# licensereciprocity.com

> The interactive authority on US professional license reciprocity: does your license transfer
> from one state to another, and exactly how. Data-driven, cited to official state licensing
> boards and interstate compact commissions. Last updated: 2026-07-28.

## Tools

- [Reciprocity Checker](https://licensereciprocity.com/tools/reciprocity-checker/): interactive check of whether a license transfers between any two US states for a profession — returns pathway, requirements, fees, and official board links.
- [Compact Membership Map](https://licensereciprocity.com/tools/compact-map/): current member states of each professional licensure compact.
- [Endorsement Finder](https://licensereciprocity.com/tools/endorsement-finder/): any target state's out-of-state transfer requirements for a profession.

## Professions

- [Nursing (RN/LPN)](https://licensereciprocity.com/nursing/): Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) — 40 member states as of 2026-07-21.
- [Cosmetology / Barber](https://licensereciprocity.com/cosmetology/): Cosmetology Licensure Compact (CLC) enacted in 10 states, not yet issuing licenses as of 2026-07-21.
- [Real Estate (salesperson/broker)](https://licensereciprocity.com/real-estate/): No interstate compact; transfers use bilateral reciprocity + partial + full recognition.
- [CPA / Accounting](https://licensereciprocity.com/cpa/): No interstate compact; transfers use nasba mobility (practice privilege) + reciprocal certificate by endorsement.
- [Electrician (journeyman/master)](https://licensereciprocity.com/electrician/): No interstate compact; transfers use bilateral reciprocity (nera + state agreements) + exam-waiver endorsement.
- [Plumber (journeyman/master)](https://licensereciprocity.com/plumber/): No interstate compact; transfers use limited bilateral reciprocity + endorsement; several no-reciprocity states.
- [Engineering (PE)](https://licensereciprocity.com/engineering/): No interstate compact; transfers use comity/endorsement via ncees records; no automatic reciprocity.
- [Pharmacy (pharmacist)](https://licensereciprocity.com/pharmacy/): No interstate compact; transfers use nabp license transfer (e-ltp) + per-state mpje; no compact.

## Key facts (extractable)

- Nurse Licensure Compact members (2026-07-21): Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
- NLC enacted but not yet issuing: Massachusetts.
- Not in the NLC (2026-07-21): Alaska, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon.
- Cosmetology Licensure Compact enacted (not yet issuing) in: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with FULL cosmetology license reciprocity (honor all states): Arizona, California, North Carolina (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with NO cosmetology license reciprocity or endorsement path: Hawaii (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with FULL real estate license reciprocity (honor all states): Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Ohio, Virginia, Washington (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with NO real estate license reciprocity or endorsement path: California, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Texas (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with FULL CPA license reciprocity (honor all states): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with FULL electrical license reciprocity (honor all states): Alaska, Vermont, West Virginia (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with NO electrical license reciprocity or endorsement path: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with NO plumbing license reciprocity or endorsement path: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wyoming (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with FULL pharmacist license reciprocity (honor all states): Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Vermont (as of 2026-07-21).
- States with NO pharmacist license reciprocity or endorsement path: California (as of 2026-07-21).

## Sources & methodology

- [Methodology](https://licensereciprocity.com/methodology/): how facts are verified and dated.
- [Sources](https://licensereciprocity.com/sources/): every primary source (state boards + compact commissions).
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