License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Respiratory Therapist 327 322 365 357 346
Respiratory Therapy Technician 126 99 71 78 43

Geographic Distribution

As of July 1, 2016

Respiratory Therapists

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 98 Jefferson 32 Saratoga 107
Allegany 6 Kings 575 Schenectady 60
Bronx 237 Lewis 5 Schoharie 3
Broome 53 Livingston 18 Schuyler 3
Cattaraugus 12 Madison 25 Seneca 4
Cayuga 24 Monroe 196 Steuben 23
Chautauqua 28 Montgomery 20 St. Lawrence 16
Chemung 35 Nassau 662 Suffolk 429
Chenango 11 New York 132 Sullivan 17
Clinton 18 Niagara 65 Tioga 12
Columbia 20 Oneida 133 Tompkins 6
Cortland 10 Onondaga 306 Ulster 44
Delaware 7 Ontario 28 Warren 18
Dutchess 82 Orange 87 Washington 10
Erie 403 Orleans 20 Wayne 28
Essex 3 Oswego 35 Westchester 309
Franklin 3 Otsego 24 Wyoming 13
Fulton 16 Putnam 51 Yates 4
Genesee 46 Queens 518 NYS TOTAL 5,524
Greene 15 Rensselaer 90 OTHER US 742
Hamilton 0 Richmond 120 NON-US 6
Herkimer 32 Rockland 117 TOTAL 6,272

Respiratory Therapy Technicians

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 30 Jefferson 5 Saratoga 11
Allegany 6 Kings 62 Schenectady 9
Bronx 36 Lewis 1 Schoharie 1
Broome 9 Livingston 7 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 4 Madison 6 Seneca 2
Cayuga 2 Monroe 47 Steuben 7
Chautauqua 7 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 8
Chemung 4 Nassau 82 Suffolk 66
Chenango 0 New York 19 Sullivan 2
Clinton 3 Niagara 16 Tioga 1
Columbia 3 Oneida 34 Tompkins 1
Cortland 0 Onondaga 35 Ulster 6
Delaware 2 Ontario 5 Warren 4
Dutchess 13 Orange 16 Washington 2
Erie 71 Orleans 4 Wayne 4
Essex 0 Oswego 1 Westchester 35
Franklin 2 Otsego 10 Wyoming 3
Fulton 7 Putnam 3 Yates 1
Genesee 14 Queens 52 NYS TOTAL 865
Greene 7 Rensselaer 24 OTHER US 165
Hamilton 0 Richmond 19 NON-US 1
Herkimer 13 Rockland 18 TOTAL 1,031

* 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: August 3, 2016