Utah Occupational Licensing
Licenses
64
of 102 lower-income occupations
Burden Rank
49th
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
26th
for number of licenses x average burdens 1st is worst
How Utah 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 taxi drivers/chauffeurs
- Fees changed most often and usually decreased; days lost to education and experience decreased for 38 occupations, mostly contractor trades, but rose for head coach for high school sports, pest control applicator and vegetation pesticide applicator
- Burden rank improved 36 spots and combined rank improved 12 spots, largely because of education and experience reductions, mostly in the contractor trades, and an eliminated license
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/.