How many hours do you need for a journeyman license in Texas?

Texas requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a Texas master electrician for a journeyman electrician license. TDLR lets you apply and take the exam once you've logged 7,000 hours, and the license is issued after you pass and reach 8,000. Graduates of a TDLR-approved accelerated journeyman electrician education program (JEEP) get 4,000 hours of credit and can test right away.

TDLR charges a non-refundable $30 application fee, and the PSI exam costs $78 for both portions, according to the PSI candidate information bulletin. If you fail one portion or both, the retake fee is $78. Once you're licensed, you renew every year for $30 and complete 4 hours of continuing education.

TDLR's fiscal year 2025 exam statistics show a 27.52% pass rate for the journeyman electrician exam. The exam has two portions, NEC Knowledge (59 questions in 130 minutes) and Calculations (26 questions in 110 minutes), and you need 70% on each. Since September 1, 2026, it's referenced to the 2026 NEC.

A Texas journeyman electrician license is valid for one year and renews online for $30. You need 4 hours of TDLR-approved continuing education during the license term, covering the NEC, Texas electrician law and rules, and NFPA 70E safety. The $5 Buildforce CE course is TDLR-approved and covers all 4 hours in the Buildforce app.

The BLS puts the median wage for Texas electricians at $28.16 an hour, or $58,570 a year, as of May 2025, and that figure counts apprentices and journeymen together. Licensed journeymen typically earn more. On Buildforce, most journeyman jobs in Texas pay $35 to $43.57 an hour, with a median of $40.