New Hampshire License and Trade Fees
The 12 verified whole-dollar state fees New Hampshire publishes — the Electricians' Board schedule and the Mechanical Licensing Board schedule. New Hampshire licenses individuals (there is no statewide contractor license), so there is no contractor-license fee and no state bond to price. The mechanical amounts are conflicting: the OPLC publishes two fee schedules that disagree (CONFLICT-NH-001) — this page encodes the board's own page (page A) and shows page B beside it.
01 State fees vs local fees vs the bond
- Electrician credential fees — apprentice $33, journeyman $110, master $198, HV trainee $66, HV licence $198, electrical corporation $137; each the same across application, renewal and reinstatement. S-NH-ELEC-FEES
- Mechanical credential fees (page A) — apprentice plumber $88, journeyman $198, master $330, fuel gas $198, trainee $88, domestic appliance technician $176. S-NH-MECH-FEES
- Exam and certification fees withheld — the electrician exam fee is not published on the fee page read, and the NHDES asbestos certification fees are not published on the pages read: both are NOT_VERIFIED and are never guessed.
- No bond to price — no state contractor licence exists, so no state bond exists (rule NH-NO-SURETY-BOND).
- Permit fees are local — building permits are municipality-set; LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.
02 Electricians' Board — RSA 319-C (application / renewal / reinstatement alike)
| Fee | Amount | Kind | Charged by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrician Apprentice — application (renewal and reinstatement alike) | $33 | application | nh electricians board | S-NH-ELEC-FEES |
| Electrician Journeyman — application (renewal and reinstatement alike) | $110 | application | nh electricians board | S-NH-ELEC-FEES |
| Electrician Master — application (renewal and reinstatement alike) | $198 | application | nh electricians board | S-NH-ELEC-FEES |
| Electrician High/Medium Voltage Trainee — application | $66 | application | nh electricians board | S-NH-ELEC-FEES |
| Electrician High/Medium Voltage — application | $198 | application | nh electricians board | S-NH-ELEC-FEES |
| Electrical Corporation — application (the RSA 319-C:10 entity licence) | $137 | license | nh electricians board | S-NH-ELEC-FEES |
03 Mechanical Licensing Board — RSA 153:27 (page A of CONFLICT-NH-001)
| Fee | Amount | Kind | Charged by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice Plumber — application (page A; page B says $90 initial / $80 renewal) | $88 | application | nh mechanical board | S-NH-MECH-FEES |
| Journeyman Plumber — application (page A; page B says $190 initial / $180 renewal) | $198 | application | nh mechanical board | S-NH-MECH-FEES |
| Master Plumber — application (page A; page B says $310 initial / $300 renewal) | $330 | application | nh mechanical board | S-NH-MECH-FEES |
| Fuel Gas Fitter (piping installer / installation / service technician) — application (page A) | $198 | application | nh mechanical board | S-NH-MECH-FEES |
| Fuel Gas Fitting Trainee — application (page A) | $88 | application | nh mechanical board | S-NH-MECH-FEES |
| Domestic Appliance Technician — application (page A) | $176 | application | nh mechanical board | S-NH-MECH-FEES |
04 The mechanical fee conflict
The OPLC publishes two official mechanical fee schedules for the same licences with different amounts. Page A (the board's own page under /find-board/mechanical-licensing-board/) is what the deterministic rules encode; page B (mechanical-safety-license-fees) is published beside it. Neither page states an effective date that yields to the other — the conflict stays open and no third figure is invented.
License Fees for the NH OPLC Mechanical Licensing Board verbatim: Apprentice Plumber application/renewal/reinstatement $88.00; Journeyman Plumber $198.00; Master Plumber $330.00; Fuel Gas Fitting Trainee $88.00; Piping Installer / Installation Technician / Service Technician $198.00; Hearth Installer $198.00; Domestic Appliance Technician $176.00.
License Fees for the NH OPLC Mechanical Licensing BoardLicense Fees for the NH OPLC Mechanical Safety and Licensing Board verbatim: Apprentice initial $90.00 / renewal $80.00; Journeyman Plumber initial $190.00 / renewal $180.00; Master Plumber initial $310.00 / renewal $300.00; Domestic Appliance Tech initial $170.00 / renewal $160.00; Fuel Gas Fitter initial $190.00 / renewal $180.00; Trainee initial $90.00 / renewal $80.00; upgrade $85.00; Business initial $190 (1–5) / $300 (6–20) / $460 (21+) employees.
License Fees for the NH OPLC Mechanical Safety and Licensing BoardOPEN — both pages are official OPLC fee schedules for the same licences with different amounts, and neither states an effective date that yields to the other. This seed encodes ONLY page A's amounts (the current board page under the board's own /find-board/ path) in the deterministic fee rows; page B's amounts are published beside them as the conflicting claim and are NEVER encoded — including its business tiers, which appear on no other page. Re-check the OPLC site before treating any page-B figure as current.
Analysis notes
Detected 2026-10-05 while cross-checking the two fee schedules. Handling mirrors the project's conflicting-fact pattern: encode one side, register the conflict, never invent a third figure.