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.
Reference only, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the licensing board before you apply. Full disclaimer.
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 23, 2026
- Idaho Electrical Board - Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) · Agency Page · verified September 23, 2026
- Idaho Master Electrician License Application and Instructions (revised June 15, 2024) · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) · Form · verified September 23, 2026
- Idaho Electrical Board draft meeting minutes, August 12, 2025 · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) · Other · verified September 23, 2026
- 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 23, 2026
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.