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Arkansas Journeyman Electrician License

✓Written by a licensed IBEW journeyman electrician

Last updated: October 24, 2026

Arkansas licenses journeyman electricians at the state level. The Arkansas Board of Electrical Examiners issues the license after you pass an exam. You need either a four-year approved electrical apprenticeship or 8 years (16,000 hours) of approved electrical construction experience. The exam fee is $80.00.

The facts, from the source

Who licenses

Arkansas Board of Electrical Examiners, Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing (labor.arkansas.gov)

Exam (questions/time)

Single journeyman exam. The board must offer exams at least every six months (17 CAR 210-403(a)). (labor.arkansas.gov)

NEC edition adopted by rule

2026 NEC with AFCI/GFCI exceptions (17 CAR 210-401) (labor.arkansas.gov)

Experience required

Either completion of a four-year USDOL/BAT-approved electrical construction apprenticeship, or 8 years (16,000 hours, with a maximum of 2,000 hours credit per year) of electrical construction experience or training approved by the board. Military electrical experience may count. (labor.arkansas.gov)

Fees

Journeyman exam $80.00 (17 CAR 210-403(c)). Renewal $25.00 per year (17 CAR 210-504(b)(3)). (labor.arkansas.gov)

Reciprocity

Licenses may be issued to holders of equivalent licenses where an agreement exists with that state (17 CAR 210-509). The applicant must be a currently licensed journeyman in good standing, have held the license for 1 year, and have tested in the other state (210-404(e)(2)). (labor.arkansas.gov)

Confirm these with the board

• Exam vendor: confirm with the board
• Number of questions: not published in the materials we checked
• Time limit: not published in the materials we checked
• Open book and allowed references: not published in the materials we checked
• Passing score: not published in the materials we checked
• Initial license fee: not published in the materials we checked
• List of states Arkansas reciprocates with: not published in the materials we checked
• Effective date of the 2026 NEC adoption: confirm with the board
• NEC edition on the exam: confirm with the board

Arkansas Board of Electrical Examiners, Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing ↗

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

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