# Texas Maintenance Electrician Exam (2026): Topics and Pass Rate

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# The Texas maintenance electrician exam

A single 60-question, open-book exam. Very few people take it, 18 in fiscal year 2025, and 8 passed.

Based on PSI's candidate bulletin dated 15 September 2026 · Reviewed 9 October 2026

## The exam at a glance

Exam| Questions| Time| To pass| Fee| Format  
---|---|---|---|---|---  
Maintenance electrician| 60 scored + 5 unscored| 180 min + 20| 70%| $64| Open book (NEC)  
  
"+ N" is extra time or questions for unscored items, which PSI includes to trial new questions. Exam fees are paid to PSI, separately from TDLR's license application fee.

## How many people pass

| Pass rate| Taken| Passed  
---|---|---|---  
Maintenance| **44.4%**|  18| 8  
  
Fiscal year 2025 (September 2024 to August 2025). Counts are exams taken, not people, and exclude no-shows. Source: [TDLR examination statistics](<https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/elecExamStats2025.htm>).

## What is on it: exam (60 scored items)

Topic| Items| Share  
---|---|---  
Branch circuit calculations and conductors| 10 |  17%  
Equipment and devices| 10 |  17%  
Wiring methods and materials| 9 |  15%  
Services and separately derived systems| 8 |  13%  
Special occupancies, equipment and conditions| 8 |  13%  
Definitions, calculations, theory and plans| 5 |  8%  
Motors and generators| 4 |  7%  
Feeders| 3 |  5%  
Control devices and disconnecting means| 3 |  5%  
  
Book and calculator rules are the same as for the other electrician exams: a soft-bound 2026 NEC, annotations made beforehand, and a silent non-programmable calculator.

## Scheduling and exam day

  * **Eligibility first.** TDLR reviews your application, then PSI emails you that you are eligible and how to book. You cannot book before that.
  * **Booking.** Online through your PSI account, or by phone; your name must match your government ID exactly.
  * **On the day.** PSI's TDLR bulletins ask you to arrive 30 minutes early with one valid government photo ID; late arrivals are turned away and lose the fee.
  * **Cancelling.** Cancel or reschedule at least two days ahead through PSI, or the fee is forfeited.
  * **Results.** Scores are given at the test center. PSI gives failing candidates a diagnostic report by topic, which is the best study guide for a retake.

[Read PSI's candidate bulletin](<https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/1682>)

## Before and after the exam

  * [How to get a maintenance electrician license in Texas](</get-licensed/maintenance-electrician-license-texas>): hours, application and fees
  * [License statistics and renewal for this trade](</trade/maintenance-electrician>)
  * [Renewal calculator](</renewal-calculator?type=maintenance-electrician>) for once you are licensed
  * [All exam guides and pass rates](</exams>)

For context: Texas has **550** active licenses of this type in the public TDLR file dated 20 September 2026.

## Questions

### How many questions are on the Texas maintenance electrician exam?

60 scored questions plus 5 unscored, in 180 minutes plus 20. 70% passes.

## Sources

PSI Services, [candidate information bulletin](<https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/1682>) dated 15 September 2026. Pass rates: [TDLR examination statistics](<https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/elecExamStats2025.htm>). Exam fees, formats and outlines change when PSI reissues a bulletin: the bulletin sent with your eligibility notice is the one that applies to you.

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