Electrician License from Pennsylvania to Maine: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Maine accept a Pennsylvania electrician license?
There is no Pennsylvania state license to carry to Maine: Pennsylvania issues no statewide journeyman electrician license. Maine does license this work, so ask the Maine Electricians' Examining Board (Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Dept. of Professional & Financial Regulation) 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: Pennsylvania issues no statewide journeyman or master electrician license, so there is no Pennsylvania state license for Maine to verify, endorse or reciprocate. Maine does license electricians, through the Maine Electricians' Examining Board (Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Dept. of Professional & Financial Regulation), 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 Pennsylvania license or your documented hours; otherwise plan for its new-applicant route and exam. No Maine exam is required for a journeyman who holds a current license from a reciprocal state and passed that state's written examination; applicants from non-reciprocal states must qualify by experience and pass the Maine journeyman examination.
What's different between Pennsylvania and Maine
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Maine. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
Pennsylvania to Maine (this page): No state license to transfer.
Maine to Pennsylvania (the reverse move): No state license to transfer.
Pennsylvania issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so neither direction is a state-license transfer.
- Does coming from Pennsylvania matter?
Coming from Pennsylvania matters here: only 13 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get this result for a move into Maine.
The others get: licensure by endorsement (31) and reciprocity agreement (6).
- Reciprocity agreements
Maine's reciprocity agreement list names 6 states (New Hampshire, Vermont, North Dakota, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming), not including Pennsylvania.
- Fee and processing
Pennsylvania issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is no Pennsylvania state license application fee or processing time to compare with Maine's.
- Experience hours
Maine's first-time-applicant standard is 8,000 hours of documented experience for the journeyman license; Pennsylvania sets none at state level because it issues no statewide journeyman electrician license.
- Exam rules on record
Maine and Pennsylvania carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- Maine (this move): No Maine exam is required for a journeyman who holds a current license from a reciprocal state and passed that state's written examination; applicants from non-reciprocal states must qualify by experience and pass the Maine journeyman examination
- Pennsylvania (the reverse move): Not applicable — Pennsylvania issues no statewide electrician license, so there is no state journeyman exam to waive or transfer; each municipality that licenses electricians sets its own exam and standards, and local licenses generally do not transfer between Pennsylvania municipalities
What changes, Pennsylvania → Maine
| Pennsylvania (current) | Maine (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience hours | — | 8,000 |
| Application fee | No statewide license, so no state fee; municipal license and exam fees vary by city and are not published statewide | $150 (Reciprocity license fee is $150 for journeyman or master; a separate $21 criminal-records-check fee brings the total 'Required Fee' stated on the application to $171.) |
| Processing time | No statewide license; processing depends on the individual municipality | The board does not publish a processing time; applications show as Pending then Active in the ALMS online license search |
| Licensing authority | None — no statewide electrician licensing board (licensing is municipal). State building-code oversight: Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety (Uniform Construction Code) | Maine Electricians' Examining Board (Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Dept. of Professional & Financial Regulation) |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Maine sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Review Maine's requirements on the Maine Electricians' Examining Board (Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Dept. of Professional & Financial Regulation) website (linked below) — rules change.
- Ask the Maine Electricians' Examining Board (Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Dept. of Professional & Financial Regulation) whether it credits a local Pennsylvania license or your documented experience: Pennsylvania issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is no state license to verify.
- Otherwise apply as a new applicant: meet Maine'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.
Official links
Related guides
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- Maine Electricians' Examining Board — Journeyman Electrician licensing (reciprocity states, fees, experience) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Maine Electricians' Examining Board — Reciprocity License Application (Journeyman/Master), rev. 01/2020 ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- PA Dept. of Labor & Industry — Contractor Licensing (Commonwealth has no licensure for most construction trades; keeps no records of municipal licenses) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- PA Dept. of Labor & Industry — Uniform Construction Code (home) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources 2026-07-21
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