License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Professional Engineer 1,350 1,574 2,000 1,429 1,588
Land Surveyor 19 33 42 20 34

Geographic Distribution*

As of July 1, 2021

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 637 Jefferson 105 Saratoga 591
Allegany 21 Kings 906 Schenectady 320
Bronx 186 Lewis 19 Schoharie 23
Broome 160 Livingston 52 Schuyler 13
Cattaraugus 21 Madison 87 Seneca 9
Cayuga 46 Monroe 732 Steuben 46
Chautauqua 36 Montgomery 33 St. Lawrence 58
Chemung 37 Nassau 1,650 Suffolk 1,280
Chenango 24 New York 1,209 Sullivan 50
Clinton 28 Niagara 153 Tioga 27
Columbia 50 Oneida 142 Tompkins 91
Cortland 26 Onondaga 680 Ulster 143
Delaware 29 Ontario 112 Warren 89
Dutchess 343 Orange 318 Washington 35
Erie 856 Orleans 6 Wayne 60
Essex 20 Oswego 63 Westchester 1,207
Franklin 19 Otsego 24 Wyoming 16
Fulton 28 Putnam 116 Yates 7
Genesee 40 Queens 1,490 NYS TOTAL 15,545
Greene 33 Rensselaer 284 OTHER US 16,203
Hamilton 5 Richmond 313 NON-US 97
Herkimer 31 Rockland 310 TOTAL 31,845

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 25 Jefferson 16 Saratoga 38
Allegany 10 Kings 5 Schenectady 12
Bronx 4 Lewis 3 Schoharie 9
Broome 11 Livingston 14 Schuyler 2
Cattaraugus 7 Madison 14 Seneca 5
Cayuga 9 Monroe 64 Steuben 17
Chautauqua 13 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 23
Chemung 10 Nassau 40 Suffolk 132
Chenango 5 New York 3 Sullivan 14
Clinton 7 Niagara 24 Tioga 10
Columbia 9 Oneida 27 Tompkins 3
Cortland 5 Onondaga 33 Ulster 33
Delaware 13 Ontario 13 Warren 14
Dutchess 36 Orange 56 Washington 8
Erie 44 Orleans 5 Wayne 12
Essex 13 Oswego 16 Westchester 25
Franklin 8 Otsego 6 Wyoming 6
Fulton 8 Putnam 15 Yates 4
Genesee 4 Queens 19 NYS TOTAL 1,066
Greene 9 Rensselaer 37 OTHER US 324
Hamilton 1 Richmond 14 NON-US 0
Herkimer 8 Rockland 14 TOTAL 1,390

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

Last Updated: August 4, 2021