Milk Sampler Licensing
States Licensed
43
of 50 states and D.C.
Burden Rank
95th
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
29th
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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Milk samplers collect milk samples from farms, dairy plants, and tank cars and trucks for laboratory analysis. 1 See Appendix B for details of how we estimated education and experience for this occupation.2022 Snapshot
- 8 unlicensed states
- Days lost range from 0 (34 states) to 1 (7 states)
- Fees range from $0 (10 states) to $100 (Utah)
- 38 states require 1+ exam
- 2 states set minimum age
- 0 states set minimum grade
Changes Since 2017
- 1 license created by Minnesota; none removed
- Oregon, Utah and Pennsylvania increased fees, while Michigan decreased them; Indiana, Kansas and Texas reduced days lost to education and experience, while Illinois raised it
- Burden rank stayed the same because of small net fee and education and experience changes; combined rank worsened 3 spots, largely because of a new license and improvements in other occupations
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/.