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

Idaho has reciprocity agreements with 1 state. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.

Idaho master electrician · “Master Electrician

Statewide license

Verified September 14, 2026· 5 sources

Issued by Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (Idaho Electrical Board)

Idaho issues a statewide Master Electrician license through DOPL on behalf of the Idaho Electrical Board. Idaho Code 54-1007(3) qualifies anyone who has worked as a licensed journeyman for at least four years to apply for a master license, and since House Bill 153 a master licensee is automatically issued a journeyman license at no extra cost. The only signed master-level reciprocity agreement is the 2006 bilateral agreement with Wyoming; the multi-state NERA agreement covers journeymen only. For other states, the master application offers a 'Reciprocity Pathway' based on a License Verification Form from the origin state showing licensure by examination, at least four years as a journeyman, and an active master license, but the instructions warn that a passing exam score may still be required before issuance. Applicants who do not qualify that way use the experience pathway (four years as a licensed journeyman) and pass the Idaho master exam administered by PSI.

States Idaho reciprocates with

Every origin state

Reciprocity 1Endorsement 38No credit 11
Every state's path into Idaho
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
ColoradoEndorsement2026-09-14
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-14
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-14
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-14
FloridaEndorsement2026-09-14
GeorgiaEndorsement2026-09-14
HawaiiEndorsement2026-09-14
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
WyomingReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14

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