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 Appellate Div 4th Dept | Recipients 92 | Total $3,964,086.04 | Average $43,087.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Piermont | Recipients 17 | Total $729,979.89 | Average $42,939.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYC Criminal Court | Recipients 525 | Total $22,401,695.49 | Average $42,669.90 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Central NY School Bds Assoc | Recipients 2 | Total $85,322.70 | Average $42,661.35 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Nassau County | Recipients 11,983 | Total $511,161,062.06 | Average $42,657.19 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Suffern | Recipients 63 | Total $2,687,356.72 | Average $42,656.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Westhampton Beach | Recipients 30 | Total $1,276,977.72 | Average $42,565.92 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Recipients 10 | Total $422,920.46 | Average $42,292.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Recipients 59 | Total $2,486,894.53 | Average $42,150.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Court of Appeals | Recipients 98 | Total $4,116,889.53 | Average $42,009.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Office of Technology-Inst | Recipients 26 | Total $1,088,529.10 | Average $41,866.50 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Oyster Bay Water District | Recipients 6 | Total $251,177.11 | Average $41,862.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Jericho Water District | Recipients 18 | Total $751,104.91 | Average $41,728.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Glen Cove | Recipients 173 | Total $7,214,531.47 | Average $41,702.49 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Elmsford | Recipients 26 | Total $1,082,534.88 | Average $41,635.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Office of Public Safety | Recipients 91 | Total $3,774,670.91 | Average $41,479.90 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Quogue | Recipients 21 | Total $870,274.39 | Average $41,441.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Freeport | Recipients 260 | Total $10,771,607.30 | Average $41,429.26 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer State Emergency Main Office | Recipients 41 | Total $1,695,015.08 | Average $41,341.83 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Greenlawn Water District | Recipients 8 | Total $329,801.39 | Average $41,225.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Suffolk County | Recipients 9,631 | Total $396,752,257.52 | Average $41,195.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Ardsley | Recipients 20 | Total $823,011.68 | Average $41,150.58 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Energy Research Dev Authority | Recipients 110 | Total $4,522,797.27 | Average $41,116.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Pub Employment Relations Bd | Recipients 47 | Total $1,919,769.67 | Average $40,846.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Temporary & Disability Assist | Recipients 1,714 | Total $69,940,498.81 | Average $40,805.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Babylon Ind Dev Agcy | Recipients 1 | Total $40,688.00 | Average $40,688.00 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Erie Co Assoc Sch Bd | Recipients 2 | Total $81,204.87 | Average $40,602.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Stony Point | Recipients 73 | Total $2,963,842.99 | Average $40,600.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Jefferson Soil, Water Cons Dist | Recipients 1 | Total $40,546.88 | Average $40,546.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Oyster Bay | Recipients 840 | Total $34,007,053.28 | Average $40,484.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bd Commissioners of Pilots | Recipients 2 | Total $80,839.12 | Average $40,419.56 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Southampton | Recipients 65 | Total $2,619,618.78 | Average $40,301.83 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Harriman | Recipients 12 | Total $481,263.51 | Average $40,105.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Scarsdale | Recipients 234 | Total $9,383,601.28 | Average $40,100.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Recipients 34 | Total $1,360,030.01 | Average $40,000.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Spring Valley | Recipients 119 | Total $4,755,554.30 | Average $39,962.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYS Teachers Retirement System | Recipients 278 | Total $11,095,594.73 | Average $39,912.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Hempstead | Recipients 1,508 | Total $60,171,593.05 | Average $39,901.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hudson Housing Authority | Recipients 2 | Total $79,680.96 | Average $39,840.48 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYS Dormitory Authority | Recipients 353 | Total $14,048,862.87 | Average $39,798.48 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Recipients 441 | Total $17,546,401.85 | Average $39,787.76 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Cattaraugus County Ind Dev Agc | Recipients 2 | Total $79,560.70 | Average $39,780.35 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYC Civil Court | Recipients 463 | Total $18,412,636.82 | Average $39,768.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer 10th Dist. Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Recipients 701 | Total $27,856,383.51 | Average $39,738.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Gold Coast Pub Lib District | Recipients 1 | Total $39,670.86 | Average $39,670.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Port Chester | Recipients 158 | Total $6,225,978.61 | Average $39,404.93 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYS Office People Devel Disab | Recipients 841 | Total $33,114,315.87 | Average $39,374.93 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Northport | Recipients 45 | Total $1,771,792.06 | Average $39,373.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Ossining | Recipients 132 | Total $5,181,763.12 | Average $39,255.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mastic Beach Fire District | Recipients 1 | Total $39,216.12 | Average $39,216.