State and local government payrolls

Outside of New York City, Nassau and Suffolk counties have the largest individual groups of government employees in the state and the highest payrolls, according to data from the state comptroller. And when you look at average salaries, four Long Island villages turn up in the top 15, along with Long Island judges and the Nassau Interim Finance Authority.

This payroll list includes active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System and as such does not include part-time or seasonal employees who would not be eligible for pensions. New York City employees are not included. State employees are grouped by department or division. You can read more here. And while clerical and other school district employees are included here by district, we have a separate database of for teachers and administrators.

Data were obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Act. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.

Top 10 government units by payroll size

Top 15 government units by average pay

You can search and sort within this list of 3,230 governments and agencies such as the Division of State Police, Port Authority, or the Education Department for the past two fiscal years, which end on March 31. Clicking on an "employer" name will bring you to a list of employees for the two years. Or you can go directly to that database of individual pay. Charts powered by amCharts

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Employer 2017 employees 2017 total pay 2017 average pay 2016 employees 2016 total pay 2016 average pay
Employer City of Long Beach 2017 employees 483 2017 total pay $32,329,616.53 2017 average pay $66,935.02 2016 employees 495 2016 total pay $32,828,943.95 2016 average pay $66,321.10
Employer Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility 2017 employees 513 2017 total pay $32,310,511.13 2017 average pay $62,983.45 2016 employees 507 2016 total pay $32,023,068.83 2016 average pay $63,161.87
Employer Dept Transportation Reg 11 2017 employees 437 2017 total pay $32,270,017.27 2017 average pay $73,844.43 2016 employees 419 2016 total pay $31,116,800.73 2016 average pay $74,264.44
Employer Town of North Hempstead 2017 employees 536 2017 total pay $32,130,658.44 2017 average pay $59,945.26 2016 employees 534 2016 total pay $31,619,168.52 2016 average pay $59,211.93
Employer Town of Cheektowaga 2017 employees 587 2017 total pay $32,127,738.58 2017 average pay $54,732.09 2016 employees 585 2016 total pay $30,604,405.85 2016 average pay $52,315.22
Employer Dept Transportation Reg 2 2017 employees 594 2017 total pay $31,887,074.01 2017 average pay $53,681.94 2016 employees 580 2016 total pay $30,619,070.50 2016 average pay $52,791.50
Employer Town of Tonawanda 2017 employees 662 2017 total pay $31,708,645.35 2017 average pay $47,898.26 2016 employees 645 2016 total pay $30,946,995.92 2016 average pay $47,979.84
Employer Town of Smithtown 2017 employees 622 2017 total pay $31,411,027.61 2017 average pay $50,500.04 2016 employees 609 2016 total pay $30,847,502.71 2016 average pay $50,652.71
Employer SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse 2017 employees 695 2017 total pay $31,268,954.81 2017 average pay $44,991.30 2016 employees 621 2016 total pay $28,631,420.59 2016 average pay $46,105.35
Employer NYS Psychiatric Institute 2017 employees 382 2017 total pay $31,076,539.41 2017 average pay $81,352.20 2016 employees 379 2016 total pay $31,808,532.15 2016 average pay $83,927.53
Employer Boces-Monroe 2017 employees 1,183 2017 total pay $31,007,931.21 2017 average pay $26,211.27 2016 employees 1,160 2016 total pay $29,126,791.96 2016 average pay $25,109.30
Employer Half Hollow Hills CSD 2017 employees 841 2017 total pay $30,958,348.76 2017 average pay $36,811.35 2016 employees 827 2016 total pay $28,442,188.69 2016 average pay $34,392.01
Employer City of Utica 2017 employees 511 2017 total pay $30,702,387.01 2017 average pay $60,082.95 2016 employees 505 2016 total pay $27,965,721.06 2016 average pay $55,377.67
