Reference only, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the licensing board before you apply. Full disclaimer.
Licensure by examination with out-of-state experience (states without a master reciprocal agreement)
Nothing is waived, but your documented out-of-state hours count toward eligibility to sit the exam.
Only Idaho, South Dakota and Iowa masters can reciprocate; a master electrician from any other state (including the fourteen journeyman-only reciprocal states) applies for the Wyoming master exam. Out-of-state experience counts toward the 16,000-hour requirement when documented by notarized employer letters or the Work Verification Form, notarized union letters, or official letters from other licensing boards, and the department may accept a current license from a state board with equal or stricter work-history requirements as proof of hours; 8,000 of the hours must have been as a licensed journeyman. The applicant must also show 576 hours of approved classroom instruction (or the 20,000-hour exemption), pass the exam with 75%, and pay the $200 license fee. W.S. 35-9-126(d) permits a discretionary reciprocal license for any out-of-state license earned by an equal or greater exam, but the department applies reciprocity only to its listed agreement states.
Once the department approves the exam application, the International Code Council (ICC) exam is scheduled through Pearson VUE: 100 questions, 5 hours, open book.
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Required
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Out-of-state hours
- Count toward eligibility
What you must already have
- You must document at least 16,000 hours of qualifying work experience.Eight years in the electrical wiring industry across residential, commercial and industrial work, of which 8,000 hours were as a licensed journeyman electrician
- Held a journeyman electrician license for four years (8,000 hours)
- 576 hours of electrically related classroom instruction from an approved apprenticeship program, or 10 years / 20,000 hours as a licensed journeyman or master approved by the Chief Electrical Inspector
What you'll do to get licensed in Wyoming
- 1Trade exam. Pass the destination's trade exam. Wyoming Master Electrician examination, open book on the current NEC, 75% to pass.
- 2Exam fee. Pay the exam fee ($115). Pearson VUE examination fee for the ICC exam, paid when scheduling.
- 3License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($200). Initial Master Electrician license fee paid after uploading the exam pass letter (plus 2.5% card processing fee).
- 4Other. Government-issued ID verification in the eLicense portal, work verification documents and apprenticeship education transcripts.
Published fees on this path total $315, 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
- Exam fee · $115
How Wyoming licenses master electricians
Wyoming master electrician · “Master Electrician”
Statewide license
Wyoming issues a statewide Master Electrician license through the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety. To sit for the master exam an applicant documents eight years (16,000 hours) of work in the electrical wiring industry, of which four years (8,000 hours) were as a licensed journeyman, plus 576 hours of approved classroom instruction (or the 20,000-hour exemption), and must score 75% on the open-book NEC exam. The initial license fee is $200; the license runs three years, expiring July 1, and renews for $100 with 16 hours of approved continuing education, 8 of them on the NEC. A master electrician may serve as master of record for only one electrical contractor (W.S. 35-9-126). Wyoming has master-level reciprocity agreements with Idaho, South Dakota and Iowa only.
Common questions
- Do I have to take the Wyoming master electrician exam if I'm licensed in Ohio?
- Yes. Wyoming requires the trade exam on this path.
- What does it cost to get a Wyoming master electrician license from Ohio?
- Published fees on this path total $315, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
- Do my Ohio work hours count in Wyoming?
- Yes. Documented out-of-state experience counts toward Wyoming's eligibility requirements.
Sources
- ICC Wyoming Electrical Contractor/Trades Examination Information Bulletin (published August 19, 2025) · International Code Council · Form · verified September 23, 2026
- Wyoming Electrical Board Rules, Chapter 5 - Electrical Licensing · 041-0001-5 Wyo. Code R. §§ 5-3, 5-5, 5-6 · Wyoming Electrical Board (text as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute) · Admin Rule · verified September 23, 2026
- Wyoming Statutes Title 35, Chapter 9, Article 1 - Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety · W.S. 35-9-126(a), 35-9-126(b), 35-9-126(d), 35-9-127, 35-9-129 · Wyoming Legislature · Statute · verified September 23, 2026
- Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Fire Council and Electrical Board · Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety · Agency Page · verified September 15, 2026
- Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Home Page · Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
- Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety - Electrical Licensing · W.S. 35-9-101 et seq. · Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Electrical Safety Division · Agency Page · verified September 16, 2026
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.