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 Fairview Fire District 2017 employees 65 2017 total pay $7,419,630.99 2017 average pay $114,148.17 2016 employees 64 2016 total pay $7,815,099.21 2016 average pay $122,110.93
Employer Town of Rotterdam 2017 employees 141 2017 total pay $7,413,543.56 2017 average pay $52,578.32 2016 employees 139 2016 total pay $7,234,797.70 2016 average pay $52,048.90
Employer Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison 2017 employees 259 2017 total pay $7,362,979.10 2017 average pay $28,428.49 2016 employees 264 2016 total pay $7,136,473.37 2016 average pay $27,032.10
Employer Village of Johnson City 2017 employees 157 2017 total pay $7,347,248.39 2017 average pay $46,797.76 2016 employees 154 2016 total pay $7,303,709.77 2016 average pay $47,426.69
Employer Syracuse Housing Authority 2017 employees 165 2017 total pay $7,280,118.27 2017 average pay $44,121.93 2016 employees 165 2016 total pay $7,084,618.92 2016 average pay $42,937.08
Employer Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex 2017 employees 256 2017 total pay $7,265,778.03 2017 average pay $28,381.95 2016 employees 254 2016 total pay $6,902,282.96 2016 average pay $27,174.34
Employer Town of Warwick 2017 employees 147 2017 total pay $7,242,062.87 2017 average pay $49,265.73 2016 employees 145 2016 total pay $7,149,955.89 2016 average pay $49,310.04
Employer Div Alcoholic Beverage Control 2017 employees 148 2017 total pay $7,238,217.40 2017 average pay $48,906.87 2016 employees 145 2016 total pay $7,002,044.81 2016 average pay $48,289.96
Employer Office NYS Inspector General 2017 employees 95 2017 total pay $7,227,937.41 2017 average pay $76,083.55 2016 employees 81 2016 total pay $5,878,404.22 2016 average pay $72,572.89
Employer Village of Sleepy Hollow 2017 employees 87 2017 total pay $7,227,655.62 2017 average pay $83,076.50 2016 employees 88 2016 total pay $7,282,340.62 2016 average pay $82,753.87
Employer Somers CSD 2017 employees 190 2017 total pay $7,204,229.55 2017 average pay $37,917.00 2016 employees 194 2016 total pay $7,234,064.54 2016 average pay $37,288.99
Employer Port Chester-Rye UFSD 2017 employees 187 2017 total pay $7,184,265.48 2017 average pay $38,418.53 2016 employees 178 2016 total pay $6,894,480.64 2016 average pay $38,733.04
Employer Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD 2017 employees 217 2017 total pay $7,152,231.28 2017 average pay $32,959.59 2016 employees 211 2016 total pay $6,614,039.65 2016 average pay $31,346.16
Employer Hamburg CSD 2017 employees 300 2017 total pay $7,147,545.73 2017 average pay $23,825.15 2016 employees 290 2016 total pay $6,985,544.69 2016 average pay $24,088.09
Employer South Country CSD - Brookhaven 2017 employees 226 2017 total pay $7,134,187.19 2017 average pay $31,567.20 2016 employees 222 2016 total pay $6,847,551.68 2016 average pay $30,844.83
Employer Senate Special Annual Payroll 2017 employees 283 2017 total pay $7,128,016.74 2017 average pay $25,187.34 2016 employees 286 2016 total pay $7,378,706.39 2016 average pay $25,799.67
Employer Monticello CSD 2017 employees 217 2017 total pay $7,126,018.91 2017 average pay $32,838.80 2016 employees 220 2016 total pay $6,695,272.96 2016 average pay $30,433.06
Employer Village of Rye Brook 2017 employees 76 2017 total pay $7,093,358.22 2017 average pay $93,333.66 2016 employees 75 2016 total pay $6,938,172.71 2016 average pay $92,508.97
Employer City of Ogdensburg 2017 employees 147 2017 total pay $7,029,502.57 2017 average pay $47,819.75 2016 employees 150 2016 total pay $6,951,275.78 2016 average pay $46,341.84
