Engineering License from New York to New Jersey: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does New Jersey accept a New York PE license?
A PE license transfers from New York to New Jersey by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Division of Consumer Affairs), verify your New York license, and meet New Jersey's endorsement requirements. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record (or direct board-to-board verification) and are not retaken; New Jersey requires that your original license was earned by the full written examination (8-hour Fundamentals plus 8-hour Principles and Practice) and imposes no separate state jurisprudence exam.
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
New Jersey grants PE licensure by comity, so a Professional Engineer licensed in New York does not start over — but does file a full New Jersey application. Your New York license, ABET degree, qualifying experience, and FE and PE results reach the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Division of Consumer Affairs) through your NCEES Record; the board's task is to confirm they meet New Jersey's practice act, not to re-test you. Two things govern your timeline: keeping your New York license active and unencumbered while the New Jersey application is pending, and clearing any New Jersey-specific exam or statutes review before the license issues.
What's different between New York and New Jersey
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into New Jersey. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
New York to New Jersey (this page): Licensure by endorsement.
New Jersey to New York (the reverse move): Licensure by endorsement.
The route is the same in both directions.
- Does coming from New York matter?
Coming from New York does not change the answer: every origin (the other 49 states and DC) gets the same result for a move into New Jersey.
- Application fee
New Jersey lists $75 for an out-of-state applicant and New York lists $377 for the reverse move; neither may be the full cost.
- Exam rules on record
New Jersey and New York carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- New Jersey (this move): FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record (or direct board-to-board verification) and are not retaken; New Jersey requires that your original license was earned by the full written examination (8-hour Fundamentals plus 8-hour Principles and Practice) and imposes no separate state jurisprudence exam
- New York (the reverse move): FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record and are not retaken; endorsement requires that your original license was issued upon a written examination equivalent to New York's, and there is no state jurisprudence exam; note that New York will not accept professional experience self-endorsed by the applicant, so the NCEES Record must be verified before transmission
What changes, New York → New Jersey
| New York (current) | New Jersey (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Application fee | $377 (NY fee for licensure and first registration is $377 (the same fee applies to the endorsement pathway); transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES) | $75 (NJ professional engineer application fee is $75 (nonrefundable) plus an initial license fee of $80 in year one or $40 in year two of the biennial period; transmitting an NCEES Record to the board costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES) |
| Processing time | The NYSED Office of the Professions does not publish a comity/endorsement processing time on its engineering pages | Board publishes no comity turnaround; comity applications are reviewed by the Board against N.J.S.A. 45:8-35, which meets periodically |
| Licensing authority | New York State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology (NYSED Office of the Professions) | New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Division of Consumer Affairs) |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — New Jersey sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Confirm New Jersey's current requirements on the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Division of Consumer Affairs) website (linked below) — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Division of Consumer Affairs) (application linked below).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Hold an active out-of-state PE license granted upon the written 8-hour FE plus 8-hour PE examination.
- Graduate from a Board-approved four-year engineering curriculum plus four years of acceptable experience (or a four-year engineering technology curriculum plus six years).
- Submit five references, at least three from U.S.-licensed professional engineers with personal knowledge of your experience.
- Provide written verification of licensure in good standing from every state in which you are licensed.
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I keep my New York PE license after I'm licensed in New Jersey?
Yes — PE licenses stack. Keep the New York license active (its renewal and continuing-education/PDH clock run separately) and you hold both. Engineers working near state lines or nationally routinely carry several PE licenses at once, all sourced from a single NCEES Record.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- NJ Board of PE&LS — Comity Review for Professional Engineers License ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NJ Board of PE&LS — Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Fee Schedule (N.J.A.C. 13:40-6.1) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NCEES — Records Program (comity licensure) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NYSED Office of the Professions — Engineering License Requirements (endorsement) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NYSED Office of the Professions — Engineering License Application Forms ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
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