License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Professional Engineer 1,636 1,348 1,149 1,350 1,574
Land Surveyor 34 33 25 19 112

Geographic Distribution*

As of January 1, 2018

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 633 Jefferson 112 Saratoga 589
Allegany 23 Kings 784 Schenectady 342
Bronx 172 Lewis 16 Schoharie 27
Broome 165 Livingston 50 Schuyler 12
Cattaraugus 23 Madison 95 Seneca 8
Cayuga 48 Monroe 690 Steuben 54
Chautauqua 39 Montgomery 37 St. Lawrence 59
Chemung 40 Nassau 1,599 Suffolk 1,261
Chenango 22 New York 1,104 Sullivan 43
Clinton 27 Niagara 151 Tioga 29
Columbia 54 Oneida 145 Tompkins 90
Cortland 27 Onondaga 700 Ulster 142
Delaware 24 Ontario 99 Warren 93
Dutchess 349 Orange 311 Washington 37
Erie 865 Orleans 7 Wayne 61
Essex 18 Oswego 61 Westchester 1,105
Franklin 18 Otsego 26 Wyoming 16
Fulton 23 Putnam 119 Yates 8
Genesee 33 Queens 1,376 NYS TOTAL 15,067
Greene 36 Rensselaer 294 OTHER US 14,159
Hamilton 4 Richmond 315 NON-US 70
Herkimer 33 Rockland 324 TOTAL 29,296

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 28 Jefferson 19 Saratoga 42
Allegany 12 Kings 5 Schenectady 12
Bronx 3 Lewis 4 Schoharie 11
Broome 13 Livingston 16 Schuyler 3
Cattaraugus 9 Madison 16 Seneca 5
Cayuga 7 Monroe 66 Steuben 15
Chautauqua 18 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 21
Chemung 11 Nassau 38 Suffolk 137
Chenango 5 New York 5 Sullivan 16
Clinton 7 Niagara 25 Tioga 9
Columbia 12 Oneida 25 Tompkins 5
Cortland 6 Onondaga 37 Ulster 36
Delaware 16 Ontario 18 Warren 13
Dutchess 46 Orange 53 Washington 8
Erie 50 Orleans 4 Wayne 13
Essex 14 Oswego 16 Westchester 26
Franklin 9 Otsego 7 Wyoming 7
Fulton 9 Putnam 16 Yates 4
Genesee 3 Queens 20 NYS TOTAL 1,141
Greene 11 Rensselaer 35 OTHER US 295
Hamilton 1 Richmond 15 NON-US 1
Herkimer 9 Rockland 17 TOTAL 1,437

* 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: January 23, 2018