Electrician License from Utah to Wyoming: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Wyoming accept a Utah electrician license?
Yes — Wyoming has a reciprocity arrangement covering Utah 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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Verdict
Reciprocity agreement
Utah 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 Utah license by examination, held it at least a year, and meet the experience hours. Two conditions decide whether you actually qualify — your Utah 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 Utah on it, and the Wyoming State Fire Marshal's Office - Electrical Safety Division is the live source.
What's different between Utah 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
Utah to Wyoming (this page): Reciprocity agreement.
Wyoming to Utah (the reverse move): Licensure by endorsement.
The two directions differ: Utah and Wyoming do not give each other's licensees the same route.
- Does coming from Utah matter?
Coming from Utah 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 Utah.
Utah's row names no reciprocity agreement states.
- Application fee
Wyoming lists $100–$200 for an out-of-state applicant; Utah has no verified fee figure on file, so the two cannot be compared here.
- Processing time
Wyoming lists about 1 week; Utah 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; Utah's is 8,000.
The two standards are the same.
- Exam rules on record
Wyoming and Utah 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
- Utah (the reverse 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
What changes, Utah → Wyoming
| Utah (current) | Wyoming (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience hours | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Application fee | 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 | $100–$200 (Journeyman license $100; master license $200) |
| Processing time | DOPL does not publish a fixed processing time for licensure by endorsement | ~1 week (Up to 5 business days to process each step (~1 week); excludes NERA / out-of-state verification turnaround) |
| Licensing authority | Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing | 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 Utah is on Wyoming's list?
A Utah 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 Utah 2026-07-21, Wyoming 2026-10-29.
- Wyoming State Fire Marshal - Electrical Safety Licensing ↗ (accessed 2026-10-29)
- 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)
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources Utah 2026-07-21, Wyoming 2026-10-29
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