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 Hempstead Housing Auth | Recipients 18 | Total $595,555.67 | Average $33,086.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Rotterdam | Recipients 121 | Total $3,993,270.51 | Average $33,002.24 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Orleans Corr Facility | Recipients 296 | Total $9,759,263.52 | Average $32,970.48 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Amherst | Recipients 505 | Total $16,648,812.46 | Average $32,967.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Attica Corr Facility | Recipients 606 | Total $19,977,945.00 | Average $32,966.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer East Meadow Fire District | Recipients 5 | Total $164,833.03 | Average $32,966.61 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Central Islip Fire District | Recipients 3 | Total $98,844.25 | Average $32,948.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Recipients 34 | Total $1,119,110.97 | Average $32,915.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Green Island Power Authority | Recipients 4 | Total $131,498.11 | Average $32,874.53 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Collins Corr Facility | Recipients 400 | Total $13,144,241.43 | Average $32,860.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Niagara Co. Ind. Dev. Agy. | Recipients 5 | Total $164,135.83 | Average $32,827.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Albertson Water District | Recipients 8 | Total $262,602.71 | Average $32,825.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Greenburgh | Recipients 359 | Total $11,783,920.28 | Average $32,824.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Div Criminal Justice Serv | Recipients 582 | Total $19,092,447.29 | Average $32,804.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Recipients 694 | Total $22,759,224.41 | Average $32,794.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Southampton | Recipients 329 | Total $10,782,437.97 | Average $32,773.37 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer White Plains Urban Renew Agcy | Recipients 11 | Total $360,086.80 | Average $32,735.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Interest On Lawyer Account Fnd | Recipients 5 | Total $163,645.76 | Average $32,729.15 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Floral Park | Recipients 106 | Total $3,468,121.62 | Average $32,718.13 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Clinton Corr Facility | Recipients 1,136 | Total $37,151,644.49 | Average $32,703.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Syracuse | Recipients 1,667 | Total $54,494,773.08 | Average $32,690.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Watertown Corr Facility | Recipients 273 | Total $8,918,131.50 | Average $32,667.15 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Westchester County | Recipients 5,260 | Total $171,514,446.72 | Average $32,607.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ronkonkoma Fire District | Recipients 6 | Total $195,598.17 | Average $32,599.70 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Recipients 238 | Total $7,758,338.75 | Average $32,598.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lake Mohegan Fire District | Recipients 24 | Total $782,219.98 | Average $32,592.50 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Recipients 752 | Total $24,480,252.99 | Average $32,553.53 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer New Hyde Park Fire District | Recipients 2 | Total $65,102.98 | Average $32,551.49 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Cheektowaga | Recipients 366 | Total $11,911,696.24 | Average $32,545.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Office of Regulatory Reform | Recipients 26 | Total $845,886.00 | Average $32,534.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Upstate Correctional Facility | Recipients 178 | Total $5,789,897.83 | Average $32,527.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Groveland Corr Facility | Recipients 486 | Total $15,797,180.98 | Average $32,504.49 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Southport Correction Facility | Recipients 332 | Total $10,790,792.67 | Average $32,502.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Genesee Finger Lks Reg Plan Bd | Recipients 2 | Total $64,982.95 | Average $32,491.48 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Auburn Corr Facility | Recipients 590 | Total $19,164,560.77 | Average $32,482.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Laurel Hollow | Recipients 6 | Total $194,883.66 | Average $32,480.61 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Schenectady | Recipients 611 | Total $19,827,383.43 | Average $32,450.71 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Southold | Recipients 154 | Total $4,994,184.22 | Average $32,429.77 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Recipients 95 | Total $3,078,555.07 | Average $32,405.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Island Park | Recipients 6 | Total $194,221.27 | Average $32,370.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Education Department | Recipients 2,452 | Total $79,353,864.22 | Average $32,362.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Elmira Corr Facility | Recipients 723 | Total $23,396,841.43 | Average $32,360.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Westbury Water District | Recipients 7 | Total $226,511.02 | Average $32,358.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Riverview Correction Facility | Recipients 261 | Total $8,439,218.56 | Average $32,334.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Recipients 244 | Total $7,888,367.00 | Average $32,329.37 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Eastchester | Recipients 169 | Total $5,456,367.15 | Average $32,286.20 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Great Meadow Corr Facility | Recipients 513 | Total $16,525,989.61 | Average $32,214.40 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Rochester | Recipients 2,624 | Total $84,493,228.22 | Average $32,200.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Oyster Bay Housing Authority | Recipients 17 | Total $547,367.86 | Average $32,198.