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How to become an electrician in Utah

Utah's Division of Professional Licensing licenses five electrician classifications: apprentice, journeyman, master, residential journeyman and residential master. State law requires a person in a construction trade it licenses to be licensed before engaging in that trade, unless an exemption in state law applies, and apprentice electrician and journeyman electrician are among its license classifications. A journeyman license takes 8,000 hours of licensed electrical experience under a journeyman or master with a 4-year apprenticeship education program, or 16,000 hours without it, and two exams. Electricians in Utah earned a median $62,000 a year in May 2025 ($29.81 an hour).

State license for workers

Required

a passage on the pages read says so

On-the-job hours

8,000 hours

for Journeyman Electrician, the first license on the main path that takes 2,000 or more

Published fees, first steps

$116

for Apprentice Electrician; published fees only, not a total

Median pay

$62,000

$29.81 an hour, May 2025

Electrician licensing in Utah

The licensing authority is Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL). The pages each row was read from are listed under the table, with the date each was read.

License	What it takes	Experience	Exam	Fee
Apprentice Electrician	Apply to the Division with the Verification of Supervision form completed and signed by the employer; the application-processing fee is $116, non-refundable. There is no exam for this classification. The journeyman license counts the hours worked as an apprentice under a licensed journeyman or master electrician.	—	—	$116
Journeyman Electrician	A 4-year (576 classroom hours) electrical apprenticeship education program and 8,000 hours of licensed electrical experience under the supervision of a licensed journeyman or master electrician, or 16,000 hours of that experience without the program. Each year of work experience must include at least 2,000 hours, and no more than 3,000 hours are credited for any 12-month period. Then the Utah Journeyman Electrician Written exam, which can be taken remotely, and the Utah Electrician Practical exam (6 modules), taken in person at an approved Utah Prov testing center; the exam fees are paid to the testing agency. The application-processing fee is $116, non-refundable.	8,000 hrs (≈ 4 yrs)	Utah Journeyman Electrician Written exam and Utah Electrician Practical exam	$116
Master Electrician	Any of these routes: a bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering with EAC/ABET accreditation and 2,000 hours of electrical experience as a licensed apprentice electrician; an associate degree in applied science and 4,000 hours of electrical experience as a licensed journeyman electrician; or 8,000 hours of electrical experience as a licensed journeyman electrician. Then the Utah Master Electrician Law and Rule exam, passed with 75% or more, and the Utah Electrician Practical exam unless it was passed for the journeyman license. The application-processing fee is $116, non-refundable.	—	Utah Master Electrician Law and Rule exam (and the Utah Electrician Practical exam if not already passed)	$116

Reciprocity. A journeyman licensed in a state that the Division's endorsement map shows as equivalent may apply by endorsement with a verification of licensure from that state; the application asks for official verification of active licensure in good standing for at least one year. An applicant licensed in a state without an equivalent license must meet Utah's licensing requirements.

Renewal. Due November 30 of even-numbered years, with 16 hours of continuing education.

Years to this license at your hours a week → · Every fee here, itemised and totalled → · Compare time and cost across trades and states →

Common questions

Do you need a license to work as an electrician in Utah?

What does it cost to get licensed as an electrician in Utah?

Each of the 3 published fees in the table above is $116, one for each step that lists it. Read each tier's requirements for any exam or license-issue fee charged on top.

How long does it take to become an electrician in Utah?

You can be licensed as Journeyman Electrician after 8,000 hours of on-the-job training. The time-to-journeyman calculator turns the hours into years at your own hours a week.

How much do electricians make in Utah?

Electricians in Utah earned a median $62,000 a year in May 2025, $29.81 an hour. That median is 2% below the national figure of $63,190, and Utah ranks 34 of 51 by pay for this trade.

How much do apprentice electricians make in Utah?

In fiscal 2023 (October 2022 to September 2023), among registered apprentices in Utah under the occupation titles the U.S. Department of Labor maps to electricians, 376 apprentices started, at a median $19.50 an hour across the 376 whose starting wage DOL counts. Those who completed that year were paid a median $31.68 an hour at completion (148 completers with an exit wage DOL counts). Wages are in that year's dollars.

