Electrician License from Colorado to Wyoming: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Wyoming accept a Colorado electrician license?
Yes — Wyoming has a reciprocity arrangement covering Colorado license holders. Apply to the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division under its reciprocity/endorsement track and complete Wyoming's remaining requirements.
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Reciprocity agreement
Colorado is on Wyoming's journeyman reciprocity list, which puts this move on the fast track: Wyoming waives its journeyman exam for electricians who earned a qualifying Colorado license by examination, held it at least a year, and meet the experience hours. Two conditions decide whether you actually qualify — your Colorado license must have come from an exam, not a grandfather clause, and it must be current. The list is also revocable; the verification date on this page is when we last confirmed Colorado on it, and the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division is the live source.
What's different between Colorado and Wyoming
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Wyoming. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
Colorado to Wyoming (this page): Reciprocity agreement.
Wyoming to Colorado (the reverse move): Reciprocity agreement.
The route is the same in both directions.
- Does coming from Colorado matter?
Coming from Colorado matters here: only 17 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get this result for a move into Wyoming.
The others get: licensure by endorsement (20) and no state license to transfer (13).
- Reciprocity agreements
Wyoming's reciprocity agreement list names 17 states, including Colorado.
Colorado's reciprocity agreement list names 14 states, including Wyoming.
- Application fee
Wyoming lists $100–$200 for an out-of-state applicant; Colorado has no verified fee figure on file, so the two cannot be compared here.
- Processing time
Wyoming lists about 1 week; Colorado has no verified processing-time figure on file, so the two cannot be compared here.
- Experience hours
Wyoming's first-time-applicant standard is 8,000 hours of documented experience for the journeyman license; Colorado's is 8,000.
The two standards are the same.
- Exam rules on record
Wyoming and Colorado carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- Wyoming (this move): No Wyoming exam is required under reciprocity: an electrician licensed by examination (score 70%+ journeyman / 75%+ master) in a reciprocal state, held at least 1 year and in good standing, is exempt from the Wyoming exam; applicants from non-reciprocal states must pass the Wyoming exam
- Colorado (the reverse move): No Colorado written exam is required for a journeyman who holds a current license from one of the named NERA reciprocal states, earned by a state-administered exam and held at least 1 year; applicants from non-reciprocal states must qualify and pass the Colorado journeyman exam
What changes, Colorado → Wyoming
| Colorado (current) | Wyoming (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience hours | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Application fee | DORA does not publish the reciprocal journeyman fee on a standalone page; fees are set administratively and shown inside the online application. Aggregator figures (e.g. a $100 processing fee) could not be confirmed on an official page, so left null | $100–$200 (Journeyman license $100; master license $200) |
| Processing time | The board does not publish a processing time; a reciprocal certificate is issued without a written exam once requirements are met and fees paid | ~1 week (Up to 5 business days to process each step (~1 week); excludes NERA / out-of-state verification turnaround) |
| Licensing authority | Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA Division of Professions and Occupations) | Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Wyoming sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Confirm Wyoming's current requirements on the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division website (linked below) — rules change.
- Submit the reciprocity application to the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division (application linked below).
- Arrange license verification from your current state.
- Original license obtained by examination with a score of at least 70% (journeyman) or 75% (master), held at least 1 year from the date of examination, and in good standing with no violations.
- Document 8,000 hours of on-the-job training plus 4 years (576 hours) of apprenticeship schooling from an approved US DOL school; hours verified through NERA.
- Submit proof of 16 hours of continuing education, at least 8 of which are code-related.
- Master-level reciprocity is limited to Idaho, Iowa, and South Dakota, and master applicants must have held a journeyman license for 4 years with 8,000 hours of on-the-job training as a journeyman.
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Frequently asked questions
What could disqualify me even though Colorado is on Wyoming's list?
A Colorado license you were grandfathered into rather than earning by exam, a license held less than a year, or falling short of the experience-hour minimum. Wyoming's reciprocity is conditional, not automatic.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified Colorado 2026-07-21, Wyoming 2026-10-29.
- Wyoming State Fire Marshal - Electrical Safety Licensing ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- Colorado DPO — Electrical Applications and Forms (reciprocity requirements and reciprocal-state list) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Colorado DPO — Electrical Board homepage ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources Colorado 2026-07-21, Wyoming 2026-10-29
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