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 Union-Endicott CSD 2017 employees 298 2017 total pay $5,948,823.51 2017 average pay $19,962.50 2016 employees 286 2016 total pay $5,733,753.49 2016 average pay $20,048.09
Employer Albany Housing Authority 2017 employees 112 2017 total pay $5,914,594.76 2017 average pay $52,808.88 2016 employees 108 2016 total pay $5,817,650.37 2016 average pay $53,867.13
Employer SUNY College of Optometry 2017 employees 143 2017 total pay $5,907,363.45 2017 average pay $41,310.23 2016 employees 140 2016 total pay $5,988,461.18 2016 average pay $42,774.72
Employer Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg 2017 employees 206 2017 total pay $5,885,894.36 2017 average pay $28,572.30 2016 employees 243 2016 total pay $6,100,039.01 2016 average pay $25,103.04
Employer Town of Camillus 2017 employees 131 2017 total pay $5,843,438.02 2017 average pay $44,606.40 2016 employees 122 2016 total pay $5,705,937.51 2016 average pay $46,769.98
Employer West Irondequoit CSD 2017 employees 193 2017 total pay $5,838,093.36 2017 average pay $30,249.19 2016 employees 181 2016 total pay $5,440,087.34 2016 average pay $30,055.73
Employer Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn 2017 employees 190 2017 total pay $5,780,845.33 2017 average pay $30,425.50 2016 employees 195 2016 total pay $5,445,256.18 2016 average pay $27,924.39
Employer Village of Kings Point 2017 employees 36 2017 total pay $5,776,268.07 2017 average pay $160,451.89 2016 employees 37 2016 total pay $6,001,998.06 2016 average pay $162,216.16
Employer City of Corning 2017 employees 127 2017 total pay $5,760,706.27 2017 average pay $45,359.89 2016 employees 125 2016 total pay $5,787,853.68 2016 average pay $46,302.83
Employer Town of Penfield 2017 employees 167 2017 total pay $5,746,093.65 2017 average pay $34,407.75 2016 employees 171 2016 total pay $5,655,993.34 2016 average pay $33,075.98
Employer State Bd of Elections 2017 employees 81 2017 total pay $5,739,967.72 2017 average pay $70,863.80 2016 employees 78 2016 total pay $5,524,118.13 2016 average pay $70,822.03
Employer Port Jervis City School Dist 2017 employees 163 2017 total pay $5,732,982.45 2017 average pay $35,171.67 2016 employees 163 2016 total pay $5,970,432.06 2016 average pay $36,628.42
Employer Shoreham-Wading River CSD 2017 employees 162 2017 total pay $5,722,191.90 2017 average pay $35,322.17 2016 employees 163 2016 total pay $5,286,778.61 2016 average pay $32,434.22
Employer Boces-Jeff'son Lewis Hamilton 2017 employees 229 2017 total pay $5,715,998.30 2017 average pay $24,960.69 2016 employees 216 2016 total pay $5,493,449.66 2016 average pay $25,432.64
Employer City of Rensselaer 2017 employees 132 2017 total pay $5,677,367.45 2017 average pay $43,010.36 2016 employees 118 2016 total pay $5,258,461.11 2016 average pay $44,563.23
Employer Nanuet UFSD 2017 employees 117 2017 total pay $5,663,130.71 2017 average pay $48,402.83 2016 employees 112 2016 total pay $5,339,007.95 2016 average pay $47,669.71
Employer NYS Parole Board 2017 employees 68 2017 total pay $5,657,442.38 2017 average pay $83,197.68 2016 employees 66 2016 total pay $5,414,243.81 2016 average pay $82,034.00
Employer UFSD of The Tarrytowns 2017 employees 124 2017 total pay $5,654,446.90 2017 average pay $45,600.38 2016 employees 123 2016 total pay $5,482,864.76 2016 average pay $44,576.14
Employer Island Trees UFSD 2017 employees 198 2017 total pay $5,636,757.56 2017 average pay $28,468.47 2016 employees 184 2016 total pay $5,417,116.04 2016 average pay $29,440.85
Employer Lockport City School Dist 2017 employees 208 2017 total pay $5,617,902.63 2017 average pay $27,009.15 2016 employees 198 2016 total pay $5,197,854.30 2016 average pay $26,251.79
