The high cost of occupational licensing

In the 1950s, just five percent of Americans required a government license to do their jobs. Today, approximately 20 percent of Americans require a government license to work.
A growing body of research, from across the political spectrum, has indicated that this surge of occupational licensing doesn’t necessarily translate to better quality service, greater public safety or more professionalized occupations. Instead, occupational licensing all-too-often appears to arbitrarily restrict acc