License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Respiratory Therapist 376 321 327 322 365
Respiratory Therapy Technician 162 127 126 99 71

Geographic Distribution

Respiratory Therapists* (as of January 1, 2014)

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 79 Jefferson 43 Saratoga 106
Allegany 5 Kings 581 Schenectady 60
Bronx 233 Lewis 7 Schoharie 5
Broome 58 Livingston 21 Schuyler 4
Cattaraugus 13 Madison 21 Seneca 5
Cayuga 26 Monroe 169 Steuben 28
Chautauqua 29 Montgomery 23 St. Lawrence 17
Chemung 38 Nassau 620 Suffolk 420
Chenango 13 New York 126 Sullivan 14
Clinton 14 Niagara 64 Tioga 14
Columbia 20 Oneida 119 Tompkins 5
Cortland 11 Onondaga 284 Ulster 48
Delaware 5 Ontario 31 Warren 21
Dutchess 78 Orange 81 Washington 11
Erie 397 Orleans 19 Wayne 32
Essex 5 Oswego 38 Westchester 306
Franklin 5 Otsego 25 Wyoming 14
Fulton 16 Putnam 47 Yates 6
Genesee 44 Queens 491 NYS TOTAL 5,391
Greene 13 Rensselaer 89 OTHER US 650
Hamilton 0 Richmond 124 NON-US 5
Herkimer 33 Rockland 117 TOTAL 6,046

Respiratory Therapy Technicians* (as of January 1, 2014)

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 33 Jefferson 10 Saratoga 14
Allegany 5 Kings 83 Schenectady 10
Bronx 44 Lewis 1 Schoharie 0
Broome 10 Livingston 10 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 7 Madison 3 Seneca 2
Cayuga 2 Monroe 59 Steuben 8
Chautauqua 8 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 8
Chemung 4 Nassau 105 Suffolk 78
Chenango 1 New York 20 Sullivan 1
Clinton 6 Niagara 20 Tioga 3
Columbia 3 Oneida 41 Tompkins 1
Cortland 1 Onondaga 34 Ulster 7
Delaware 1 Ontario 5 Warren 5
Dutchess 15 Orange 19 Washington 1
Erie 77 Orleans 5 Wayne 6
Essex 0 Oswego 3 Westchester 53
Franklin 3 Otsego 11 Wyoming 3
Fulton 9 Putnam 6 Yates 1
Genesee 24 Queens 78 NYS TOTAL 1,054
Greene 7 Rensselaer 20 OTHER US 173
Hamilton 0 Richmond 23 NON-US 1
Herkimer 15 Rockland 19 TOTAL 1,228

* County of location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the State Education Department. This address may either be the licensee's home or practice address. Licensees must be registered in order to practice and use a professional title within New York State; being registered, however, does not necessarily mean the licensee is actively engaged in practice.

Last Updated: February 5, 2014