Checked against primary sources 2026-09-05

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Every Page on This Site, Grouped

Every Wisconsin page here, in the order you meet it: what the state licenses, the exams and their format, the code edition in force, your city, and the free practice.

How this is organized

Each page below cites the rule, the statute section or the bulletin its numbers come from. Where sources disagree, the page says so instead of picking one.

The path

• Wisconsin Electrician Questions - Answered and Cited

  Twenty Wisconsin electrician questions answered in the words people type, each tied to the statute, the SPS 305 rule or a DSPS application form.

• Wisconsin Electrical Apprentice - Contract and Sponsors

  A Wisconsin electrical apprentice registration needs an apprentice contract recognized under ch. 106. Here are the sponsors, the hours and the entry rules.

• How to Become an Electrician in Wisconsin - The Steps

  Becoming an electrician in Wisconsin runs from a registered electrician enrollment through hours or apprenticeship to a journeyman exam and a master card.

• Wisconsin Electrician License - Grades, Hours, Fees

  Wisconsin licenses electricians by name and by grade through DSPS. Every credential, the hours behind it, the exam, and the fees in Table 305.02.

• Wisconsin Electrician Hours - Experience by License

  Wisconsin electrician experience runs from 3 years residential to 7 years for master. Here are the hours per grade and what a school semester is worth.

The licenses

• Wisconsin Electrical Contractor License - No Exam, $200

  A Wisconsin electrical contractor license is the business credential, has no exam, costs $35 plus $200, and needs a worker's compensation statement.

• Industrial Journeyman Electrician Wisconsin - IJE Rules

  The Wisconsin industrial journeyman electrician license covers your employer's own facilities, needs five years of hours, an exam and 18 hours of CE.

• Wisconsin Journeyman Electrician License - Full Guide

  A Wisconsin journeyman electrician license needs 8,000 hours or an apprenticeship, an open book exam at 70 percent, $35 to apply and $100 on issue.

• Wisconsin Electrician License Types - All Thirteen

  Wisconsin electrician license types run from the registered electrician enrollment to master, plus contractor and inspector credentials. Scope, exam, fee.

• Wisconsin Master Electrician License - Routes and Exam

  Wisconsin form 3107 gives three master routes: twelve months as a journeyman, the experience hours, or an electrical engineering degree. Here is each one.

• Wisconsin Registered Electrician - The Entry Credential

  A Wisconsin registered electrician enrollment needs no hours and no exam, costs $15 plus $20, renews yearly and carries 24 hours of continuing education.

• Residential Journeyman Electrician Wisconsin - RJE Rules

  The Wisconsin residential journeyman electrician license covers dwellings, needs three years at 1,000 hours, an exam at 70 percent and 18 hours of CE.

• Residential Master Electrician Wisconsin - RME License

  The Wisconsin residential master electrician license takes five years at 1,000 hours, an exam at 70 percent, a $200 fee and 18 hours of CE.

Rules and money

• Wisconsin Electrician License Lookup - How to Verify

  A Wisconsin electrician license lookup runs on the state public search at app.wi.gov. Here is what it covers, what to check and where it stops.

• Wisconsin Electrician Continuing Education - 24 or 18

  Wisconsin electrician continuing education is 24 hours for journeyman, master and registered electrician, and 18 for the residential and industrial grades.

• Wisconsin Electrician License Fees and Renewal Dates

  Wisconsin electrician license fees from Table 305.02, the June 30 renewal date, the four year terms, the $200 reinstatement and the $25 late CE fee.

• Wisconsin City Electrical Licensing - What Cities Add

  No Wisconsin city we read issues its own electrician license. Milwaukee adopts the state chapters by ordinance, and Green Bay wording reads like one.

• Wisconsin Electrician Reciprocity - Iowa, New Hampshire

  Wisconsin electrician reciprocity names two states on its forms: Iowa and New Hampshire for journeyman, Iowa only for master. No other route exists.

The exam

• Wisconsin Electrician Exam Questions - Answered Here

  Twenty questions about the Wisconsin electrician exam and the code, answered short and cited to DSPS, SPS 305.09, Pearson VUE or the CR 26-016 rule file.

• Wisconsin Electrician Exam - What You Can Bring In

  Wisconsin allows a code book, a binder with SPS 305, SPS 316 and printed notes, and up to two bound reference books. No sticky tabs, no highlighters.

• Wisconsin Electrician Exam - Format, Fee and Booking

  The Wisconsin electrician exam is open book at 70 percent with four hours of seat time, booked through LicensE at a DSPS or Pearson VUE location.

• What Is on the Wisconsin Electrician Exam - By Subject

  DSPS publishes no content outline and no question count for the Wisconsin electrician exam. Here is what the reference list and SPS 316 tell you instead.

• Wisconsin Electrician Exam Cost - $30, $95 or Both

  Wisconsin puts the state electrician exam fee at $30 and Pearson VUE prints $95.00. Two DSPS documents disagree on whether those add up. Both are here.

• Failed the Wisconsin Electrician Exam - Retake Rules

  Wisconsin publishes no waiting period between electrician exam attempts. You retake only the parts you failed, and the one year clock is the real limit.

