Certification and licensing status of the employed by industry and class of worker : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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ANNUAL AVERAGES
52. Certification and licensing status of the employed by industry and class of worker, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker	Total employed	Percent distribution
		Total employed	With a certification or license(1)			Without a certification or license
		Total employed	Total	With a certification, but no license	With a license(2)	Without a certification or license
Total, 16 years and over	163,493	100.0	24.0	2.5	21.6	76.0

Industry
Agriculture and related industries	2,225	100.0	13.0	1.0	12.0	87.0
Nonagricultural industries	161,268	100.0	24.2	2.5	21.7	75.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	531	100.0	20.1	2.7	17.4	79.9
Construction	12,121	100.0	20.4	1.9	18.4	79.6
Manufacturing	15,134	100.0	10.1	2.2	7.9	89.9
Wholesale trade	2,985	100.0	11.4	1.8	9.6	88.6
Retail trade	16,631	100.0	9.8	1.5	8.4	90.2
Transportation and utilities	10,209	100.0	20.1	1.8	18.3	79.9
Information	2,786	100.0	9.1	2.7	6.4	90.9
Financial activities	11,187	100.0	31.4	4.1	27.3	68.6
Professional and business services	22,075	100.0	20.1	3.4	16.7	79.9
Education and health services	37,955	100.0	44.7	2.7	42.0	55.3
Leisure and hospitality	13,950	100.0	10.0	1.6	8.4	90.0
Other services	7,760	100.0	25.6	3.0	22.6	74.4
Public administration	7,944	100.0	29.1	2.2	27.0	70.9

Class of worker(3)
Wage and salary workers(4)	153,597	100.0	23.9	2.5	21.4	76.1
Private industries	131,643	100.0	21.6	2.6	19.0	78.4
Government	21,954	100.0	37.7	1.9	35.8	62.3
Federal	4,071	100.0	22.6	2.7	19.9	77.4
State	7,761	100.0	38.0	1.6	36.4	62.0
Local	10,122	100.0	43.6	1.8	41.8	56.4
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,836	100.0	26.4	2.2	24.2	73.6
Footnotes (1) A person may have more than one certification or license. (2) People with a license may also have a certification. (3) Unpaid family workers are included in total employed, but not shown separately. (4) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Certifications are issued by a non-governmental certification body and convey that an individual has the knowledge or skill to perform a specific job. A license is awarded by a government agency and conveys a legal authority to work in an occupation. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026