Employer Boces Genes Liv'st Stu'Bn Wyom 2017 employees 274 2017 total pay $7,005,987.93 2017 average pay $25,569.30 2016 employees 280 2016 total pay $7,098,784.17 2016 average pay $25,352.80
Employer Town of Vestal 2017 employees 160 2017 total pay $6,965,739.75 2017 average pay $43,535.87 2016 employees 155 2016 total pay $6,906,890.75 2016 average pay $44,560.59
Employer Vestal CSD 2017 employees 312 2017 total pay $6,951,640.42 2017 average pay $22,280.90 2016 employees 330 2016 total pay $6,896,253.66 2016 average pay $20,897.74
Employer Bethpage UFSD 2017 employees 223 2017 total pay $6,910,426.71 2017 average pay $30,988.46 2016 employees 212 2016 total pay $7,246,835.31 2016 average pay $34,183.19
Employer Manhasset UFSD 2017 employees 161 2017 total pay $6,907,254.29 2017 average pay $42,902.20 2016 employees 155 2016 total pay $6,433,346.69 2016 average pay $41,505.46
Employer Goshen CSD 2017 employees 270 2017 total pay $6,901,704.85 2017 average pay $25,561.87 2016 employees 260 2016 total pay $6,679,436.56 2016 average pay $25,690.14
Employer Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N 2017 employees 176 2017 total pay $6,889,107.75 2017 average pay $39,142.66 2016 employees 166 2016 total pay $7,138,079.38 2016 average pay $43,000.48
Employer Islip UFSD 2017 employees 174 2017 total pay $6,865,536.21 2017 average pay $39,457.10 2016 employees 176 2016 total pay $6,655,970.66 2016 average pay $37,818.02
Employer NY School For The Deaf 2017 employees 114 2017 total pay $6,860,796.72 2017 average pay $60,182.43 2016 employees 113 2016 total pay $6,041,496.89 2016 average pay $53,464.57
Employer Copiague UFSD 2017 employees 189 2017 total pay $6,846,618.49 2017 average pay $36,225.49 2016 employees 193 2016 total pay $6,698,511.48 2016 average pay $34,707.31
Employer Village of Irvington 2017 employees 111 2017 total pay $6,839,014.77 2017 average pay $61,612.75 2016 employees 105 2016 total pay $6,937,451.12 2016 average pay $66,070.96
Employer Yorktown CSD 2017 employees 138 2017 total pay $6,821,314.18 2017 average pay $49,429.81 2016 employees 135 2016 total pay $6,595,238.84 2016 average pay $48,853.62
Employer Nassau Otb Corp. 2017 employees 161 2017 total pay $6,819,692.32 2017 average pay $42,358.34 2016 employees 184 2016 total pay $7,908,784.46 2016 average pay $42,982.52
Employer Office For The Aging 2017 employees 100 2017 total pay $6,816,619.32 2017 average pay $68,166.19 2016 employees 106 2016 total pay $6,843,696.94 2016 average pay $64,563.18
Employer Wantagh UFSD 2017 employees 218 2017 total pay $6,797,043.52 2017 average pay $31,179.10 2016 employees 237 2016 total pay $7,266,180.52 2016 average pay $30,658.99
Employer City of Oneida 2017 employees 133 2017 total pay $6,758,803.69 2017 average pay $50,818.07 2016 employees 131 2016 total pay $6,596,384.14 2016 average pay $50,354.08
Employer Lynbrook UFSD 2017 employees 175 2017 total pay $6,740,234.74 2017 average pay $38,515.63 2016 employees 163 2016 total pay $6,396,994.55 2016 average pay $39,245.37
Employer Wyandanch UFSD 2017 employees 181 2017 total pay $6,738,660.04 2017 average pay $37,230.17 2016 employees 159 2016 total pay $6,030,888.33 2016 average pay $37,930.12
Employer Village of Pelham 2017 employees 69 2017 total pay $6,704,404.41 2017 average pay $97,165.28 2016 employees 66 2016 total pay $6,641,083.80 2016 average pay $100,622.48
Employer Niskayuna CSD 2017 employees 248 2017 total pay $6,700,643.59 2017 average pay $27,018.72 2016 employees 239 2016 total pay $6,295,066.36 2016 average pay $26,339.19
Employer Kiryas Joel UFSD 2017 employees 113 2017 total pay $6,689,998.85 2017 average pay $59,203.53 2016 employees 113 2016 total pay $6,078,916.37 2016 average pay $53,795.72