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Commission On Judicial Conduct | Recipients 13 | Total $509,612.69 | Average $39,200.98 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer North Greece Fire District | Recipients 11 | Total $431,181.54 | Average $39,198.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of East Hampton | Recipients 44 | Total $1,713,401.89 | Average $38,940.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Pelham Manor | Recipients 70 | Total $2,725,303.38 | Average $38,932.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Rye Brook | Recipients 37 | Total $1,437,583.00 | Average $38,853.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Schenectady Soil Water Con Dis | Recipients 2 | Total $77,699.17 | Average $38,849.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bryant Library | Recipients 22 | Total $854,379.72 | Average $38,835.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Rockville Centre | Recipients 218 | Total $8,461,760.56 | Average $38,815.42 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of New Castle | Recipients 123 | Total $4,769,983.46 | Average $38,780.35 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Bronxville | Recipients 67 | Total $2,597,587.56 | Average $38,769.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Mount Kisco | Recipients 86 | Total $3,332,090.20 | Average $38,745.23 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Dobbs Ferry | Recipients 54 | Total $2,090,348.50 | Average $38,710.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dept of Correctional Services | Recipients 702 | Total $27,150,710.21 | Average $38,676.23 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Veteran'S Educational Asst Prg | Recipients 3 | Total $115,676.72 | Average $38,558.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYS Parole Board | Recipients 15 | Total $577,419.16 | Average $38,494.61 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Comsewogue Public Library | Recipients 23 | Total $883,305.72 | Average $38,404.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Department of Transportation | Recipients 1,558 | Total $59,754,870.91 | Average $38,353.58 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Skaneateles Water District #1 | Recipients 1 | Total $38,321.43 | Average $38,321.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Locust Valley Bd Fire Commis | Recipients 1 | Total $38,295.72 | Average $38,295.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Office of Real Property Servic | Recipients 258 | Total $9,867,671.64 | Average $38,246.79 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYC Family Court | Recipients 352 | Total $13,420,870.02 | Average $38,127.47 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Great Neck Park District | Recipients 29 | Total $1,105,642.84 | Average $38,125.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer SUNY Construction Fund | Recipients 103 | Total $3,920,916.50 | Average $38,067.15 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Roslyn Water District | Recipients 8 | Total $302,988.15 | Average $37,873.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Bedford | Recipients 107 | Total $4,025,537.62 | Average $37,621.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Insurance Department | Recipients 439 | Total $16,501,762.90 | Average $37,589.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Yonkers Indust Devel Agcy | Recipients 3 | Total $112,655.76 | Average $37,551.92 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Gates Fire District | Recipients 7 | Total $262,474.34 | Average $37,496.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Center Moriches Public Library | Recipients 5 | Total $186,832.33 | Average $37,366.47 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Comm Quality Care And Advocacy | Recipients 75 | Total $2,801,147.08 | Average $37,348.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Department of Health | Recipients 3,673 | Total $137,090,236.06 | Average $37,323.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Munsey Park | Recipients 5 | Total $186,205.24 | Average $37,241.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer 10th Dist. Nassau Nonjudicial | Recipients 609 | Total $22,675,431.38 | Average $37,233.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Recipients 54 | Total $2,004,721.33 | Average $37,124.47 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Clinton Co Soil/Water Con Dis | Recipients 1 | Total $37,121.98 | Average $37,121.98 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Long Beach | Recipients 303 | Total $11,210,369.56 | Average $36,997.92 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Garden City | Recipients 256 | Total $9,465,276.03 | Average $36,973.73 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Dering Harbor | Recipients 1 | Total $36,898.83 | Average $36,898.83 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Yonkers Parking Authority | Recipients 10 | Total $368,435.20 | Average $36,843.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Housing Finance Agcy | Recipients 87 | Total $3,202,228.26 | Average $36,807.22 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ridge Road Fire District | Recipients 28 | Total $1,028,337.04 | Average $36,726.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dutchess Water Wastewater Auth | Recipients 4 | Total $146,759.81 | Average $36,689.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Lynbrook | Recipients 135 | Total $4,944,638.74 | Average $36,626.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer New York City Childrens Center | Recipients 86 | Total $3,149,786.82 | Average $36,625.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ninth Judicial Dist | Recipients 523 | Total $19,154,919.57 | Average $36,625.09 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Off of The State Comptroller | Recipients 1,789 | Total $65,481,185.75 | Average $36,602.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Office of Employee Relations | Recipients 67 | Total $2,452,338.24 | Average $36,602.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Statewide Financial System | Recipients 10 | Total $365,708.42 | Average $36,570.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bay Shore Fire District | Recipients 6 | Total $219,394.13 | Average $36,565.69 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer New Hackensack Fire Dist | Recipients 1 | Total $36,561.96 | Average $36,561.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
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