Pennsylvania Occupational Licensing
Licenses
50
of 102 lower-income occupations
Burden Rank
50th
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
31st
for number of licenses x average burdens 1st is worst
How Pennsylvania 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; 1 removed for mobile home installers
- Only fees changed and they usually increased
- Burden rank remained the second least burdensome and combined rank stayed the same despite an eliminated license because that license had relatively light burdens and other states reduced burdens more
2022 Licensing Burdens in Detail
Note: Direct entry midwives are not permitted to practice without a higher-level license.
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/.