Idaho journeyman electrician exam: format, NEC edition and fee
The Idaho Electrical Board, in the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL), licenses journeyman electricians, and PSI runs the exam. These facts come from PSI's Idaho bulletin (effective 7/9/2026), PSI's test listing and DOPL's Electrical Board and exam pages, read on 13 November 2026. Idaho sets its own rules and can change them, so confirm with DOPL and the bulletin before you book.
The exam in brief
- Exam: ID Journeyman Electrician
- Vendor: PSI
- NEC edition: the bulletin lists the 2020 or the 2023 NEC (see the next section).
- Questions: 100
- Time: 270 minutes
- Passing score: 70, the bulletin's minimum passing score.
- Book: open book. Bring the 2020 or 2023 NEC and Ugly's Electrical References (2023). Ferm's Fast Finder Index or Tom Henry's Key Word Index may also be used. Highlighting, underlining and permanent indexing must be done before the exam, no writing is allowed during it, and extra papers and temporary markers such as Post-its are not allowed.
- Calculator: silent, non-printing and non-programmable.
- Fee: $75, and $75 for a retake (PSI's test listing).
- Route: DOPL says exams are now offered through PSI. Create a PSI account, pick the exam and complete PSI's application, which DOPL calls an automated acceptance process. Once your application shows as accepted, schedule and pay for the exam. After you pass, apply for the license through DOPL. DOPL's fee table lists a $15 application fee and a $55 journeyman license fee. DOPL began moving the Electrical Board to two-year licensing on 30 October 2026, so check the current fee and term with DOPL.
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Which NEC edition to bring
The journeyman reference list allows the 2020 or the 2023 NEC. The bulletin also says code questions use only the editions it lists, and this list names both. Ask PSI or DOPL which edition your questions are written to before you buy a book. Our course is written to the 2023 NEC, so if you already own the 2020 book, practice your lookups in it, because section numbers can move between editions. Connecticut is the other state in our set whose bulletin lists both editions.
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What it covers
The bulletin lists seven areas by item count: General Electrical Knowledge 13, Wiring and Protection 25, Wiring Methods and Materials 19, Equipment for General Use 19, Special Occupancies 12, Special Equipment 6 and Special Conditions 6. Most of those names follow the NEC's own chapters, so Chapters 2 to 4 carry 63 of the 100 items. There is no law and rules area. The areas are the same seven as Iowa's PSI exam, with almost the same weights. Each area falls into one or more of the twelve in our journeyman exam outline.
How our practice exam fits
Our practice exam has 100 questions, the same as Idaho's, and like Idaho's journeyman exam it has no law and rules section. Idaho allows 270 minutes and ours allows 240, so you train at a slightly faster pace than exam day asks. It is written to the 2023 NEC, one of the two editions Idaho's bulletin lists. Texas listed Idaho among its journeyman reciprocity states when we checked on 26 October 2026, and our Texas reciprocity post covers how that works. It is not Idaho's exam. See the journeyman exam guide for how other states compare.
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Sources
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- Idaho plumbing, HVAC and electrical candidate bulletin, PSI, effective 7/9/2026, ID Journeyman Electrician exam on page 9. Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.
- PSI test listing for ID Journeyman Electrician, with its fee, retake fee and 270-minute portion. Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.
- Idaho Electrical Board, DOPL, with the license fee table. Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.
- Program Information and Exams, Idaho Electrical Board, DOPL. Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.
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