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

Texas has reciprocity agreements with 7 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.

Texas master electrician · “Master Electrician”

Statewide license

Verified September 14, 2026· 4 sources

Issued by Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)

Texas issues a statewide Master Electrician license through TDLR. A new applicant must have held a journeyman electrician license for at least two years, have 12,000 hours of on-the-job training under a master electrician (TDLR's application page specifies a Texas-licensed master), and pass the PSI-administered master exam. TDLR has master-level reciprocity agreements with seven states, four of them added between December 2025 and June 2026; qualifying licensees are licensed without the Texas exam. Licenses are valid for one year and renewed annually.

States Texas reciprocates with

Every origin state

Reciprocity 7Endorsement 33No credit 10
Every state's path into Texas
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
AlaskaEndorsement2026-09-14
ArizonaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ArkansasReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
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
IdahoEndorsement2026-09-14
IllinoisNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IndianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IowaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
KansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
KentuckyEndorsement2026-09-14
LouisianaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
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
NebraskaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
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 CarolinaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
North DakotaEndorsement2026-09-14
OhioReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-14
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
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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