Employer Oswego City School Dist 2017 employees 232 2017 total pay $6,645,294.16 2017 average pay $28,643.51 2016 employees 241 2016 total pay $7,130,332.72 2016 average pay $29,586.44
Employer Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn 2017 employees 175 2017 total pay $6,641,491.22 2017 average pay $37,951.38 2016 employees 170 2016 total pay $6,363,594.60 2016 average pay $37,432.91
Employer Village of Suffern 2017 employees 98 2017 total pay $6,635,391.54 2017 average pay $67,708.08 2016 employees 107 2016 total pay $6,536,965.35 2016 average pay $61,093.13
Employer Village of Lake Success 2017 employees 70 2017 total pay $6,624,420.15 2017 average pay $94,634.57 2016 employees 65 2016 total pay $6,300,424.75 2016 average pay $96,929.61
Employer Village of Malverne 2017 employees 72 2017 total pay $6,617,118.97 2017 average pay $91,904.43 2016 employees 72 2016 total pay $6,290,072.86 2016 average pay $87,362.12
Employer Village of Pelham Manor 2017 employees 63 2017 total pay $6,605,587.45 2017 average pay $104,850.59 2016 employees 58 2016 total pay $6,065,743.75 2016 average pay $104,581.79
Employer Town of De Witt 2017 employees 153 2017 total pay $6,605,403.27 2017 average pay $43,172.57 2016 employees 147 2016 total pay $6,214,275.90 2016 average pay $42,273.99
Employer Village of Briarcliff Manor 2017 employees 90 2017 total pay $6,588,856.92 2017 average pay $73,209.52 2016 employees 88 2016 total pay $6,680,866.45 2016 average pay $75,918.94
Employer New Paltz CSD 2017 employees 212 2017 total pay $6,584,719.42 2017 average pay $31,060.00 2016 employees 211 2016 total pay $6,293,102.44 2016 average pay $29,825.13
Employer Grand Island CSD 2017 employees 237 2017 total pay $6,571,165.50 2017 average pay $27,726.44 2016 employees 241 2016 total pay $6,108,871.68 2016 average pay $25,348.02
Employer City of Oneonta 2017 employees 162 2017 total pay $6,519,170.71 2017 average pay $40,241.79 2016 employees 163 2016 total pay $6,497,573.54 2016 average pay $39,862.41
Employer Boces-Orleans Niagara 2017 employees 308 2017 total pay $6,490,052.35 2017 average pay $21,071.60 2016 employees 312 2016 total pay $6,246,043.28 2016 average pay $20,019.37
Employer Capital Dist Trans Authority 2017 employees 91 2017 total pay $6,469,076.62 2017 average pay $71,088.75 2016 employees 94 2016 total pay $5,787,102.57 2016 average pay $61,564.92
Employer Village of Dobbs Ferry 2017 employees 79 2017 total pay $6,465,047.10 2017 average pay $81,836.04 2016 employees 71 2016 total pay $6,507,893.49 2016 average pay $91,660.47
Employer Valley Stream Chsd 2017 employees 158 2017 total pay $6,433,929.64 2017 average pay $40,721.07 2016 employees 151 2016 total pay $6,483,047.55 2016 average pay $42,934.09
Employer Roosevelt UFSD 2017 employees 134 2017 total pay $6,433,690.35 2017 average pay $48,012.61 2016 employees 118 2016 total pay $5,226,052.21 2016 average pay $44,288.58
Employer Amityville UFSD 2017 employees 185 2017 total pay $6,428,580.56 2017 average pay $34,749.08 2016 employees 181 2016 total pay $5,856,475.78 2016 average pay $32,356.22
Employer St Marys School For The Deaf 2017 employees 130 2017 total pay $6,425,790.67 2017 average pay $49,429.16 2016 employees 130 2016 total pay $5,948,838.25 2016 average pay $45,760.29
Employer Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD 2017 employees 204 2017 total pay $6,420,222.63 2017 average pay $31,471.68 2016 employees 201 2016 total pay $6,359,860.89 2016 average pay $31,641.10
Employer Suffolk Otb Corp. 2017 employees 295 2017 total pay $6,358,271.14 2017 average pay $21,553.46 2016 employees 172 2016 total pay $6,477,629.70 2016 average pay $37,660.64
