Interior Designer Licensing
States Licensed
3
of 50 states and D.C.
Burden Rank
1st
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
87th
for states licensed x average burdens 1st is worst
Change from 2017 to 2022, if any:
- ↑
- Burden increased
- ↓
- Burden decreased
- ↕
- Mixed burden change
- N
- New license
- E
- Eliminated license
2022 Licensing Burden Rank
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Interior designers plan, design and furnish interiors of residential, commercial or industrial buildings. They formulate design that is practical, aesthetic and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity, selling merchandise or improving life style.2022 Snapshot
- 48 unlicensed states
- Days lost are 2,190 in all states
- Fees range from $1,485 (Louisiana, Nevada) to $1,505 (D.C.)
- 3 states require 1+ exam
- 1 state sets minimum age
- 1 state sets minimum grade
Changes Since 2017
- 1 license removed by Florida; none created
- Fees increased in every state
- Burden rank remained the worst because fees increased and days lost to education and experience remained the highest among all occupations; combined rank stayed the same despite an eliminated license because other occupations improved more
2022 Licensing Burden in Detail
Data Notes: 2022 data collected between February 3, 2020, and March 18, 2022. Fees include charges for application review and license issuance; exams; background checks, credit reports and fingerprinting; recovery fund contributions; third-party certification; and certain fees for training courses. Calendar days lost were estimated based on required education and experience; except for amounts smaller than one day, days lost are rounded to whole days and thus may not reflect very small changes between 2017 and 2022. Appendix A details methods for estimating days lost and calculating burden ranks. Complete data, including revised 2017 data, are available at https://ij.org/report/license-to-work-3/ltw3-data/.