• Wisconsin Electrician Exam Study Plan - Six Weeks Out

  A six week Wisconsin electrician exam study plan built on the open book format, the SPS 305 and SPS 316 binder and the October 2026 code edition change.

• Wisconsin Trades Exam Locations - Dates and What to Do

  Wisconsin electrician exam locations: five DSPS venues with 2026 dates, six Pearson VUE cities, the identification rule and the cancellation window.

• Wisconsin Electrician Exam NEC Edition - 2017 or 2023

  The DSPS exam pages still name the 2017 NEC. DSPS expects its exam updates completed by October 1, 2026, and the trade press reports the same date.

The code

• Wisconsin 2017 to 2023 NEC Changes - Section by Section

  What changed when Wisconsin moved from the 2017 to the 2023 NEC: emergency disconnects, EMT underground, permits, and the SPS 316 sections touched.

• Wisconsin Electrical Code Change - The Field Went First

  From September 1 to September 30, 2026 a Wisconsin electrician works to the 2023 NEC and sits an exam written to the 2017 NEC. Here is what to do.

• Wisconsin Electrical Code - What Is Still Unfinished

  Wisconsin adopted the 2023 NEC on September 1, 2026, but the codified chapter, the exam pages and the occupancy question are all still open.

• SPS 316 Wisconsin Electrical Code Amendments - Index

  SPS 316 carries Wisconsin's own changes to the NEC. Here is the subchapter IV section index, what each section is about, and what CR 26-016 repealed.

• Wisconsin Electrical Code - The 2023 NEC From Sept 1

  Wisconsin enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code with state amendments from September 1, 2026, adopted into SPS 316 by rule CR 26-016.

Your city

• Appleton Electrician License - Classes and Exam Dates

  Appleton is a DSPS exam venue with six 2026 sittings. Here are the dates, the Local 577 apprenticeship, the FVTC program and the two aptitude tests named.

• Green Bay Electrician License - Classes and Exam Site

  Green Bay says wiring must be done by a contractor licensed in Green Bay. Its own permit form asks for state numbers. Here is the training and testing.

• Kenosha Electrician License - Classes and Exam Center

  Kenosha asks contractors for two state numbers and issues no card of its own. Here is the Local 127 apprenticeship and the Gateway Technical College route.

• Madison WI Electrician License - Classes and Exam Site

  A Madison electrician license comes from DSPS. Here is the Local 159 apprenticeship, the Madison College credential and the city permit rule.

• Milwaukee Electrician License - Classes and Exam Sites

  A Milwaukee electrician license comes from DSPS. Here is Chapter 222, the METI apprenticeship, the MATC programs and the Pearson VUE test city.

• Oshkosh Electrician License - Classes and Exam Sites

  Oshkosh sits in the Appleton committee jurisdiction and has no electrical training center of its own. Here is where to apply and what the city licenses.

• Racine WI Electrician License - Classes and Training

  Racine hosts the training center for two IBEW locals and a Gateway apprenticeship. The license itself is the DSPS one. Here is what the city does say.

• Waukesha Electrician License - Classes and Exam Site

  Waukesha County sits inside the Milwaukee apprenticeship jurisdiction, WCTC runs the ABC program, and the DSPS venue at Pewaukee has six 2026 sittings.

Study

• Wisconsin Electrician Practice Questions - Free by Topic

  Free Wisconsin electrician practice questions by topic, written to the 2026 NEC numbering, with an honest note on the October 1, 2026 exam edition switch.

• Wisconsin Electrician Exam Tools - Calculators and Labs

  Free Wisconsin electrician exam tools: eight calculators, six games, four labs and five drills, each showing the working and the section behind it.

Practice

• Wisconsin Electrician Practice Test, Free and Timed

  Thirty free practice questions, timed and scored by content area, with the arithmetic worked out on every miss and the code section named.

• Wisconsin Electrician Practice Questions by Topic

  Fifty four free question sets, twenty five questions each, every answer opening with the code section it comes from.

• Diagnostic - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  24 questions, then the two areas to work on. Free, no account, and every answer names the section it comes from.

• Where does it live? - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Name the article, against the clock. Free, no account, and every answer names the section it comes from.

• Question of the day - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  One a day, with a streak. Free, no account, and every answer names the section it comes from.

• Spot the violation - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  A drawn scene, find what is wrong. Free, no account, and every answer names the section it comes from.

• Calculation ladder - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Eight rungs, ten problems each. Free, no account, and every answer names the section it comes from.

• Method calculators - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  You type the table values in. Free, no account, and every answer names the section it comes from.

