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Occupational Licensing in Indiana

Indiana requires a licence for 107 of the 246 occupations the Archbridge Institute tracks, against a national median of 124. It ranks 48 of 51 on their index, where 1 is the most burdensome.

Licensed occupations
107
With any entry barrier
131
National rank
#48
In the East North Central
#5

Moving to Indiana with a licence

Indiana 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.

Every licensed occupation in Indiana

All 107, alphabetically. Archbridge tracks 246 occupations in total, so anything absent here is either unlicensed in Indiana 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 Indiana board before acting on any of it.

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