Employer Town of Gates 2017 employees 123 2017 total pay $6,358,258.14 2017 average pay $51,693.16 2016 employees 123 2016 total pay $6,080,464.63 2016 average pay $49,434.67
Employer Fulton City School Dist 2017 employees 273 2017 total pay $6,342,048.58 2017 average pay $23,230.95 2016 employees 263 2016 total pay $6,224,031.66 2016 average pay $23,665.52
Employer Village of Pleasantville 2017 employees 99 2017 total pay $6,326,562.90 2017 average pay $63,904.68 2016 employees 98 2016 total pay $5,958,378.76 2016 average pay $60,799.78
Employer City of Canandaigua 2017 employees 116 2017 total pay $6,325,852.53 2017 average pay $54,533.21 2016 employees 115 2016 total pay $6,154,998.17 2016 average pay $53,521.72
Employer Troy City School Dist 2017 employees 171 2017 total pay $6,310,011.12 2017 average pay $36,900.65 2016 employees 166 2016 total pay $6,203,813.06 2016 average pay $37,372.37
Employer Lawrence Sanitary District #1 2017 employees 91 2017 total pay $6,306,212.80 2017 average pay $69,299.04 2016 employees 85 2016 total pay $5,733,681.34 2016 average pay $67,455.07
Employer Village of Amityville 2017 employees 104 2017 total pay $6,286,974.65 2017 average pay $60,451.68 2016 employees 103 2016 total pay $5,531,656.16 2016 average pay $53,705.40
Employer SUNY Maritime College 2017 employees 126 2017 total pay $6,226,476.08 2017 average pay $49,416.48 2016 employees 130 2016 total pay $6,051,037.01 2016 average pay $46,546.44
Employer Yonkers Mun Housing Authority 2017 employees 88 2017 total pay $6,211,303.62 2017 average pay $70,583.00 2016 employees 92 2016 total pay $6,864,903.21 2016 average pay $74,618.51
Employer Victor CSD 2017 employees 306 2017 total pay $6,202,526.77 2017 average pay $20,269.70 2016 employees 290 2016 total pay $6,066,020.84 2016 average pay $20,917.31
Employer Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD 2017 employees 185 2017 total pay $6,197,111.23 2017 average pay $33,497.90 2016 employees 182 2016 total pay $5,737,356.18 2016 average pay $31,523.94
Employer Greenburgh CSD 2017 employees 146 2017 total pay $6,192,477.54 2017 average pay $42,414.23 2016 employees 164 2016 total pay $6,584,634.76 2016 average pay $40,150.21
Employer Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf 2017 employees 115 2017 total pay $6,182,854.75 2017 average pay $53,763.95 2016 employees 114 2016 total pay $6,309,586.34 2016 average pay $55,347.25
Employer Rocky Point UFSD 2017 employees 227 2017 total pay $6,181,797.22 2017 average pay $27,232.59 2016 employees 227 2016 total pay $5,702,008.20 2016 average pay $25,118.98
Employer Seaford UFSD 2017 employees 246 2017 total pay $6,168,127.53 2017 average pay $25,073.69 2016 employees 248 2016 total pay $6,005,952.64 2016 average pay $24,217.55
Employer Rye City School Dist 2017 employees 141 2017 total pay $6,163,824.03 2017 average pay $43,715.06 2016 employees 138 2016 total pay $5,892,134.78 2016 average pay $42,696.63
Employer Horseheads CSD 2017 employees 249 2017 total pay $6,159,880.41 2017 average pay $24,738.48 2016 employees 235 2016 total pay $5,809,325.52 2016 average pay $24,720.53
Employer Mexico CSD 2017 employees 215 2017 total pay $6,146,291.80 2017 average pay $28,587.40 2016 employees 207 2016 total pay $5,992,837.93 2016 average pay $28,950.91
Employer Town of Clifton Park 2017 employees 135 2017 total pay $6,135,067.62 2017 average pay $45,444.95 2016 employees 137 2016 total pay $6,019,600.49 2016 average pay $43,938.69
Employer Village of Bronxville 2017 employees 81 2017 total pay $6,134,499.49 2017 average pay $75,734.56 2016 employees 78 2016 total pay $5,639,245.44 2016 average pay $72,298.02