• Agricultural buildings questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on agricultural buildings, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Ampacity derating questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on ampacity derating, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Appliances and water heaters questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on appliances and water heaters, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Box fill questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on box fill, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Boxes and conduit bodies questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on boxes and conduit bodies, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Branch circuit ratings questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on branch circuit ratings, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Branch circuits questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on branch circuits, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Cable types questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on cable types, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Conduit fill questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on conduit fill, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Continuous loads questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on continuous loads, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Disconnecting means questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on disconnecting means, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Enclosure types questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on enclosure types, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Equipment grounding conductor questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on equipment grounding conductor, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Expansion fittings questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on expansion fittings, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Feeders questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on feeders, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Gfci afci locations questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on gfci afci locations, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Grounding electrode conductor questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on grounding electrode conductor, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Grounding electrodes questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on grounding electrodes, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Grounding vs bonding questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on grounding vs bonding, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Hazardous locations questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on hazardous locations, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Health care questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on health care, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Hvac circuits questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on hvac circuits, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Location types questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on location types, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Luminaires and closets questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on luminaires and closets, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Marinas questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on marinas, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Motor calculations questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on motor calculations, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Motor feeder sizing questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on motor feeder sizing, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Motor overload protection questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on motor overload protection, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Multiwire branch circuits questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on multiwire branch circuits, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Neutral current carrying questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on neutral current carrying, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Neutral ground bond questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on neutral ground bond, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Ohms law questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on ohms law, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Overcurrent small conductors questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on overcurrent small conductors, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Panelboards questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on panelboards, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Parallel conductors questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on parallel conductors, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Photovoltaic systems questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on photovoltaic systems, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Physical damage questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on physical damage, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Pools and spas questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on pools and spas, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Power calculations questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on power calculations, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Receptacle spacing questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on receptacle spacing, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Receptacle types questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on receptacle types, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Separately derived systems questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on separately derived systems, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Series parallel questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on series parallel, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Services questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on services, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Support and securing questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on support and securing, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Switches questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on switches, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Tap rules questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on tap rules, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Temporary installations questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on temporary installations, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Termination temperature questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on termination temperature, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Transformer calculations questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on transformer calculations, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Underground burial questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on underground burial, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Voltage drop questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on voltage drop, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Wiring methods questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on wiring methods, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

• Working space questions - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty five free practice questions on working space, each answer opening with the section it comes from.

Tools

• Wisconsin Electrician Experience Calculator, Hours Left

  Wisconsin electrician experience calculator. Put in the hours you have worked and it gives the day the grade you want is within reach.

• Which Wisconsin Electrician License Do You Need? Free Router

  Answer two questions and see which Wisconsin electrician credential your situation points at, with the hours, the exam, the fees and the trap on that route.

• Voltage drop calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Table 8 built in, both methods. Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Conduit fill calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Tables 1, 4 and 5 built in. Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Box fill calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Every box in Table 314.16(A). Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Wire size calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Load to conductor, with the steps. Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Ampacity calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Correction, adjustment, termination cap. Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Motor calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  FLC, conductors, overload, device. Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Transformer calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  kVA to amps and the device. Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Ohm's law calculator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Any two values give the other two. Free, with the method written out and the section named.

• Ampacity sprint - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Table 310.16 against the clock. Free, against the clock, with the section behind every prompt.

• Wire size sprint - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Table 310.16 in reverse. Free, against the clock, with the section behind every prompt.

• Code navigation race - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Name the chapter, article or section. Free, against the clock, with the section behind every prompt.

• Definitions flashcards - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Article 100 terms, spaced out. Free, against the clock, with the section behind every prompt.

• Which table? - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  A job, four tables, one right book page. Free, against the clock, with the section behind every prompt.

• Grounding, bonding, or both - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Twenty-four items, three buckets. Free, against the clock, with the section behind every prompt.

Labs

• Wisconsin Electrician Labs, Bend, Wire and Build

  Four free hands-on labs: bend EMT, wire a three way, fill a box and build a grounding electrode system, with the section named on every line.

• Conduit bending simulator - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Offsets, saddles and 90s, worked live. Free, and the rule is named on every move you make.

• Switch wiring lab - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  3-way and 4-way, drag the wires. Free, and the rule is named on every move you make.

• Box fill lab - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Drop conductors in and watch it fill. Free, and the rule is named on every move you make.

• Grounding electrode lab - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  Build it, bond it, size the GEC. Free, and the rule is named on every move you make.

• Conduit bending math - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The multipliers, worked in prose. The method in prose, with the section behind each step.

• 3-way switch wiring - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  What each conductor is doing. The method in prose, with the section behind each step.

• 4-way switch wiring - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The switch in the middle. The method in prose, with the section behind each step.

Study

• Ampacity derating - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on ampacity derating, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Box fill - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on box fill, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Conduit fill - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on conduit fill, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Grounding electrode conductor - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on grounding electrode conductor, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Grounding vs bonding - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on grounding vs bonding, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Motor feeder sizing - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on motor feeder sizing, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Motor overload protection - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on motor overload protection, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Neutral ground bond - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on neutral ground bond, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Power calculations - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on power calculations, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Termination temperature - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on termination temperature, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.

• Voltage drop - Wisconsin Electrician Prep

  The study page on voltage drop, written to the 2026 numbering with the edition Wisconsin tests on named at the top.