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Occupational Licensing in Missouri

Missouri requires a licence for 109 of the 246 occupations the Archbridge Institute tracks, against a national median of 124. It ranks 51 of 51 on their index, where 1 is the most burdensome.

Licensed occupations
109
With any entry barrier
123
National rank
#51
In the West North Central
#7

Moving to Missouri with a licence

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

Every licensed occupation in Missouri

All 109, alphabetically. Archbridge tracks 246 occupations in total, so anything absent here is either unlicensed in Missouri 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 Missouri board before acting on any of it.

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