Employer Boces-Ham'Tn Fulton Montgomery 2017 employees 235 2017 total pay $5,596,523.97 2017 average pay $23,815.00 2016 employees 222 2016 total pay $5,412,896.22 2016 average pay $24,382.42
Employer Town of Pittsford 2017 employees 153 2017 total pay $5,593,110.96 2017 average pay $36,556.28 2016 employees 160 2016 total pay $5,705,150.09 2016 average pay $35,657.19
Employer Cold Spring Harbor CSD 2017 employees 141 2017 total pay $5,582,874.61 2017 average pay $39,594.86 2016 employees 144 2016 total pay $5,178,799.91 2016 average pay $35,963.89
Employer Town of Manlius 2017 employees 110 2017 total pay $5,567,443.65 2017 average pay $50,613.12 2016 employees 113 2016 total pay $5,390,790.70 2016 average pay $47,706.11
Employer North Bellmore UFSD 2017 employees 211 2017 total pay $5,558,028.90 2017 average pay $26,341.37 2016 employees 207 2016 total pay $5,352,986.87 2016 average pay $25,859.84
Employer Boces-Cayuga Onondaga 2017 employees 267 2017 total pay $5,551,519.47 2017 average pay $20,792.21 2016 employees 243 2016 total pay $5,037,520.46 2016 average pay $20,730.54
Employer Rondout Valley CSD at Accord 2017 employees 131 2017 total pay $5,531,048.91 2017 average pay $42,221.75 2016 employees 138 2016 total pay $5,178,907.05 2016 average pay $37,528.31
Employer Boces-Tompkins Seneca Tioga 2017 employees 204 2017 total pay $5,522,642.13 2017 average pay $27,071.78 2016 employees 202 2016 total pay $5,403,693.24 2016 average pay $26,750.96
Employer Village of Ardsley 2017 employees 64 2017 total pay $5,522,370.17 2017 average pay $86,287.03 2016 employees 66 2016 total pay $5,411,971.99 2016 average pay $81,999.58
Employer Rochester School For Deaf 2017 employees 109 2017 total pay $5,518,394.49 2017 average pay $50,627.47 2016 employees 111 2016 total pay $5,498,041.40 2016 average pay $49,531.90
Employer Watertown City School District 2017 employees 244 2017 total pay $5,512,899.08 2017 average pay $22,593.85 2016 employees 230 2016 total pay $4,982,399.02 2016 average pay $21,662.60
Employer Middle Country Public Library 2017 employees 191 2017 total pay $5,505,866.00 2017 average pay $28,826.52 2016 employees 192 2016 total pay $5,311,205.55 2016 average pay $27,662.53
Employer Ridge Road Fire District 2017 employees 65 2017 total pay $5,499,385.65 2017 average pay $84,605.93 2016 employees 62 2016 total pay $5,281,390.54 2016 average pay $85,183.72
Employer Miller Place UFSD 2017 employees 159 2017 total pay $5,494,366.84 2017 average pay $34,555.77 2016 employees 160 2016 total pay $5,585,036.39 2016 average pay $34,906.48
Employer Iroquois CSD 2017 employees 212 2017 total pay $5,478,813.28 2017 average pay $25,843.46 2016 employees 218 2016 total pay $5,531,760.08 2016 average pay $25,375.05
Employer Village of Hastings-On-Hudson 2017 employees 103 2017 total pay $5,478,054.60 2017 average pay $53,185.00 2016 employees 94 2016 total pay $5,407,443.37 2016 average pay $57,525.99
Employer Village of Tuckahoe 2017 employees 68 2017 total pay $5,475,325.54 2017 average pay $80,519.49 2016 employees 68 2016 total pay $5,288,026.09 2016 average pay $77,765.09
Employer Smithtown Spec Library Dist 2017 employees 128 2017 total pay $5,474,873.46 2017 average pay $42,772.45 2016 employees 130 2016 total pay $5,325,868.80 2016 average pay $40,968.22
Employer Croton Harmon UFSD 2017 employees 183 2017 total pay $5,460,509.50 2017 average pay $29,838.85 2016 employees 163 2016 total pay $5,277,244.33 2016 average pay $32,375.73
Employer Chittenango CSD 2017 employees 227 2017 total pay $5,438,264.32 2017 average pay $23,957.11 2016 employees 232 2016 total pay $5,020,102.19 2016 average pay $21,638.37
