Checked against primary sources 2026-09-05

Leon County

Tallahassee FL Electrician License: Classes and Exams

Tallahassee is where the licensing board sits, which makes the state route the plain one here. This page covers that route, the classes in town, and what we couldn't confirm about a Leon County card.

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The license a Tallahassee electrician needs

The license Florida issues is a contractor license from the Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board, certified for the whole state or registered for one jurisdiction. While you work for somebody who holds one, s. 489.503 covers you as an employee inside their scope.

The Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board itself is in Tallahassee, at 2601 Blair Stone Road, on 850.487.1395. That is where applications, renewals and the continuing education rules come from for every electrician in the state.

The county question

We could not confirm a Leon County or City of Tallahassee journeyman electrician card from any page we read this session, so none is claimed here. Ask the county building department before assuming either way.

What we can say is the statewide rule. Section 489.5335 leaves journeyman licensing to counties and municipalities and sets the floor when one issues a card: a proctored exam at 75 percent, a registered apprenticeship or 12,000 hours of on the job training, and Florida Building Commission code coursework. A card from any Florida county has to be recognized by the others.

Where to train in Tallahassee

• Lively Technical College, Electricity, 500 N Appleyard Drive. 1,200 clock hours across three courses over two semesters, covering electrical theory, the National Electrical Code, safety practices and hands on work with tools and test equipment. The published Florida resident cost is $5,515.33 in total: $3,504.00 tuition, $274.45 books and $1,736.88 in fees and lab costs.
• Tallahassee State College lists an Electrical Apprenticeship Career Certificate, program 5032A, in its catalog. The catalog pages returned no readable detail for us, so we're not printing hours, courses or a sponsor. Call the college.

No IBEW construction local, JATC, IEC chapter or ABC chapter with a Tallahassee page of its own was confirmed this session, so none is named. The nearest confirmed union training facilities on the IBEW Florida list are in Jacksonville and Gainesville.

The state exam and where you sit it

The state exams run through Pearson VUE as computer based tests. DBPR says candidates can schedule within 72 hours after approval, by phone or through the Florida electrical program page.

Pearson VUE does not publish a static list of Florida centers for this program. Seats are found through the program test center locator, and the candidate information booklet points candidates the same way, so we're not printing an address we could not confirm.

What the work pays in Tallahassee

O*NET, republishing Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data, gives electricians in the Tallahassee metro area a median of $26.00 an hour, or $54,090 a year.

That's below the Florida median of $27.52 an hour, or $57,250 a year, on the same page.

Your next move

Get hired first, then decide between Lively's 1,200 hours and a registered apprenticeship with an employer that runs one. Both keep you working while the hours build.

When the years line up with s. 489.511, the application goes to an office a few minutes from your job site, which is one small advantage of testing from Tallahassee.

Questions people ask

Is there a Leon County journeyman electrician license?

We couldn't confirm one from any page we read, so we're not claiming it exists or doesn't. Ask the county building department. Section 489.5335 sets the rules for counties that do issue journeyman licenses.

How do I get an electrician license in Tallahassee?

Through DBPR, whose Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board is at 2601 Blair Stone Road in the city. Meet one of the experience paths in s. 489.511, sit the exam through Pearson VUE and pass both parts at 75 percent, then file the license application.

Where can I take electrician classes in Tallahassee?

Lively Technical College runs a 1,200 clock hour Electricity program at 500 N Appleyard Drive, with a published Florida resident total of $5,515.33. Tallahassee State College lists an Electrical Apprenticeship Career Certificate, program 5032A, though its catalog detail did not load for us.

Is there an IBEW apprenticeship in Tallahassee?

None with its own page was confirmed this session. The nearest training facilities on the IBEW Florida list are in Jacksonville and Gainesville, so ask locally about programs run by employers in the area.

Where do I take the Florida electrical exam near Tallahassee?

Pearson VUE publishes no static list of Florida centers for the DBPR electrical program. Use the program's test center locator, which is what the candidate information booklet tells candidates to do.

What do electricians earn in Tallahassee?

O*NET, using Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data, gives the Tallahassee metro a median of $26.00 an hour, or $54,090 a year.

What this page cites

• ECLB licensing page The board's address in Tallahassee, the license types, the fees and the renewal date. source
• Section 489.5335, Florida Statutes What a county journeyman license requires, where a county issues one. source
• Lively Technical College, Electricity 1,200 clock hours, the course content and the published resident cost. source
• Tallahassee State College catalog Lists the Electrical Apprenticeship Career Certificate, program 5032A. source
• O*NET local wages for Florida electricians The Tallahassee metro median, from Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data. source