OSHA 10 Requirements by State
OSHA 10 is a federal safety-awareness card, not a nationwide legal requirement. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration runs the Outreach Training Program that produces the card, and that program is voluntary at the federal level. What actually makes the card mandatory for a specific worker is narrower and more local: a handful of state statutes covering public-works construction, one state's dual-industry statute, and at least one city ordinance that reaches private construction too. This site exists to answer one question plainly for whichever state a reader works in: is OSHA 10 actually required here, or is an employer simply choosing to ask for it.
We are an independent aggregator. We compare OSHA-authorized online providers and link to two of them through an affiliate arrangement (disclosed in full at Affiliate Disclosure); we are not OSHA, the Department of Labor, or any state labor agency, and we do not teach or sell the course ourselves.
Is OSHA 10 required by federal law?
No, federal OSHA describes its own Outreach Training Program as voluntary and states plainly that it "does not meet the training requirements for any OSHA standard," so no federal statute requires it nationwide.
What changes the picture is that individual employers, general contractors, and a short list of states and cities layer their own requirement on top of this voluntary federal program, and those local rules are where an actual legal mandate lives.
This distinction matters because job postings and contract specifications routinely say "OSHA 10 required" as though it were a universal law. In most of the country, that phrase describes an employer's hiring policy or a general contractor's site-access rule, not a government mandate. In a small number of jurisdictions, it is both - and telling the two apart before you pay a provider is the point of this site.
Which states currently require OSHA 10 by statute or ordinance?
Six jurisdictions confirmed in this site's research require OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 by statute or ordinance: Nevada, New York (plus New York City), Massachusetts, Missouri, Connecticut, and the City of Philadelphia.
Every other state checked this pass - including California, Texas, Washington, Minnesota, South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island - confirmed no OSHA-10-specific mandate; the card there is employer-driven only.
| Jurisdiction | What is required | Who it covers | Full detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | OSHA-10 (workers) / OSHA-30 (supervisors), two sectors | Construction; convention services (trade show) | Nevada OSHA 10 Requirements |
| New York (state) | OSHA-10 before starting work | Public work contracts of $250,000 or more | New York OSHA 10 Requirements |
| New York City | 40-hr worker / 62-hr supervisor Site Safety Training card (OSHA 10/30 counts toward it) | Sites requiring a Site Safety Plan | New York OSHA 10 Requirements |
| Massachusetts | OSHA-10 or OSHA-30 | Public-works construction contracts over $10,000 | Massachusetts OSHA 10 Requirements |
| Missouri | OSHA-10 (or an approved alternative) | Public-works construction, within 60 days of starting work | Missouri OSHA 10 Requirements |
| Connecticut | OSHA-10 | Public works construction | Connecticut OSHA 10 Requirements |
| Philadelphia, PA | OSHA-10 (all workers) / OSHA-30 (1+ supervisor) | Any permit-regulated construction or demolition, public or private | Pennsylvania OSHA 10 Requirements |
A state not on this table is not confirmed mandate-free by exhaustive research - it means no statute was found in this site's source dossiers. If your state is not listed, check with your own state labor department before assuming either way; that gap carries a VERIFY tag in our own working notes, not asserted as a clean bill of health.
What is the difference between the OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 card?
OSHA 10 is a 10-hour entry-level worker course, and OSHA 30 is a 30-hour course for supervisors; both come from the same federal Outreach Training Program and never expire once issued.
A worker card and a supervisor card are not interchangeable - a site that requires a 30-hour card for its foreman will not accept a 10-hour worker card in its place. See OSHA 10 vs. OSHA 30 for the full comparison, including the Maritime and Disaster Site Worker tracks that exist alongside Construction and General Industry.
How much does OSHA 10 training cost?
OSHA 10 courses from OSHA-authorized online providers run from about $35 to $70 as of the most recent verified prices in this site's source data, with OSHA 30 typically $150 to $190 across the same providers.
No government fee applies on top of the course price for the federal card itself - some state mandates (Nevada) also charge no state approval fee. See Cost for the full, dated price table across every priced provider.
Who is authorized to issue an OSHA 10 card online?
Only providers on OSHA's own published list of authorized online Outreach providers may issue a card that satisfies the federal standard, because OSHA states it cannot validate training from any vendor not on that list.
