Fees: Engineers and Land surveyors

Important notice to exam applicants

In addition to the following exam fees, you must pay a fee to Engineering and Land Surveying Examination Services (ELSES, LLC) for all exams except the Forest Engineering or Structural III exam.

Once you receive a letter from us approving you to take the exam, you must pay ELSES by their deadline date. If you do not pay the fee to ELSES by their deadline, you will not be admitted to take the exam.

Exam fees

Please make checks payable to “Washington State Treasurer.”

NCEES exam application fees* Fee
Engineer $65
Land surveyor (includes PLS state exam) $140
Structural II $65
Engineer-in-training (EIT) $30
Land surveyor-in-training $30

*NCEES exam application fees include application, wall certificate, and license.

State exam application fees* Fee
Forest engineering $65
Structural III - WA $330
($365 effective July 1, 2008)
Land surveyor comity $100
($140 effective July 1, 2008)

*State exam application fees include application, exam, wall certificate, and license.

Exam rescheduling fees Fee
Engineer $30
Land surveyor (6-hour) $30
Structural II - NCEES $30
Engineer-in-training (EIT) $20
Land surveyor-in-training $20
Forest engineering $30
Structural III - WA $300
($330 effective July 1, 2008)
Land surveyor state exam $100
Exam rescoring fees Fee
Structural III - WA $50 per item
Forest engineering $50 per item

Licensing fees

License/permit application fees* Fee
Professional engineering comity (for applicants already licensed outside Washington State) $70
($110 effective July 1, 2008)
Temporary permit (professional engineering only) $110
Corporation/Limited liability company $150

*License fee includes application, wall certificate, and license. Wall certificates are not issued to temporary permit holders.

License/permit renewal fees Fee
Engineer (2 years) $100
($116 for licenses that expire on or after July 1, 2008)
Land surveyor (2 years) $100
($116 for licenses that expire on or after July 1, 2008)
Corporation/Limited liability company (1 year) $110
Late renewal penalty (for renewal 90 days after expiration date) $50
($58 effective July 1, 2008)
License/certificate replacement fees Fee
Duplicate license $15
Replacement wall certificate $25