How to become an electrician in Wyoming

The path in Wyoming, step by step

Wyoming licenses electrical work at the state level through the Wyoming State Fire Marshal, Electrical Safety licensing. These are the steps it lays out, in order.

1. Work as a licensed apprentice and earn your journeyman license.
2. Log 4 years (8,000 hours) as a licensed journeyman and 576 classroom hours, then pass the master exam.
3. Upload your pass letter to the eLicense portal and pay the $200 master license fee.
4. Apply for the Electrical Contractor license with the Master of Record form and pay $400.
5. Renew the contractor license each July 1 and the master license every 3 years with 16 CE hours.

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Finding an apprenticeship in Wyoming

Wyoming has no recognized State Apprenticeship Agency, so the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship registers and oversees programs there through a state field office. Apprenticeship.gov lists the Wyoming Apprenticeship Office as the contact.

Either way, a registered program means paid work with a mentor, raises as you progress, classroom instruction and a credential recognized in every state. Search open spots in the Apprenticeship Job Finder.

Across the country. Most electricians learn the trade in a 4 or 5 year apprenticeship. Each year brings about 2,000 hours of paid on-the-job training plus some classroom instruction.

License levels and exams in Wyoming

The license to aim for: Electrical Contractor license, with a Master Electrician as master of record.

Trade exam. Yes. Exams are based on the current National Electrical Code. Testing fees are paid to the testing facility.

Keeping it. Electrical contractor licenses expire on July 1 after the date of issue. A master electrician license is valid for 3 years, renewing July 1 every third year, with 16 hours of continuing education, 8 of them on code.

Coming from another state. Wyoming has reciprocal master electrician agreements with Idaho, South Dakota and Iowa, and journeyman agreements with a longer list of states.

What the Wyoming license costs

The fees the Wyoming State Fire Marshal, Electrical Safety licensing lists. Exam fees from a testing company, insurance and any bond come on top.

What electricians earn in Wyoming

The median electrician in Wyoming earned $36.59 an hour in May 2025, 16th of 51 states, with 2,960 on payrolls. The national median was $30.38.

At the bottom of the range, a quarter of electricians in Wyoming earned under $28.69 an hour and a tenth under $23.19. At the top, a quarter earned over $41.33 and a tenth over $50.00.

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Jobs ahead in Wyoming

Wyoming's labor market office projects jobs for electricians growing from 2,560 in 2022 to 3,150 in 2032, a change of 23%. Counting people who retire or change careers, that is about 310 openings a year.

Jobs are projected to grow 23% from 2022 to 2032, faster than the 6.5% projected nationally, ranking 5th of the 50 states in the file.

These are the state's own long-term projections, published together on Projections Central for the occupation group electricians.

Starting your own electrician business in Wyoming

To contract on your own in Wyoming, the license is the Electrical Contractor license, with a Master Electrician as master of record.

Pricing comes next. Paying yourself the Wyoming median of $36.59 an hour, the labor rate calculator's starting numbers (one person, 2 unbilled hours a day, $90,000 of overhead, 15% profit) come to $134.85 per billable hour. Try your own in the electrician labor rate calculator.

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