Pensions for state and local governments in New York
Nassau and Suffolk counties have the most former employees drawing a state pension and account for the largest total amount of pension payments.
Nassau and Suffolk counties have the most former employees drawing a state pension and account for the largest total amount of pension payments in the state system, which excludes New York City. According to data from the state comptroller obtained under the Freedom of Information Law, 11 governmental units on Long Island are among the top 20 in the state for average pensions paid. Six of those are villages: Kensington, Sands Point, Kings Point, Old Brookville, Woodbury and Westbury.
This database is based on former employees receiving payment under the New York State and Local Retirement System and as such does not include most part-time or seasonal employees who would not be eligible for pensions. State employees are grouped here by department or division. And while clerical and other school district employees are included here by district, we have a separate database of pensions for former teachers and administrators.
Top 10 government units by total pension
Top 20 government units by average pension
You can search and sort within this list of 3,792 governments and agencies such as the Division of State Police, Port Authority of N.Y. & N.J. and the Education Department for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which ended 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 pension payments. There are two years' worth of data loaded here, with the more recent year on top. This database was posted on Nov. 8, 2018.
| Employer | Recipients | Total | Average | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employer Jericho Fire District | Recipients 1 | Total $43,921.00 | Average $43,921.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Ardsley | Recipients 25 | Total $1,096,127.11 | Average $43,845.08 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Suffern | Recipients 68 | Total $2,965,794.46 | Average $43,614.62 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Assembly - Members | Recipients 102 | Total $4,448,365.21 | Average $43,611.42 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office of Technology-Inst | Recipients 30 | Total $1,306,442.08 | Average $43,548.07 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Recipients 38 | Total $1,650,830.14 | Average $43,442.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer No Westchester Joint Wtr Works | Recipients 11 | Total $476,691.77 | Average $43,335.62 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Southampton | Recipients 71 | Total $3,073,369.95 | Average $43,286.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Recipients 16 | Total $691,463.94 | Average $43,216.50 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Glen Cove | Recipients 179 | Total $7,698,335.73 | Average $43,007.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Gates Fire District | Recipients 8 | Total $343,969.74 | Average $42,996.22 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Central NY School Bds Assoc | Recipients 2 | Total $85,538.70 | Average $42,769.35 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Suffolk County | Recipients 9,974 | Total $424,905,354.20 | Average $42,601.30 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Scarsdale | Recipients 236 | Total $10,018,261.75 | Average $42,450.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Long Island Power Authority | Recipients 49 | Total $2,066,788.43 | Average $42,179.36 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Amityville | Recipients 64 | Total $2,696,318.23 | Average $42,129.97 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Pub Employment Relations Bd | Recipients 48 | Total $2,016,708.54 | Average $42,014.76 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Oyster Bay Wtr District | Recipients 6 | Total $252,032.11 | Average $42,005.35 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Stony Point | Recipients 77 | Total $3,226,214.29 | Average $41,898.89 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Jericho Wtr District | Recipients 18 | Total $754,171.87 | Average $41,898.44 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Quogue | Recipients 23 | Total $961,665.44 | Average $41,811.54 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Recipients 11 | Total $459,513.74 | Average $41,773.98 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Roslyn Wtr District | Recipients 7 | Total $292,002.66 | Average $41,714.67 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Statewide Financial System | Recipients 12 | Total $500,569.80 | Average $41,714.15 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of New Castle | Recipients 130 | Total $5,417,034.73 | Average $41,669.50 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Rye Brook | Recipients 38 | Total $1,581,716.43 | Average $41,624.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Hempstead | Recipients 1,580 | Total $65,720,685.05 | Average $41,595.37 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer State Emergency Main Office | Recipients 41 | Total $1,703,336.12 | Average $41,544.78 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Harriman | Recipients 14 | Total $581,512.61 | Average $41,536.62 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Greenlawn Wtr District | Recipients 8 | Total $330,881.39 | Average $41,360.17 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Teachers Retirement System | Recipients 297 | Total $12,280,029.65 | Average $41,346.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer 10th Judicial District Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Recipients 741 | Total $30,614,602.23 | Average $41,315.25 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Oyster Bay | Recipients 864 | Total $35,662,478.14 | Average $41,276.02 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Dobbs Ferry | Recipients 60 | Total $2,476,551.35 | Average $41,275.86 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Energy Research Dev Authority | Recipients 122 | Total $5,028,813.69 | Average $41,219.78 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Court of Appeals | Recipients 101 | Total $4,156,653.33 | Average $41,154.98 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Dormitory Authority | Recipients 368 | Total $15,115,209.15 | Average $41,073.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Temporary & Disability Assist | Recipients 1,816 | Total $74,587,476.50 | Average $41,072.40 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYC Civil Court | Recipients 492 | Total $20,196,681.03 | Average $41,050.16 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Spring Valley | Recipients 125 | Total $5,126,816.85 | Average $41,014.53 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office of Public Safety | Recipients 109 | Total $4,469,416.11 | Average $41,003.82 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of East Hampton | Recipients 46 | Total $1,884,003.62 | Average $40,956.60 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Jefferson Soil,Wtr Cons Dist | Recipients 1 | Total $40,762.88 | Average $40,762.88 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Levittown Fire District | Recipients 3 | Total $122,255.22 | Average $40,751.74 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Erie Co Assoc Sch Bd | Recipients 2 | Total $81,420.87 | Average $40,710.44 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Melville Fire District | Recipients 6 | Total $244,066.48 | Average $40,677.