Wyoming Electrician License Reciprocity
By License Tier — Journeyman and Master are genuinely different
Last researched September 7, 2026
Wyoming treats these two license tiers differently — read each section below carefully.
The reciprocity rules for Journeyman and Master electricians are separately sourced and may cover different qualifying states. See each section below for the full, separately-sourced details.
Journeyman Electrician
Reciprocity Available
Reciprocity RulesWyoming's own official licensing page states: 'The State of Wyoming has a reciprocal Journeyman Electrician license agreement with the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Iowa and Utah.' To qualify, the applicant must have obtained their Journeyman license from that state by examination, with a score of 70% or greater, and have held it for at least 1 year from the date of examination; the license must be active and in good standing with no violations. Applicants reciprocating from Oregon or Utah must additionally have their origin licensing board email a license verification letter directly to the department (wsfm-licensing@wyo.gov) confirming license name/number, approval method, OJT/work-verification hours, education hours, standing history, exam date, initial issue date, and expiration. Reciprocation into Wyoming is permitted only one (1) time — if the reciprocated Wyoming license is allowed to lapse or expire, re-reciprocation is not permitted and the applicant must requalify by examination. Grandfathered origin-state licenses are not eligible for reciprocation. An applicant who has previously tested and failed a Wyoming Journeyman or Master exam is not eligible for a reciprocal license until they have held their primary-state license for 3 years. This is a unidirectional statement of what Wyoming itself recognizes (State -> Wyoming); it does not establish that any of these 17 states would in turn recognize a Wyoming license by reciprocity. Statutory basis: W.S. 35-9-126(d) authorizes the department to issue a reciprocal license where the applicant's out-of-state exam 'is equal to or exceeds' Wyoming's own exam — the statute itself does not name any state, delegating that determination to the department; the 17-state list exists, as far as this research could establish, only on the department's webpage, not verbatim in the statute or the two administrative rule sections read (Wyo. Code R. 041-5 SS5-3 and SS5-5). Cross-reference: the existing PermitBridge colorado-journeyman.json record, sourced independently to Colorado's own official DORA page, separately lists Wyoming among Colorado's 14 NERA-reciprocal states -- corroborating evidence for the Colorado/Wyoming relationship specifically, though not the basis for this record.
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Licensing BoardWyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Exam RequirementThe examination is based on the current edition of the National Electrical Code (2023 NEC currently; 2026 NEC adopted effective 2026-07-01). A reciprocal applicant's origin-state Journeyman exam must have been passed with a score of 70% or greater. Wyoming's own page states reciprocal licensure 'only exempts you from the exam not licensure requirements,' which is read here as meaning the Wyoming exam itself is waived for qualifying reciprocal applicants -- but this specific point (whether the Wyoming exam is waived under the codified rule, Wyo. Code R. 041-5 SS5-5, as distinct from the webpage's plain-language statement) could not be independently confirmed against a clean verbatim read of the rule text and is flagged needs_review rather than silently resolved.
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Experience RequirementReciprocal applicants must still meet Wyoming's own underlying experience requirement: 4 years (8,000 hours) of work experience in the electrical wiring industry across residential, commercial, and industrial categories (no more than 75% in any one category), under the direct supervision of a qualifying electrician for a licensed electrical contractor. Separately, the origin-state Journeyman license itself must have been held for at least 1 year from the date of examination.
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Application Fee100
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Processing TimeDepending on application volume, processing can take up to 5 business days per step.
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Universal License RecognitionNot yet confirmed
Master Electrician
Reciprocity Available
Reciprocity RulesWyoming's own official licensing page states: 'The State of Wyoming has a reciprocal Master Electrician license agreement with the following states: Idaho, South Dakota, and Iowa.' This Master-tier list is materially different from, and was verified independently of, the 17-state Journeyman list (see wyoming-journeyman.json) -- it is NOT assumed to carry the same conditions merely because Idaho, South Dakota, and Iowa also appear on the Journeyman list. To qualify for Master reciprocity, the applicant must have obtained their Master license from the named state by examination, with a score of 75% or greater (higher than Journeyman's 70% threshold), and have held it for at least 1 year from the date of examination, active and in good standing with no violations. Master reciprocity additionally requires the applicant to have held a Journeyman license for 4 years, with 8,000 hours of on-the-job training as a Journeyman Electrician and 4 years (576 hours) of apprenticeship schooling -- a prerequisite that does not apply to Journeyman-tier reciprocal applicants. Reciprocation into Wyoming is permitted only one (1) time -- if the reciprocated Wyoming license is allowed to lapse or expire, re-reciprocation is not permitted and the applicant must requalify by examination. Grandfathered origin-state licenses are not eligible. An applicant who has previously tested and failed a Wyoming Journeyman or Master exam is not eligible for a reciprocal license until they have held their primary-state license for 3 years. Unlike Oregon/Utah on the Journeyman list, no state-specific verification-letter carve-out was found for any Master-list state (Oregon and Utah do not appear on the Master list at all). This is a unidirectional statement of what Wyoming itself recognizes (State -> Wyoming); it does not establish that Idaho, South Dakota, or Iowa would in turn recognize a Wyoming Master license by reciprocity. Statutory basis: W.S. 35-9-126(d) authorizes the department to issue a reciprocal license where the applicant's out-of-state exam 'is equal to or exceeds' Wyoming's own exam -- the statute itself does not name any state, delegating that determination to the department; the 3-state list exists, as far as this research could establish, only on the department's webpage, not verbatim in the statute or the two administrative rule sections read (Wyo. Code R. 041-5 SS5-3 and SS5-5). Per the explicit strategic decision accompanying this research, Iowa's appearance here is recorded solely as a fact about Wyoming's own reciprocal list -- it is not, and should not be read as, an implementation of Iowa as its own electrician-state page (Iowa remains on HOLD).
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Licensing BoardWyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Exam RequirementThe examination is based on the current edition of the National Electrical Code (2023 NEC currently; 2026 NEC adopted effective 2026-07-01). A reciprocal applicant's origin-state Master exam must have been passed with a score of 75% or greater -- a higher threshold than Journeyman's 70%. Wyoming's own page states reciprocal licensure 'only exempts you from the exam not licensure requirements,' read here as meaning the Wyoming exam itself is waived for qualifying reciprocal applicants -- but this specific point could not be independently confirmed against a clean verbatim read of the codified rule text (Wyo. Code R. 041-5 SS5-5) and is flagged needs_review rather than silently resolved, exactly as for the Journeyman tier.
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Experience RequirementReciprocal applicants must still meet Wyoming's own underlying experience requirement: 8 years (16,000 hours) of work experience in the electrical wiring industry, of which 4 years (8,000 hours) must be documented as a licensed Journeyman, across residential, commercial, and industrial categories. Separately, the origin-state Master license itself must have been held for at least 1 year from the date of examination.
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Application Fee200
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Processing TimeDepending on application volume, processing can take up to 5 business days per step.
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety ↗Universal License RecognitionNot yet confirmed