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.

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Employer Recipients Total Average Year
Employer Village of Tarrytown Recipients 88 Total $3,211,452.44 Average $36,493.78 Year 2016-2017
Employer Farmingville Fire District Recipients 1 Total $36,487.93 Average $36,487.93 Year 2016-2017
Employer Lawyers Client Protection Fund Recipients 4 Total $145,786.65 Average $36,446.66 Year 2016-2017
Employer Herkimer County Indust Dev Agy Recipients 2 Total $72,787.12 Average $36,393.56 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Pelham Recipients 63 Total $2,290,573.61 Average $36,358.31 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Harrison Recipients 243 Total $8,794,058.57 Average $36,189.54 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of North Haven Recipients 3 Total $108,531.34 Average $36,177.11 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Centre Island Recipients 9 Total $325,137.12 Average $36,126.35 Year 2016-2017
Employer Battery Park City Authority Recipients 50 Total $1,805,027.65 Average $36,100.55 Year 2016-2017
Employer Office For The Aging Recipients 164 Total $5,918,809.35 Average $36,090.30 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of North Castle Recipients 115 Total $4,148,907.37 Average $36,077.46 Year 2016-2017
Employer Gouverneur Correction Facility Recipients 209 Total $7,539,706.71 Average $36,075.15 Year 2016-2017
Employer Nathan Kline Inst Recipients 126 Total $4,543,288.30 Average $36,057.84 Year 2016-2017
Employer Elmont Fire District Recipients 3 Total $108,171.42 Average $36,057.14 Year 2016-2017
Employer Department of Civil Service Recipients 637 Total $22,951,465.96 Average $36,030.56 Year 2016-2017
Employer Metropolitan Trans Authority Recipients 490 Total $17,646,299.25 Average $36,012.86 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of New Rochelle Recipients 624 Total $22,464,083.84 Average $36,000.13 Year 2016-2017
Employer Dpt Environmental Conservation Recipients 2,979 Total $107,175,991.49 Average $35,977.17 Year 2016-2017
Employer Office of Mental Health Recipients 1,086 Total $39,048,556.96 Average $35,956.31 Year 2016-2017
Employer Adirondack Park Agcy Recipients 49 Total $1,761,813.98 Average $35,955.39 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Sag Harbor Recipients 31 Total $1,114,330.80 Average $35,946.15 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Larchmont Recipients 83 Total $2,983,083.95 Average $35,940.77 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Mamaroneck Recipients 121 Total $4,346,532.61 Average $35,921.76 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Plandome Recipients 3 Total $107,693.20 Average $35,897.73 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of Peekskill Recipients 179 Total $6,416,200.22 Average $35,844.69 Year 2016-2017
Employer Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres Recipients 247 Total $8,839,059.61 Average $35,785.67 Year 2016-2017
Employer Glens Falls Housing Authority Recipients 7 Total $250,412.33 Average $35,773.19 Year 2016-2017
Employer Mid-Hudson Psych Center Recipients 630 Total $22,526,287.68 Average $35,756.01 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Pleasantville Recipients 67 Total $2,385,458.48 Average $35,603.86 Year 2016-2017
Employer Labor Management Committee Recipients 68 Total $2,414,961.46 Average $35,514.14 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Sleepy Hollow Recipients 60 Total $2,126,323.04 Average $35,438.72 Year 2016-2017
Employer Horse Breeding Devel Fund Recipients 2 Total $70,701.00 Average $35,350.50 Year 2016-2017
Employer Welfare Inspector General Recipients 1 Total $35,309.00 Average $35,309.00 Year 2016-2017
Employer Genesee Val Reg Mark Authority Recipients 4 Total $141,168.00 Average $35,292.00 Year 2016-2017
Employer Seneca County Ida Recipients 1 Total $35,273.67 Average $35,273.67 Year 2016-2017
Employer Bethpage Fire District Recipients 4 Total $141,003.81 Average $35,250.95 Year 2016-2017
Employer Suffolk County Water Authority Recipients 406 Total $14,275,988.78 Average $35,162.53 Year 2016-2017
Employer Cayuga Correctional Facility Recipients 258 Total $9,055,596.31 Average $35,099.21 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of Rye Recipients 127 Total $4,449,179.03 Average $35,032.91 Year 2016-2017
Employer Dept Transportation Reg 11 Recipients 207 Total $7,243,165.91 Average $34,991.14 Year 2016-2017
Employer South Huntington Water District Recipients 11 Total $383,937.81 Average $34,903.44 Year 2016-2017
Employer Central NY Psych Center Recipients 895 Total $31,225,507.73 Average $34,888.84 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Mamaroneck Recipients 139 Total $4,840,558.22 Average $34,824.16 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of Troy Recipients 456 Total $15,860,871.60 Average $34,782.61 Year 2016-2017
Employer Lt Governor'S Office Recipients 1 Total $34,735.00 Average $34,735.00 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Riverhead Recipients 162 Total $5,626,872.55 Average $34,733.78 Year 2016-2017
Employer Ulster Correction Facility Recipients 289 Total $10,026,953.14 Average $34,695.34 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Poughkeepsie Recipients 182 Total $6,310,009.03 Average $34,670.38 Year 2016-2017
Employer Hudson River Park Trust Recipients 10 Total $346,379.95 Average $34,638.00 Year 2016-2017
