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Overall Licensing Climate Grade
Score: 76.2/100
Cost
Avg Initial Fees: $970
Education
Avg Required Hours: 2,686 hrs
Reciprocity
Interstate Compacts: 10
Oklahoma receives a grade of B for professional licensing friendliness, ranking #15 out of 51 graded states.
The state tracks 138 licensed professions with an average initial licensing fee of $970 and average training requirement of 2,686 hrs.
Each state is scored on three factors, weighted by their impact on licensing friendliness:
Each factor is normalized across all qualified states (min-max scaling to 0–100), then combined using the weights above. The final composite score is mapped to a letter grade: A (80–100), B (60–79), C (40–59), D (20–39), and F (0–19). Only states with data for at least five professions are included.
All data comes from LicenseMap's verified state board data, BLS occupational statistics, and official exam administrators.
| State | Grade | Avg Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas (AR) | A | $1,086 |
| Texas (TX) | B | $1,018 |
| Oklahoma (OK) | B | $970 |
| New Mexico (NM) | B | $1,023 |
| Missouri (MO) | B | $1,334 |
| Kansas (KS) | B | $1,170 |
| Colorado (CO) | D | $1,556 |
State grades are computed from LicenseMap's database of licensing requirements across all tracked professions. Cost reflects government fees only (excludes tuition). Education hours include classroom, clinical, and apprenticeship requirements. Reciprocity measures interstate compact membership and out-of-state license acceptance. Grades are relative comparisons across states, not absolute measures of licensing difficulty.