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 Town of Marilla | Recipients 7 | Total $66,546.96 | Average $9,506.71 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Weedsport CSD | Recipients 47 | Total $446,683.77 | Average $9,503.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Conquest | Recipients 2 | Total $19,007.81 | Average $9,503.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Waddington | Recipients 9 | Total $85,487.43 | Average $9,498.60 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Persia | Recipients 6 | Total $56,945.20 | Average $9,490.87 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Floyd | Recipients 12 | Total $113,879.32 | Average $9,489.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Constit Conv Employees | Recipients 1 | Total $9,485.08 | Average $9,485.08 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Western | Recipients 4 | Total $37,825.92 | Average $9,456.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Gloversville City School Dist | Recipients 132 | Total $1,248,030.98 | Average $9,454.78 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer General Brown CSD | Recipients 76 | Total $717,036.99 | Average $9,434.70 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Sharon Springs CSD | Recipients 19 | Total $179,172.05 | Average $9,430.11 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Little Flower UFSD | Recipients 4 | Total $37,681.27 | Average $9,420.32 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Fremont | Recipients 8 | Total $75,355.80 | Average $9,419.47 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Gowanda Psychiatric Center | Recipients 7 | Total $65,912.76 | Average $9,416.11 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of St Johnsville | Recipients 15 | Total $141,238.84 | Average $9,415.92 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Unadilla | Recipients 3 | Total $28,225.45 | Average $9,408.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Whitesville CSD | Recipients 11 | Total $103,482.02 | Average $9,407.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Office of Drug Abuse Services | Recipients 10 | Total $94,025.64 | Average $9,402.56 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Georgetown-South Otselic CSD | Recipients 29 | Total $272,382.73 | Average $9,392.51 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Research Institut On Addiction | Recipients 13 | Total $122,040.20 | Average $9,387.71 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Leyden | Recipients 4 | Total $37,545.29 | Average $9,386.32 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Jamestown City School Dist | Recipients 268 | Total $2,515,424.80 | Average $9,385.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Horicon | Recipients 14 | Total $131,274.65 | Average $9,376.76 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Afton | Recipients 6 | Total $56,240.90 | Average $9,373.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Otselic | Recipients 3 | Total $28,117.43 | Average $9,372.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Cambridge CSD | Recipients 60 | Total $562,095.66 | Average $9,368.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Ellington | Recipients 6 | Total $56,181.59 | Average $9,363.60 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Homer | Recipients 8 | Total $74,819.19 | Average $9,352.40 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Claverack | Recipients 10 | Total $93,499.00 | Average $9,349.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Kingsboro Child & Youth Serv | Recipients 8 | Total $74,758.43 | Average $9,344.80 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer State | Recipients 43 | Total $401,768.39 | Average $9,343.45 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Arietta | Recipients 12 | Total $111,960.28 | Average $9,330.02 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Sayville Fire District | Recipients 1 | Total $9,329.58 | Average $9,329.58 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Cairo-Durham CSD | Recipients 52 | Total $484,947.98 | Average $9,325.92 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of La Fayette | Recipients 9 | Total $83,807.12 | Average $9,311.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Phoenix | Recipients 16 | Total $148,859.16 | Average $9,303.70 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Sherrill City School Dist | Recipients 103 | Total $955,481.05 | Average $9,276.52 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Waterloo CSD | Recipients 88 | Total $816,162.29 | Average $9,274.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Lebanon | Recipients 3 | Total $27,822.37 | Average $9,274.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Mannsville | Recipients 2 | Total $18,538.46 | Average $9,269.23 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Great Valley | Recipients 7 | Total $64,857.92 | Average $9,265.42 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Vestal CSD | Recipients 223 | Total $2,065,688.19 | Average $9,263.18 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Machias | Recipients 7 | Total $64,675.44 | Average $9,239.35 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Little Valley CSD | Recipients 6 | Total $55,408.00 | Average $9,234.67 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Cohocton | Recipients 12 | Total $110,783.33 | Average $9,231.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Duane | Recipients 2 | Total $18,449.04 | Average $9,224.52 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Sagtikos Discrete M R Unit | Recipients 13 | Total $119,918.56 | Average $9,224.50 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Elwood Public Library District | Recipients 2 | Total $18,446.70 | Average $9,223.35 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Pittstown | Recipients 11 | Total $101,448.08 | Average $9,222.55 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hadley-Luzerne CSD | Recipients 51 | Total $469,078.79 | Average $9,197.62 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Orange | Recipients 3 | Total $27,577.64 | Average $9,192.55 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Oxford CSD | Recipients 57 | Total $523,053.63 | Average $9,176.