Employer Appellate Div 1St Dept 2017 employees 276 2017 total pay $30,641,939.68 2017 average pay $111,021.52 2016 employees 265 2016 total pay $28,380,001.71 2016 average pay $107,094.35
Employer Department of State 2017 employees 556 2017 total pay $30,636,573.54 2017 average pay $55,101.75 2016 employees 548 2016 total pay $30,269,273.29 2016 average pay $55,235.90
Employer NYS Gaming Commission 2017 employees 527 2017 total pay $30,145,941.66 2017 average pay $57,202.93 2016 employees 502 2016 total pay $28,476,967.60 2016 average pay $56,727.03
Employer Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist 2017 employees 984 2017 total pay $29,816,790.11 2017 average pay $30,301.62 2016 employees 956 2016 total pay $28,717,684.70 2016 average pay $30,039.42
Employer City of Troy 2017 employees 545 2017 total pay $29,665,513.18 2017 average pay $54,432.13 2016 employees 559 2016 total pay $29,651,720.63 2016 average pay $53,044.22
Employer Sullivan Corr Facility 2017 employees 507 2017 total pay $29,515,607.55 2017 average pay $58,216.19 2016 employees 515 2016 total pay $30,108,799.81 2016 average pay $58,463.69
Employer Capital Dist Psych Center 2017 employees 514 2017 total pay $28,872,637.34 2017 average pay $56,172.45 2016 employees 499 2016 total pay $29,544,511.71 2016 average pay $59,207.44
Employer Southport Correction Facility 2017 employees 437 2017 total pay $28,828,603.30 2017 average pay $65,969.34 2016 employees 454 2016 total pay $31,414,563.83 2016 average pay $69,195.07
Employer County Clerks Within Nyc 2017 employees 457 2017 total pay $28,473,155.85 2017 average pay $62,304.50 2016 employees 473 2016 total pay $28,995,708.51 2016 average pay $61,301.71
Employer Ulster Correction Facility 2017 employees 471 2017 total pay $28,454,986.31 2017 average pay $60,413.98 2016 employees 534 2016 total pay $29,050,968.80 2016 average pay $54,402.56
Employer Woodbourne Corr Facility 2017 employees 479 2017 total pay $28,193,685.04 2017 average pay $58,859.47 2016 employees 543 2016 total pay $28,916,540.12 2016 average pay $53,253.30
Employer NYS Teachers Retirement System 2017 employees 397 2017 total pay $28,075,757.05 2017 average pay $70,719.79 2016 employees 391 2016 total pay $27,258,328.94 2016 average pay $69,714.40
Employer Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry 2017 employees 438 2017 total pay $27,912,483.20 2017 average pay $63,727.13 2016 employees 419 2016 total pay $25,240,849.44 2016 average pay $60,240.69
Employer SUNY College at Oswego 2017 employees 683 2017 total pay $27,705,655.36 2017 average pay $40,564.65 2016 employees 696 2016 total pay $27,140,486.22 2016 average pay $38,994.95
Employer Gouverneur Correction Facility 2017 employees 429 2017 total pay $27,522,017.09 2017 average pay $64,153.89 2016 employees 425 2016 total pay $29,132,958.55 2016 average pay $68,548.14
Employer Cayuga Correctional Facility 2017 employees 491 2017 total pay $27,462,055.96 2017 average pay $55,930.87 2016 employees 514 2016 total pay $27,837,833.27 2016 average pay $54,159.21
Employer Town of Orangetown 2017 employees 298 2017 total pay $27,094,181.14 2017 average pay $90,920.07 2016 employees 305 2016 total pay $26,346,606.32 2016 average pay $86,382.32
Employer Orleans Corr Facility 2017 employees 444 2017 total pay $26,982,542.95 2017 average pay $60,771.49 2016 employees 449 2016 total pay $27,706,003.39 2016 average pay $61,706.02
Employer Shawangunk Correctional Facili 2017 employees 425 2017 total pay $26,943,613.84 2017 average pay $63,396.74 2016 employees 427 2016 total pay $27,817,563.58 2016 average pay $65,146.52
Employer Hutchings Psych Center 2017 employees 521 2017 total pay $26,939,160.29 2017 average pay $51,706.64 2016 employees 503 2016 total pay $26,817,627.21 2016 average pay $53,315.36
Employer SUNY College at Buffalo 2017 employees 632 2017 total pay $26,935,342.03 2017 average pay $42,619.21 2016 employees 637 2016 total pay $26,609,656.51 2016 average pay $41,773.40
Employer Madison County 2017 employees 592 2017 total pay $26,656,789.14 2017 average pay $45,028.36 2016 employees 578 2016 total pay $24,167,704.66 2016 average pay $41,812.64
