Texas electrician exam and license guides
Everything outside the math: how the PSI exam works, what you can bring, how many hours each license needs and what it costs. Every guide cites TDLR or PSI and says when it was checked.
The exam
Format, rules, the open book, the calculator and exam day at PSI.
Texas Journeyman Electrician Exam: Format, Fees and How to Pass
The Texas journeyman exam has two PSI portions: 59 NEC items in 130 minutes and 26 calculations in 110. Fees, open-book rules, pass rates, how to study.
Texas Master Electrician Exam: Format, Fees and How to Pass
The Texas master electrician exam is two PSI portions: 75 NEC items in 150 minutes and 33 calculations in 170. Fees, open-book rules, pass rates, study plan.
Texas Residential Wireman Exam: Format, Fees and How to Pass
The Texas residential wireman exam is one PSI test: 80 scored items in 240 minutes plus 5 unscored. Outline, $64 fee, open-book rules, pass rates, study tips.
Retaking the Texas Electrician Exam
Failed a Texas electrician exam? Retakes cost $78 for journeyman or master and $64 for wireman, with no stated wait. What is known and what to do next.
Exam Day at PSI for the Texas Electrician Exam
What to bring and expect at a PSI center for the Texas electrician exam: arrive 30 minutes early with one valid ID, your NEC and calculator. Storage, scoring.
How to study
Methods and plans for the calculations and code parts.
How to Pass the Texas Electrician Calculations Exam
About 1 in 5 pass the Texas journeyman and master calculations portions. A time budget, a 4-step method, common traps and drills for each outline area.
Open-Book NEC Rules and Tabs for the Texas Electrician Exam
What PSI allows in your NEC for the Texas electrician exam: publisher tabs only, marks made beforehand, no Handbook or spiral. How to set up your book.
Calculator Rules for the Texas Electrician Exam
PSI allows only silent, battery-powered, non-programmable calculators with no paper tape or letter keys. What that means, what to buy, how to use it.
Taking the Texas Electrician Exam in Spanish
PSI offers the Texas electrician exams in Spanish at no extra cost; you choose when you schedule. Dictionary rules, the English NEC, and a Spanish term list.
Licenses
Hours, fees, renewal, CE and reciprocity, from TDLR.
How to Become an Electrician in Texas
The Texas electrician path from apprentice to master and contractor: hours, exams and TDLR fees for each license, as of November 2026.
Texas Apprentice Electrician License
How to get a Texas apprentice electrician license: no exam, $20 online application, who can supervise you, yearly renewal and CE, as of November 2026.
Texas Journeyman Electrician License Requirements
Texas journeyman electrician requirements: 8,000 hours under a master (test at 7,000), $30 TDLR fee, $78 two-part PSI exam, yearly renewal and CE.
Texas Master Electrician License Requirements
Texas master electrician requirements: journeyman license held 2 years, 12,000 hours under a master, $45 TDLR fee and a $78 two-part PSI exam (Nov 2026).
Texas Residential Wireman License
Texas residential wireman license: 4,000 hours or an approved CTE program, a $64 single PSI exam, $20 fee, dwellings up to four stories (as of Nov 2026).
Texas Electrician Continuing Education Requirements
Texas electrician CE: 4 hours each license term covering the NEC, Texas law, TDLR rules and NFPA 70E. Who needs it, deadlines and records, as of Nov 2026.
Texas Electrical Contractor License
Texas electrical contractor license: no exam, a master electrician of record, $300K/$600K liability insurance, workers' comp proof and a $110 fee (Nov 2026).
Texas Electrician Reciprocity: Which States Qualify
Texas electrician reciprocity as of November 2026: 8 states for master, 10 for journeyman, the hours and fees TDLR asks for, and what does not transfer.
Other TDLR Electrical Licenses
Texas journeyman industrial, maintenance, residential appliance installer, sign and lineman licenses: hours, exam format and TDLR fees as of November 2026.