New Mexico ER-1J Residential Journeyman Electrician: Requirements and How to Apply

New Mexico ER-1J Residential Journeyman Electrician: Requirements and How to Apply

The ER-1J (Residential Electrical Wiring) is New Mexico's residential journeyman electrician certificate. The Construction Industries Division (CID) issues it and PSI gives the exams. Everything below comes from PSI's New Mexico journeyman bulletin, CID's 2025 certificate application and 14.6.4 NMAC.

Experience

You need two years (4,000 hours) of residential electrical experience, earned within the last 10 years. Approved training can count for up to half. Your employers verify the hours on CID's electrical experience form.

How to apply

1. File the journeyman certificate application with CID, with the $75 application fee for the ER-1J classification.
2. Wait for approval. You then have six months to test.
3. Register with PSI and pay the exam fees: $68.88 per exam, or $206.64 for both written parts and the practical together.
4. Pass all three pieces at 75%.

The exam in brief

You need 75% on each part. See what is on the ER-1J.

Out-of-state electricians

New Mexico's reciprocity agreements cover only the EE-98J certificate, so residential candidates take the New Mexico exam.

Renewal

The certificate runs three years. Check CID's current continuing-education requirement for ER-1J when you renew.

Practice for the exam

Our New Mexico ER-1J practice test has one practice exam per written part, weighted like PSI's outline. To move up to the broader certificate later, see the EE-98J requirements.