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Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Massage Therapist 560 633 388 395 340

Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of January 1, 2023

Massage Therapists

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 270 Jefferson 64 Saratoga 266
Allegany 19 Kings 938 Schenectady 150
Bronx 291 Lewis 23 Schoharie 25
Broome 131 Livingston 44 Schuyler 22
Cattaraugus 41 Madison 56 Seneca 341
Cayuga 75 Monroe 667 Steuben 72
Chautauqua 60 Montgomery 44 St. Lawrence 50
Chemung 71 Nassau 831 Suffolk 1,291
Chenango 43 New York 996 Sullivan 52
Clinton 38 Niagara 159 Tioga 86
Columbia 83 Oneida 140 Tompkins 153
Cortland 48 Onondaga 418 Ulster 312
Delaware 29 Ontario 125 Warren 84
Dutchess 281 Orange 218 Washington 59
Erie 738 Orleans 14 Wayne 62
Essex 44 Oswego 77 Westchester 568
Franklin 49 Otsego 46 Wyoming 35
Fulton 32 Putnam 99 Yates 14
Genesee 39 Queens 1,150 NYS TOTAL 12,378
Greene 76 Rensselaer 143 OTHER US 1,460
Hamilton 2 Richmond 162 NON-US 19
Herkimer 40 Rockland 129 TOTAL 13,857

* Location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the Office of the Professions; the address is not necessarily the licensee's practice address. Although licensees must be registered to use the professional title or to practice within New York State, being registered does not mean the licensee is actively doing so.