Wyoming to Idaho: master electrician license reciprocity
Idaho has a reciprocity agreement with Wyoming: a Wyoming master electrician can get a Idaho license without retaking the trade exam.
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Reciprocal agreement with Wyoming (master)
A signed state-to-state agreement. The trade exam is waived; you apply, prove your history, and pay the fee.
The 2006 Wyoming-Idaho reciprocal agreement expressly covers master electrician licenses. Idaho issues a master license without examination to a Wyoming master electrician whose license was obtained by examination and is current, active and in good standing, and who qualified by working at least four years (8,000 hours) as a licensed journeyman (or experience Wyoming determined equivalent, which Idaho may review). The applicant files the master application as a reciprocal application with a License Verification Form from Wyoming and pays the $80 processing fee ($15 application plus $65 license).
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Waived
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Agreement
- Active since November 14, 2006
What you must already have
- Your Wyoming license must be active and in good standing.
- Your Wyoming license must have been obtained by examination, not by reciprocity or grandfathering.
- You must have no disciplinary action or unresolved complaints on your record.License must be current, active and in good standing.
- You must have held your Wyoming license for at least 4 years.At least four years (8,000 hours) worked as a licensed journeyman electrician.
What you'll do to get licensed in Idaho
- 1Application fee. Pay the application fee ($15). DOPL application fee.
- 2License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($65). Original Master Electrician license fee (three-year term).
- 3Other. License Verification Form completed by the State of Wyoming.
Published fees on this path total $80, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.
How Idaho licenses master electricians
Idaho master electrician · “Master Electrician”
Statewide license
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.
Common questions
- Do I have to take the Idaho master electrician exam if I'm licensed in Wyoming?
- No. The trade exam is waived on this path under the agreement with Wyoming.
- How long do I need to have held my Wyoming license?
- At least 4 years before applying.
- What does it cost to get a Idaho master electrician license from Wyoming?
- Published fees on this path total $80, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
Sources
- Idaho Code 54-1007 - Issuance of licenses - Reciprocity · Idaho Code 54-1007 · Idaho Legislature · Statute · verified September 14, 2026Subsection (3): a person who has worked as a licensed journeyman at least four years is qualified to apply for a master license. Subsection (6): 'To the extent that other states that provide for the licensing of electricians require qualifications at least equal to those contained in this chapter, the administrator may enter reciprocal agreements with such other states to grant licenses to electricians licensed by such other states.'
- Idaho Electrical Board - Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026Fee table: application fee $15; Journeyman original license $55 (3-year term, renewal $45); Master original license $65 (3-year term, renewal $45).
- Idaho Master Electrician License Application and Instructions (revised June 15, 2024) · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) · Form · verified September 14, 2026Two pathways: Experience (journeyman license held at least 4 years, then exam) and Reciprocity (License Verification Form from the state of licensure showing licensure by examination, journeyman license held at least 4 years, active master license, and original issue date). $80.00 processing fee. Examination section is marked 'Initial Applicants Only', but the instructions state 'A passing examination score may be required prior to the issuance of a license.'
- Idaho Electrical Board draft meeting minutes, August 12, 2025 · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) · Other · verified September 14, 2026'DOPL staff are reviewing the current reciprocal agreements as well as changes in other states' legislation that may affect those agreements. A revaluation of the reciprocal agreements will be conducted later this year.' Also notes House Bill 153 amended 54-1007 so a master licensee is automatically issued a journeyman license at no additional cost.
- Reciprocal Agreement - Wyoming and Idaho Journeyman and Master Electrician Licenses (with the November 9, 1999 Multi-State Electrician Reciprocal Agreement and 2006 amendment adding Idaho) · Idaho Code 54-1007 · Idaho Division of Building Safety / Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety · Agreement Document · verified September 14, 2026Bilateral agreement signed 9/21/2006 (Wyoming) and 11/14/2006 (Idaho) covering journeyman and master licenses obtained by examination, current, active, in good standing; journeyman qualified by 8,000 hours plus 576 classroom hours; master qualified by 4 years (8,000 hours) as a licensed journeyman. The same file contains the 1999 Multi-State Electrician Reciprocal Agreement (journeyman only): four-year apprenticeship or 8,000 hours, license current, active and in good standing, and the receiving state may require the license to have been held at least one year.
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.