License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Professional Engineer 1,574 2,000 1,429 1,588 1,481
Land Surveyor 33 42 20 34 33

Geographic Distribution*

As of January 1, 2022

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 626 Jefferson 103 Saratoga 596
Allegany 20 Kings 926 Schenectady 321
Bronx 186 Lewis 21 Schoharie 22
Broome 159 Livingston 52 Schuyler 13
Cattaraugus 23 Madison 85 Seneca 9
Cayuga 45 Monroe 729 Steuben 43
Chautauqua 38 Montgomery 34 St. Lawrence 58
Chemung 36 Nassau 1,653 Suffolk 1,301
Chenango 25 New York 1,201 Sullivan 49
Clinton 30 Niagara 154 Tioga 26
Columbia 50 Oneida 143 Tompkins 92
Cortland 25 Onondaga 679 Ulster 142
Delaware 30 Ontario 113 Warren 94
Dutchess 341 Orange 315 Washington 37
Erie 862 Orleans 6 Wayne 59
Essex 21 Oswego 62 Westchester 1,221
Franklin 19 Otsego 26 Wyoming 16
Fulton 28 Putnam 116 Yates 7
Genesee 42 Queens 1,498 NYS TOTAL 15,594
Greene 32 Rensselaer 279 OTHER US 16,498
Hamilton 5 Richmond 318 NON-US 96
Herkimer 30 Rockland 302 TOTAL 32,188

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 25 Jefferson 16 Saratoga 38
Allegany 9 Kings 5 Schenectady 12
Bronx 3 Lewis 3 Schoharie 9
Broome 11 Livingston 14 Schuyler 2
Cattaraugus 7 Madison 14 Seneca 5
Cayuga 8 Monroe 61 Steuben 15
Chautauqua 13 Montgomery 4 St. Lawrence 22
Chemung 10 Nassau 41 Suffolk 130
Chenango 5 New York 3 Sullivan 14
Clinton 7 Niagara 23 Tioga 8
Columbia 9 Oneida 28 Tompkins 3
Cortland 5 Onondaga 34 Ulster 2
Delaware 13 Ontario 15 Warren 13
Dutchess 36 Orange 56 Washington 8
Erie 47 Orleans 5 Wayne 13
Essex 13 Oswego 16 Westchester 24
Franklin 8 Otsego 7 Wyoming 6
Fulton 6 Putnam 15 Yates 4
Genesee 5 Queens 21 NYS TOTAL 1,061
Greene 9 Rensselaer 37 OTHER US 336
Hamilton 1 Richmond 14 NON-US 0
Herkimer 8 Rockland 14 TOTAL 1,397

* 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: March 7, 2022