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

Oregon has reciprocity agreements with 2 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: experience credit.

Oregon master electrician · “General Supervising Electrician (S)

Statewide license

Verified September 14, 2026· 4 sources

Issued by Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services)

Oregon does not use the title "master electrician"; its closest equivalent is the General Supervising Electrician (S) license, which authorizes the holder to design, plan and lay out electrical work, sign permits, and direct, supervise or control the installation or alteration of an electrical service. It is treated here as the master level. An applicant must hold or qualify for the Oregon General Journeyman license, document an additional 8,000 hours of journeyman-level experience, and pass the Oregon supervising exam. Oregon has signed supervising-level reciprocity agreements with Arkansas and Utah only; master electricians from other states go through the standard application and exam. Licenses renew every three years on October 1 with 24 hours of continuing education.

States Oregon reciprocates with

Every origin state

Reciprocity 2Experience credit 37No credit 11
Every state's path into Oregon
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaExperience credit2026-09-14
AlaskaExperience credit2026-09-14
ArizonaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ArkansasReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
CaliforniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ColoradoExperience credit2026-09-14
ConnecticutExperience credit2026-09-14
DelawareExperience credit2026-09-14
District of ColumbiaExperience credit2026-09-14
FloridaExperience credit2026-09-14
GeorgiaExperience credit2026-09-14
HawaiiExperience credit2026-09-14
IdahoExperience credit2026-09-14
IllinoisNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IndianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IowaExperience credit2026-09-14
KansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
KentuckyExperience credit2026-09-14
LouisianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
MaineExperience credit2026-09-14
MarylandExperience credit2026-09-14
MassachusettsExperience credit2026-09-14
MichiganExperience credit2026-09-14
MinnesotaExperience credit2026-09-14
MississippiNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
MissouriExperience credit2026-09-14
MontanaExperience credit2026-09-14
NebraskaExperience credit2026-09-14
NevadaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
New HampshireExperience credit2026-09-14
New JerseyExperience credit2026-09-14
New MexicoExperience credit2026-09-14
New YorkNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
North CarolinaExperience credit2026-09-14
North DakotaExperience credit2026-09-14
OhioExperience credit2026-09-14
OklahomaExperience credit2026-09-14
PennsylvaniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
Rhode IslandExperience credit2026-09-14
South CarolinaExperience credit2026-09-14
South DakotaExperience credit2026-09-14
TennesseeNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
TexasExperience credit2026-09-14
UtahReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
VermontExperience credit2026-09-14
VirginiaExperience credit2026-09-14
WashingtonExperience credit2026-09-14
West VirginiaExperience credit2026-09-14
WisconsinExperience credit2026-09-14
WyomingExperience credit2026-09-14

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