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 North Babylon Public Library | Recipients 16 | Total $399,614.65 | Average $24,975.92 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mount Vernon Public Library | Recipients 1 | Total $24,966.20 | Average $24,966.20 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Greenlawn Fire District | Recipients 8 | Total $199,132.65 | Average $24,891.58 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Jamestown | Recipients 562 | Total $13,980,333.08 | Average $24,876.04 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Corning | Recipients 108 | Total $2,685,043.90 | Average $24,861.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer St Joseph'S School For Deaf | Recipients 76 | Total $1,888,555.03 | Average $24,849.41 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Binghamton Childrens Services | Recipients 29 | Total $719,880.38 | Average $24,823.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Metro New York DDSO | Recipients 615 | Total $15,263,702.69 | Average $24,819.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Camp Beacon Corr Facility | Recipients 83 | Total $2,059,531.81 | Average $24,813.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Oswego | Recipients 309 | Total $7,667,340.19 | Average $24,813.40 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Kingston | Recipients 331 | Total $8,212,258.50 | Average $24,810.45 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Rochester Psych Center | Recipients 814 | Total $20,189,202.22 | Average $24,802.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Central NY Regn Plan & Dev Bd | Recipients 7 | Total $173,245.94 | Average $24,749.42 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Greater Binghamton Health Cntr | Recipients 706 | Total $17,439,959.52 | Average $24,702.49 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Off Prevent Domestic Violence | Recipients 21 | Total $518,601.21 | Average $24,695.30 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Falconer | Recipients 7 | Total $172,731.76 | Average $24,675.97 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Surrogates Court-Bronx Co | Recipients 7 | Total $172,676.12 | Average $24,668.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Goshen | Recipients 36 | Total $887,355.69 | Average $24,648.77 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Stony Brook Fire District | Recipients 3 | Total $73,910.66 | Average $24,636.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Elmira Heights Urb Renew Agcy | Recipients 2 | Total $49,246.76 | Average $24,623.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Penfield | Recipients 100 | Total $2,461,439.53 | Average $24,614.40 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Glen Cove Community Dev Agcy | Recipients 7 | Total $172,278.70 | Average $24,611.24 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hamilton Mun Utility Commissio | Recipients 9 | Total $220,666.95 | Average $24,518.55 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Wallkill | Recipients 79 | Total $1,935,526.08 | Average $24,500.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Nyack | Recipients 37 | Total $904,821.65 | Average $24,454.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of East Fishkill | Recipients 60 | Total $1,467,203.39 | Average $24,453.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer South Beach Multidisabled Unit | Recipients 18 | Total $440,157.74 | Average $24,453.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Lake Placid | Recipients 49 | Total $1,198,170.01 | Average $24,452.45 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dutchess Co Resource Rec Agcy | Recipients 8 | Total $195,146.80 | Average $24,393.35 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Lakewood | Recipients 18 | Total $439,032.88 | Average $24,390.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ossining Public Library | Recipients 4 | Total $97,558.94 | Average $24,389.74 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Recipients 162 | Total $3,946,831.41 | Average $24,363.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Assembly: Annual Legislative | Recipients 86 | Total $2,095,052.29 | Average $24,361.07 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Westbury Mem Public Library | Recipients 15 | Total $365,205.96 | Average $24,347.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Recipients 195 | Total $4,744,533.01 | Average $24,330.94 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Garden City Pk Fire & Water Dist | Recipients 4 | Total $97,304.50 | Average $24,326.13 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ilion Bd Water Commissioners | Recipients 2 | Total $48,625.76 | Average $24,312.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Central Islip UFSD | Recipients 196 | Total $4,763,270.29 | Average $24,302.40 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Tech Valley Reg Tech Institute | Recipients 1 | Total $24,290.38 | Average $24,290.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Guilderland | Recipients 116 | Total $2,817,623.68 | Average $24,289.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Council of The Arts | Recipients 52 | Total $1,262,930.79 | Average $24,287.13 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Hornell | Recipients 91 | Total $2,209,008.98 | Average $24,274.82 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Recipients 18 | Total $436,930.38 | Average $24,273.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Health Research Inc | Recipients 701 | Total $17,013,105.20 | Average $24,269.76 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Whitesboro | Recipients 10 | Total $242,661.40 | Average $24,266.14 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Cortland | Recipients 177 | Total $4,293,933.92 | Average $24,259.51 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of North Hornell | Recipients 1 | Total $24,198.80 | Average $24,198.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Valley Ridge Cntr Int Treat | Recipients 20 | Total $483,782.24 | Average $24,189.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bronx Psych Center Children | Recipients 195 | Total $4,715,648.08 | Average $24,182.81 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer New York Public Library | Recipients 1,301 | Total $31,444,250.42 | Average $24,169.