How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois – Illinois Policy

"A staggering 24.7 percent of Illinois’ workforce needs a license to work and another 5 percent are required to be workforce certified. That’s about 1.6 million Illinoisans who still need the government’s permission to work the job they want and another 326,000 who need certification. While the economic harms of these requirements are substantial and include 135,000 lost jobs and $15.08 billion in misallocated resources, the social harms are far greater."