License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Respiratory Therapist 321 327 322 365 357
Respiratory Therapy Technician 127 126 99 71 78

Geographic Distribution

As of January 1, 2015

Respiratory Therapists

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 86 Jefferson 40 Saratoga 106
Allegany 4 Kings 588 Schenectady 59
Bronx 243 Lewis 7 Schoharie 4
Broome 58 Livingston 20 Schuyler 3
Cattaraugus 13 Madison 24 Seneca 5
Cayuga 26 Monroe 181 Steuben 28
Chautauqua 29 Montgomery 23 St. Lawrence 16
Chemung 34 Nassau 650 Suffolk 421
Chenango 12 New York 125 Sullivan 14
Clinton 15 Niagara 61 Tioga 15
Columbia 19 Oneida 122 Tompkins 5
Cortland 11 Onondaga 308 Ulster 47
Delaware 5 Ontario 28 Warren 19
Dutchess 79 Orange 85 Washington 11
Erie 406 Orleans 21 Wayne 30
Essex 5 Oswego 38 Westchester 310
Franklin 4 Otsego 26 Wyoming 15
Fulton 14 Putnam 48 Yates 5
Genesee 47 Queens 499 NYS TOTAL 5,501
Greene 14 Rensselaer 87 OTHER US 675
Hamilton 0 Richmond 126 NON-US 7
Herkimer 36 Rockland 121 TOTAL 6,183

Respiratory Therapy Technicians

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 31 Jefferson 9 Saratoga 11
Allegany 6 Kings 77 Schenectady 9
Bronx 37 Lewis 1 Schoharie 1
Broome 11 Livingston 9 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 6 Madison 5 Seneca 2
Cayuga 2 Monroe 58 Steuben 7
Chautauqua 7 Montgomery 2 St. Lawrence 8
Chemung 5 Nassau 92 Suffolk 69
Chenango 1 New York 20 Sullivan 1
Clinton 5 Niagara 18 Tioga 2
Columbia 4 Oneida 36 Tompkins 1
Cortland 1 Onondaga 38 Ulster 8
Delaware 1 Ontario 5 Warren 3
Dutchess 15 Orange 20 Washington 1
Erie 74 Orleans 4 Wayne 6
Essex 0 Oswego 1 Westchester 51
Franklin 3 Otsego 9 Wyoming 3
Fulton 8 Putnam 4 Yates 1
Genesee 21 Queens 66 NYS TOTAL 983
Greene 9 Rensselaer 24 OTHER US 165
Hamilton 0 Richmond 19 NON-US 1
Herkimer 16 Rockland 18 TOTAL 1,149

* 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 20, 2015