Transfer Your Engineering License to Wyoming: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Last verified: 2026-07-21 · source: Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors ↗
Yes — Wyoming issues a new Professional Engineer license by comity to an engineer already licensed in another state. You apply to the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors, which verifies your ABET-accredited degree, experience, exam record, and good standing against Wyoming's own statute rather than re-testing you. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record (or issuing-board verification) and are not retaken; Wyoming additionally requires every comity applicant to pass a written examination on professional ethics and Wyoming licensing law (the Law and Ethics Exam), emailed after the application is submitted. Application fee: $100 (Wyoming comity application fee is $100 (the board's flat fee for all professional applications). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid to NCEES.).
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Comity is Wyoming's normal route for an already-licensed engineer, and the word describes what the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors actually does: it extends professional courtesy to your existing PE license after confirming your record meets Wyoming's practice act, rather than re-examining you. The lever that makes this smooth is your NCEES Record — NCEES compiles your transcripts, experience, references, and FE/PE results and transmits them straight to Wyoming, and a Model Law Engineer designation speeds many boards further. One prerequisite is absolute: your current license must be active and unencumbered, so clear any open disciplinary matter before you file.
Read the exam line on this page closely before you assume the move is exam-free. Most boards add nothing to the FE and PE, but a few require a state-specific examination — seismic, surveying, or a statutes-and-rules review — that comity does not waive, and where Wyoming requires one it is listed above rather than folded silently into the process.
Wyoming grants comity to an engineer licensed in another jurisdiction who has passed the FE and PE exams and meets Wyoming's education/experience standard. Unusual requirement: every comity applicant must pass a written Law and Ethics Exam on professional ethics and Wyoming licensing law before the application is complete. NCEES Model Law Engineer / Record holders are reviewed weekly by the Executive Director. The $100 fee is the board's flat professional-application fee stated in the FAQ.
Wyoming requirements at a glance
| Exam | FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record (or issuing-board verification) and are not retaken; Wyoming additionally requires every comity applicant to pass a written examination on professional ethics and Wyoming licensing law (the Law and Ethics Exam), emailed after the application is submitted |
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| Fees | $100 (Wyoming comity application fee is $100 (the board's flat fee for all professional applications). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid to NCEES.) |
| Processing time | NCEES Model Law Engineer / Record holders are reviewed weekly by the Executive Director; other comity applications are reviewed at the next quarterly Board meeting, so timing varies. No fixed turnaround is published. |
Step by step
- Confirm Wyoming's current requirements on the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Hold a license to practice professional engineering issued by another jurisdiction.
- Have passed the NCEES FE and PE examinations.
- Pass the Wyoming Law and Ethics Exam (emailed after the comity application is submitted; the application is complete only once it is passed).
- Meet the education and experience standard: a four-year ABET-EAC-accredited engineering degree (or NCEES Education Standard equivalent) plus a minimum of four years of qualifying engineering experience.
- Pay the fees ($100 (Wyoming comity application fee is $100 (the board's flat fee for all professional applications). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid to NCEES.)) and allow NCEES Model Law Engineer / Record holders are reviewed weekly by the Executive Director; other comity applications are reviewed at the next quarterly Board meeting, so timing varies. No fixed turnaround is published..
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Frequently asked questions
Does my PE license transfer to Wyoming?
Yes — Wyoming issues a new Professional Engineer license by comity to an engineer already licensed in another state. You apply to the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors, which verifies your ABET-accredited degree, experience, exam record, and good standing against Wyoming's own statute rather than re-testing you. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record (or issuing-board verification) and are not retaken; Wyoming additionally requires every comity applicant to pass a written examination on professional ethics and Wyoming licensing law (the Law and Ethics Exam), emailed after the application is submitted. Application fee: $100 (Wyoming comity application fee is $100 (the board's flat fee for all professional applications). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid to NCEES.).
Do I retake the FE or PE exam to get licensed in Wyoming?
FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record (or issuing-board verification) and are not retaken; Wyoming additionally requires every comity applicant to pass a written examination on professional ethics and Wyoming licensing law (the Law and Ethics Exam), emailed after the application is submitted.
What does PE licensure in Wyoming cost an out-of-state applicant?
$100 (Wyoming comity application fee is $100 (the board's flat fee for all professional applications). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid to NCEES.).
How long does the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors take to act on a comity application?
NCEES Model Law Engineer / Record holders are reviewed weekly by the Executive Director; other comity applications are reviewed at the next quarterly Board meeting, so timing varies. No fixed turnaround is published..
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
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