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Most state licensing agencies don't run their own exams. The agency hires a testing company, so you book your exam with the testing company and you often pay the exam fee to the testing company too.

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127exam fees
171official exam names

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AlabamaExam fee$115, $165Who gives the examProv, Inc.Exam details for Alabama
ArizonaExam fee$127^*Who gives the examGmetrix for the Statutes and Rules Exam; PSI for the trade examination, or NASCLA for the electrical examination programExam details for Arizona
CaliforniaExam fee$100^*Who gives the examCPS HR Consulting, delivered through Pearson VUE, under contract to the Labor Commissioner's Office
PSI ExamsExam details for California
ColoradoExam feeNot listedWho gives the examPSIExam details for Colorado
FloridaExam fee$67.25^*Who gives the examPearson VUE
The Florida municipality or county issuing the competency cardExam details for Florida
GeorgiaExam feeNot listedWho gives the examPSIExam details for Georgia
IllinoisExam fee$150Who gives the examInternational Code CouncilExam details for Illinois
IndianaExam feeNot listedWho gives the examInternational Code CouncilExam details for Indiana
IowaExam fee$87Who gives the examPSI Services LLCExam details for Iowa
KentuckyExam fee$80^*Who gives the examProv, Inc., NASCLA or Pearson VUE
Prov, Inc. or Pearson VUEExam details for Kentucky
LouisianaExam fee$140Who gives the examInternational Code Council
International Code Council, or the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
PSI Services LLCExam details for Louisiana
MassachusettsExam fee$135Who gives the examPSIExam details for Massachusetts
MichiganExam fee$100^*Who gives the examPSIExam details for Michigan
MissouriExam feeNot listedWho gives the examInternational Code Council (ICC), Prov, Inc., or NASCLA (administered by PSI Services LLC)
International Code Council (ICC)
St. Louis County Board of Electrical Examiners or its designeeExam details for Missouri
New JerseyExam fee$180^*Who gives the examPSIExam details for New Jersey
New YorkExam fee$1,115^*Who gives the examInternational Code Council (ICC), or the City of Buffalo
International Code Council (ICC)Exam details for New York
North CarolinaExam fee$125Who gives the examPSI Services LLCExam details for North Carolina
OhioExam fee$50, $69Who gives the examPSI Services LLC
City of Middletown, Division of Building InspectionExam details for Ohio
OregonExam feeNot listedWho gives the examOregon Building Codes DivisionExam details for Oregon
PennsylvaniaExam feeNot listedWho gives the examInternational Code Council
International Code Council, proctored by Pearson VUEExam details for Pennsylvania
TennesseeExam fee$53^*Who gives the examProvExam details for Tennessee
TexasExam fee$64, $78Who gives the examPSIExam details for Texas
UtahExam fee$85, $185^*, $235^*Who gives the examProv, Inc.Exam details for Utah
VirginiaExam fee$100, $125, $200^*Who gives the examPSIExam details for Virginia
WashingtonExam fee$80.30^*, $106.70^*Who gives the examPSIExam details for Washington
WisconsinExam fee$30Who gives the examWisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services at DSPS exam locations; Pearson VUE at Pearson testing centers in WisconsinExam details for Wisconsin

