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 Village of Cove Neck | Recipients 3 | Total $64,291.96 | Average $21,430.65 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Suffern CSD | Recipients 149 | Total $3,192,734.60 | Average $21,427.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS School For The Blind | Recipients 87 | Total $1,864,027.08 | Average $21,425.60 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer North Merrick Pub Library | Recipients 3 | Total $64,122.19 | Average $21,374.06 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ramapo Catskill Library System | Recipients 25 | Total $534,038.80 | Average $21,361.55 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Recipients 971 | Total $20,728,533.60 | Average $21,347.61 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Recipients 152 | Total $3,240,016.82 | Average $21,315.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Glens Falls | Recipients 175 | Total $3,728,833.41 | Average $21,307.62 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Milton | Recipients 23 | Total $490,049.90 | Average $21,306.52 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Endicott | Recipients 226 | Total $4,811,949.47 | Average $21,291.81 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Plattsburgh Housing Authority | Recipients 20 | Total $425,788.62 | Average $21,289.43 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Shawangunk | Recipients 17 | Total $361,569.61 | Average $21,268.80 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Independence | Recipients 1 | Total $21,260.64 | Average $21,260.64 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Pomfret | Recipients 15 | Total $318,857.85 | Average $21,257.19 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Smithfield | Recipients 3 | Total $63,754.37 | Average $21,251.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of North Salem | Recipients 29 | Total $615,750.08 | Average $21,232.76 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Clifton Park Water Authority | Recipients 3 | Total $63,680.80 | Average $21,226.93 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Otego | Recipients 5 | Total $106,098.91 | Average $21,219.78 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ontario County | Recipients 730 | Total $15,484,356.98 | Average $21,211.45 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Vestal | Recipients 144 | Total $3,052,077.60 | Average $21,194.98 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY College Technology Alfred | Recipients 247 | Total $5,226,698.43 | Average $21,160.72 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Baldwinsville | Recipients 44 | Total $930,809.20 | Average $21,154.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Eaton | Recipients 5 | Total $105,724.54 | Average $21,144.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Stockbridge | Recipients 1 | Total $21,132.90 | Average $21,132.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Lowville | Recipients 17 | Total $359,232.73 | Average $21,131.34 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Cayuta | Recipients 3 | Total $63,379.68 | Average $21,126.56 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Huntington Manor Fire District | Recipients 10 | Total $211,200.81 | Average $21,120.08 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Henry Viscardi School | Recipients 11 | Total $231,651.85 | Average $21,059.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Municipal Assistance Corp | Recipients 9 | Total $189,482.90 | Average $21,053.66 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Pelham UFSD | Recipients 47 | Total $989,450.36 | Average $21,052.14 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Orleans | Recipients 5 | Total $105,210.82 | Average $21,042.16 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Chittenango | Recipients 20 | Total $420,797.02 | Average $21,039.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Nunda | Recipients 7 | Total $147,137.64 | Average $21,019.66 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Middlebury | Recipients 2 | Total $42,035.10 | Average $21,017.55 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Elmsford UFSD | Recipients 30 | Total $630,482.71 | Average $21,016.09 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Blasdell | Recipients 10 | Total $210,014.82 | Average $21,001.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Butler | Recipients 3 | Total $62,983.53 | Average $20,994.51 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Westbury | Recipients 23 | Total $482,530.39 | Average $20,979.58 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Pound Ridge | Recipients 35 | Total $734,239.00 | Average $20,978.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Recipients 282 | Total $5,912,384.93 | Average $20,965.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Ilion | Recipients 67 | Total $1,404,574.07 | Average $20,963.79 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Tuckahoe Common Sd | Recipients 8 | Total $167,701.62 | Average $20,962.70 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Kirkwood | Recipients 18 | Total $376,589.26 | Average $20,921.63 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Northumberland | Recipients 9 | Total $188,053.76 | Average $20,894.86 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Stockport | Recipients 8 | Total $167,141.78 | Average $20,892.72 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Marcellus | Recipients 7 | Total $146,140.13 | Average $20,877.16 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Essex Soil,Wtr Cons District | Recipients 3 | Total $62,538.95 | Average $20,846.32 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Somers | Recipients 69 | Total $1,437,983.04 | Average $20,840.33 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Recipients 91 | Total $1,894,939.43 | Average $20,823.51 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY College at Oneonta | Recipients 362 | Total $7,528,706.92 | Average $20,797.53 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY College at Oswego | Recipients 423 | Total $8,791,105.01 | Average $20,782.