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 July 1, 2020

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 631 Jefferson 106 Saratoga 613
Allegany 22 Kings 897 Schenectady 324
Bronx 186 Lewis 17 Schoharie 22
Broome 164 Livingston 50 Schuyler 14
Cattaraugus 22 Madison 90 Seneca 10
Cayuga 46 Monroe 728 Steuben 50
Chautauqua 37 Montgomery 32 St. Lawrence 59
Chemung 35 Nassau 1,650 Suffolk 1,288
Chenango 23 New York 1,229 Sullivan 47
Clinton 26 Niagara 152 Tioga 25
Columbia 52 Oneida 141 Tompkins 93
Cortland 27 Onondaga 692 Ulster 142
Delaware 30 Ontario 110 Warren 88
Dutchess 344 Orange 313 Washington 34
Erie 864 Orleans 6 Wayne 60
Essex 18 Oswego 63 Westchester 1,190
Franklin 19 Otsego 24 Wyoming 16
Fulton 24 Putnam 116 Yates 7
Genesee 40 Queens 1,509 NYS TOTAL 15,621
Greene 33 Rensselaer 291 OTHER US 15,761
Hamilton 5 Richmond 323 NON-US 81
Herkimer 32 Rockland 320 TOTAL 31,463

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 26 Jefferson 17 Saratoga 39
Allegany 11 Kings 5 Schenectady 12
Bronx 3 Lewis 3 Schoharie 10
Broome 11 Livingston 15 Schuyler 2
Cattaraugus 7 Madison 15 Seneca 5
Cayuga 8 Monroe 67 Steuben 17
Chautauqua 14 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 23
Chemung 11 Nassau 44 Suffolk 133
Chenango 5 New York 4 Sullivan 16
Clinton 7 Niagara 24 Tioga 10
Columbia 10 Oneida 27 Tompkins 4
Cortland 5 Onondaga 36 Ulster 33
Delaware 14 Ontario 15 Warren 14
Dutchess 38 Orange 55 Washington 9
Erie 48 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 1,098
Greene 9 Rensselaer 37 OTHER US 313
Hamilton 1 Richmond 14 NON-US 0
Herkimer 8 Rockland 15 TOTAL 1,411

* 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: July 13, 2020