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Oklahoma Journeyman Electrician License

Written by a licensed IBEW journeyman electrician

Last updated: October 24, 2026

Oklahoma licenses Unlimited, Residential and Refinery Electrical Journeymen at the state level. The Construction Industries Board issues the license, and PSI gives the exam. You need 8,000 verifiable hours as a registered apprentice. The Unlimited exam has 100 scored items and you need 70% to pass. The exam fee is $92.

The facts, from the source

Who licenses: Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB), Electrical Licensing Unit (oklahoma.gov)
Exam vendor: PSI (test-takers.psiexams.com)
Exam (questions/time): Unlimited Electrical Journeyman: 100 scored items (up to ten unscored experimental items may also be given), 240 minutes, single exam, computer-based. Residential Journeyman is a separate 80-item, 210-minute exam. (test-takers.psiexams.com)
Open book / references: Open book. Allowed: NFPA 70 NEC 2023 as adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (NEC Handbooks and spiral-bound copies of the NEC are NOT allowed); 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA) in latest form; Ugly's Electrical References (any edition). Permanent tabs only, no writing in references. Highlighting, underlining and indexing are OK. A silent non-printing non-programmable calculator is allowed. (test-takers.psiexams.com)
Passing score: 70% correct (reduced from 75% effective Nov 1, 2024 per the CIB's HB 3215 notice). You can retest after 30 days. (test-takers.psiexams.com)
NEC edition: 2023 NEC as revised and adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (test-takers.psiexams.com)
Experience required: 8,000 verifiable hours of on-the-job electrical construction experience while employed by an electrical contractor and registered as an apprentice under a licensed journeyman or contractor. 4,000 of those hours must be commercial or industrial. You must be 18 or older. Oklahoma residents must have been registered apprentices. Up to 2,000 hours may be satisfied by formal electrical education (actual classroom hours verified by official transcript). (oklahoma.gov)
Fees: Exam $92 per examination portion, non-refundable (test-takers.psiexams.com)
Reciprocity: Journeyman license through reciprocity with Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. You must have held the license at least one year, not grandfathered, and obtained by examination. (oklahoma.gov)

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License and processing fees: confirm current amounts with the CIB

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Checked twice against the board and exam bulletin, October 24, 2026

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