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Sayville Library | Recipients 18 | Total $373,872.92 | Average $20,770.72 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Addison | Recipients 2 | Total $41,517.49 | Average $20,758.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY Brockport | Recipients 412 | Total $8,552,451.45 | Average $20,758.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Batavia Housing Auth | Recipients 11 | Total $228,047.75 | Average $20,731.61 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Staten Island DDSO | Recipients 824 | Total $17,080,222.82 | Average $20,728.43 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Tupper Lake | Recipients 44 | Total $911,699.95 | Average $20,720.45 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Oneonta | Recipients 140 | Total $2,897,129.37 | Average $20,693.78 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Chester | Recipients 53 | Total $1,096,523.14 | Average $20,689.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer County Clerks Off NY County | Recipients 6 | Total $124,000.76 | Average $20,666.79 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Oriskany | Recipients 4 | Total $82,622.29 | Average $20,655.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ossining UFSD | Recipients 130 | Total $2,682,469.46 | Average $20,634.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Beacon Community Develop Agcy | Recipients 4 | Total $82,471.04 | Average $20,617.76 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Hartland | Recipients 8 | Total $164,915.44 | Average $20,614.43 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Ulysses | Recipients 9 | Total $185,372.22 | Average $20,596.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Chateaugay | Recipients 3 | Total $61,735.49 | Average $20,578.50 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of North Hills | Recipients 13 | Total $267,228.87 | Average $20,556.07 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Jericho UFSD | Recipients 124 | Total $2,547,498.39 | Average $20,544.34 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Legislative Health Service | Recipients 2 | Total $41,087.76 | Average $20,543.88 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Beacon Housing Authority | Recipients 7 | Total $143,806.85 | Average $20,543.84 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Niagara County | Recipients 1,493 | Total $30,649,364.53 | Average $20,528.71 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Greenport | Recipients 35 | Total $718,256.97 | Average $20,521.63 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Mayville | Recipients 12 | Total $246,135.97 | Average $20,511.33 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Manchester | Recipients 5 | Total $102,538.99 | Average $20,507.80 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer BOCES Westchester Sole Supvsry | Recipients 378 | Total $7,746,702.39 | Average $20,493.92 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Albany County | Recipients 1,765 | Total $36,154,266.46 | Average $20,484.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Ovid | Recipients 4 | Total $81,899.39 | Average $20,474.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Conference of Mayors | Recipients 11 | Total $225,165.47 | Average $20,469.59 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Fallsburg | Recipients 74 | Total $1,514,597.35 | Average $20,467.53 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Monroe | Recipients 32 | Total $654,924.16 | Average $20,466.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Ravena | Recipients 13 | Total $265,944.53 | Average $20,457.27 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Selden Fire District | Recipients 10 | Total $204,343.88 | Average $20,434.39 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Sherrill | Recipients 24 | Total $490,266.83 | Average $20,427.78 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Buffalo Urban Renewal Agcy | Recipients 50 | Total $1,021,309.21 | Average $20,426.18 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Van Etten | Recipients 2 | Total $40,849.34 | Average $20,424.67 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY College at Cortland | Recipients 373 | Total $7,612,950.90 | Average $20,410.06 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Port Jefferson Free Library | Recipients 21 | Total $427,958.77 | Average $20,378.99 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Elmira | Recipients 11 | Total $224,086.67 | Average $20,371.52 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Nelson | Recipients 3 | Total $61,067.54 | Average $20,355.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Southern Tier Library System | Recipients 17 | Total $346,007.52 | Average $20,353.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Recipients 324 | Total $6,590,723.83 | Average $20,341.74 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Liverpool | Recipients 17 | Total $345,699.70 | Average $20,335.28 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Colonie | Recipients 25 | Total $507,883.94 | Average $20,315.36 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Newburgh Commun Devel Agcy | Recipients 1 | Total $20,314.00 | Average $20,314.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Human Support Services Corp | Recipients 3 | Total $60,922.00 | Average $20,307.33 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Palmyra | Recipients 12 | Total $243,576.36 | Average $20,298.03 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Kirkland | Recipients 28 | Total $568,017.36 | Average $20,286.33 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Thomaston | Recipients 5 | Total $101,424.80 | Average $20,284.96 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer BOCES-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Recipients 240 | Total $4,868,342.07 | Average $20,284.76 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Attica | Recipients 18 | Total $364,621.77 | Average $20,256.77 | Year 2017-2018 |
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