Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety (State Fire Marshal’s Office) — Electrical Board administers electrician licensing in Wyoming. Every figure below is verified against the board’s own official pages and dated. Who must personally hold a credential — the contractor, the business, or the individual worker — is set out under Requirements.
What it’s called
Wyoming licenses individual electricians — the state electrician license is issued by the Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety and held by the electrician personally (not only by the contractor, as in some states). “Electrician license,” “journeyman electrician license,” “master electrician license” and “electrician certification” are common informal names for the individual credential. The exact license tiers, fees, and any separate electrical-contractor license are set out in the license types and requirements below.
License types & fees
| Type | Experience | Exam | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice Electrician | Entry-level. Must begin the licensing process within 10 days of the start of employment. Must be supervised by a licensed journeyman or master electrician. Progresses through a 4-year apprenticeship (target 8,000 hours OJT + 576 hours DOL-approved apprenticeship schooling) before qualifying for the journeyman exam. | New license $20.00; renewal $20.00; reinstatement (more than one year expired) $40.00 | |
| Low Voltage / Limited Technician | Obtained by examination only. Governs low-voltage/limited electrical work. | Written exam based on the current edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC). | Initial license $100.00; renewal $50.00 (valid 3 years, renews July 1) |
| Journeyman Electrician | 4 years (8,000 hours) of electrical wiring work experience under direct supervision of a qualifying electrician for a licensed electrical contractor, plus 144 hours/year (576 hours over 4 years) of electrically related classroom instruction from a U.S. DOL-approved apprenticeship training program. Experience must span residential, commercial and industrial categories, with no more than 75% in any one category. Alternative to the classroom requirement: 10 years and 20,000 hours of OJT as a licensed journeyman/master, approved by the Chief Electrical Inspector. | Written exam based on the current edition of the NEC (adopted without modification). | Initial license $100.00 (by examination); reciprocal journeyman license $100.00; renewal $50.00 (valid 3 years, renews January 1) |
| Master Electrician | 8 years (16,000 hours) of electrical wiring work experience, of which 4 years (8,000 hours) must be documented as a licensed journeyman, plus 576 hours of electrically related classroom instruction. Same 10-year/20,000-hour classroom exemption path applies with Chief Electrical Inspector approval. | Written exam based on the current edition of the NEC (adopted without modification). | Initial license $200.00 (by examination); reciprocal master license $200.00; renewal $100.00 (valid 3 years, renews July 1) |
| Electrical Contractor | Must actively employ, full-time, a Wyoming-licensed master electrician to serve as the master of record (qualifier). A master of record can only serve one company. | New & renewal $400.00 | |
| Low Voltage / Limited Contractor | Must actively employ, full-time, a Wyoming-licensed low voltage/limited technician, journeyman, or master electrician to serve as the technician of record (qualifier). | New & renewal $200.00 |
Who does NOT need this license — exemptions
Wyoming’s electrical licensing scheme (W.S. 35-9-120 through 35-9-130, administered by the Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety) requires that all electrical equipment be installed by licensed electrical contractors employing licensed master or journeyman electricians, or registered apprentice electricians they supervise — and W.S. 35-9-123(a) then waives that requirement for nine classes, while expressly providing that the waiver ‘does not exempt the following persons from meeting all other code requirements under this act.’ Owner work: property owned or leased by a person is exempt when the person, his partner, or a major stockholder of a family corporation installs the equipment and the property is not for immediate resale (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(i)). Industrial operations: oil or gas field operations (exploration, testing, drilling, production, pipeline transport), railroads, petroleum refineries, fertilizer manufacturing facilities, foundries, and mines with their appurtenant facilities (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(ii)). Utilities: liquefied petroleum, gas, electric, or communication facilities exercising their function as public utilities (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(iii)), plus a specific carve-out for employees of rural electric cooperatives making or repairing secondary service connections, including emergency and outage work (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(ix)). Telecommunications: cable-TV, satellite-TV, and telecommunications providers — including their contractors and subcontractors, provided those contractors are limited to installing low-voltage cable — for radio and television stations, phone, internet, and data services (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(iv)). Agriculture: farms or ranches of forty acres or more on deeded land (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(v)). Education: buildings constructed by a school or community college district as part of an industrial arts curriculum under the direct supervision of a qualified industrial arts instructor, with mandatory inspection by the state electrical inspector’s office or local authority (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(vi)). Two further paragraphs are specialty-scope allowances rather than full exemptions: licensed low voltage electrical contractors employing licensed low voltage technicians or registered low voltage apprentice technicians may perform work within their low-voltage scope (systems under 90 volts — alarm, communication, sound, television, control, and lawn sprinkler systems), but may not work on systems exceeding 90 volts (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(vii)); and licensed limited electrical contractors employing licensed limited technicians may work on the load side of the equipment disconnect for HVAC, elevator, sign, and water well/irrigation systems, and perform routine light-fixture repair limited to ballasts and fixture parts (W.S. 35-9-123(a)(viii)). The exemptions carry an anti-abuse rule: the exceptions do not apply to anyone who contracts or subcontracts to or for any exempt person, partnership, or corporation (W.S. 35-9-123(b)) — so a homeowner or ranch is exempt for its own work, but an outside contractor it hires is not.
Fees
Apprentice: $20 new / $20 renewal / $40 reinstatement. Technician: $100 initial / $50 renewal. Journeyman: $100 initial (exam or reciprocal) / $50 renewal. Master: $200 initial (exam or reciprocal) / $100 renewal. Electrical Contractor: $400 new & renewal. Low Voltage/Limited Contractor: $200 new & renewal. A 2.5% credit/debit processing fee (minimum $1.00) applies to every transaction effective April 1, 2025 per Wyo. Stat. § 9-4-217(h).
Exam
All examination-based licenses (technician, journeyman, master) are tested on the current edition of the National Electrical Code, which Wyoming adopts without modification. After passing, the applicant uploads the pass letter into the eLicense portal to obtain the license. The official licensing page does not publish the question count or passing score for the initial Wyoming exam; the 70% (journeyman) and 75% (master) score thresholds stated on the page apply to the originating-state exam for reciprocal applicants, not to the Wyoming exam itself.
Renewal & continuing education
Journeyman, Master, and Low Voltage/Limited Technician licenses are valid for 3 years – Journeyman renews January 1 every 3rd year; Master and Technician renew July 1 every 3rd year. Apprentice licenses are ANNUAL: the apprentice year runs July 1 to June 30, renewal $20.00, reinstatement $40.00 if more than one year has lapsed (Wyoming State Fire Marshal licensing page). 16 hours of approved update (continuing) education per 3-year cycle for journeyman and master electricians, of which at least 8 hours must specifically cover the National Electrical Code. Hours must be earned between the license’s issuance and expiration dates, and courses must have prior Electrical Board approval.
How to apply
Applications are handled by Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety (State Fire Marshal’s Office) — Electrical Board. Start at the official application page .