Electrician License from New York to Utah: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Utah accept a New York electrician license?
There is no New York state license to carry to Utah: New York issues no statewide journeyman electrician license. Utah does license this work, so ask the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing whether it credits a local license or your documented experience; otherwise you qualify as a new applicant.
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Verdict
No state license to transfer
The issue on this move is the starting point: New York issues no statewide journeyman or master electrician license, so there is no New York state license for Utah to verify, endorse or reciprocate. Utah does license electricians, through the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing, and it licenses out-of-state electricians by endorsement — but that route starts from a state license. Ask the board, in writing, whether it credits a local New York license or your documented hours; otherwise plan for its new-applicant route and exam. Utah waives its journeyman electrician exam for an out-of-state applicant qualifying by endorsement — i.e., holding a current, active license obtained by examination (minimum 75% score) in a state DOPL determines has substantially similar standards; applicants whose state does not qualify apply 'not by endorsement' and must sit the Utah exam. Master applicants must pass the Utah law-and-rules exam regardless.
What's different between New York and Utah
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Utah. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
New York to Utah (this page): No state license to transfer.
Utah to New York (the reverse move): No state license to transfer.
New York issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so neither direction is a state-license transfer.
- Does coming from New York matter?
Coming from New York matters here: only 13 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get this result for a move into Utah.
The others get: licensure by endorsement (37).
- Fee and processing
New York issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is no New York state license application fee or processing time to compare with Utah's.
- Experience hours
Utah's first-time-applicant standard is 8,000 hours of documented experience for the journeyman license; New York sets none at state level because it issues no statewide journeyman electrician license.
- Exam rules on record
Utah and New York carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- Utah (this move): Utah waives its journeyman electrician exam for an out-of-state applicant qualifying by endorsement — i.e., holding a current, active license obtained by examination (minimum 75% score) in a state DOPL determines has substantially similar standards; applicants whose state does not qualify apply 'not by endorsement' and must sit the Utah exam. Master applicants must pass the Utah law-and-rules exam regardless
- New York (the reverse move): New York issues no statewide electrician license, so there is no state exam to transfer or waive; licensing is municipal. In New York City the Department of Buildings requires its own written and practical Master/Special Electrician exams and grants no interstate reciprocity; other municipalities set their own exams.
What changes, New York → Utah
| New York (current) | Utah (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience hours | — | 8,000 |
| Application fee | No statewide license; municipal fees vary and are not published on a single state page. NYC Master/Special Electrician fees set by the Department of Buildings were not captured from an official page here | DOPL's fee schedule lists the electrician license application fee (DOPL page content indicates roughly $110 initial, ~$78 renewal); the official fee-schedule PDF and DOPL application pages returned HTTP 403 to automated retrieval, so the exact current amount is not reproduced here — verify on the DOPL fee schedule |
| Processing time | No statewide process; timelines are set by each municipality | DOPL does not publish a fixed processing time for licensure by endorsement |
| Licensing authority | No statewide electrician board — municipal licensing (e.g., New York City Department of Buildings) | Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Utah sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Review Utah's requirements on the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing website (linked below) — rules change.
- Ask the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing whether it credits a local New York license or your documented experience: New York issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is no state license to verify.
- Otherwise apply as a new applicant: meet Utah's education/experience requirements and pass the exams it requires.
- Submit the application with fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- Oregon BCD — signed Utah/Oregon Journeyman & Master reciprocal agreement (Utah endorsement terms: without exam, 75%+, current/active, 8,000 hrs) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Utah DOPL — Journeyman Electrician, Out-of-State Applicants Applying by Endorsement ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Utah DOPL — Division fee schedule ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NYC Department of Buildings — Master Electricians & Special Electricians (license types; no journeyman) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NYC Department of Buildings — Obtain a Master & Special Electrician License (experience and exam requirements) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
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