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 Munsey Park | Recipients 5 | Total $186,205.24 | Average $37,241.05 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Comsewogue Public Library | Recipients 25 | Total $928,967.13 | Average $37,158.69 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Comm Quality Care And Advocacy | Recipients 76 | Total $2,823,667.02 | Average $37,153.51 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Gouverneur Correction Facility | Recipients 244 | Total $9,058,269.24 | Average $37,124.05 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Irvington | Recipients 57 | Total $2,115,800.76 | Average $37,119.31 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Larchmont | Recipients 86 | Total $3,185,078.10 | Average $37,035.79 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Pleasantville | Recipients 69 | Total $2,553,127.08 | Average $37,001.84 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Yonkers Parking Authority | Recipients 10 | Total $369,860.20 | Average $36,986.02 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Lake Mohegan Fire District | Recipients 27 | Total $996,841.79 | Average $36,920.07 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Bay Shore Fire District | Recipients 6 | Total $221,442.43 | Average $36,907.07 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Dering Harbor | Recipients 1 | Total $36,898.83 | Average $36,898.83 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Bethpage Fire District | Recipients 7 | Total $258,217.96 | Average $36,888.28 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Housing Trust Fund Corp | Recipients 15 | Total $553,272.21 | Average $36,884.81 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Department of Civil Service | Recipients 633 | Total $23,322,096.41 | Average $36,843.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Pelham | Recipients 65 | Total $2,393,777.19 | Average $36,827.34 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Sleepy Hollow | Recipients 57 | Total $2,096,922.98 | Average $36,788.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Recipients 34 | Total $1,249,956.02 | Average $36,763.41 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Rye | Recipients 129 | Total $4,742,177.71 | Average $36,761.07 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Lawyers Client Protection Fund | Recipients 5 | Total $183,649.62 | Average $36,729.92 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Dpt Environmental Conservation | Recipients 3,086 | Total $113,298,989.80 | Average $36,713.87 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office of Employee Relations | Recipients 67 | Total $2,454,077.40 | Average $36,628.02 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Recipients 247 | Total $9,038,468.17 | Average $36,592.99 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer New Hackensack Fire Dist | Recipients 1 | Total $36,561.96 | Average $36,561.96 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Labor Management Committee | Recipients 73 | Total $2,666,045.10 | Average $36,521.17 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Farmingville Fire District | Recipients 1 | Total $36,487.93 | Average $36,487.93 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Cayuga Correctional Facility | Recipients 281 | Total $10,248,621.26 | Average $36,471.96 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Poughkeepsie | Recipients 189 | Total $6,890,295.61 | Average $36,456.59 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Syosset Public Library | Recipients 13 | Total $473,388.18 | Average $36,414.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office For The Aging | Recipients 164 | Total $5,969,941.20 | Average $36,402.08 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Herkimer County Indust Dev Agy | Recipients 2 | Total $72,787.12 | Average $36,393.56 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office of Mental Health | Recipients 1,132 | Total $41,145,840.58 | Average $36,347.92 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Babylon Ind Dev Agcy | Recipients 2 | Total $72,569.31 | Average $36,284.66 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Adirondack Park Agcy | Recipients 52 | Total $1,886,191.22 | Average $36,272.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Centre Island | Recipients 9 | Total $326,274.12 | Average $36,252.68 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Elmont Fire District | Recipients 3 | Total $108,655.38 | Average $36,218.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Bethpage Public Library | Recipients 11 | Total $398,403.01 | Average $36,218.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Great Neck North Water Auth | Recipients 15 | Total $542,589.55 | Average $36,172.64 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Massapequa Fire District | Recipients 8 | Total $289,331.44 | Average $36,166.43 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Plandome | Recipients 3 | Total $108,202.24 | Average $36,067.41 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Locust Valley Water District | Recipients 1 | Total $35,950.00 | Average $35,950.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Schenectady Metroplex Dev Auth | Recipients 2 | Total $71,832.88 | Average $35,916.44 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Glens Falls Housing Authority | Recipients 7 | Total $251,162.33 | Average $35,880.33 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Recipients 98 | Total $3,514,853.28 | Average $35,865.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Recipients 219 | Total $7,854,364.92 | Average $35,864.68 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Wesley Hills | Recipients 2 | Total $71,665.63 | Average $35,832.82 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of White Plains | Recipients 832 | Total $29,755,124.40 | Average $35,763.37 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Mamaroneck | Recipients 142 | Total $5,075,169.09 | Average $35,740.63 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Battery Park City Authority | Recipients 54 | Total $1,928,050.09 | Average $35,704.63 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer New York City Childrens Center | Recipients 128 | Total $4,561,241.16 | Average $35,634.70 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer South Huntington Wtr District | Recipients 11 | Total $390,808.70 | Average $35,528.06 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Welfare Inspector General | Recipients 1 | Total $35,525.00 | Average $35,525.