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Oregon: under $1,000 a job without a contractor license (minor work only)
In Oregon a job under $1,000 needs no state contractor license (casual or minor work only). Plumbing, electrical and HVAC: state license. Read from Oregon's own pages, checked November 6, 2026.
The limit in Oregon
The limit: Under $1,000 per job; casual or minor work only. In short: under $1,000 total per structure/project (labor + materials + everything), only if the work is casual, minor or inconsequential and you don't advertise.
What counts: "A person working on one structure or project, under one or more contracts, when the aggregate price of all of that person's contracts for labor, materials and all other items is less than $1,000 and such work is of a casual, minor or inconsequential nature." Materials count toward the limit, not just your labor.
Conditions: work must be casual, minor or inconsequential; aggregate of all contracts on one structure/project under $1,000, labor + materials + all other items; must not advertise or put out any sign or card or other device indicating you are a contractor.
Otherwise a CCB license is required for essentially any paid construction work, including handyman work. 2025 HB 2800 (ch. 78, Or. Laws 2025) amends ORS 701.010 effective July 1, 2027 but keeps the $1,000 figure.
Licenses in Oregon
General contractors: State license. CCB license (residential and/or commercial endorsement) required for any construction work for pay unless exempt; the only small-job exemption is the under-$1,000 casual/minor one, so in practice a license is needed from $1,000 or for any non-casual work.
Plumbing: State license. State plumbing contractor license (State Plumbing Board / Building Codes Division) in addition to the CCB license (ORS 447.040).
Electrical: State license. State electrical contractor license from the Building Codes Division (ORS 479.620), plus CCB license.
HVAC: State license. No standalone HVAC trade license; heating and air-conditioning work requires a CCB license, and electrical HVAC work needs a BCD electrical license such as the Limited Maintenance Specialty Contractor HVAC/R (commercial/industrial).
Your license number in Oregon
Your license number: Licensed contractors must show the number on written bids, building contracts, written inspection reports and advertising. None of these rules names invoices.
In the rule's words: “All written bids, written inspection reports and building contracts subject to ORS chapter 701 shall show the contractor's license number.” (OAR 812-003-0120)
Oregon's board, and when this was checked
The board: Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB). As of November 6, 2026. Dates on the state's pages: ORS 2025 Edition, OAR 812-003-0120 eff. 2019-01-01 and HB 2800 amendments to ORS 701.010 operative 2027-07-01.
This is a summary of each state's own pages as of November 6, 2026, not legal advice. Rules change, and cities and counties add licenses of their own. Check with your state's board, linked on this page, before you rely on it.
Compare Oregon with every state's limit.
Next door to Oregon
- California: under $1,000 per job (no-permit jobs only)
- Idaho: under $2,000 per job (minor work only)
- Nevada: under $1,000 per job (repairs only)
- Washington: under $500 per job
Official sources for Oregon
8 of Oregon's own pages, each quoted with its link:
- ORS Chapter 701 (2025 Edition) (ORS 701.010(4)): “(4) A person working on one structure or project, under one or more contracts, when the aggregate price of all of that person's contracts for labor, materials and all other items is less than $1,000 and such work is of a casual, minor or inconsequential nature. This subsection does not apply to a person who advertises or puts out any sign or card or other device that might indicate to the public that the person is a contractor.”
- ORS Chapter 701 (2025 Edition) (ORS 701.021(1)): “Except as provided in ORS 701.010, a person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor must have a current license issued by the Construction Contractors Board and possess an appropriate endorsement”
- Enrolled House Bill 2800 (2025), Section 18 (ch. 78, Or. Laws 2025 § 18 (operative July 1, 2027)): “when the aggregate price of all of that person's contracts for labor, materials and all other items is less than $1,000 and such work is of a casual, minor or inconsequential nature.”
- CCB License - Do You Need A License?: “Generally, Oregon law requires anyone who works for compensation in any construction activity involving improvements to real property to be licensed. Examples of work that does require a license include: Roofing Siding Painting Carpentry ... Heating Air conditioning Electrical Plumbing ... Handyman”
- OAR 812-003-0120 License Required to Advertise (OAR 812-003-0120): “All written bids, written inspection reports and building contracts subject to ORS chapter 701 shall show the contractor's license number.”
- ORS Chapter 447 (2025 Edition) (ORS 447.040): “A person may not work as a plumbing contractor, or advertise or purport to be a plumbing contractor ... without having obtained the plumbing contractor license required under ORS 447.010 to 447.156”
- ORS Chapter 479 (2025 Edition) (ORS 479.620): “a person may not: (1) Without an electrical contractors license, engage in the business of making electrical installations, advertise as or otherwise purport to be licensed to make electrical installations”
- Limited Maintenance Specialty Contractor HVAC/R (LHR) - Oregon License Directory: “A limited maintenance specialty contractor-HVAC/R (Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration): May maintain, service, repair or replace commercial and industrial electrical products that use fuel or other forms of energy to produce heat, power, refrigeration or air conditioning.”
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