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

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

Oklahoma master electrician · “Unlimited Electrical Contractor”

Statewide license

Verified September 15, 2026· 5 sources

Issued by Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB), Electrical Licensing Unit

Oklahoma has no 'master electrician' license; its highest person-held electrical credential is the Electrical Contractor license (Unlimited, Residential or Limited), which CIB issues to an individual who passes the two-portion contractor exam (technical trade and Business and Law, 70% each). This site maps the Unlimited Electrical Contractor license to the master level. An Unlimited applicant needs 12,000 verifiable hours while employed by a licensed electrical contractor, including 4,000 hours and two years as a licensed Unlimited Electrical Journeyman and 6,000 hours of commercial/industrial work; up to 2,000 hours may be formal education. The fee is $330 ($30 application plus $300 initial license) and PSI charges $92 per exam portion. To activate the license the contractor must be an owner, partner or officer of the electrical firm and file a $5,000 license bond, $50,000 general liability insurance and workers' compensation proof; an inactive contractor license may be used to work as a journeyman. CIB publishes no contractor-level reciprocity agreements; its rules allow them, but its reciprocity page describes journeyman agreements only.

Every origin state

Endorsement 39No credit 11
Every state's path into Oklahoma
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaEndorsement2026-09-15
AlaskaEndorsement2026-09-15
ArizonaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
ArkansasEndorsement2026-09-15
CaliforniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
ColoradoEndorsement2026-09-15
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-15
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-15
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-15
FloridaEndorsement2026-09-15
GeorgiaEndorsement2026-09-15
HawaiiEndorsement2026-09-15
IdahoEndorsement2026-09-15
IllinoisNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
IndianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
IowaEndorsement2026-09-15
KansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
KentuckyEndorsement2026-09-15
LouisianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MaineEndorsement2026-09-15
MarylandEndorsement2026-09-15
MassachusettsEndorsement2026-09-15
MichiganEndorsement2026-09-15
MinnesotaEndorsement2026-09-15
MississippiNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MissouriEndorsement2026-09-15
MontanaEndorsement2026-09-15
NebraskaEndorsement2026-09-15
NevadaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
New HampshireEndorsement2026-09-15
New JerseyEndorsement2026-09-15
New MexicoEndorsement2026-09-15
New YorkNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
North CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-15
North DakotaEndorsement2026-09-15
OhioEndorsement2026-09-15
OregonEndorsement2026-09-15
PennsylvaniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
Rhode IslandEndorsement2026-09-15
South CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-15
South DakotaEndorsement2026-09-15
TennesseeNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
TexasEndorsement2026-09-15
UtahEndorsement2026-09-15
VermontEndorsement2026-09-15
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WashingtonEndorsement2026-09-15
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WisconsinEndorsement2026-09-15
WyomingEndorsement2026-09-15

Getting licensed in Oklahoma from scratch

No license yet, or nothing that transfers? This is how Oklahoma issues a master electrician license to a first-time applicant.

Verified September 23, 2026· 8 sources

Unlimited Electrical Contractor by examination

Oklahoma has no master electrician license; its top person-held electrical credential is the Unlimited Electrical Contractor license, which this site treats as the master level. You qualify after at least two years and 4,000 hours as a licensed Oklahoma Unlimited Electrical Journeyman and a total of 12,000 verified hours (about six years) of electrical construction experience while employed by a licensed electrical contractor, at least 6,000 of them commercial or industrial; up to 2,000 hours may be classroom hours of approved electrical education. You file the Application for Electrical Licensure with work history, experience affidavits and $330, then pass both portions of the PSI contractor exam, a technical trade exam and an Electrical Business and Law exam, each open book with 70% to pass. To activate the license you must be an owner, partner or officer of the electrical firm and file a $5,000 license bond, $50,000 general liability insurance and proof of workers' compensation; without them CIB issues an inactive license, which can be used to work as a journeyman.

The trade portion has 100 scored questions in 240 minutes on the 2023 National Electrical Code as adopted in Oklahoma, OSHA 29 CFR 1926 and Ugly's Electrical References. The Business and Law portion has 50 scored questions in 120 minutes on bidding, project management, contracts, finance, labor, risk management, payroll and licensing, with references including the CIB electrical rules, the Electrical License Act, the Oklahoma lien law, the NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management and the Workers' Compensation Act. If you pass only one portion, you retake just the other one within three years of being approved to test; after that you must retake both. Contractor applicants must be able to read without assistance. CIB also issues a Residential Electrical Contractor license and a Limited Electrical Contractor license (for estimating and management, with an electrical engineering degree plus 8,000 hours or 16,000 hours of experience), which are separate credentials from the one described here.