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Bovina | Recipients 3 | Total $27,484.92 | Average $9,161.64 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Whitney Point CSD | Recipients 91 | Total $833,446.13 | Average $9,158.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Port Byron | Recipients 7 | Total $64,100.50 | Average $9,157.21 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Butternuts | Recipients 5 | Total $45,668.00 | Average $9,133.60 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Avoca CSD | Recipients 43 | Total $392,470.99 | Average $9,127.23 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Austerlitz | Recipients 2 | Total $18,216.32 | Average $9,108.16 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer County Clerks Off Queens Co | Recipients 4 | Total $36,424.60 | Average $9,106.15 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer BOCES-Suffolk, 2nd Sup District | Recipients 35 | Total $318,624.91 | Average $9,103.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Geneva City School Dist | Recipients 146 | Total $1,326,833.69 | Average $9,087.90 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Narrowsburg CSD | Recipients 2 | Total $18,133.08 | Average $9,066.54 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Lyonsdale | Recipients 4 | Total $36,253.34 | Average $9,063.34 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Thurman | Recipients 12 | Total $108,335.24 | Average $9,027.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer BOCES-Steuben Allegany | Recipients 44 | Total $397,149.07 | Average $9,026.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Odessa Montour CSD | Recipients 43 | Total $387,850.29 | Average $9,019.77 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Rockland Mult Disabled Unit | Recipients 31 | Total $279,446.55 | Average $9,014.40 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Milford CSD | Recipients 23 | Total $207,275.98 | Average $9,012.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Morris CSD | Recipients 20 | Total $179,927.53 | Average $8,996.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Limestone UFSD | Recipients 1 | Total $8,991.12 | Average $8,991.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Johnsburg | Recipients 20 | Total $179,582.27 | Average $8,979.11 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Delhi | Recipients 10 | Total $89,735.74 | Average $8,973.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Little Falls Housing Authority | Recipients 6 | Total $53,800.19 | Average $8,966.70 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer De Ruyter CSD | Recipients 29 | Total $259,910.80 | Average $8,962.44 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Labor Relations Board | Recipients 9 | Total $80,635.11 | Average $8,959.46 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Bristol | Recipients 11 | Total $98,516.09 | Average $8,956.01 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Masonville | Recipients 1 | Total $8,951.88 | Average $8,951.88 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Tannersville | Recipients 5 | Total $44,723.40 | Average $8,944.68 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Attica CSD | Recipients 49 | Total $436,836.38 | Average $8,915.03 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Prattsburgh CSD | Recipients 20 | Total $178,160.70 | Average $8,908.04 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Pilgrim Psychiatric Center | Recipients 25 | Total $222,687.32 | Average $8,907.49 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Dept Ag & Markets | Recipients 13 | Total $115,660.26 | Average $8,896.94 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Jeffersonville Youngsville CSD | Recipients 10 | Total $88,929.32 | Average $8,892.93 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Boonville | Recipients 7 | Total $62,243.97 | Average $8,892.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Chazy CSD | Recipients 34 | Total $302,058.18 | Average $8,884.06 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Dansville | Recipients 4 | Total $35,532.38 | Average $8,883.10 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Sheldon | Recipients 6 | Total $53,288.02 | Average $8,881.34 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Bill Drafting Commis-Session | Recipients 1 | Total $8,875.40 | Average $8,875.40 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Seneca Falls | Recipients 33 | Total $292,832.83 | Average $8,873.72 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Staten Island Dev Disab Svcs | Recipients 17 | Total $150,736.68 | Average $8,866.86 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Tompkins | Recipients 3 | Total $26,591.09 | Average $8,863.70 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Galway CSD | Recipients 62 | Total $549,075.26 | Average $8,856.05 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer BOCES Suffolk 1 | Recipients 10 | Total $88,539.48 | Average $8,853.95 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Mayfield CSD | Recipients 47 | Total $415,891.68 | Average $8,848.76 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of North Hudson | Recipients 5 | Total $44,194.35 | Average $8,838.87 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Wilton Water & Sewer Auth | Recipients 2 | Total $17,667.20 | Average $8,833.60 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Kortright | Recipients 7 | Total $61,821.54 | Average $8,831.65 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Cambridge | Recipients 7 | Total $61,741.88 | Average $8,820.27 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Tully | Recipients 2 | Total $17,610.40 | Average $8,805.20 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Penn Yan CSD | Recipients 105 | Total $924,398.86 | Average $8,803.80 | Year 2017-2018 |
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