License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Professional Engineer 1,149 1,350 1,574 2,000 1,429
Land Surveyor 25 19 33 42 20

Geographic Distribution*

As of January 1, 2020

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 638 Jefferson 110 Saratoga 611
Allegany 23 Kings 892 Schenectady 322
Bronx 189 Lewis 17 Schoharie 22
Broome 462 Livingston 49 Schuyler 14
Cattaraugus 22 Madison 95 Seneca 10
Cayuga 47 Monroe 724 Steuben 49
Chautauqua 35 Montgomery 30 St. Lawrence 59
Chemung 36 Nassau 1,649 Suffolk 1,298
Chenango 23 New York 1,218 Sullivan 46
Clinton 25 Niagara 155 Tioga 26
Columbia 50 Oneida 143 Tompkins 92
Cortland 28 Onondaga 701 Ulster 139
Delaware 29 Ontario 108 Warren 90
Dutchess 342 Orange 312 Washington 37
Erie 858 Orleans 6 Wayne 62
Essex 18 Oswego 65 Westchester 1,186
Franklin 19 Otsego 24 Wyoming 17
Fulton 23 Putnam 115 Yates 8
Genesee 40 Queens 1,484 NYS TOTAL 15,601
Greene 33 Rensselaer 298 OTHER US 15,330
Hamilton 5 Richmond 322 NON-US 79
Herkimer 32 Rockland 319 TOTAL 31,010

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 26 Jefferson 18 Saratoga 39
Allegany 11 Kings 5 Schenectady 12
Bronx 3 Lewis 3 Schoharie 10
Broome 13 Livingston 16 Schuyler 2
Cattaraugus 8 Madison 15 Seneca 5
Cayuga 7 Monroe 68 Steuben 16
Chautauqua 14 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 23
Chemung 11 Nassau 43 Suffolk 136
Chenango 5 New York 4 Sullivan 16
Clinton 7 Niagara 24 Tioga 10
Columbia 10 Oneida 28 Tompkins 4
Cortland 5 Onondaga 36 Ulster 34
Delaware 15 Ontario 16 Warren 14
Dutchess 40 Orange 55 Washington 9
Erie 47 Orleans 5 Wayne 13
Essex 13 Oswego 15 Westchester 23
Franklin 8 Otsego 7 Wyoming 7
Fulton 8 Putnam 15 Yates 4
Genesee 3 Queens 20 NYS TOTAL 1,111
Greene 9 Rensselaer 37 OTHER US 309
Hamilton 1 Richmond 14 NON-US 0
Herkimer 8 Rockland 16 TOTAL 1,420

* 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 13, 2020