As of this site's most recent check, 8 organizations hold that federal authorization for online delivery. See Approved Providers for the full roster, including which two carry a commission relationship with this site.
How do you actually get an OSHA 10 card?
A worker picks an OSHA-authorized online provider, completes the full 10 hours of tracked seat time, passes any required knowledge checks, and receives the physical Department of Labor card by mail within 90 days.
There is no separate government application - the provider handles enrollment, delivery, and card issuance as part of the course fee. See How It Works for the complete step-by-step sequence.
Every page on this site
- Requirements - hours, tracks, and card mechanics
- Cost - full dated price comparison
- Approved Providers - the 8-provider federal roster
- How It Works - the step-by-step enrollment-to-card process
- OSHA 10 vs. OSHA 30 - full side-by-side comparison
- FAQ - cross-cutting questions not covered elsewhere
- Nevada, New York, Massachusetts, Missouri, Connecticut, Pennsylvania - every confirmed mandate jurisdiction in detail
- Affiliate Disclosure and About - how this site is compensated and who verifies its content
Sources
| Fact | Value | Authority | URL | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSHA Outreach Training Program is voluntary at the federal level | "does not meet the training requirements for any OSHA standard" | U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA | https://www.osha.gov/training/outreach | 2026-07-30 |
| Federal authorized online provider count | 8 | U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA | https://www.osha.gov/training/outreach/training-providers | 2026-06-26 |
| Nevada dual-sector mandate | NRS 618.983 (construction); NRS 618.9920-618.9931 (convention services) | Nevada DIR / SCATS | https://nv1030.org/trainers/ | 2026-07-11 |
| New York public-work mandate | Labor Law 220-h, contracts >= $250,000 | New York State Senate | https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LAB/220-H | 2026-08-04 |
| New York City Site Safety Training overlay | Local Law 196 of 2017, 40/62-hour cards | NYC Department of Buildings | https://www.nyc.gov/site/buildings/safety/sst-worker-information.page | 2026-08-04 |
| Massachusetts public-works mandate | M.G.L. c.30 Sec. 39S, contracts over $10,000 | Mass. Attorney General / DLS | https://www.mass.gov/info-details/prevailing-wage-for-contractors | 2026-07-30 |
| Missouri public-works mandate | RSMo 292.675, within 60 days of hire | MO Dept of Labor & Industrial Relations | https://labor.mo.gov/dls/workplace-safety/required-safety-training | 2026-07-28 |
| Connecticut public-works mandate | CGS Sec. 31-53b | CT Labor Commissioner | https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm | 2026-08-04 |
| Philadelphia municipal mandate | OSHA-10 all workers / OSHA-30 one supervisor, no dollar floor | City of Philadelphia L&I | https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/contractor-requirements/ | 2026-08-04 |
| OSHA 10 price range (national, priced providers) | $35 to $70 | Provider sites (360training, ClickSafety, HSI, CareerSafe) | https://www.360training.com/osha-campus | 2026-07-11 |
Frequently asked questions
Is OSHA 10 the same thing as an OSHA license?
No. It is a training-completion card, not a license or a certification exam; OSHA itself calls the underlying program a voluntary Outreach Training Program, and completing it does not authorize you to perform any specific job duty on its own.
Does my employer have the right to require OSHA 10 even if my state does not mandate it?
Yes. An employer or general contractor can require an OSHA 10 card as a condition of hire or site access even where no state law requires it; that requirement comes from the employer's own policy or contract terms, not from government regulation, in every state outside the mandate list above.
Can I complete OSHA 10 entirely online?
Yes, as long as the provider holds current OTI online-delivery authorization and appears on OSHA's own published list of authorized online providers; see Approved Providers for that roster.
Does an OSHA 10 card ever expire?
No, the underlying federal card has no expiration date. A state-specific card can differ - Nevada's convention-services card, for example, expires after 5 years under state statute even though the construction card from the same state does not.
How do I know which state page applies to me if I work across state lines?
Check the state where the actual worksite sits, not where your employer is headquartered; every mandate on this site's table is tied to the location of the covered work, not the employer's home state.
Why does this site link to only two of the eight authorized providers as affiliates?
Because only two of the eight - 360training/OSHAcampus and ClickSafety - have a confirmed consumer-facing partner arrangement with us; see Affiliate Disclosure for the full statement of how we are compensated.