License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Professional Engineer 1,348 1,149 1,350 1,574 2,000
Land Surveyor 33 25 19 33 42

Geographic Distribution*

As of July 1, 2019

Professional Engineers

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 647 Jefferson 112 Saratoga 599
Allegany 24 Kings 870 Schenectady 329
Bronx 182 Lewis 16 Schoharie 23
Broome 167 Livingston 51 Schuyler 13
Cattaraugus 22 Madison 95 Seneca 10
Cayuga 47 Monroe 720 Steuben 51
Chautauqua 35 Montgomery 33 St. Lawrence 59
Chemung 37 Nassau 1,639 Suffolk 1,298
Chenango 24 New York 1,192 Sullivan 46
Clinton 27 Niagara 153 Tioga 27
Columbia 49 Oneida 144 Tompkins 92
Cortland 28 Onondaga 706 Ulster 140
Delaware 27 Ontario 107 Warren 91
Dutchess 343 Orange 314 Washington 39
Erie 871 Orleans 6 Wayne 63
Essex 19 Oswego 62 Westchester 1,181
Franklin 19 Otsego 26 Wyoming 17
Fulton 24 Putnam 113 Yates 8
Genesee 37 Queens 1,486 NYS TOTAL 15,569
Greene 34 Rensselaer 296 OTHER US 15,051
Hamilton 4 Richmond 326 NON-US 82
Herkimer 33 Rockland 316 TOTAL 30,702

Land Surveyors

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 26 Jefferson 18 Saratoga 40
Allegany 11 Kings 5 Schenectady 13
Bronx 3 Lewis 3 Schoharie 10
Broome 13 Livingston 15 Schuyler 3
Cattaraugus 8 Madison 15 Seneca 5
Cayuga 7 Monroe 70 Steuben 15
Chautauqua 16 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 22
Chemung 11 Nassau 41 Suffolk 134
Chenango 5 New York 4 Sullivan 16
Clinton 7 Niagara 23 Tioga 10
Columbia 10 Oneida 28 Tompkins 4
Cortland 5 Onondaga 36 Ulster 35
Delaware 16 Ontario 17 Warren 14
Dutchess 43 Orange 54 Washington 8
Erie 48 Orleans 5 Wayne 13
Essex 14 Oswego 14 Westchester 23
Franklin 8 Otsego 7 Wyoming 7
Fulton 8 Putnam 15 Yates 4
Genesee 3 Queens 21 NYS TOTAL 1,118
Greene 10 Rensselaer 37 OTHER US 312
Hamilton 1 Richmond 15 NON-US 0
Herkimer 8 Rockland 16 TOTAL 1,430

* 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 10, 2019