Employer Justice Center For Protection 2017 employees 447 2017 total pay $26,572,914.03 2017 average pay $59,447.23 2016 employees 435 2016 total pay $24,225,947.82 2016 average pay $55,691.83
Employer Boces-Erie 1St Sup District 2017 employees 719 2017 total pay $26,572,037.90 2017 average pay $36,956.94 2016 employees 711 2016 total pay $28,403,207.66 2016 average pay $39,948.25
Employer Central Islip UFSD 2017 employees 417 2017 total pay $26,258,169.52 2017 average pay $62,969.23 2016 employees 413 2016 total pay $24,787,033.86 2016 average pay $60,017.03
Employer Div Criminal Justice Serv 2017 employees 475 2017 total pay $26,159,551.60 2017 average pay $55,072.74 2016 employees 457 2016 total pay $25,020,684.80 2016 average pay $54,749.86
Employer Willard Drug Treatment Campus 2017 employees 450 2017 total pay $25,972,089.84 2017 average pay $57,715.76 2016 employees 443 2016 total pay $26,687,277.33 2016 average pay $60,242.16
Employer St Lawrence Psych Center 2017 employees 517 2017 total pay $25,658,087.56 2017 average pay $49,628.80 2016 employees 512 2016 total pay $25,583,413.14 2016 average pay $49,967.60
Employer Washington Corr Facility 2017 employees 497 2017 total pay $25,622,371.31 2017 average pay $51,554.07 2016 employees 500 2016 total pay $26,763,639.96 2016 average pay $53,527.28
Employer Empire State Development Corp. 2017 employees 346 2017 total pay $25,590,786.79 2017 average pay $73,961.81 2016 employees 339 2016 total pay $24,734,640.59 2016 average pay $72,963.54
Employer Sachem CSD at Holbrook 2017 employees 739 2017 total pay $25,556,364.95 2017 average pay $34,582.36 2016 employees 784 2016 total pay $26,270,576.46 2016 average pay $33,508.39
Employer Smithtown CSD 2017 employees 824 2017 total pay $25,394,254.16 2017 average pay $30,818.27 2016 employees 800 2016 total pay $25,357,097.01 2016 average pay $31,696.37
Employer Office of Court Admin Normal 2017 employees 166 2017 total pay $25,248,111.93 2017 average pay $152,097.06 2016 employees 168 2016 total pay $22,057,852.69 2016 average pay $131,296.74
Employer Greece CSD 2017 employees 1,100 2017 total pay $25,162,497.38 2017 average pay $22,875.00 2016 employees 1,093 2016 total pay $25,337,726.60 2016 average pay $23,181.82
Employer Town of Babylon 2017 employees 598 2017 total pay $25,160,866.77 2017 average pay $42,075.03 2016 employees 605 2016 total pay $24,888,794.81 2016 average pay $41,138.50
Employer Shenendehowa CSD 2017 employees 837 2017 total pay $25,121,051.90 2017 average pay $30,013.20 2016 employees 828 2016 total pay $23,177,761.95 2016 average pay $27,992.47
Employer Energy Research Dev Authority 2017 employees 296 2017 total pay $25,038,078.19 2017 average pay $84,588.10 2016 employees 320 2016 total pay $25,798,917.93 2016 average pay $80,621.62
Employer Cortland County 2017 employees 562 2017 total pay $25,037,856.40 2017 average pay $44,551.35 2016 employees 555 2016 total pay $23,498,181.18 2016 average pay $42,339.07
Employer City of Ithaca 2017 employees 440 2017 total pay $24,858,384.38 2017 average pay $56,496.33 2016 employees 429 2016 total pay $24,347,416.70 2016 average pay $56,753.89
Employer Riverview Correction Facility 2017 employees 393 2017 total pay $24,824,620.00 2017 average pay $63,166.97 2016 employees 389 2016 total pay $26,260,384.73 2016 average pay $67,507.42
Employer Cape Vincent Corr Facility 2017 employees 370 2017 total pay $24,538,687.11 2017 average pay $66,320.78 2016 employees 384 2016 total pay $25,669,917.25 2016 average pay $66,848.74
Employer Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga 2017 employees 760 2017 total pay $24,366,469.10 2017 average pay $32,061.14 2016 employees 754 2016 total pay $23,837,239.97 2016 average pay $31,614.38
Employer Village of Scarsdale 2017 employees 320 2017 total pay $24,132,971.76 2017 average pay $75,415.54 2016 employees 302 2016 total pay $23,538,588.77 2016 average pay $77,942.35
Employer SUNY College at New Paltz 2017 employees 597 2017 total pay $24,058,340.98 2017 average pay $40,298.73 2016 employees 598 2016 total pay $23,013,355.75 2016 average pay $38,483.87
