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Alaska Journeyman Electrician License

✓Written by a licensed IBEW journeyman electrician

Last updated: October 24, 2026

Alaska licenses journeyman electricians at the state level. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development issues the Electrician Journeyman Certificate of Fitness after you pass an exam with at least 70 percent. You need 8,000 hours of qualifying work experience. The application fee is $50 and the certificate fee is $200.

The facts, from the source

Who licenses

Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection Section (Electrician Journeyman Certificate of Fitness) (dol.alaska.gov)

Exam vendor

State-administered (dol.alaska.gov)

Exam (questions/time)

Single journeyman exam with a four-hour maximum time limit. The Department gives it in Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Elsewhere it is proctored through DOL Job Centers. You wait 30 days before a retest. (dol.alaska.gov)

Open book / references

Open book. The listed reference is the National Electrical Code 2020. (dol.alaska.gov)

Passing score

70 percent (law.cornell.edu)

NEC edition

2020 NFPA 70 (8 AAC 70.025(a)) (law.cornell.edu)

Experience required

8,000 hours of qualifying work experience. No more than 2,000 residential hours count, and maintenance experience does not count. (law.cornell.edu)

Fees

$50 nonrefundable application fee; no separate exam fee listed. $200 certificate fee, charged after testing. Certificates are issued for two years. (dol.alaska.gov)

Confirm these with the board

• Number of questions: not published in the materials we checked
• Credit for schooling or training toward the 8,000 hours: official sources disagree; confirm with the board
• Reciprocity: official sources disagree; confirm with the board

Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection Section ↗

Partly verified October 24, 2026: some items couldn’t be confirmed from official sources and are listed above

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