License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Respiratory Therapist 322 365 357 346 374
Respiratory Therapy Technician 99 71 78 43 51

Geographic Distribution

As of January 1, 2017

Respiratory Therapists

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 97 Jefferson 32 Saratoga 110
Allegany 7 Kings 586 Schenectady 61
Bronx 258 Lewis 5 Schoharie 2
Broome 52 Livingston 18 Schuyler 3
Cattaraugus 12 Madison 27 Seneca 4
Cayuga 24 Monroe 206 Steuben 22
Chautauqua 29 Montgomery 20 St. Lawrence 19
Chemung 33 Nassau 687 Suffolk 446
Chenango 11 New York 134 Sullivan 18
Clinton 19 Niagara 67 Tioga 13
Columbia 21 Oneida 138 Tompkins 7
Cortland 11 Onondaga 301 Ulster 44
Delaware 8 Ontario 30 Warren 20
Dutchess 84 Orange 91 Washington 12
Erie 414 Orleans 20 Wayne 29
Essex 4 Oswego 34 Westchester 314
Franklin 4 Otsego 23 Wyoming 15
Fulton 17 Putnam 52 Yates 4
Genesee 49 Queens 533 NYS TOTAL 5,682
Greene 15 Rensselaer 91 OTHER US 763
Hamilton 0 Richmond 124 NON-US 8
Herkimer 33 Rockland 118 TOTAL 6,453

Respiratory Therapy Technicians

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 27 Jefferson 5 Saratoga 12
Allegany 6 Kings 60 Schenectady 7
Bronx 36 Lewis 0 Schoharie 1
Broome 8 Livingston 7 Schuyler 2
Cattaraugus 4 Madison 6 Seneca 2
Cayuga 1 Monroe 46 Steuben 6
Chautauqua 8 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 8
Chemung 3 Nassau 78 Suffolk 59
Chenango 0 New York 14 Sullivan 3
Clinton 3 Niagara 16 Tioga 1
Columbia 3 Oneida 36 Tompkins 1
Cortland 0 Onondaga 34 Ulster 7
Delaware 2 Ontario 5 Warren 4
Dutchess 13 Orange 16 Washington 2
Erie 70 Orleans 3 Wayne 4
Essex 0 Oswego 1 Westchester 32
Franklin 2 Otsego 8 Wyoming 3
Fulton 6 Putnam 3 Yates 0
Genesee 12 Queens 53 NYS TOTAL 825
Greene 5 Rensselaer 19 OTHER US 164
Hamilton 0 Richmond 19 NON-US 1
Herkimer 12 Rockland 18 TOTAL 990

* 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: January 19, 2017