Trade exam
Required
Law / code exam
Required
Exam given by
PSI
Exam format
Open book
Passing score
70%
Renewal
Every year

Who can apply

  • Hold a Oklahoma Unlimited Electrical Journeyman license for at least 2 years first.Proof of 4,000 hours and two years of experience as a licensed unlimited electrical journeyman employed by a licensed electrical contractor (OAC 158:40-7-1(a) and the CIB application).
  • You must document at least 12,000 hours of qualifying work experience.Total verifiable on-the-job hours in electrical construction while employed by a licensed electrical contractor, at least 6,000 in commercial/industrial work; up to 2,000 may be actual classroom hours of formal electrical education, verified by official transcript.

Steps to get licensed

  1. 1Application fee. Pay the application fee ($30). Contractor application (processing) fee, non-refundable (OAC 158:40-9-3(b)).
  2. 2License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($300). Initial contractor license fee, submitted with the application.
  3. 3Trade exam. Pass the destination's trade exam. Oklahoma Unlimited Electrical Contractor technical trade exam administered by PSI: 100 questions, 240 minutes, open book, 70% to pass.
  4. 4Law / code exam. Pass a law, rules, or code exam. Oklahoma Electrical Business and Law exam administered by PSI: 50 questions, 120 minutes, open book, 70% to pass.
  5. 5Exam fee. Pay the exam fee ($184). PSI fee of $92 per examination portion (two portions), non-refundable; each retake is another $92.
  6. 6Surety bond. Post a surety bond ($5,000). Continuous $5,000 license bond filed with the CIB Bonds and Insurance Unit before the license is activated (OAC 158:40-5-5(a)).
  7. 7Insurance. Carry the required insurance ($50,000). Comprehensive general liability insurance, $50,000 combined single limit, with CIB named as certificate holder (OAC 158:40-5-5(b)).
  8. 8Other. Proof of workers' compensation coverage or exemption, and you must be an owner, partner or officer of the electrical firm to activate the license.

Published fees on this path total $514, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.

Keeping it active

Every year and a $200 renewal fee.

12 hours of Committee-approved continuing education in the 36 months before the license expires, not every year: 6 hours on the codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission and 6 hours on other approved topics such as theory and calculations, wiring methods, grounding and bonding, NFPA 70E safety, or the Electrical License Act and CIB rules. You are exempt for three years from the date you passed your current licensing exam. Extra hours do not carry over.

Active and inactive contractor licenses both renew every year and expire on the last day of your birth month. Renewing more than 30 days late costs $300, and a license expired for more than one year cannot be renewed; you must apply and test again. Active contractors renew with current bond and insurance.

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
  • Law / code exam
  • Exam fee · $184

Surety bond

A license or contractor bond is bought from a surety, not the state. Price is a small percentage of the bond amount and depends on your credit.

  • Surety bond · $5,000

Liability insurance

Some states require proof of general liability or workers' compensation coverage at licensing time.

  • Insurance · $50,000

Sources for this section

  1. Oklahoma CIB - Career Pathways · Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
  2. Oklahoma CIB - Electrical Industry · Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
  3. Oklahoma CIB - Electrical Application Information and Application for Electrical Licensure (revised June 2024) · Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Form · verified September 23, 2026
  4. Oklahoma CIB - Electrical Contractor · Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
  5. Oklahoma CIB - HB 3215 Changes Electrical Licensing, Electrical Testing, & Electrical Apprentice Registration · Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
  6. Oklahoma Electrical License Act, 59 O.S. §§ 1680-1690 (effective 11-1-2025) · 59 O.S. §§ 1684, 1685, 1685.1 · Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Statute · verified September 23, 2026
  7. OAC Title 158, Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations (permanent rules effective 07/11/2026) · OAC 158:40-5-3, 158:40-5-5, 158:40-7-1, 158:40-7-5, 158:40-9-1, 158:40-9-2, 158:40-9-2.4, 158:40-9-3, 158:40-9-4 · Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Admin Rule · verified September 23, 2026
  8. State of Oklahoma Electrical, Mechanical, Roofing and Plumbing Examinations Candidate Information Bulletin (PSI, effective 12/18/2025) · PSI Services for the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board · Form · verified September 23, 2026

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