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Occupational Licensing in Idaho

Idaho requires a licence for 110 of the 246 occupations the Archbridge Institute tracks, against a national median of 124. It ranks 41 of 51 on their index, where 1 is the most burdensome.

Licensed occupations
110
With any entry barrier
144
National rank
#41
In the Mountain
#4

Moving to Idaho with a licence

Idaho recognises out-of-state licences broadly — Archbridge grades its reform gold. Universal recognition is the reform that lets someone already licensed elsewhere practise after moving, instead of repeating the training; 28 of the 51 jurisdictions have some version of it.

Licensed here, rarely elsewhere

These are the occupations Idaho licenses that few other jurisdictions do — the clearest sign of where its rules go further than the national norm.

Every licensed occupation in Idaho

All 110, alphabetically. Archbridge tracks 246 occupations in total, so anything absent here is either unlicensed in Idaho or outside their list.

Where this comes from

The Archbridge Institute's State Occupational Licensing Index 2026, retrieved 2026-09-16. The index records whether an occupation needs a licence — it does not record fees or training hours, so nothing here says what a licence costs or how long it takes. The rank is Archbridge's own and is not part of the FreedomRankings score. Check the relevant Idaho board before acting on any of it.

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