Transfer Your Plumber License to Connecticut: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Does my plumbing license transfer to Connecticut?
Connecticut publishes no named partner list, but the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection — Plumbing and Piping Work Examining Board evaluates out-of-state plumbers for endorsement individually, crediting a comparable exam or documented experience. Connecticut has no reciprocity agreements and does not waive its plumbing examination; every applicant, including one qualifying through an equivalent out-of-state license, must pass the Connecticut P-2 journeyperson examination. An equivalent out-of-state license only substitutes for a Connecticut-registered apprenticeship in meeting the 576 classroom-hour + 8,000 on-the-job-training-hour requirement. Application fee: $90 ($90 non-refundable journeyperson application fee; license renews annually (all plumbing/pipefitting licenses expire October 31) with a $120 journeyperson renewal fee; a separate examination fee is paid to the exam vendor at registration. The contractor (P-1) application fee is $150).
Moving to Connecticut from a specific state?
Pick your current state — the checker returns your exact pathway.
Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Connecticut works case-by-case rather than from a license-reciprocity list, so the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection — Plumbing and Piping Work Examining Board's judgment on your specific license, exam history, and documented experience decides the outcome. Where the pathway is equivalency-based, the board is measuring your home state's standards and experience requirements against its own. Get any exam waiver or experience credit confirmed in writing before you rely on it — discretionary approvals are exactly the kind of thing that shifts between reviewers.
Connecticut's unlimited journeyperson plumber license is the P-2. DCP states it 'does not have reciprocal agreements with any other jurisdiction' and that 'every individual applicant must take an exam(s),' so out-of-state plumbers cannot skip the Connecticut examination; the equivalent-out-of-state-license pathway only lets a foreign license stand in for a Connecticut-registered apprenticeship in meeting the 576 classroom + 8,000 OJT-hour prerequisite (hence endorsement_available true, exam still required). The master/contractor tier is the P-1 license. No national plumber verification database exists; verification is via CT eLicense.
Connecticut requirements at a glance
| Training hours | 576 hours |
|---|---|
| Fees | $90 ($90 non-refundable journeyperson application fee; license renews annually (all plumbing/pipefitting licenses expire October 31) with a $120 journeyperson renewal fee; a separate examination fee is paid to the exam vendor at registration. The contractor (P-1) application fee is $150) |
| Processing time | No board-stated processing time |
Step by step
- Confirm Connecticut's current requirements on the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection — Plumbing and Piping Work Examining Board website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection — Plumbing and Piping Work Examining Board (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Hold ONE equivalent out-of-state license that required 576 classroom hours and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training (classroom curriculum equivalent to Connecticut's Exhibit A).
- Pass the Connecticut P-2 plumbing journeyperson examination administered by the state's exam vendor.
- Apply through the Department of Consumer Protection (only ONE out-of-state license is reviewed for equivalency).
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
Official links
Coming from a specific state?
Direction matters — these guides cover the exact move into Connecticut:
Nearby states
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Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources 2026-07-21
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