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Cornwall | Recipients 24 | Total $579,932.04 | Average $24,163.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Legislative Library | Recipients 6 | Total $144,915.43 | Average $24,152.57 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer SUNY Inst Technology At Utica | Recipients 94 | Total $2,268,670.79 | Average $24,134.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Recipients 316 | Total $7,614,671.60 | Average $24,097.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Smithtown Fire District | Recipients 7 | Total $168,537.30 | Average $24,076.76 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Hamburg | Recipients 65 | Total $1,564,680.68 | Average $24,072.01 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Division of Veterans' Affairs | Recipients 131 | Total $3,153,393.08 | Average $24,071.70 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Westchester Library System | Recipients 35 | Total $841,776.31 | Average $24,050.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Recipients 539 | Total $12,952,404.88 | Average $24,030.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Rochester Childrens Services | Recipients 37 | Total $888,912.05 | Average $24,024.65 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Buffalo Correctional Facility | Recipients 13 | Total $312,298.61 | Average $24,022.97 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Recipients 82 | Total $1,966,265.27 | Average $23,978.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Perinton | Recipients 73 | Total $1,748,393.08 | Average $23,950.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Moffat Library Washingtonville | Recipients 3 | Total $71,823.86 | Average $23,941.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Department of Motor Vehicles | Recipients 2,371 | Total $56,749,161.32 | Average $23,934.69 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Seneca Falls | Recipients 43 | Total $1,029,066.43 | Average $23,931.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Senate Finance Comm | Recipients 14 | Total $334,944.87 | Average $23,924.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Capital District DDSO | Recipients 1,129 | Total $27,005,030.83 | Average $23,919.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Long Island Dev Center | Recipients 1,485 | Total $35,508,069.35 | Average $23,911.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Gates | Recipients 107 | Total $2,557,322.05 | Average $23,900.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Canton | Recipients 33 | Total $788,511.50 | Average $23,894.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Clifton Springs | Recipients 5 | Total $119,462.10 | Average $23,892.42 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Blenheim | Recipients 1 | Total $23,884.70 | Average $23,884.70 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Nissequogue | Recipients 4 | Total $95,496.51 | Average $23,874.13 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Merrick Library | Recipients 13 | Total $310,240.49 | Average $23,864.65 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Montauk UFSD | Recipients 6 | Total $143,186.31 | Average $23,864.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Potsdam | Recipients 63 | Total $1,501,045.92 | Average $23,826.13 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Akron | Recipients 20 | Total $476,446.72 | Average $23,822.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Belgium Cold Springs Fire Dis | Recipients 1 | Total $23,792.21 | Average $23,792.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bath Mun Utility Commission | Recipients 38 | Total $903,094.22 | Average $23,765.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer St Lawrence Psych Center | Recipients 627 | Total $14,883,377.14 | Average $23,737.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NYS Corr Serv,NYC Central Adm | Recipients 44 | Total $1,043,814.79 | Average $23,723.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Penn Yan Public Library | Recipients 4 | Total $94,831.78 | Average $23,707.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Erie County | Recipients 6,284 | Total $148,853,845.89 | Average $23,687.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Washington Co Soil & Water Con | Recipients 2 | Total $47,337.91 | Average $23,668.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of East Greenbush | Recipients 76 | Total $1,797,952.74 | Average $23,657.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer NY Metro Milk Marketing Area | Recipients 4 | Total $94,555.00 | Average $23,638.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Manlius | Recipients 83 | Total $1,961,704.71 | Average $23,635.00 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Grand Island | Recipients 86 | Total $2,029,887.29 | Average $23,603.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Islip Commun Develop Agcy | Recipients 9 | Total $212,412.68 | Average $23,601.41 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Washingtonville | Recipients 16 | Total $377,616.86 | Average $23,601.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lindenhurst Memorial Library | Recipients 34 | Total $801,951.72 | Average $23,586.82 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Broome DDSO | Recipients 1,211 | Total $28,557,975.35 | Average $23,582.14 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Horseheads | Recipients 29 | Total $683,759.30 | Average $23,577.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer City of Amsterdam | Recipients 182 | Total $4,290,617.64 | Average $23,574.82 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Geneseo | Recipients 16 | Total $377,135.09 | Average $23,570.94 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Malone | Recipients 44 | Total $1,037,010.37 | Average $23,568.42 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mamaroneck Public Library Dist | Recipients 13 | Total $306,362.76 | Average $23,566.37 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer State Energy Office | Recipients 35 | Total $824,473.28 | Average $23,556.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer SUNY College Technology Canton | Recipients 132 | Total $3,108,951.49 | Average $23,552.66 | Year 2016-2017 |
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