Employer Hauppauge Public Library Recipients 2 Total $69,098.06 Average $34,549.03 Year 2016-2017
Employer Division of Probation Recipients 39 Total $1,344,285.23 Average $34,468.85 Year 2016-2017
Employer Greene Corr Facility Recipients 471 Total $16,206,095.88 Average $34,407.85 Year 2016-2017
Employer Great Neck North Water Auth Recipients 14 Total $480,940.12 Average $34,352.87 Year 2016-2017
Employer Assembly Ways & Means Committ Recipients 37 Total $1,270,241.83 Average $34,330.86 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of White Plains Recipients 802 Total $27,528,802.65 Average $34,325.19 Year 2016-2017
Employer Court of Claims Recipients 92 Total $3,157,770.41 Average $34,323.59 Year 2016-2017
Employer Westchester Joint Water Works Recipients 36 Total $1,233,010.73 Average $34,250.30 Year 2016-2017
Employer Wende Corr Facility Recipients 617 Total $21,093,480.50 Average $34,187.16 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of Beacon Recipients 106 Total $3,620,411.29 Average $34,154.82 Year 2016-2017
Employer Sachem Public Library Recipients 41 Total $1,399,930.96 Average $34,144.66 Year 2016-2017
Employer W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 Recipients 89 Total $3,038,699.67 Average $34,142.69 Year 2016-2017
Employer Richmond Memorial Library Recipients 5 Total $170,576.31 Average $34,115.26 Year 2016-2017
Employer Monroe County Water Authority Recipients 146 Total $4,973,827.57 Average $34,067.31 Year 2016-2017
Employer Jericho Public Library Recipients 21 Total $714,045.46 Average $34,002.16 Year 2016-2017
Employer Bethpage Public Library Recipients 9 Total $305,542.60 Average $33,949.18 Year 2016-2017
Employer Banking Department Recipients 345 Total $11,703,691.11 Average $33,923.74 Year 2016-2017
Employer Tug Hill Commission Recipients 12 Total $407,056.62 Average $33,921.39 Year 2016-2017
Employer Buffalo Fiscal Stab Auth Recipients 2 Total $67,768.06 Average $33,884.03 Year 2016-2017
Employer State Bd of Elections Recipients 45 Total $1,521,212.91 Average $33,804.73 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Cortlandville Recipients 15 Total $507,027.23 Average $33,801.82 Year 2016-2017
Employer Gowanda Correctional Facility Recipients 461 Total $15,569,303.37 Average $33,772.89 Year 2016-2017
Employer St Paul Blvd Fire Dist Recipients 11 Total $371,430.42 Average $33,766.40 Year 2016-2017
Employer Tsk Frc Reapportionment: Asby Recipients 3 Total $101,286.62 Average $33,762.21 Year 2016-2017
Employer NYS Association of Towns Recipients 7 Total $236,164.71 Average $33,737.82 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Irvington Recipients 50 Total $1,684,806.67 Average $33,696.13 Year 2016-2017
Employer Manhasset Public Library Recipients 23 Total $774,989.80 Average $33,695.21 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Yorktown Recipients 199 Total $6,703,507.71 Average $33,685.97 Year 2016-2017
Employer Chateaugay Correction Facility Recipients 93 Total $3,132,441.00 Average $33,682.16 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of Buffalo Recipients 3,033 Total $102,006,326.84 Average $33,632.16 Year 2016-2017
Employer Washington Corr Facility Recipients 367 Total $12,342,736.02 Average $33,631.43 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Marshall Recipients 1 Total $33,618.11 Average $33,618.11 Year 2016-2017
Employer Altona Corr Facility Recipients 282 Total $9,473,766.92 Average $33,594.92 Year 2016-2017
Employer Coxsackie Corr Facility Recipients 443 Total $14,874,123.47 Average $33,575.90 Year 2016-2017
Employer Village of Briarcliff Manor Recipients 57 Total $1,910,695.30 Average $33,520.97 Year 2016-2017
Employer Pittsford Fire District Recipients 1 Total $33,494.01 Average $33,494.01 Year 2016-2017
Employer Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial Recipients 1,038 Total $34,759,412.60 Average $33,486.91 Year 2016-2017
Employer Thorobred Breed Dev Fund Corp. Recipients 6 Total $200,821.31 Average $33,470.22 Year 2016-2017
Employer City of Mount Vernon Recipients 521 Total $17,434,021.30 Average $33,462.61 Year 2016-2017
Employer NYS Power Authority Recipients 2,388 Total $79,905,202.19 Average $33,461.14 Year 2016-2017
Employer Hudson Corr Facility Recipients 282 Total $9,434,142.46 Average $33,454.41 Year 2016-2017
Employer Mt Mcgregor Corr Facility Recipients 449 Total $15,004,154.17 Average $33,416.82 Year 2016-2017
Employer Massapequa Fire District Recipients 9 Total $300,331.48 Average $33,370.16 Year 2016-2017
Employer Plainview Old Bethpage Pub Lib Recipients 25 Total $833,265.23 Average $33,330.61 Year 2016-2017
Employer Office NYS Inspector General Recipients 33 Total $1,099,708.86 Average $33,324.51 Year 2016-2017
Employer Marcy Correctional Facility Recipients 322 Total $10,718,466.35 Average $33,287.16 Year 2016-2017
Employer Division of Parole Recipients 1,380 Total $45,906,513.18 Average $33,265.59 Year 2016-2017
Employer Environmental Facilities Corp. Recipients 61 Total $2,026,180.26 Average $33,216.07 Year 2016-2017
Employer Town of Cortlandt Recipients 129 Total $4,274,202.45 Average $33,133.35 Year 2016-2017
Employer Housing Trust Fund Corp. Recipients 13 Total $430,338.27 Average $33,102.94 Year 2016-2017
Employer Senate Comm On Arts & Culture Recipients 2 Total $66,181.00 Average $33,090.50 Year 2016-2017

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