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Moving to Colorado as a master electrician: every state's rule

Colorado has reciprocity agreements with 0 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.

Colorado master electrician · “Master Electrician

Statewide license

Verified September 14, 2026· 5 sources

Issued by Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA Division of Professions and Occupations)

Colorado issues a statewide Master Electrician license through the State Electrical Board within DORA's Division of Professions and Occupations. A master license can be obtained only by examination or by endorsement; Board Rule 1.7 states that a Colorado master electrician's license may not be granted by reciprocity, so there are no master-level reciprocity agreements. By examination an applicant needs 10,000 hours of experience over at least five years (or a qualifying degree with fewer hours) and must pass the PSI-administered Colorado master exam. By endorsement an applicant who holds or has held an active state-issued master license obtained by exam on the NEC edition Colorado currently uses, and who documents 10,000 hours over five years, is licensed without the Colorado exam. Licenses expire September 30 every three years.

Every origin state

Endorsement 39No credit 11
Every state's path into Colorado
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaEndorsement2026-09-14
AlaskaEndorsement2026-09-14
ArizonaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ArkansasEndorsement2026-09-14
CaliforniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-14
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-14
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-14
FloridaEndorsement2026-09-14
GeorgiaEndorsement2026-09-14
HawaiiEndorsement2026-09-14
IdahoEndorsement2026-09-14
IllinoisNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IndianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IowaEndorsement2026-09-14
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
MissouriEndorsement2026-09-14
MontanaEndorsement2026-09-14
NebraskaEndorsement2026-09-14
NevadaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
New HampshireEndorsement2026-09-14
New JerseyEndorsement2026-09-14
New MexicoEndorsement2026-09-14
New YorkNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
North CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-14
North DakotaEndorsement2026-09-14
OhioEndorsement2026-09-14
OklahomaEndorsement2026-09-14
OregonEndorsement2026-09-14
PennsylvaniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
Rhode IslandEndorsement2026-09-14
South CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-14
South DakotaEndorsement2026-09-14
TennesseeNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
TexasEndorsement2026-09-14
UtahEndorsement2026-09-14
VermontEndorsement2026-09-14
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-14
WashingtonEndorsement2026-09-14
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-14
WisconsinEndorsement2026-09-14
WyomingEndorsement2026-09-14

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