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Occupational Licensing in New Mexico

New Mexico requires a licence for 125 of the 246 occupations the Archbridge Institute tracks, against a national median of 124. It ranks 33 of 51 on their index, where 1 is the most burdensome.

Licensed occupations
125
With any entry barrier
156
National rank
#33
In the Mountain
#3

Moving to New Mexico with a licence

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

Every licensed occupation in New Mexico

All 125, alphabetically. Archbridge tracks 246 occupations in total, so anything absent here is either unlicensed in New Mexico 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 New Mexico board before acting on any of it.

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