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer State Bd of Elections | Recipients 47 | Total $1,669,437.39 | Average $35,519.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Troy | Recipients 461 | Total $16,353,213.88 | Average $35,473.35 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Genesee Val Reg Mark Authority | Recipients 4 | Total $141,627.96 | Average $35,406.99 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Monroe County Wtr Authority | Recipients 161 | Total $5,693,765.24 | Average $35,365.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Wende Corr Facility | Recipients 696 | Total $24,611,424.35 | Average $35,361.24 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Sag Harbor | Recipients 32 | Total $1,131,276.78 | Average $35,352.40 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Seneca County Ida | Recipients 1 | Total $35,273.67 | Average $35,273.67 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Buffalo | Recipients 3,156 | Total $111,137,005.00 | Average $35,214.51 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Suffolk County Wtr Authority | Recipients 416 | Total $14,635,187.58 | Average $35,180.74 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Briarcliff Manor | Recipients 63 | Total $2,216,117.21 | Average $35,176.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Greene Corr Facility | Recipients 504 | Total $17,724,003.70 | Average $35,166.67 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ulster Correction Facility | Recipients 313 | Total $10,998,609.12 | Average $35,139.33 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Central NY Psych Center | Recipients 951 | Total $33,327,759.14 | Average $35,044.96 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Manhasset Public Library | Recipients 21 | Total $735,741.68 | Average $35,035.32 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Bryant Library | Recipients 27 | Total $945,860.23 | Average $35,031.86 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Lt Governor's Office | Recipients 1 | Total $34,951.00 | Average $34,951.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Gowanda Correctional Facility | Recipients 530 | Total $18,515,664.79 | Average $34,935.22 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Court of Claims | Recipients 93 | Total $3,248,872.17 | Average $34,934.11 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Mount Vernon | Recipients 527 | Total $18,361,361.35 | Average $34,841.29 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Riverhead | Recipients 166 | Total $5,782,828.11 | Average $34,836.31 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Marcy Correctional Facility | Recipients 385 | Total $13,407,719.76 | Average $34,825.25 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Attica Corr Facility | Recipients 653 | Total $22,740,659.35 | Average $34,824.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Recipients 1,098 | Total $38,157,144.21 | Average $34,751.50 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Yorktown | Recipients 202 | Total $7,011,885.49 | Average $34,712.30 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Washington Corr Facility | Recipients 401 | Total $13,899,251.76 | Average $34,661.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office NYS Inspector General | Recipients 37 | Total $1,280,980.96 | Average $34,621.11 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Coxsackie Corr Facility | Recipients 468 | Total $16,189,279.74 | Average $34,592.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Westchester Joint Water Works | Recipients 37 | Total $1,279,734.50 | Average $34,587.42 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Beacon | Recipients 103 | Total $3,557,884.19 | Average $34,542.56 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Rotterdam | Recipients 126 | Total $4,348,582.18 | Average $34,512.56 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Environmental Facilities Corp | Recipients 64 | Total $2,208,690.81 | Average $34,510.79 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Altona Corr Facility | Recipients 298 | Total $10,274,662.11 | Average $34,478.73 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Banking Department | Recipients 334 | Total $11,510,288.82 | Average $34,461.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hudson Corr Facility | Recipients 310 | Total $10,681,503.70 | Average $34,456.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Recipients 263 | Total $9,030,868.13 | Average $34,337.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Collins Corr Facility | Recipients 459 | Total $15,709,641.00 | Average $34,225.80 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hudson River Park Trust | Recipients 11 | Total $374,577.18 | Average $34,052.47 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Auburn Corr Facility | Recipients 663 | Total $22,572,928.89 | Average $34,046.65 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Buffalo Fiscal Stab Auth | Recipients 2 | Total $68,084.02 | Average $34,042.01 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Recipients 38 | Total $1,292,365.21 | Average $34,009.61 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Power Authority | Recipients 2,514 | Total $85,384,630.66 | Average $33,963.66 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Central Islip Fire District | Recipients 4 | Total $135,783.35 | Average $33,945.84 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Recipients 731 | Total $24,806,719.47 | Average $33,935.32 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Recipients 11 | Total $373,158.42 | Average $33,923.49 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Tsk Frc Reapportionment: Asby | Recipients 3 | Total $101,757.62 | Average $33,919.21 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Chateaugay Correction Facility | Recipients 92 | Total $3,117,429.97 | Average $33,885.11 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer NYS Association of Towns | Recipients 7 | Total $237,096.75 | Average $33,870.96 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Nissequogue | Recipients 5 | Total $169,292.72 | Average $33,858.54 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Clinton Corr Facility | Recipients 1,207 | Total $40,861,188.74 | Average $33,853.51 | Year 2017-2018 |
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