Wildlife Control Operator Licensing
States Licensed
23
of 50 states and D.C.
Burden Rank
78th
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
74th
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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Wildlife control operators take or trap, transport, and release wildlife when it becomes a nuisance, destroys property or threatens public safety. 12022 Snapshot
- 28 unlicensed states
- Days lost range from 0 (15 states) to 731 (Washington)
- Fees range from $0 (Illinois, Indiana, Kansas) to $275 (Oklahoma)
- 20 states require 1+ exam
- 13 states set minimum age
- 0 states set minimum grade
Changes Since 2017
- No licenses created or removed
- 7 states increased fees; Washington and Massachusetts increased education and experience; Washington, Louisiana and Massachusetts increased exams; and Maryland established a minimum age requirement
- Burden rank worsened 8 spots, largely because of increases across 4 out of 5 burden types; combined rank stayed the same, largely because of burden changes in similarly ranked 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/.