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 Albany Housing Authority | Recipients 78 | Total $2,076,433.80 | Average $26,620.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Elmira Psych Center | Recipients 384 | Total $10,216,429.99 | Average $26,605.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Fulton Corr Facility | Recipients 124 | Total $3,298,931.92 | Average $26,604.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Yates | Recipients 3 | Total $79,806.03 | Average $26,602.01 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Workers Compensation Board Bd | Recipients 1,121 | Total $29,820,776.94 | Average $26,601.94 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Ossining | Recipients 53 | Total $1,408,526.11 | Average $26,575.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Recipients 62 | Total $1,647,364.40 | Average $26,570.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dewitt Fire District | Recipients 8 | Total $212,530.03 | Average $26,566.25 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Rockland County | Recipients 2,543 | Total $67,489,761.80 | Average $26,539.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lexington School For The Deaf | Recipients 150 | Total $3,980,897.09 | Average $26,539.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Taconic Corr Facility | Recipients 154 | Total $4,083,843.52 | Average $26,518.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Catskill Housing Authority | Recipients 4 | Total $106,019.38 | Average $26,504.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Queens Psych Center Children | Recipients 277 | Total $7,337,633.64 | Average $26,489.65 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of North Hempstead | Recipients 326 | Total $8,632,188.95 | Average $26,479.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hutchings Psych Center | Recipients 535 | Total $14,125,965.47 | Average $26,403.67 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Monticello | Recipients 71 | Total $1,874,438.34 | Average $26,400.54 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Camp Pharsalia Corr Facility | Recipients 72 | Total $1,898,552.27 | Average $26,368.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Recipients 17 | Total $446,550.51 | Average $26,267.68 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Fort Edward | Recipients 12 | Total $315,089.59 | Average $26,257.47 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Romulus | Recipients 5 | Total $131,230.42 | Average $26,246.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Fulton | Recipients 158 | Total $4,142,612.58 | Average $26,219.07 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer New York State Canal Corp. | Recipients 406 | Total $10,632,202.83 | Average $26,187.69 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer White Plains Housing Authority | Recipients 22 | Total $575,917.90 | Average $26,178.09 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Commis On Regulation Lobbying | Recipients 8 | Total $209,338.19 | Average $26,167.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Newburgh | Recipients 139 | Total $3,636,891.90 | Average $26,164.69 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Parkside Corr Facility | Recipients 22 | Total $575,294.80 | Average $26,149.76 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Troy Housing Authority | Recipients 57 | Total $1,489,329.10 | Average $26,128.58 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bronx Psych Center | Recipients 841 | Total $21,971,857.76 | Average $26,125.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer New Rochelle Public Library | Recipients 13 | Total $339,533.24 | Average $26,117.94 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Elmira Childrens Services | Recipients 72 | Total $1,877,764.18 | Average $26,080.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer State Insurance Fund-Admin | Recipients 1,791 | Total $46,690,603.80 | Average $26,069.57 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Depew | Recipients 80 | Total $2,085,042.18 | Average $26,063.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Tuxedo | Recipients 27 | Total $703,286.37 | Average $26,047.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer So Huntington Public Library | Recipients 26 | Total $676,906.72 | Average $26,034.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Morris | Recipients 1 | Total $26,029.28 | Average $26,029.28 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer West Hempstead Water District | Recipients 7 | Total $181,970.81 | Average $25,995.83 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer West Carthage Housing Auth | Recipients 1 | Total $25,989.30 | Average $25,989.30 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer East Meadow Public Library | Recipients 19 | Total $493,795.07 | Average $25,989.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Recipients 203 | Total $5,275,227.31 | Average $25,986.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Brooklyn Childrens Psych Center | Recipients 73 | Total $1,896,567.17 | Average $25,980.37 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hornell Industrial Dev Agency | Recipients 1 | Total $25,941.67 | Average $25,941.67 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Central NY DDSO | Recipients 1,938 | Total $50,165,231.19 | Average $25,885.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Albany County Airport Authorit | Recipients 13 | Total $336,355.04 | Average $25,873.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Suffolk Coop Library System | Recipients 57 | Total $1,473,560.36 | Average $25,851.94 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Cayuga Heights | Recipients 18 | Total $465,070.93 | Average $25,837.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hsc At Syracuse-Hospital | Recipients 831 | Total $21,457,682.85 | Average $25,821.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bayport Fire District | Recipients 2 | Total $51,623.50 | Average $25,811.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Walden | Recipients 30 | Total $772,809.51 | Average $25,760.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Port Jervis | Recipients 59 | Total $1,519,715.25 | Average $25,757.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dutchess County | Recipients 1,558 | Total $40,102,717.16 | Average $25,739.