What electricians earn in Utah

Electricians in Utah earned a median $62,000 a year in May 2025, $29.81 an hour. 11,450 people held the job, 6.6 for every 1,000 jobs in the state. That median is 2% below the national figure of $63,190, and Utah ranks 34 of 51 by pay for this trade.

Median annual

$62,000

$29.81 an hour

Rank by pay

#34

of 51 with a published median

Employed in UT

11,450

6.6 per 1,000 jobs

Location quotient

1.36

1.00 = national concentration

The full wage spread in Utah

Point	Hourly	Annual	Meaning
10th percentile	$19.20	$39,940	A tenth of the workforce earns less than this.
25th percentile	$23.25	$48,360	A quarter earn less.
Median	$29.81	$62,000	Half earn less, half earn more.
75th percentile	$38.13	$79,310	A quarter earn more.
90th percentile	$42.84	$89,110	A tenth earn more than this.
Mean	$31.39	$65,290	The average. Pulled up by the top earners.

Annual figures are the hourly rate times 2,080 hours, BLS's full-time year. Overtime is inside the survey's earnings but not separated out.

Pay by metro area in Utah

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT employs the most electricians of the 5 metro areas based in Utah that BLS publishes, 5,710, at a median $62,620 a year.

Metro	Employed	Median annual	10th pct	90th pct
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	5,710	$62,620	$43,280	$88,640
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	2,080	$60,860	$38,020	$88,320
Ogden, UT	1,670	$62,030	$39,740	$86,650
St. George, UT	490	$56,510	$37,430	$80,110
Logan, UT-ID	350	$58,070	$38,260	$82,980

Metropolitan statistical areas as BLS publishes them in the same May 2025 estimates. A metro that crosses a state line is listed only under its primary state, so part of a neighboring state's metro can sit outside this table. Areas outside any metro are not shown.

Utah against its neighbors on the pay ladder

#	State	Median annual	Employed
31	Virginia	$62,900	23,630
32	New Hampshire	$62,840	3,330
33	Colorado	$62,230	17,010
34	Utah	$62,000	11,450
35	Louisiana	$61,540	10,550
36	South Dakota	$61,390	2,980
37	Tennessee	$61,090	17,070

The complete ranking is on the Electricians page.

Against the national figure

Figure	Utah	United States
Median annual	$62,000	$63,190
Median hourly	$29.81	$30.38
10th percentile, annual	$39,940	$42,640
90th percentile, annual	$89,110	$108,510
Employed	11,450	757,220

Apprenticeships in Utah

U.S. Department of Labor records list 1,090 registered apprentices active in Utah in fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024) under the occupation titles DOL maps to electricians (SOC 47-2111). The file's fiscal 2024 records largely stop after February 2024. In fiscal 2023, the latest year the file holds in full, 376 apprentices started, at a median $19.50 an hour across the 376 whose starting wage DOL counts. Those who completed that year were paid a median $31.68 an hour at completion (148 completers with an exit wage DOL counts).

Find a registered program: DOL's Apprenticeship Finder → · What those wages come to at your hours a week → · Every state's count and wages for this trade →

Wages are DOL's own hourly figures in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Which wages DOL counts, which titles count and how the state is assigned are on the data page.

Other trades in Utah

Plumbers and pipefitters ($61,900) · HVAC technicians ($58,730) · Welders ($58,380) · Truck drivers (CDL) ($60,620) · Lineworkers (power-line installers) ($101,220) · Elevator installers ($81,060) · Ironworkers ($58,250) · Sheet metal workers ($63,140) · Carpenters ($52,360) · Brickmasons and blockmasons ($60,450) · Auto service technicians ($46,570) · Diesel mechanics ($64,350) · Heavy equipment operators ($60,740) · Machinists ($61,280)

See all 15 ranked by pay in Utah.

The pay and employment figures on this page are the May 2025 BLS estimates, apart from the apprenticeship figures, which are DOL's; the licensing detail is read from the pages listed in the licensing section, each with the date it was read. See how the numbers are built.