Electrician License from Georgia to Wyoming: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Wyoming accept a Georgia electrician license?
An electrical license transfers from Georgia to Wyoming by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division, verify your Georgia license, and meet Wyoming's endorsement requirements. 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.
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Wyoming publishes no reciprocity list covering Georgia, but the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division licenses out-of-state electricians by endorsement, so this move runs on the board's case-by-case judgment rather than an automatic waiver. If you hold a master license, check the board's separate master-level rules — master electricians typically endorse rather than transfer through journeyman reciprocity. Ask the board, in writing, exactly which exam or experience requirement it will waive before you rely on it.
What's different between Georgia 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
Georgia to Wyoming (this page): Licensure by endorsement.
Wyoming to Georgia (the reverse move): Licensure by endorsement.
The route is the same in both directions.
- Does coming from Georgia matter?
Georgia gets Wyoming's most common result: 20 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get the same one, so for most movers the origin does not change the answer.
The others get: reciprocity agreement (17) and no state license to transfer (13).
- Reciprocity agreements
Wyoming's reciprocity agreement list names 17 states, not including Georgia.
Georgia's row names no reciprocity agreement states.
- Application fee
Wyoming lists $100–$200 for an out-of-state applicant and Georgia lists $40 for the reverse move; neither may be the full cost.
- Processing time
Wyoming lists about 1 week; Georgia 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; Georgia has no experience hours figure on file, so the two cannot be compared here.
- Exam rules on record
Wyoming and Georgia 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
- Georgia (the reverse move): Georgia issues no journeyman electrician license; for its statewide electrical CONTRACTOR license the Board waives the exam only for applicants who hold a Non-Restricted (Class II) license obtained by examination in Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee, with no violations — every other applicant must pass the Georgia electrical contractor examination
What changes, Georgia → Wyoming
| Georgia (current) | Wyoming (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience hours | — | 8,000 |
| Application fee | $40 ($30 application + $10 processing (non-refundable) for the electrical contractor reciprocity application; see the Board fee schedule for the license-issuance fee) | $100–$200 (Journeyman license $100; master license $200) |
| Processing time | The Board publishes no official processing-time figure for reciprocity | ~1 week (Up to 5 business days to process each step (~1 week); excludes NERA / out-of-state verification turnaround) |
| Licensing authority | Georgia State Board of Electrical Contractors (Construction Industry Licensing Board, Office of the Secretary of State) | 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 endorsement 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
Does this route work for a master electrician?
Not necessarily — master licenses move on separate terms. Some boards keep their own master reciprocity list; otherwise they review the master license individually. Confirm the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division's master-level experience and exam requirements, which are separate from the journeyman track this site's grid tracks.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified Georgia 2026-07-21, Wyoming 2026-10-29.
- Wyoming State Fire Marshal - Electrical Safety Licensing ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- Georgia SOS — Board of Electrical Contractors FAQ (reciprocity states, exam waiver, grandfather exclusion) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Georgia SOS — Electrical Reciprocity Application (Form 44) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Georgia SOS — Georgia State Board of Electrical Contractors (board home) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources Georgia 2026-07-21, Wyoming 2026-10-29
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