Employer Hartsdale Fire Dist Commission 2017 employees 38 2017 total pay $5,417,430.38 2017 average pay $142,563.96 2016 employees 38 2016 total pay $5,028,245.49 2016 average pay $132,322.25
Employer Poughkeepsie City School Dist 2017 employees 168 2017 total pay $5,410,576.52 2017 average pay $32,205.81 2016 employees 148 2016 total pay $4,902,625.48 2016 average pay $33,125.85
Employer City of Hornell 2017 employees 132 2017 total pay $5,410,042.71 2017 average pay $40,985.17 2016 employees 125 2016 total pay $5,478,710.79 2016 average pay $43,829.69
Employer Brighton CSD 2017 employees 199 2017 total pay $5,398,510.84 2017 average pay $27,128.20 2016 employees 186 2016 total pay $4,776,506.05 2016 average pay $25,680.14
Employer Batavia City-School Dist 2017 employees 201 2017 total pay $5,394,823.82 2017 average pay $26,839.92 2016 employees 193 2016 total pay $4,927,565.77 2016 average pay $25,531.43
Employer St Lawrence Childrens Services 2017 employees 99 2017 total pay $5,392,672.63 2017 average pay $54,471.44 2016 employees 102 2016 total pay $5,399,443.80 2016 average pay $52,935.72
Employer Division of Veterans' Affairs 2017 employees 99 2017 total pay $5,363,031.72 2017 average pay $54,172.04 2016 employees 90 2016 total pay $4,602,622.41 2016 average pay $51,140.25
Employer Queensbury UFSD 2017 employees 214 2017 total pay $5,347,939.52 2017 average pay $24,990.37 2016 employees 213 2016 total pay $4,958,270.55 2016 average pay $23,278.27
Employer Hamilton County 2017 employees 141 2017 total pay $5,341,715.42 2017 average pay $37,884.51 2016 employees 136 2016 total pay $4,988,987.48 2016 average pay $36,683.73
Employer Village of Kenmore 2017 employees 129 2017 total pay $5,337,839.69 2017 average pay $41,378.60 2016 employees 128 2016 total pay $5,425,008.50 2016 average pay $42,382.88
Employer Town of Mount Kisco 2017 employees 107 2017 total pay $5,334,855.87 2017 average pay $49,858.47 2016 employees 138 2016 total pay $6,402,673.65 2016 average pay $46,396.19
Employer Whitesboro CSD 2017 employees 221 2017 total pay $5,324,367.68 2017 average pay $24,092.16 2016 employees 232 2016 total pay $5,039,912.59 2016 average pay $21,723.76
Employer Elwood UFSD 2017 employees 163 2017 total pay $5,309,254.28 2017 average pay $32,572.11 2016 employees 161 2016 total pay $5,066,199.32 2016 average pay $31,467.08
Employer N Tonawanda City School Dist 2017 employees 215 2017 total pay $5,271,403.14 2017 average pay $24,518.15 2016 employees 197 2016 total pay $4,704,464.62 2016 average pay $23,880.53
Employer Edgemont UFSD at Greenburgh 2017 employees 114 2017 total pay $5,261,978.05 2017 average pay $46,157.70 2016 employees 111 2016 total pay $5,067,474.11 2016 average pay $45,652.92
Employer Town of Saugerties 2017 employees 144 2017 total pay $5,258,176.46 2017 average pay $36,515.11 2016 employees 143 2016 total pay $5,116,838.53 2016 average pay $35,782.09
Employer Rotterdam Mohonasen CSD 2017 employees 215 2017 total pay $5,224,442.01 2017 average pay $24,299.73 2016 employees 202 2016 total pay $4,756,957.42 2016 average pay $23,549.29
Employer Irvington UFSD 2017 employees 112 2017 total pay $5,214,096.68 2017 average pay $46,554.43 2016 employees 106 2016 total pay $4,835,545.46 2016 average pay $45,618.35
Employer Town of Chester 2017 employees 113 2017 total pay $5,207,039.32 2017 average pay $46,079.99 2016 employees 112 2016 total pay $4,873,710.53 2016 average pay $43,515.27
Employer So Glens Falls CSD 2017 employees 205 2017 total pay $5,192,269.82 2017 average pay $25,328.15 2016 employees 206 2016 total pay $5,070,254.51 2016 average pay $24,612.89