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Elmsford | Recipients 29 | Total $1,176,884.80 | Average $40,582.23 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Rockville Centre | Recipients 224 | Total $9,087,583.05 | Average $40,569.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Bd Commissioners of Pilots | Recipients 2 | Total $81,055.12 | Average $40,527.56 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Ossining | Recipients 132 | Total $5,338,810.82 | Average $40,445.54 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Port Chester | Recipients 160 | Total $6,454,208.16 | Average $40,338.80 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Recipients 454 | Total $18,257,139.81 | Average $40,213.96 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Dept of Correctional Services | Recipients 741 | Total $29,740,906.44 | Average $40,136.18 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Pelham Manor | Recipients 70 | Total $2,806,115.04 | Average $40,087.36 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Cattaraugus County Ind Dev Agc | Recipients 2 | Total $79,834.66 | Average $39,917.33 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Gold Coast Pub Lib District | Recipients 1 | Total $39,886.86 | Average $39,886.86 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Commission On Judicial Conduct | Recipients 16 | Total $637,714.40 | Average $39,857.15 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hudson Housing Authority | Recipients 2 | Total $79,680.96 | Average $39,840.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Northport | Recipients 41 | Total $1,632,902.91 | Average $39,826.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Office People Devel Disab | Recipients 889 | Total $35,352,196.01 | Average $39,766.25 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer North Greece Fire District | Recipients 12 | Total $473,256.34 | Average $39,438.03 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Mastic Beach Fire District | Recipients 1 | Total $39,432.12 | Average $39,432.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Department of Transportation | Recipients 1,571 | Total $61,818,377.17 | Average $39,349.70 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ridge Road Fire District | Recipients 30 | Total $1,178,871.20 | Average $39,295.71 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Lynbrook | Recipients 132 | Total $5,180,495.53 | Average $39,246.18 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYC Family Court | Recipients 391 | Total $15,324,595.24 | Average $39,193.34 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Assoc Twn Supts Highways | Recipients 1 | Total $39,103.00 | Average $39,103.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office of Real Property Servic | Recipients 250 | Total $9,751,979.62 | Average $39,007.92 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Schenectady Soil Water Con Dis | Recipients 2 | Total $77,915.17 | Average $38,957.59 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Tarrytown | Recipients 91 | Total $3,540,866.50 | Average $38,910.62 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Bronxville | Recipients 69 | Total $2,679,034.35 | Average $38,826.58 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Veteran's Educational Asst Prg | Recipients 3 | Total $116,324.72 | Average $38,774.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY Construction Fund | Recipients 106 | Total $4,104,486.31 | Average $38,721.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Mount Kisco | Recipients 86 | Total $3,315,349.00 | Average $38,550.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Skaneateles Wtr District #1 | Recipients 1 | Total $38,537.43 | Average $38,537.43 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Bedford | Recipients 119 | Total $4,584,056.94 | Average $38,521.49 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of North Castle | Recipients 121 | Total $4,661,049.19 | Average $38,521.07 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Locust Valley Bd Fire Commis | Recipients 1 | Total $38,511.72 | Average $38,511.72 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Belgrave Wtr Poll Control Dist | Recipients 6 | Total $231,059.62 | Average $38,509.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Peekskill | Recipients 189 | Total $7,270,494.95 | Average $38,468.23 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Great Neck Park District | Recipients 29 | Total $1,115,344.96 | Average $38,460.17 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hicksville Fire District | Recipients 6 | Total $230,137.64 | Average $38,356.27 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Garden City | Recipients 267 | Total $10,224,804.45 | Average $38,295.15 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ninth Judicial Dist | Recipients 548 | Total $20,945,883.98 | Average $38,222.42 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Recipients 54 | Total $2,063,186.04 | Average $38,207.15 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Metropolitan Trans Authority | Recipients 532 | Total $20,280,419.15 | Average $38,121.09 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer 10th Judicial District Nassau Nonjudicial | Recipients 623 | Total $23,724,002.29 | Average $38,080.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Thorobred Breed Dev Fund Corp | Recipients 5 | Total $190,395.33 | Average $38,079.07 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Insurance Department | Recipients 431 | Total $16,410,020.53 | Average $38,074.29 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Mamaroneck | Recipients 128 | Total $4,871,324.01 | Average $38,057.22 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Department of Health | Recipients 3,822 | Total $145,372,662.80 | Average $38,035.76 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Laurel Hollow | Recipients 7 | Total $265,461.89 | Average $37,923.13 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Housing Finance Agcy | Recipients 90 | Total $3,411,289.08 | Average $37,903.21 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Long Beach | Recipients 307 | Total $11,630,069.91 | Average $37,882.96 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Harrison | Recipients 251 | Total $9,498,623.92 | Average $37,843.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Clinton Co Soil/Water Con Dis | Recipients 1 | Total $37,517.98 | Average $37,517.98 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Off of the State Comptroller | Recipients 1,847 | Total $69,281,247.15 | Average $37,510.15 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Nathan Kline Inst | Recipients 132 | Total $4,941,823.02 | Average $37,438.05 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Recipients 656 | Total $24,522,631.74 | Average $37,382.06 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of New Rochelle | Recipients 628 | Total $23,427,620.33 | Average $37,305.13 | Year 2017-2018 |
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