License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Enabling legislation became effective September 1, 2006

Profession Title 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Clinical Laboratory Technologist 1,535 1,051 434 469  437
Clinical Laboratory Technician 414 263 86 140 109
Cytotechnologist 254 65 33 35 22
Certified Histological Technician 20 117 62 55 43

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of July 1, 2013

Clinical Laboratory Technologists

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 233 Jefferson 51 Saratoga 187
Allegany 20 Kings 1,157 Schenectady 151
Bronx 540 Lewis 23 Schoharie 12
Broome 110 Livingston 39 Schuyler 12
Cattaraugus 46 Madison 42 Seneca 16
Cayuga 35 Monroe 629 Steuben 71
Chautauqua 68 Montgomery 45 St. Lawrence 73
Chemung 51 Nassau 1,321 Suffolk 1,089
Chenango 24 New York 494 Sullivan 41
Clinton 53 Niagara 109 Tioga 32
Columbia 26 Oneida 128 Tompkins 23
Cortland 21 Onondaga 430 Ulster 65
Delaware 19 Ontario 85 Warren 48
Dutchess 183 Orange 216 Washington 26
Erie 728 Orleans 18 Wayne 68
Essex 21 Oswego 54 Westchester 618
Franklin 33 Otsego 82 Wyoming 16
Fulton 35 Putnam 45 Yates 11
Genesee 48 Queens 1,757 NYS TOTAL 12,410
Greene 23 Rensselaer 136 OTHER US 2,162
Hamilton 2 Richmond 419 NON-US 87
Herkimer 36 Rockland 216 TOTAL

14,659

Clinical Laboratory Technicians

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 22 Jefferson 24 Saratoga 25
Allegany 2 Kings 131 Schenectady 19
Bronx 143 Lewis 0 Schoharie 5
Broome 46 Livingston 4 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 1 Madison 11 Seneca 4
Cayuga 7 Monroe 50 Steuben 11
Chautauqua 13 Montgomery 3 St. Lawrence 11
Chemung 11 Nassau 169 Suffolk 141
Chenango 6 New York 49 Sullivan 10
Clinton 18 Niagara 19 Tioga 8
Columbia 6 Oneida 30 Tompkins 6
Cortland 6 Onondaga 88 Ulster 10
Delaware 2 Ontario 3 Warren 10
Dutchess 30 Orange 61 Washington 6
Erie 152 Orleans 1 Wayne 4
Essex 9 Oswego 15 Westchester 76
Franklin 1 Otsego 26 Wyoming 1
Fulton 4 Putnam 10 Yates 1
Genesee 1 Queens 172 NYS TOTAL 1,787
Greene 1 Rensselaer 10 OTHER US 256
Hamilton 0 Richmond 40 NON-US 0
Herkimer 7 Rockland 34 TOTAL 2,043

Cytotechnologists

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 24 Jefferson 3 Saratoga 22
Allegany 0 Kings 32 Schenectady 8
Bronx 10 Lewis 1 Schoharie 4
Broome 7 Livingston 0 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 1 Madison 3 Seneca 1
Cayuga 4 Monroe 30 Steuben 1
Chautauqua 3 Montgomery 4 St. Lawrence 2
Chemung 2 Nassau 52 Suffolk 57
Chenango 0 New York 17 Sullivan 0
Clinton 4 Niagara 4 Tioga 2
Columbia 0 Oneida 6 Tompkins 2
Cortland 2 Onondaga 28 Ulster 6
Delaware 0 Ontario 3 Warren 1
Dutchess 4 Orange 5 Washington 0
Erie 15 Orleans 2 Wayne 2
Essex 1 Oswego 3 Westchester 24
Franklin 0 Otsego 3 Wyoming 1
Fulton 1 Putnam 6 Yates 1
Genesee 0 Queens 50 NYS TOTAL 487
Greene 2 Rensselaer 8 OTHER US 173
Hamilton 0 Richmond 3 NON-US 1
Herkimer 2 Rockland 7 TOTAL 661

Certified Histological Technicians

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 5 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 6
Allegany 1 Kings 17 Schenectady 1
Bronx 26 Lewis 0 Schoharie 1
Broome 2 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 0 Monroe 16 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 4
Chemung 1 Nassau 15 Suffolk 15
Chenango 0 New York 4 Sullivan 0
Clinton 10 Niagara 0 Tioga 1
Columbia 0 Oneida 2 Tompkins 1
Cortland 0 Onondaga 1 Ulster 1
Delaware 0 Ontario 0 Warren 0
Dutchess 8 Orange 4 Washington 1
Erie 17 Orleans 0 Wayne 1
Essex 2 Oswego 1 Westchester 18
Franklin 0 Otsego 3 Wyoming 0
Fulton 4 Putnam 0 Yates 1
Genesee 0 Queens 23 NYS TOTAL 229
Greene 0 Rensselaer 1 OTHER US 73
Hamilton 0 Richmond 3 NON-US 1
Herkimer 1 Rockland 9 TOTAL 303

* County of location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the State Education Department. This address may either be the licensee's home or practice address. Licensees must be registered in order to practice within New York State; being registered, however, does not necessarily mean the licensee is actively engaged in practice.

Last Updated: July 23, 2013