Employer Amherst CSD 2017 employees 195 2017 total pay $5,190,810.54 2017 average pay $26,619.54 2016 employees 203 2016 total pay $5,032,642.46 2016 average pay $24,791.34
Employer Pearl River UFSD 2017 employees 111 2017 total pay $5,153,549.14 2017 average pay $46,428.37 2016 employees 112 2016 total pay $4,989,031.02 2016 average pay $44,544.92
Employer Genesee St Park And Rec Regn 2017 employees 185 2017 total pay $5,152,262.40 2017 average pay $27,850.07 2016 employees 192 2016 total pay $5,164,395.48 2016 average pay $26,897.89
Employer Town of Grand Island 2017 employees 154 2017 total pay $5,147,738.76 2017 average pay $33,426.88 2016 employees 148 2016 total pay $5,040,080.25 2016 average pay $34,054.60
Employer Jamestown Community College 2017 employees 143 2017 total pay $5,144,868.05 2017 average pay $35,978.10 2016 employees 151 2016 total pay $5,095,731.49 2016 average pay $33,746.57
Employer Auburn City School Dist 2017 employees 252 2017 total pay $5,095,435.39 2017 average pay $20,219.98 2016 employees 218 2016 total pay $5,030,560.85 2016 average pay $23,075.97
Employer Town of East Greenbush 2017 employees 117 2017 total pay $5,084,630.66 2017 average pay $43,458.38 2016 employees 121 2016 total pay $5,206,914.41 2016 average pay $43,032.35
Employer Carle Place UFSD 2017 employees 164 2017 total pay $5,076,133.88 2017 average pay $30,952.04 2016 employees 167 2016 total pay $4,961,908.05 2016 average pay $29,712.02
Employer Village of Elmsford 2017 employees 67 2017 total pay $5,073,474.82 2017 average pay $75,723.50 2016 employees 62 2016 total pay $4,444,601.80 2016 average pay $71,687.13
Employer Village of Fairport 2017 employees 86 2017 total pay $5,063,599.60 2017 average pay $58,879.07 2016 employees 85 2016 total pay $4,576,607.92 2016 average pay $53,842.45
Employer Pelham UFSD 2017 employees 110 2017 total pay $5,043,080.91 2017 average pay $45,846.19 2016 employees 103 2016 total pay $4,596,095.18 2016 average pay $44,622.28
Employer Town of Henrietta 2017 employees 174 2017 total pay $5,038,512.59 2017 average pay $28,956.97 2016 employees 184 2016 total pay $4,750,672.17 2016 average pay $25,818.87
Employer Labor Management Committee 2017 employees 79 2017 total pay $5,029,292.84 2017 average pay $63,661.93 2016 employees 77 2016 total pay $4,438,411.79 2016 average pay $57,641.71
Employer West Hempstead UFSD 2017 employees 129 2017 total pay $5,020,265.80 2017 average pay $38,916.79 2016 employees 128 2016 total pay $4,935,334.80 2016 average pay $38,557.30
Employer North Salem CSD 2017 employees 112 2017 total pay $4,993,535.52 2017 average pay $44,585.14 2016 employees 112 2016 total pay $4,763,979.00 2016 average pay $42,535.53
Employer Putnam Valley CSD 2017 employees 144 2017 total pay $4,986,915.17 2017 average pay $34,631.36 2016 employees 131 2016 total pay $4,940,501.91 2016 average pay $37,713.76
Employer Village of Massena 2017 employees 110 2017 total pay $4,986,700.57 2017 average pay $45,333.64 2016 employees 104 2016 total pay $4,979,141.16 2016 average pay $47,876.36
Employer Westhampton Beach UFSD 2017 employees 111 2017 total pay $4,968,393.81 2017 average pay $44,760.30 2016 employees 107 2016 total pay $4,877,008.07 2016 average pay $45,579.51
Employer Lavelle School For The Blind 2017 employees 101 2017 total pay $4,949,515.87 2017 average pay $49,005.11 2016 employees 93 2016 total pay $4,641,713.89 2016 average pay $49,910.90
Employer Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD 2017 employees 227 2017 total pay $4,934,281.16 2017 average pay $21,736.92 2016 employees 226 2016 total pay $5,034,242.90 2016 average pay $22,275.41
