New Mexico EE-98J Journeyman Electrician Certificate: Requirements and How to Apply
What New Mexico requires for the EE-98J journeyman electrician certificate: four years of experience, the CID application, PSI's two written parts and practical, fees, reciprocity with ten states and renewal.
New Mexico EE-98J Journeyman Electrician Certificate: Requirements and How to Apply
New Mexico certifies journeyman electricians through the Construction Industries Division (CID) of the Regulation and Licensing Department, and PSI gives the exams. The EE-98J (Residential and Commercial Electrical) is the state's broadest journeyman certificate: it lets you work under any electrical contractor's license. Everything below comes from PSI's New Mexico journeyman bulletin, CID's 2025 certificate application and 14.6.4 NMAC.
Experience
You need four years (8,000 hours) of electrical experience, earned within the last 10 years. Approved training can count for up to half of it. Your employers verify the hours on CID's electrical experience form.
How to apply
- File the journeyman certificate application with CID, with the $75 application fee for the EE-98J classification.
- Wait for approval. Once approved, you have six months to test, or you reapply.
- Register with PSI and pay the exam fees: $68.88 per exam, or $206.64 for both written parts and the practical together. The exam fee is good for one year.
- Pass all three pieces: Part 1 Code, Part 2 Theory and the practical, each at 75%.
The exam in brief
| Part | Questions | Time | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1, Code | 50 | 145 minutes | Open: your 2020 NEC and the New Mexico Electrical Code |
| Part 2, Theory | 50 | 120 minutes | Closed: calculator only |
| Practical | 100 points | 120 minutes | Hands-on |
You need 75% on each part, scored separately. See what is on the EE-98J.
Reciprocity
New Mexico grants the EE-98J by reciprocity to journeymen licensed in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming who have held the license at least a year and are in good standing. The application fee is $75, and no experience forms are needed. Reciprocity covers the EE-98J only.
Renewal
The certificate runs three years. Renewal requires 16 hours of continuing education, at least 8 of them on the current code.
Practice for the exam
Our New Mexico EE-98J practice test has a separate practice exam for each written part, weighted like PSI's outline. Part 1 questions cite the 2020 NEC or the New Mexico Electrical Code; Part 2 asks only what you can answer without the book. If you are earlier in your career, see the ER-1J residential requirements.
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