Wyoming · electrician licensing · verified July 2026
Wyoming electrician license requirements
The short answer
As of July 2026, Wyoming licenses electricians statewide through the Electrical Safety division of the State Fire Marshal's Office (Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety). Journeyman licensure requires 4 years (8,000 hours) of work experience plus 576 hours of classroom instruction (144/year) through a US DOL-approved apprenticeship, and Master requires 8 years (16,000 hours) including 4 years (8,000 hours) as a licensed journeyman. Licenses run 3 years with 16 hours of update education, and apprentices must register within 10 days of starting electrical employment.
Do you need a license to work as an electrician in Wyoming?
Wyoming licenses electricians statewide, so one credential is valid across the whole state.
Journeyman reciprocity is available with the 17 states listed (per the official WSFM page); master reciprocity is limited to Idaho, South Dakota, and Iowa. Reciprocal applicants must have obtained their license by examination (minimum 70% journeyman / 75% master), held it at least 1 year, meet Wyoming's OJT/education requirements, and may reciprocate only once. A 2.5% processing fee (minimum $1.00) applies to credit/debit transactions since April 1, 2025.
What licenses does Wyoming issue?
The Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety / Wyoming Electrical Board (Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety) issues the credentials below for this trade. Boards often list further classes for specialties and business licenses; these are the ones this page covers.
Hours are what each class asks for on its own terms. Where a senior class shows fewer than a journeyman, the board is counting time served after the earlier license rather than from the start; the prerequisite column says which.
| License | On-the-job hours | Classroom hours | Exam |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice Electrician | not published | not published | No |
| Journeyman Electrician | 8,000 | 576 | Yes |
| Master Electrician | 16,000 | 576 | Yes |
| Low Voltage / Limited Technician | 4,000 | not published | Yes |
| Electrical Contractor / Low Voltage Contractor | not published | not published | No |
Source: Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety / Wyoming Electrical Board (Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety) (wsfm.wyo.gov). Verified July 2026.
Journeyman Electrician: 4 years (8,000 hours) supervised electrical wiring experience across residential, commercial, and industrial work
Master Electrician: 8 years (16,000 hours) total, including 4 years (8,000 hours) as a licensed journeyman
Low Voltage / Limited Technician: 2 years (4,000 hours) in the covered low-voltage specialty
How many hours do you need in Wyoming?
Wyoming requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job experience for a Journeyman Electrician license, plus 576 classroom hours. At a 40-hour week the on-the-job portion is roughly 4 years of full-time work.
What exam does Wyoming require?
Wyoming Journeyman Electrician examination and Master Electrician examination (reciprocity rules reference minimum passing scores of 70% journeyman / 75% master on the licensing exam).
How much does a Wyoming electrician license cost?
Getting a Journeyman Electrician license in Wyoming costs $100 in board fees, before any training. That is the initial license fee charged once, with renewal charged separately below. No board publishes this total, so it is added up here from the schedule it does publish. An exam is required and its fee is not in that figure, because no amount for it appears in the board material this page is built from. Check the board's current fee schedule before budgeting.
- Initial license fee$100
- Renewal fee (recurring)$50
How often do you renew, and what continuing education is required?
Renewal period: 3 years for individual licenses (journeyman renews January 1; master and low voltage renew July 1); contractor licenses expire July 1 annually; 45-day grace period with $50 late fee
Continuing education: 16 hours of approved update education per 3-year cycle for journeyman and master electricians, of which at least 8 hours must specifically cover the National Electrical Code
How does the apprenticeship route work?
Apprentices must hold a Wyoming apprentice electrician license (applied for within 10 days of employment start, $20) and work under 100% supervision, with a maximum of 2 apprentices per supervising journeyman/master. The path tracks 6 apprentice years of increasing OJT hours (up to 10,000+) and classroom hours (up to 576+); the US DOL-approved apprenticeship's 144 classroom hours/year (576 total) and 8,000 OJT hours satisfy the journeyman exam prerequisites directly.
Which states does Wyoming have license reciprocity with?
Wyoming appears in 17 published reciprocal licensing agreements for this trade, covering Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah. Boards write these as agreements between two states rather than as a one-way list, and some publish the list while their counterpart does not, so this counts every agreement naming Wyoming from either side. Recognition is never automatic: the board you apply to decides, and most require the original license to have been earned by examination and to be in good standing.
How does Wyoming compare to neighboring states?
Requirements stop at the state line, which matters if you live near one or expect to move. Here is what the neighboring states ask of the same trade.
| State | Journeyman hours | Licensing model |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 8,000 | Statewide |
| Colorado | 8,000 | Statewide |
| Idaho | 8,000 | Statewide |
| Montana | 8,000 | Statewide |
| Nebraska | 8,000 | Statewide |
| South Dakota | 8,000 | Statewide |
| Utah | 8,000 | Statewide |
Source: state licensing boards. Verified July 2026.
How does Wyoming compare nationally?
24 states publish an explicit hour figure for this trade, and they range from 8,000 to 10,000 hours. Wyoming's 8,000 hours is what 23 of them ask, making it the standard rather than an outlier; no state asks less and 1 asks more. The full comparison is on the hours by state table.
Sources and verification
Every fact on this page traces to one of these
Last verified July 2026. Found an error? Report it and it will be corrected and logged on the corrections page.
Other states with published requirements for this trade: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware.
Price the whole path with the license cost estimator, or weigh earning against paying for school with the apprenticeship comparison. Back to electricians overview.
Licensing requirements change between our verification sweeps. This page is informational only, so confirm current requirements with Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety / Wyoming Electrical Board (Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety) before making decisions. Not legal advice.