AlabamaExam fee$110, $260^*Who gives the examProv, Inc.Exam details for Alabama
ArizonaExam fee$100, $127^*Who gives the examGmetrix for the Statutes and Rules Exam; PSI for the trade examination
Arizona Sheet Metal JATC, Phoenix, open to non-union and union members; P.I.P.E., Tempe, tests union members onlyExam details for Arizona
CaliforniaExam fee$51.43Who gives the examPSI Exams
Board of Examiners, Los Angeles County Public Works, Building and Safety Division
Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, License SectionExam details for California
ColoradoExam feeNot listedWho gives the examPSIExam details for Colorado
FloridaExam fee$335^*Who gives the examProfessional Testing, Inc.Exam details for Florida
GeorgiaExam feeNot listedWho gives the examPSIExam details for Georgia
IllinoisExam fee$175Who gives the examIllinois Department of Public HealthExam details for Illinois
IndianaExam fee$75, $100Who gives the examProvExam details for Indiana
IowaExam fee$119^*Who gives the examKirkwood Community CollegeExam details for Iowa
KentuckyExam fee$50, $150Who gives the examState Plumbers Examining CommitteeExam details for Kentucky
LouisianaExam fee$100, $125, $150^*Who gives the examState Plumbing Board of Louisiana
Louisiana State Licensing Board for ContractorsExam details for Louisiana
MassachusettsExam fee$80Who gives the examPSI Services LLCExam details for Massachusetts
MichiganExam fee$100^*Who gives the examPSI administers the written examination; the Bureau of Construction Codes administers the hands on practical skills examination itself
PSIExam details for Michigan
MissouriExam fee$140^*Who gives the examPrometric or the International Code Council (ICC)
Prometric
International Code Council (ICC)
St. Louis County Board of Plumbing Examiners, or an outside entity it authorizesExam details for Missouri
New JerseyExam fee$240^*Who gives the examPSIExam details for New Jersey
New YorkExam fee$1,115^*Who gives the examCity of Buffalo examining board of plumbersExam details for New York
North CarolinaExam fee$150Who gives the examPSI Services LLCExam details for North Carolina
OhioExam fee$50, $69Who gives the examPSI Services LLC
City of Middletown Division of Building InspectionExam details for Ohio
OregonExam feeNot listedWho gives the examOregon Building Codes DivisionExam details for Oregon
PennsylvaniaExam fee$133^*, $265^*Who gives the examInternational Code CouncilExam details for Pennsylvania
TennesseeExam fee$53^*Who gives the examProvExam details for Tennessee
TexasExam fee$36, $40, $55, $175^*Who gives the examPearson VUEExam details for Texas
UtahExam fee$78, $85, $156^*, $163^*Who gives the examProv, Inc.Exam details for Utah
VirginiaExam fee$100, $125, $200^*Who gives the examPSIExam details for Virginia
WashingtonExam fee$202.10^*Who gives the examNot namedExam details for Washington
WisconsinExam fee$40^*, $60^*Who gives the examWisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services at DSPS exam locations; Pearson VUE at Pearson testing centers in WisconsinExam details for Wisconsin

A fee marked ^* has a condition, which the state page explains. If a row shows no exam fee, ask the testing company.

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What the exam costs

$100 is the most common exam fee

17 of the 127 exam fees are $100, and another 14 are $125. The other fees don't all cover the same things, so there is no average fee.

Michigan: State law sets the fee at $100, and you pay it to PSI.
New York City: Each attempt costs $1,115: $585 for the written exam and $530 for the practical exam.
Florida: One payment of $335 covers your application and both exams.
Washington: The Department of Labor & Industries charges $202.10, and the testing company charges a separate fee.

Who gives the exam

The state pages name who gives the exam for 172 licenses.

Licenses by who gives the exam
Who	Licenses
PSI	65
Prov	23
International Code Council	15
Pearson VUE	8
Another company, more than 1 company or a government office	61

The International Code Council writes its exams, and other companies give them. Government offices that give their own exams include the City of Buffalo, the City of Middletown, Los Angeles County and the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Search for the official exam name

Your exam has an official name. Search for that exact name to find study material for your exam.

Virginia: The journeyman plumber exam is called "Virginia journeyman plumber examination".
Buffalo, New York: The city requires "ICC Master Electrician Exam (R16)", a national exam written by the International Code Council.

Find out what's on the exam

The testing company publishes a candidate bulletin, its guide to the exam. The bulletin lists what's on the exam and which code books the questions come from. Find the testing company in your state's row, then get the bulletin from the testing company.

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