Employer Washington County 2017 employees 642 2017 total pay $24,008,232.29 2017 average pay $37,396.00 2016 employees 615 2016 total pay $23,986,870.25 2016 average pay $39,003.04
Employer Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari 2017 employees 470 2017 total pay $23,878,949.30 2017 average pay $50,806.28 2016 employees 498 2016 total pay $23,733,410.25 2016 average pay $47,657.45
Employer Wappingers CSD 2017 employees 622 2017 total pay $23,770,229.02 2017 average pay $38,215.80 2016 employees 628 2016 total pay $23,621,847.25 2016 average pay $37,614.41
Employer Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse 2017 employees 319 2017 total pay $23,755,743.22 2017 average pay $74,469.41 2016 employees 310 2016 total pay $23,248,008.90 2016 average pay $74,993.58
Employer City of Jamestown 2017 employees 395 2017 total pay $23,751,589.05 2017 average pay $60,130.61 2016 employees 397 2016 total pay $23,685,932.85 2016 average pay $59,662.30
Employer Delaware County 2017 employees 588 2017 total pay $23,383,600.03 2017 average pay $39,768.03 2016 employees 567 2016 total pay $21,468,628.32 2016 average pay $37,863.54
Employer Town of Massena 2017 employees 451 2017 total pay $23,117,135.23 2017 average pay $51,257.51 2016 employees 449 2016 total pay $22,209,725.43 2016 average pay $49,464.87
Employer Watertown Corr Facility 2017 employees 356 2017 total pay $22,968,522.39 2017 average pay $64,518.32 2016 employees 355 2016 total pay $22,921,785.87 2016 average pay $64,568.41
Employer Great Neck UFSD 2017 employees 428 2017 total pay $22,895,066.23 2017 average pay $53,493.15 2016 employees 436 2016 total pay $23,225,622.28 2016 average pay $53,269.78
Employer Town of Riverhead 2017 employees 336 2017 total pay $22,889,668.39 2017 average pay $68,124.01 2016 employees 331 2016 total pay $23,313,534.38 2016 average pay $70,433.64
Employer Allegany County 2017 employees 534 2017 total pay $22,811,987.72 2017 average pay $42,719.08 2016 employees 538 2016 total pay $21,864,934.66 2016 average pay $40,641.14
Employer Town of East Hampton 2017 employees 386 2017 total pay $22,752,953.31 2017 average pay $58,945.47 2016 employees 379 2016 total pay $22,353,144.60 2016 average pay $58,979.27
Employer Village of Garden City 2017 employees 331 2017 total pay $22,613,329.63 2017 average pay $68,318.22 2016 employees 339 2016 total pay $23,324,044.77 2016 average pay $68,802.49
Employer City of Saratoga Springs 2017 employees 398 2017 total pay $22,604,673.71 2017 average pay $56,795.66 2016 employees 391 2016 total pay $21,415,753.58 2016 average pay $54,771.75
Employer SUNY College at Cortland 2017 employees 605 2017 total pay $22,602,998.28 2017 average pay $37,360.33 2016 employees 589 2016 total pay $22,074,335.93 2016 average pay $37,477.65
Employer Longwood CSD at Middle Island 2017 employees 741 2017 total pay $22,512,236.07 2017 average pay $30,380.89 2016 employees 689 2016 total pay $19,327,840.68 2016 average pay $28,052.02
Employer Dept Transportation Region 6 2017 employees 426 2017 total pay $22,465,547.15 2017 average pay $52,736.03 2016 employees 403 2016 total pay $21,400,709.47 2016 average pay $53,103.50
Employer Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist 2017 employees 820 2017 total pay $22,399,539.02 2017 average pay $27,316.51 2016 employees 796 2016 total pay $21,346,240.14 2016 average pay $26,816.88
Employer SUNY College at Oneonta 2017 employees 652 2017 total pay $22,254,141.23 2017 average pay $34,132.12 2016 employees 619 2016 total pay $21,345,722.17 2016 average pay $34,484.20
Employer City of Poughkeepsie 2017 employees 334 2017 total pay $22,193,675.24 2017 average pay $66,448.13 2016 employees 337 2016 total pay $21,607,621.11 2016 average pay $64,117.57
Employer Town of Greece 2017 employees 370 2017 total pay $22,097,117.79 2017 average pay $59,721.94 2016 employees 376 2016 total pay $22,205,213.51 2016 average pay $59,056.42