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Downstate Corr Facility | Recipients 630 | Total $20,283,607.07 | Average $32,196.20 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Recipients 221 | Total $7,107,452.61 | Average $32,160.42 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Department of Law | Recipients 964 | Total $30,998,127.64 | Average $32,155.73 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Div Housing & Community Renewl | Recipients 679 | Total $21,802,730.29 | Average $32,110.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Recipients 181 | Total $5,810,988.11 | Average $32,104.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bare Hill Correction Facility | Recipients 279 | Total $8,947,981.38 | Average $32,071.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Wilson | Recipients 3 | Total $96,119.79 | Average $32,039.93 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Tonawanda | Recipients 447 | Total $14,300,721.70 | Average $31,992.67 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Monterey Shock Incarc Corr Fac | Recipients 141 | Total $4,498,589.87 | Average $31,904.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Butler Correctional Facility | Recipients 145 | Total $4,622,277.46 | Average $31,877.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Cleary School Deaf Children | Recipients 57 | Total $1,814,559.95 | Average $31,834.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Children & Family Services | Recipients 2,494 | Total $79,353,181.90 | Average $31,817.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer N Tarrytown Housing Authority | Recipients 1 | Total $31,809.08 | Average $31,809.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Fairport Urban Renewal Agcy | Recipients 4 | Total $127,139.85 | Average $31,784.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Franklin Corr Facility | Recipients 342 | Total $10,860,153.97 | Average $31,754.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Wyoming Corr Facility | Recipients 425 | Total $13,467,900.44 | Average $31,689.18 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hale Creek Asactc | Recipients 152 | Total $4,815,928.51 | Average $31,683.74 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Livingston Correction Facility | Recipients 229 | Total $7,228,553.67 | Average $31,565.74 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Barnard Fire District | Recipients 10 | Total $315,649.49 | Average $31,564.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hsc At Brooklyn-Hospital | Recipients 537 | Total $16,940,410.48 | Average $31,546.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Five Points Corr Facility | Recipients 160 | Total $5,045,616.37 | Average $31,535.10 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Adirondack Correction Facility | Recipients 278 | Total $8,759,754.15 | Average $31,509.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Tuckahoe | Recipients 55 | Total $1,732,955.75 | Average $31,508.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Recipients 252 | Total $7,927,458.13 | Average $31,458.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mohawk Correctional Facility | Recipients 478 | Total $15,032,384.89 | Average $31,448.50 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mid-State Corr Facility | Recipients 447 | Total $14,047,463.36 | Average $31,426.09 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Plattsburgh Urban Renewal Agcy | Recipients 1 | Total $31,426.00 | Average $31,426.00 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Syosset Public Library | Recipients 12 | Total $377,011.02 | Average $31,417.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer County Clerks Within NYC | Recipients 254 | Total $7,973,001.43 | Average $31,389.77 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Edgecombe Corr Facility | Recipients 145 | Total $4,547,249.56 | Average $31,360.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Recipients 199 | Total $6,235,671.83 | Average $31,335.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Hamburg | Recipients 198 | Total $6,202,808.19 | Average $31,327.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Watervliet Housing Authority | Recipients 4 | Total $125,298.57 | Average $31,324.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Nassau Health Care Corp. | Recipients 1,708 | Total $53,489,167.34 | Average $31,316.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Watervliet | Recipients 80 | Total $2,502,603.93 | Average $31,282.55 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Woodbourne Corr Facility | Recipients 345 | Total $10,786,428.84 | Average $31,265.01 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Commission of Correction | Recipients 33 | Total $1,031,652.02 | Average $31,262.18 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer SUNY Central Admin | Recipients 279 | Total $8,706,316.42 | Average $31,205.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Recipients 334 | Total $10,412,487.62 | Average $31,175.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ramapo Housing Authority | Recipients 10 | Total $311,557.96 | Average $31,155.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Middletown | Recipients 191 | Total $5,937,735.75 | Average $31,087.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Fairport | Recipients 68 | Total $2,111,676.39 | Average $31,054.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Lancaster | Recipients 97 | Total $3,005,533.26 | Average $30,984.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer So Farmingdale Water District | Recipients 12 | Total $371,809.22 | Average $30,984.10 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Lawrence | Recipients 36 | Total $1,115,011.54 | Average $30,972.54 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Otisville Corr Facility | Recipients 273 | Total $8,451,673.70 | Average $30,958.51 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Carmel | Recipients 97 | Total $2,993,404.89 | Average $30,859.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Northport E Northport Pub Lib | Recipients 45 | Total $1,387,793.66 | Average $30,839.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Recipients 68 | Total $2,094,665.16 | Average $30,803.90 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYS Gaming Commission | Recipients 73 | Total $2,245,391.91 | Average $30,758.79 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Asharoken | Recipients 7 | Total $215,112.66 | Average $30,730.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
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