License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Professional Engineer 1,353 1,553 1,636 1,348 1,149
Land Surveyor 33 45 34 33 25

Geographic Distribution*

As of January 1, 2016

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 636 Jefferson 111 Saratoga 609
Allegany 25 Kings 759 Schenectady 345
Bronx 165 Lewis 17 Schoharie 24
Broome 166 Livingston 52 Schuyler 12
Cattaraugus 23 Madison 97 Seneca 8
Cayuga 49 Monroe 705 Steuben 54
Chautauqua 37 Montgomery 34 St. Lawrence 58
Chemung 44 Nassau 1,570 Suffolk 1,269
Chenango 24 New York 992 Sullivan 39
Clinton 26 Niagara 160 Tioga 29
Columbia 55 Oneida 145 Tompkins 87
Cortland 34 Onondaga 705 Ulster 132
Delaware 25 Ontario 95 Warren 86
Dutchess 350 Orange 312 Washington 38
Erie 870 Orleans 8 Wayne 57
Essex 17 Oswego 71 Westchester 1,063
Franklin 18 Otsego 26 Wyoming 15
Fulton 23 Putnam 111 Yates 10
Genesee 32 Queens 1,310 NYS TOTAL 14,823
Greene 40 Rensselaer 294 OTHER US 13,295
Hamilton 4 Richmond 302 NON-US 73
Herkimer 34 Rockland 315 TOTAL 28,191

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 31 Jefferson 21 Saratoga 45
Allegany 12 Kings 5 Schenectady 13
Bronx 3 Lewis 4 Schoharie 10
Broome 15 Livingston 16 Schuyler 2
Cattaraugus 9 Madison 16 Seneca 5
Cayuga 9 Monroe 69 Steuben 15
Chautauqua 19 Montgomery 3 St. Lawrence 21
Chemung 11 Nassau 42 Suffolk 139
Chenango 5 New York 6 Sullivan 19
Clinton 6 Niagara 32 Tioga 10
Columbia 11 Oneida 24 Tompkins 5
Cortland 6 Onondaga 39 Ulster 38
Delaware 15 Ontario 19 Warren 18
Dutchess 52 Orange 58 Washington 9
Erie 53 Orleans 4 Wayne 13
Essex 13 Oswego 16 Westchester 32
Franklin 10 Otsego 7 Wyoming 7
Fulton 9 Putnam 16 Yates 4
Genesee 3 Queens 20 NYS TOTAL 1,206
Greene 11 Rensselaer 36 OTHER US 281
Hamilton 2 Richmond 16 NON-US 1
Herkimer 10 Rockland 17 TOTAL 1,488

* 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: February 10, 2016