Employer Clarkstown CSD 2017 employees 529 2017 total pay $21,807,897.21 2017 average pay $41,224.76 2016 employees 526 2016 total pay $22,209,414.18 2016 average pay $42,223.22
Employer Otisville Corr Facility 2017 employees 371 2017 total pay $21,766,059.61 2017 average pay $58,668.62 2016 employees 381 2016 total pay $22,336,503.04 2016 average pay $58,625.99
Employer New York State Canal Corp. 2017 employees 466 2017 total pay $21,701,890.75 2017 average pay $46,570.58 2016 employees 460 2016 total pay $21,185,069.61 2016 average pay $46,054.50
Employer New Rochelle City School Dist 2017 employees 475 2017 total pay $21,545,011.79 2017 average pay $45,357.92 2016 employees 468 2016 total pay $21,525,349.70 2016 average pay $45,994.34
Employer Livingston Correction Facility 2017 employees 409 2017 total pay $21,540,778.81 2017 average pay $52,666.94 2016 employees 437 2016 total pay $22,014,756.55 2016 average pay $50,377.02
Employer Chenango County 2017 employees 565 2017 total pay $21,150,202.36 2017 average pay $37,433.99 2016 employees 565 2016 total pay $20,354,574.37 2016 average pay $36,025.80
Employer Village of Rockville Centre 2017 employees 282 2017 total pay $21,127,056.63 2017 average pay $74,918.64 2016 employees 274 2016 total pay $21,595,407.01 2016 average pay $78,815.35
Employer Fulton County 2017 employees 569 2017 total pay $21,072,724.86 2017 average pay $37,034.67 2016 employees 557 2016 total pay $20,053,336.66 2016 average pay $36,002.40
Employer Town of Harrison 2017 employees 244 2017 total pay $21,065,766.26 2017 average pay $86,335.11 2016 employees 246 2016 total pay $21,307,831.46 2016 average pay $86,617.20
Employer Medicaid Fraud Control 2017 employees 269 2017 total pay $20,803,647.96 2017 average pay $77,336.98 2016 employees 270 2016 total pay $19,503,937.17 2016 average pay $72,236.80
Employer Department of Civil Service 2017 employees 359 2017 total pay $20,727,349.69 2017 average pay $57,736.35 2016 employees 344 2016 total pay $20,136,181.04 2016 average pay $58,535.41
Employer City of Newburgh 2017 employees 319 2017 total pay $20,715,926.07 2017 average pay $64,940.21 2016 employees 310 2016 total pay $19,372,339.46 2016 average pay $62,491.42
Employer Monroe Woodbury CSD 2017 employees 560 2017 total pay $20,672,948.27 2017 average pay $36,915.98 2016 employees 568 2016 total pay $20,721,074.97 2016 average pay $36,480.77
Employer Essex County 2017 employees 487 2017 total pay $20,664,329.47 2017 average pay $42,431.89 2016 employees 471 2016 total pay $19,188,528.30 2016 average pay $40,739.98
Employer Middle Country CSD 2017 employees 643 2017 total pay $20,570,064.80 2017 average pay $31,990.77 2016 employees 612 2016 total pay $19,789,698.12 2016 average pay $32,336.11
Employer Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso 2017 employees 473 2017 total pay $20,550,234.25 2017 average pay $43,446.58 2016 employees 478 2016 total pay $20,256,290.37 2016 average pay $42,377.18
Employer Greene County 2017 employees 477 2017 total pay $20,489,096.87 2017 average pay $42,954.08 2016 employees 492 2016 total pay $21,469,346.09 2016 average pay $43,636.88
Employer Newburgh City School Dist 2017 employees 521 2017 total pay $20,450,691.08 2017 average pay $39,252.77 2016 employees 517 2016 total pay $20,131,127.09 2016 average pay $38,938.35
Employer Greater Binghamton Health Center 2017 employees 391 2017 total pay $20,218,240.56 2017 average pay $51,709.06 2016 employees 393 2016 total pay $20,088,414.78 2016 average pay $51,115.56
Employer Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak 2017 employees 511 2017 total pay $19,969,586.98 2017 average pay $39,079.43 2016 employees 506 2016 total pay $19,583,598.72 2016 average pay $38,702.76
Employer Division of The Budget 2017 employees 280 2017 total pay $19,956,985.45 2017 average pay $71,274.95 2016 employees 276 2016 total pay $19,872,007.91 2016 average pay $72,000.03
Employer Franklin County 2017 employees 557 2017 total pay $19,881,325.04 2017 average pay $35,693.58 2016 employees 573 2016 total pay $19,247,485.90 2016 average pay $33,590.73

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