Certification and licensing status of the employed by occupation : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
53. Certification and licensing status of the employed by occupation, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	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
Management, professional, and related occupations	71,338	100.0	33.6	3.4	30.1	66.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	31,049	100.0	21.1	3.3	17.8	78.9
Management occupations	20,876	100.0	21.0	3.0	18.0	79.0
Business and financial operations occupations	10,173	100.0	21.3	4.0	17.3	78.7
Professional and related occupations	40,289	100.0	43.2	3.5	39.7	56.8
Computer and mathematical occupations	6,711	100.0	13.3	6.9	6.4	86.7
Architecture and engineering occupations	3,675	100.0	22.4	3.3	19.1	77.6
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,858	100.0	24.3	2.7	21.6	75.7
Community and social services occupations	2,846	100.0	40.4	4.4	36.1	59.6
Legal occupations	1,880	100.0	62.2	2.4	59.8	37.8
Education, training, and library occupations	9,452	100.0	49.8	1.6	48.3	50.2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	3,504	100.0	12.2	2.3	9.8	87.8
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	10,364	100.0	75.1	3.8	71.3	24.9
Service occupations	27,230	100.0	21.0	1.8	19.3	79.0
Healthcare support occupations	5,830	100.0	36.0	2.6	33.4	64.0
Protective service occupations	3,344	100.0	34.8	2.0	32.7	65.2
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,292	100.0	8.1	1.0	7.1	91.9
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,708	100.0	8.0	1.1	6.9	92.0
Personal care and service occupations	4,057	100.0	33.1	2.7	30.4	66.9
Sales and office occupations	30,604	100.0	13.0	1.4	11.6	87.0
Sales and related occupations	14,159	100.0	16.2	1.5	14.7	83.8
Office and administrative support occupations	16,444	100.0	10.3	1.4	8.9	89.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	14,550	100.0	19.2	2.6	16.7	80.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,000	100.0	9.6	1.0	8.7	90.4
Construction and extraction occupations	8,490	100.0	18.1	1.8	16.3	81.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	5,060	100.0	23.1	4.2	18.8	76.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,770	100.0	14.2	1.4	12.8	85.8
Production occupations	7,889	100.0	10.6	2.0	8.6	89.4
Transportation and material moving occupations	11,881	100.0	16.7	1.0	15.6	83.3
Footnotes (1) A person may have more than one certification or license. (2) People with a license may also have a certification.
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. 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