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Plainview Vol Fire Dept | Recipients 2 | Total $51,457.12 | Average $25,728.56 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Freeport Housing Authority | Recipients 9 | Total $231,489.86 | Average $25,721.10 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Warwick | Recipients 16 | Total $410,764.12 | Average $25,672.76 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Plainview Water District | Recipients 11 | Total $282,267.07 | Average $25,660.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Alfred | Recipients 8 | Total $205,183.11 | Average $25,647.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Creedmoor Psych Center | Recipients 1,535 | Total $39,332,631.77 | Average $25,623.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Recipients 91 | Total $2,331,227.08 | Average $25,617.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Nyack Housing Authority | Recipients 4 | Total $102,350.44 | Average $25,587.61 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer North Shore Public Library Dis | Recipients 20 | Total $510,666.82 | Average $25,533.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Levittown Public Library | Recipients 44 | Total $1,123,310.39 | Average $25,529.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Dunkirk | Recipients 135 | Total $3,444,118.23 | Average $25,511.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Recipients 62 | Total $1,581,078.01 | Average $25,501.26 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Abbott UFSD of Greenburgh | Recipients 8 | Total $203,687.88 | Average $25,460.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Olean | Recipients 161 | Total $4,097,813.66 | Average $25,452.26 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of New Windsor | Recipients 82 | Total $2,087,011.58 | Average $25,451.36 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv | Recipients 33 | Total $839,332.50 | Average $25,434.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer SUNY College Environ Sciences | Recipients 153 | Total $3,890,300.02 | Average $25,426.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hudson Commun Dev Plann'G Agcy | Recipients 2 | Total $50,838.58 | Average $25,419.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Fredonia | Recipients 60 | Total $1,524,877.11 | Average $25,414.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Great Neck | Recipients 23 | Total $584,386.87 | Average $25,408.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Medford Fire District | Recipients 3 | Total $76,145.92 | Average $25,381.97 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Evans | Recipients 65 | Total $1,649,013.33 | Average $25,369.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Finger Lakes DDSO | Recipients 2,148 | Total $54,440,640.25 | Average $25,344.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Bellerose | Recipients 3 | Total $76,030.85 | Average $25,343.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer SUNY At Stony Brook Hospital | Recipients 855 | Total $21,666,135.69 | Average $25,340.51 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dix Hills Fire District | Recipients 6 | Total $152,015.51 | Average $25,335.92 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Camp Gabriels Corr Facility | Recipients 84 | Total $2,128,191.73 | Average $25,335.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Recipients 94 | Total $2,380,739.69 | Average $25,327.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hudson River Psych Center | Recipients 1,019 | Total $25,802,446.85 | Average $25,321.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Palatine Bridge | Recipients 1 | Total $25,320.00 | Average $25,320.00 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Watertown | Recipients 323 | Total $8,178,244.30 | Average $25,319.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Pearl River Public Library | Recipients 16 | Total $403,282.53 | Average $25,205.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Johnson City | Recipients 147 | Total $3,701,445.01 | Average $25,179.90 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Legislative Ethics Committee | Recipients 3 | Total $75,502.51 | Average $25,167.50 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of De Witt | Recipients 93 | Total $2,339,548.93 | Average $25,156.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mohawk Municipal Commission | Recipients 5 | Total $125,762.53 | Average $25,152.51 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Manhattan Psych Center | Recipients 1,133 | Total $28,491,863.61 | Average $25,147.28 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Kiryas Joel UFSD | Recipients 18 | Total $452,259.33 | Average $25,125.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lake George Park Commission | Recipients 8 | Total $200,976.37 | Average $25,122.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Erie County Medical Cntr Corp. | Recipients 962 | Total $24,155,630.88 | Average $25,109.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Webster | Recipients 27 | Total $676,830.62 | Average $25,067.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Great Neck Library | Recipients 55 | Total $1,378,464.58 | Average $25,062.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer West Babylon Public Library | Recipients 13 | Total $325,617.01 | Average $25,047.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Capital Dist Trans Authority | Recipients 45 | Total $1,126,006.19 | Average $25,022.36 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Tonawanda Housing Authority | Recipients 7 | Total $175,131.23 | Average $25,018.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Massena | Recipients 86 | Total $2,151,001.68 | Average $25,011.65 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Kingsboro Psych Center | Recipients 958 | Total $23,957,066.89 | Average $25,007.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Leg Commis Crit Transp Choices | Recipients 1 | Total $25,000.00 | Average $25,000.00 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lackawanna Mun Housing Auth | Recipients 26 | Total $649,799.82 | Average $24,992.30 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Hilton | Recipients 13 | Total $324,896.63 | Average $24,992.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
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