You have probably wondered how many PE's are out there? Did you know that the NCEES publishes results on this stuff? According the the NCEES organization we have more than 800,000 PE's in the United States and about 60,000 licensed surveyors. That's awesome! I would also venture to guess that the majority of those are civil engineering P.E.'s because it is almost demanded that civil's get it.
This total includes all the U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It also counts those that hold licenses in more than one state, which means that they might have been counted more than once.
It is crazy to think that we are heading toward having 1 million licensed PE engineers within the United States. What does that mean for the jobs? I can remember when I first started applying for jobs after I finished school I was able to obtain 3 job offers before I even graduated. I thought things were great! Fast forward to today and some people have struggled to find work. I had coworkers that took intern jobs just because it was something that they could find. I think today things are getting better and the demand for civil engineering is only going up throughout the U.S. and the world. If you question that then check out this article written about how things have been improving for the engineering field. Good stuff!
Speaking of jobs, if you need one then head over here and start searching. It looks like there are lots of things out there and with a P.E. license you are guaranteed to be offered more for your skills.
If you want to read and download the report breakdown then check it out on the NCEES website. Get that PE!
How many Professional Engineers are licensed in all 50 states?
There are over 820,000 in the United States! Check out more here https://ncees.org/licensure/number-licensees-state/
Hello, I’m looking for the number of licensed professional engineers and land surveyors in California. The above link no longer works. Do you know of of updated source of this information.
Check out what the Bureau of Labor and Statistics has on it. They are showing about 46,000 civil engineers. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172051.htm
The following website says that as of March 31, 2022 there were over 4,994 PEs in the US:
https://www.zippia.com/professional-engineer-jobs/demographics/
This website, the civil engineering academy blog, says that there are more than 800,000 PEs in the US, although those that hold licenses in more than one state may have been counted more than once, so this is really the number of licenses in the US.
Request that the number of persons and the number of licenses be clarified and corrected.
This is the website referred to in my previous comment:
https://www.zippia.com/professional-engineer-jobs/demographics/
Well, the NCEES produces pass rates for those that pass the PE exam. In December of 2021, there were 7,573 test-takers that took their civil engineering PE exams (structural, geotech, transpo, water resources, construction). I find it hard to believe that their article lists only 4,994 PEs in the entire US when you are getting well over 7,000 exam test takers and an average 65-70 percent pass rate for each exam. If you consider when the PE was first introduced up until today I don’t see it hard to hit the numbers we quoted. I would request that the number of licensed PEs be clarified on their website.