Employer Hempstead Sanitary District #2 2017 employees 63 2017 total pay $4,907,930.51 2017 average pay $77,903.66 2016 employees 64 2016 total pay $4,800,217.07 2016 average pay $75,003.39
Employer Village of Depew 2017 employees 109 2017 total pay $4,880,328.23 2017 average pay $44,773.65 2016 employees 103 2016 total pay $4,777,262.80 2016 average pay $46,381.19
Employer Town of Evans 2017 employees 146 2017 total pay $4,868,638.59 2017 average pay $33,346.84 2016 employees 135 2016 total pay $4,961,488.38 2016 average pay $36,751.77
Employer Assembly Ways & Means Committ 2017 employees 97 2017 total pay $4,862,066.91 2017 average pay $50,124.40 2016 employees 103 2016 total pay $4,892,344.31 2016 average pay $47,498.49
Employer Hutchings Childrens Services 2017 employees 99 2017 total pay $4,860,316.60 2017 average pay $49,094.11 2016 employees 107 2016 total pay $5,515,122.27 2016 average pay $51,543.20
Employer Ardsley UFSD 2017 employees 143 2017 total pay $4,837,076.26 2017 average pay $33,825.71 2016 employees 151 2016 total pay $4,581,848.08 2016 average pay $30,343.36
Employer Massena CSD 2017 employees 182 2017 total pay $4,829,963.67 2017 average pay $26,538.26 2016 employees 174 2016 total pay $4,544,139.49 2016 average pay $26,115.74
Employer Village of Old Brookville 2017 employees 35 2017 total pay $4,827,805.92 2017 average pay $137,937.31 2016 employees 33 2016 total pay $4,685,346.92 2016 average pay $141,980.21
Employer Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd 2017 employees 90 2017 total pay $4,778,541.58 2017 average pay $53,094.91 2016 employees 90 2016 total pay $4,543,019.01 2016 average pay $50,477.99
Employer Cornwall CSD 2017 employees 127 2017 total pay $4,776,108.45 2017 average pay $37,607.15 2016 employees 128 2016 total pay $4,477,710.60 2016 average pay $34,982.11
Employer St Joseph's School For Deaf 2017 employees 99 2017 total pay $4,766,728.31 2017 average pay $48,148.77 2016 employees 111 2016 total pay $4,925,983.93 2016 average pay $44,378.23
Employer City of Johnstown 2017 employees 100 2017 total pay $4,763,367.76 2017 average pay $47,633.68 2016 employees 103 2016 total pay $4,915,160.95 2016 average pay $47,720.01
Employer Elmira Childrens Services 2017 employees 102 2017 total pay $4,750,991.01 2017 average pay $46,578.34 2016 employees 119 2016 total pay $5,201,282.93 2016 average pay $43,708.26
Employer Town of Ulster 2017 employees 123 2017 total pay $4,742,010.65 2017 average pay $38,552.93 2016 employees 121 2016 total pay $4,667,890.80 2016 average pay $38,577.61
Employer City of Salamanca 2017 employees 116 2017 total pay $4,738,952.03 2017 average pay $40,853.03 2016 employees 111 2016 total pay $4,411,549.39 2016 average pay $39,743.69
Employer Boces-Clint Essx Warr Wash'Ton 2017 employees 188 2017 total pay $4,667,068.55 2017 average pay $24,824.83 2016 employees 166 2016 total pay $4,432,228.88 2016 average pay $26,700.17
Employer Jamesville De Witt CSD 2017 employees 154 2017 total pay $4,656,444.19 2017 average pay $30,236.65 2016 employees 153 2016 total pay $4,525,331.76 2016 average pay $29,577.33
Employer Great Neck Park District 2017 employees 86 2017 total pay $4,646,653.05 2017 average pay $54,030.85 2016 employees 81 2016 total pay $4,192,347.88 2016 average pay $51,757.38
Employer Boces-Sullivan 2017 employees 143 2017 total pay $4,608,850.60 2017 average pay $32,229.72 2016 employees 157 2016 total pay $4,511,650.96 2016 average pay $28,736.63
Employer Village of Patchogue 2017 employees 127 2017 total pay $4,601,731.75 2017 average pay $36,234.11 2016 employees 136 2016 total pay $4,475,110.35 2016 average pay $32,905.22

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