Ohio Occupational Licensing
Licenses
40
of 102 lower-income occupations
Burden Rank
32nd
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
39th
for number of licenses x average burdens 1st is worst
How Ohio Compares in 2022
Percent Licensed of 102 Occupations
MIN
25%MAX
75%Average Days Lost to education and experience
Average Fees
Changes Since 2017
- No licenses created or removed
- Fees changed most often and usually increased; days lost to education and experience increased substantially for 4 occupations and fell by less for makeup artist and shampooer
- Burden rank worsened 1 spot because other states improved more; combined rank improved 1 spot because of burden changes by similarly ranked states
2022 Licensing Burdens 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/.