License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Professional Engineer 1,553 1,636 1,348 1,149 1,350
Land Surveyor 45 34 33 25 19

Geographic Distribution*

As of January 1, 2017

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 632 Jefferson 107 Saratoga 595
Allegany 23 Kings 763 Schenectady 359
Bronx 160 Lewis 18 Schoharie 26
Broome 166 Livingston 51 Schuyler 12
Cattaraugus 24 Madison 92 Seneca 8
Cayuga 49 Monroe 702 Steuben 54
Chautauqua 38 Montgomery 34 St. Lawrence 58
Chemung 44 Nassau 1,576 Suffolk 1,260
Chenango 23 New York 1,050 Sullivan 40
Clinton 28 Niagara 160 Tioga 29
Columbia 55 Oneida 142 Tompkins 88
Cortland 30 Onondaga 697 Ulster 136
Delaware 25 Ontario 98 Warren 89
Dutchess 351 Orange 318 Washington 38
Erie 864 Orleans 8 Wayne 57
Essex 18 Oswego 67 Westchester 1,087
Franklin 17 Otsego 27 Wyoming 15
Fulton 24 Putnam 117 Yates 10
Genesee 33 Queens 1,349 NYS TOTAL 14,949
Greene 38 Rensselaer 294 OTHER US 13,622
Hamilton 4 Richmond 311 NON-US 70
Herkimer 32 Rockland 329 TOTAL 28,641

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 27 Jefferson 20 Saratoga 43
Allegany 12 Kings 5 Schenectady 12
Bronx 3 Lewis 4 Schoharie 10
Broome 13 Livingston 16 Schuyler 2
Cattaraugus 10 Madison 15 Seneca 5
Cayuga 9 Monroe 65 Steuben 15
Chautauqua 18 Montgomery 3 St. Lawrence 21
Chemung 11 Nassau 39 Suffolk 140
Chenango 5 New York 6 Sullivan 18
Clinton 6 Niagara 27 Tioga 9
Columbia 12 Oneida 23 Tompkins 5
Cortland 6 Onondaga 36 Ulster 36
Delaware 15 Ontario 19 Warren 17
Dutchess 51 Orange 56 Washington 9
Erie 50 Orleans 4 Wayne 12
Essex 13 Oswego 15 Westchester 28
Franklin 10 Otsego 7 Wyoming 8
Fulton 9 Putnam 16 Yates 4
Genesee 3 Queens 21 NYS TOTAL 1,164
Greene 12 Rensselaer 35 OTHER US 285
Hamilton 1 Richmond 16 NON-US 1
Herkimer 9 Rockland 17 TOTAL 1,450

* 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 18, 2017