Idaho — statewide
Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses
In short
Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses issues 6 permits we publish for Idaho — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Contractor or Master Electrician Licenseonly if it applies to you | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses | $140 to open as a contractor, being a $15 application and $125 license fee; a master electrician is $80 | 1 year for a contractor license; 3 years for a master electrician | 2026-09-04 |
| Plumbing Contractor Licenseonly if it applies to you | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses | $244.50 to open, being a $22.50 application, a $75 exam fee and a $147 license; renewal is $108 | 3 years | 2026-09-04 |
| HVAC Contractor Licenseonly if it applies to you | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses | $260 to open, being a $35 application and $225 license fee; renewal is $150 | 3 years | 2026-09-04 |
| Barber or Cosmetology Establishment License | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses | $50 to open, effective from 1 July 2026; renewal is $25 a year or $50 for a two-year cycle | the board is transitioning licensees from an annual to a biennial cycle through 2027 and 2028 | 2026-09-04 |
| Contractor Registrationonly if it applies to you | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses | $120 to register, effective from 1 July 2026; renewal is $60 a year or $120 for two years | the board is transitioning to a biennial cycle; its own FAQ page still describes the older annual, birthday-based cycle | 2026-09-04 |
| Veterinary Facility Permit — Idaho state positiononly if it applies to you | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Electrical Contractor or Master Electrician License
The two tiers here run on entirely different clocks — an electrical contractor license renews every year at $100, while a master electrician's license, at $65 plus the same $15 application, runs for three years before renewal. Plumbing and HVAC follow the master electrician's three-year pattern rather than the contractor's annual one.
Plumbing Contractor License
Plumbing is the most expensive of Idaho's three licensed trades to enter, at roughly $244.50 in total once the application, examination and initial license fees are added together, though renewal every three years is a comparatively modest $108. Reinstating a lapsed license costs the full $147 license fee again.
HVAC Contractor License
Two hundred and sixty dollars to open — a $35 application plus a $225 license fee — on the same three-year cycle as plumbing and master electrician licensing, with renewal at $150 and reinstatement at the full $225 license fee.
Barber or Cosmetology Establishment License
A fee change took effect on 1 July 2026, weeks before this record was verified: the establishment license rose to $50 to open, with renewal priced at $25 a year or $50 across a two-year cycle as the board migrates licensees onto biennial renewal by birth year through 2027 and 2028. The board's own older application form still quotes a flat $45 tied to an individual anniversary date and has not yet been updated to match — treat the $50/$25/$50 figures as current and the $45 figure as superseded, and confirm directly with the board which cycle a specific license has moved to.
Contractor Registration
This is registration, not a competency license — the governing act itself is explicit that it requires registration rather than licensure, and no examination sits behind it. Any construction job over $2,000 in combined materials and labour triggers the requirement unless the contractor is otherwise exempt. A fee change effective 1 July 2026 raised the registration to $120 and introduced a biennial option at the same $120 for two years or $60 annually; the board's own FAQ page has not yet been updated to match and still describes annual renewal tied to the registrant's birthday, so confirm the current cycle directly with the board before relying on either description.
Veterinary Facility Permit — Idaho state position
The veterinary board's own fee table lists only four credentials — veterinarian, certified veterinary technologist, certified euthanasia technologist and certified euthanasia agency — with no premises, facility or clinic credential among them, so there is no state facility fee. Per that table, a veterinarian's own individual license fee is $400, with renewal at $175 a year or $350 for a two-year cycle, and a $32 fee is added where a background check is required; the board's page states that biennial licensure is underway, following the biennial renewal cycle adopted by statute in 2024.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Idaho — statewide
- Phone
- (208) 334-3233
- Website
- dopl.idaho.gov/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Idaho Contractors Board — registration FAQ and the $2,000 job-value triggerIdaho Contractors Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho DOPL — electrical contractor and master electrician fee scheduleIdaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho DOPL — fee and licensure cycle changes effective 1 July 2026, including cosmetology establishment feesIdaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho DOPL — HVAC contractor fee scheduleIdaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho DOPL — plumbing contractor fee scheduleIdaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Idaho DOPL — the veterinary board's complete list of license categories, with no premises credentialIdaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
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