Employer Boces-Dutchess 2017 employees 215 2017 total pay $6,126,218.00 2017 average pay $28,494.04 2016 employees 195 2016 total pay $5,636,755.19 2016 average pay $28,906.44
Employer Averill Park CSD 2017 employees 228 2017 total pay $6,121,952.58 2017 average pay $26,850.67 2016 employees 237 2016 total pay $6,585,102.44 2016 average pay $27,785.24
Employer Town of Queensbury 2017 employees 189 2017 total pay $6,115,335.49 2017 average pay $32,356.27 2016 employees 187 2016 total pay $5,933,888.50 2016 average pay $31,732.02
Employer Town of Kent 2017 employees 103 2017 total pay $6,111,551.67 2017 average pay $59,335.45 2016 employees 105 2016 total pay $5,532,951.39 2016 average pay $52,694.78
Employer Village of Mineola 2017 employees 127 2017 total pay $6,107,962.05 2017 average pay $48,094.19 2016 employees 132 2016 total pay $6,809,355.77 2016 average pay $51,586.03
Employer Village of Old Westbury 2017 employees 53 2017 total pay $6,105,336.58 2017 average pay $115,195.03 2016 employees 53 2016 total pay $6,130,686.16 2016 average pay $115,673.32
Employer City of Port Jervis 2017 employees 101 2017 total pay $6,094,884.51 2017 average pay $60,345.39 2016 employees 97 2016 total pay $5,656,778.76 2016 average pay $58,317.31
Employer Town of Fallsburg 2017 employees 132 2017 total pay $6,085,990.45 2017 average pay $46,105.99 2016 employees 130 2016 total pay $5,898,969.25 2016 average pay $45,376.69
Employer Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv 2017 employees 109 2017 total pay $6,084,734.78 2017 average pay $55,823.25 2016 employees 95 2016 total pay $5,711,601.28 2016 average pay $60,122.12
Employer Eastchester UFSD 2017 employees 146 2017 total pay $6,077,272.97 2017 average pay $41,625.16 2016 employees 142 2016 total pay $6,235,191.13 2016 average pay $43,909.80
Employer Village of Northport 2017 employees 73 2017 total pay $6,076,771.86 2017 average pay $83,243.45 2016 employees 63 2016 total pay $5,420,575.57 2016 average pay $86,040.88
Employer Wayne CSD 2017 employees 231 2017 total pay $6,075,600.13 2017 average pay $26,301.30 2016 employees 232 2016 total pay $5,869,973.33 2016 average pay $25,301.61
Employer Glen Cove City School Dist 2017 employees 172 2017 total pay $6,063,758.51 2017 average pay $35,254.41 2016 employees 176 2016 total pay $6,091,833.05 2016 average pay $34,612.69
Employer Peekskill City School Dist 2017 employees 149 2017 total pay $6,040,106.12 2017 average pay $40,537.62 2016 employees 152 2016 total pay $5,833,194.00 2016 average pay $38,376.28
Employer Red Hook CSD 2017 employees 186 2017 total pay $6,038,246.55 2017 average pay $32,463.69 2016 employees 184 2016 total pay $5,312,524.28 2016 average pay $28,872.41
Employer City of Watervliet 2017 employees 95 2017 total pay $6,038,137.72 2017 average pay $63,559.34 2016 employees 112 2016 total pay $6,363,783.05 2016 average pay $56,819.49
Employer Beacon City School Dist 2017 employees 211 2017 total pay $6,025,499.10 2017 average pay $28,556.87 2016 employees 208 2016 total pay $5,583,215.86 2016 average pay $26,842.38
Employer Eastport/S. Manor CSD 2017 employees 176 2017 total pay $6,018,111.19 2017 average pay $34,193.81 2016 employees 188 2016 total pay $5,780,974.99 2016 average pay $30,749.87
Employer Lawrence UFSD 2017 employees 151 2017 total pay $5,993,832.02 2017 average pay $39,694.25 2016 employees 163 2016 total pay $6,822,328.07 2016 average pay $41,854.77
Employer Town of Clarence 2017 employees 156 2017 total pay $5,981,511.64 2017 average pay $38,343.02 2016 employees 160 2016 total pay $5,987,108.45 2016 average pay $37,419.43

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