Idaho electrician license & renewal
The requirements, the timing and the official sources. Everything we’ve verified, in one place.
License fee
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Required hours
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Exam
Journeyman and contractor applicants must pass a board-designated examination. Contractor applicants must designate one supervising electrician.
Renewal
Licenses, including renewals, for master electricians, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, and limited electrical installers shall be issued for a period of three (3) years and shall expire three (3) years from the birthday of the licensee unless renewed, revoked, or suspended. Each licensing period and each registration period shall end at midnight on the last day of the month of the licensing or registration period.
Before you begin
Agency guidance
Current individual-license fee table: journeyman license $55 and renewal $45; master license $65 and renewal $45. Both individual license terms are three years.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
License Fee | Renewal Fee | Reinstatement Fee | Term … Journeyman | $55 | $45 | $55 | 3 years … Master | $65 | $45 | $55 | 3 yearsOfficial source
Agency guidance
The board announces a renewal-cycle transition beginning October 30, 2026. Check the board's transition notice before renewing.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
On October 30, 2026, big changes are on the way! DOPL will be transitioning the Electrical Board to biennial licensure. Click the link to Board News to determine how and when your fees and renewal cycle will be impacted, and to review other helpful FAQs.Official source
Agency guidance
The contractor's permitted scope follows its licensed supervising employee. Contracting includes electrical maintenance and repair as well as new installations, except statutory exemptions.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Contracting work includes electrical maintenance or repair work, in … addition to new electrical installations, unless such work is expressly exempted by Section 54-1016, Idaho Code. … A contractor’s allowable scope of work is the same as the scope of its licensed … employee.Official source
Agency guidance
Exams are scheduled through PSI; after passing, apply for licensure through DOPL.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Exams are now offered through PSI … After achieving a passing score, you must apply for licensure through the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL).Official source
How to get this license
Use the agency’s requirements below to plan your next steps. Missing details stay marked.
Start with the licensing authority
Licensing board
Idaho Electrical Board
Official agency page
Check the qualifications
Education
Journeyman: approved four-year instruction sequence with 8,000 apprentice hours, or the alternative 16,000-hour experience route.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
An applicant must pass an examination designated by the Board and either (a) submit evidence of a minimum of eight thousand (8,000) hours of work experience as an apprentice making electrical installations in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the experience and satisfactory completion of a four-year sequence of instruction approved by the Idaho Division of Career-Technical Education, or (b) submit proof of sixteen thousand (16,000) hours of electrical experience in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the experience.
Official sourceExperience
Master applicants must have worked as a licensed journeyman for at least four years and satisfy the board's prescribed hours.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Any person who has worked as a licensed journeyman for a period of not less than four (4) years and who has worked the number of hours as prescribed by rule of the board as a licensed journeyman electrician shall be considered as qualified to apply for a master electrician’s license in this state.
Official sourceExam
Journeyman and contractor applicants must pass a board-designated examination. Contractor applicants must designate one supervising electrician.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
An applicant must pass an examination designated by the Board … Each contractor shall designate one supervising … electrician who shall be responsible for the activities of the license.
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Reciprocity
The master reciprocity application requires official verification of examination-based licensure, at least four years holding a journeyman license and an active master license.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Reciprocity Pathway … License Verification Form completed by the state of licensure. Verification must show: … Proof of licensure by examination … Proof the Journeyman license has been held for a minimum of 4 years … Status of Master license (Must be Active)Official source
Official sources and verification (13)
Last verified 2026-10-24. Each quotation supports the corresponding published value.
An applicant must pass an examination designated by the Board and either (a) submit evidence of a minimum of eight thousand (8,000) hours of work experience as an apprentice making electrical installations in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the experience and satisfactory completion of a four-year sequence of instruction approved by the Idaho Division of Career-Technical Education, or (b) submit proof of sixteen thousand (16,000) hours of electrical experience in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the applicant obtained the experience.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Any person who has worked as a licensed journeyman for a period of not less than four (4) years and who has worked the number of hours as prescribed by rule of the board as a licensed journeyman electrician shall be considered as qualified to apply for a master electrician’s license in this state.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
An applicant must pass an examination designated by the Board … Each contractor shall designate one supervising … electrician who shall be responsible for the activities of the license.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Reciprocity Pathway … License Verification Form completed by the state of licensure. Verification must show: … Proof of licensure by examination … Proof the Journeyman license has been held for a minimum of 4 years … Status of Master license (Must be Active)Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
License Fee | Renewal Fee | Reinstatement Fee | Term … Journeyman | $55 | $45 | $55 | 3 years … Master | $65 | $45 | $55 | 3 yearsOfficial source
Verified 2026-10-24
On October 30, 2026, big changes are on the way! DOPL will be transitioning the Electrical Board to biennial licensure. Click the link to Board News to determine how and when your fees and renewal cycle will be impacted, and to review other helpful FAQs.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Contracting work includes electrical maintenance or repair work, in … addition to new electrical installations, unless such work is expressly exempted by Section 54-1016, Idaho Code. … A contractor’s allowable scope of work is the same as the scope of its licensed … employee.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Exams are now offered through PSI … After achieving a passing score, you must apply for licensure through the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL).Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Licenses, including renewals, for master electricians, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, and limited electrical installers shall be issued for a period of three (3) years and shall expire three (3) years from the birthday of the licensee unless renewed, revoked, or suspended. … Each licensing period and each registration period shall end at midnight on the last day of the month of the licensing or registration period.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
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Last verified 2026-10-24.
Official sources (6)
- https://dopl.idaho.gov/ele/
- https://adminrules.idaho.gov/rules/current/24/243910.pdf
- https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title54/T54CH10/SECT54-1007/
- https://dopl.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Electrical-Master-Application_06.18.24.pdf
- https://dopl.idaho.gov/ele/ele-program-exams/
- https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title54/T54CH10/SECT54-1008/
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