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 |
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Employer Oceanside Library | Recipients 20 | Total $378,680.47 | Average $18,934.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Cities | Recipients 2 | Total $37,836.24 | Average $18,918.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Bloomfield | Recipients 4 | Total $75,670.69 | Average $18,917.67 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Sullivan | Recipients 13 | Total $245,923.38 | Average $18,917.18 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer SUNY College At New Paltz | Recipients 328 | Total $6,204,471.43 | Average $18,916.07 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Chenango Soil, Water Cons Dist | Recipients 5 | Total $94,577.79 | Average $18,915.56 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Palmyra | Recipients 14 | Total $264,513.96 | Average $18,893.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Lenox | Recipients 8 | Total $151,128.09 | Average $18,891.01 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Catskill | Recipients 43 | Total $812,141.83 | Average $18,887.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Massena | Recipients 234 | Total $4,418,049.00 | Average $18,880.55 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Islip Public Library | Recipients 14 | Total $264,212.71 | Average $18,872.34 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Little Valley | Recipients 13 | Total $245,128.24 | Average $18,856.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Roswell Park Memorial Inst | Recipients 536 | Total $10,096,325.72 | Average $18,836.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Macedon | Recipients 23 | Total $432,968.22 | Average $18,824.71 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Clay | Recipients 70 | Total $1,316,945.62 | Average $18,813.51 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Leg Com Crit Trans Choices Vc | Recipients 1 | Total $18,794.17 | Average $18,794.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Hagaman | Recipients 1 | Total $18,789.78 | Average $18,789.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Elmira | Recipients 12 | Total $225,466.67 | Average $18,788.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer City of Rensselaer | Recipients 76 | Total $1,426,775.35 | Average $18,773.36 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Albany Port District Commiss | Recipients 9 | Total $168,923.40 | Average $18,769.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of New Paltz | Recipients 53 | Total $994,333.67 | Average $18,761.01 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Ulster Co Resource Recovery Ag | Recipients 5 | Total $93,804.80 | Average $18,760.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Rathbone | Recipients 2 | Total $37,511.41 | Average $18,755.71 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Cayuga | Recipients 1 | Total $18,754.23 | Average $18,754.23 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Temp Comm On Real Prop Tax | Recipients 2 | Total $37,505.04 | Average $18,752.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Minisink | Recipients 3 | Total $56,248.97 | Average $18,749.66 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Southeast | Recipients 38 | Total $712,111.06 | Average $18,739.76 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer NYS Facilities Dev Corp. | Recipients 77 | Total $1,442,626.24 | Average $18,735.41 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Monroe | Recipients 30 | Total $561,886.34 | Average $18,729.54 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Catlin | Recipients 6 | Total $112,333.29 | Average $18,722.22 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of La Grange | Recipients 33 | Total $617,828.07 | Average $18,722.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Sea Breeze Water District | Recipients 4 | Total $74,878.56 | Average $18,719.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Enterprise Charter School | Recipients 2 | Total $37,434.75 | Average $18,717.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Saratoga County | Recipients 894 | Total $16,729,814.63 | Average $18,713.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Brentwood UFSD | Recipients 516 | Total $9,653,494.64 | Average $18,708.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Spencerport | Recipients 20 | Total $373,957.35 | Average $18,697.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer St Lawrence Co Soil, Water Dist | Recipients 1 | Total $18,674.72 | Average $18,674.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Geddes | Recipients 52 | Total $970,212.23 | Average $18,657.93 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD | Recipients 86 | Total $1,604,146.97 | Average $18,652.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Salina | Recipients 56 | Total $1,044,458.78 | Average $18,651.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Newstead | Recipients 15 | Total $279,716.59 | Average $18,647.77 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Ellisburg | Recipients 9 | Total $167,821.57 | Average $18,646.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Pendleton | Recipients 16 | Total $298,290.53 | Average $18,643.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Hopkinton | Recipients 6 | Total $111,833.70 | Average $18,638.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Sound Beach Fire District | Recipients 1 | Total $18,631.13 | Average $18,631.13 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Sylvan Beach | Recipients 8 | Total $148,922.98 | Average $18,615.37 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer BOCES-Albany Schenect Schohari | Recipients 250 | Total $4,653,408.59 | Average $18,613.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Steuben County | Recipients 695 | Total $12,929,872.21 | Average $18,604.13 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer City of Norwich | Recipients 82 | Total $1,524,625.04 | Average $18,592.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Sodus | Recipients 14 | Total $259,953.01 | Average $18,568.07 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Hamilton | Recipients 16 | Total $297,013.07 | Average $18,563.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Rye City School Dist | Recipients 80 | Total $1,484,633.71 | Average $18,557.92 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Constantia | Recipients 5 | Total $92,754.67 | Average $18,550.93 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Cornwall | Recipients 33 | Total $612,075.12 | Average $18,547.73 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Fleischmanns | Recipients 1 | Total $18,532.81 | Average $18,532.81 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Herkimer | Recipients 94 | Total $1,740,925.46 | Average $18,520.48 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Keene | Recipients 12 | Total $222,058.15 | Average $18,504.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer W NY Veterans Home At Batavia | Recipients 74 | Total $1,369,188.15 | Average $18,502.54 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Bridgehampton UFSD | Recipients 7 | Total $129,336.29 | Average $18,476.61 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Chili | Recipients 58 | Total $1,071,564.80 | Average $18,475.26 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Colonie | Recipients 26 | Total $480,257.41 | Average $18,471.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Hendrick Hudson Free Library | Recipients 5 | Total $92,302.62 | Average $18,460.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Ufsd of The Tarrytowns | Recipients 72 | Total $1,328,687.18 | Average $18,453.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Leon | Recipients 4 | Total $73,801.67 | Average $18,450.42 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Sidney Memorial Public Library | Recipients 2 | Total $36,891.96 | Average $18,445.98 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Recipients 143 | Total $2,637,134.40 | Average $18,441.50 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of West Union | Recipients 4 | Total $73,736.55 | Average $18,434.14 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Manlius | Recipients 23 | Total $423,960.03 | Average $18,433.04 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Rye Free Reading Room | Recipients 12 | Total $221,170.67 | Average $18,430.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Moravia | Recipients 3 | Total $55,292.29 | Average $18,430.76 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Scarsdale UFSD | Recipients 161 | Total $2,965,100.67 | Average $18,416.77 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Ellery | Recipients 13 | Total $239,394.83 | Average $18,414.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Hanover | Recipients 20 | Total $367,917.10 | Average $18,395.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Clinton County | Recipients 590 | Total $10,849,683.54 | Average $18,389.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Ulster County | Recipients 1,232 | Total $22,645,534.53 | Average $18,381.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Morris | Recipients 5 | Total $91,890.80 | Average $18,378.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer SUNY Binghamton | Recipients 722 | Total $13,268,728.52 | Average $18,377.74 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Tuckahoe UFSD | Recipients 33 | Total $606,304.28 | Average $18,372.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Greenburgh CSD | Recipients 112 | Total $2,057,090.86 | Average $18,366.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Lewis | Recipients 8 | Total $146,919.43 | Average $18,364.93 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Springs UFSD of East Hampton | Recipients 8 | Total $146,854.85 | Average $18,356.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer No Tonawanda Public Library | Recipients 14 | Total $256,841.92 | Average $18,345.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Recipients 24 | Total $440,199.06 | Average $18,341.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Clarence | Recipients 73 | Total $1,338,361.94 | Average $18,333.73 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Genesee County | Recipients 587 | Total $10,761,275.94 | Average $18,332.67 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Barker | Recipients 5 | Total $91,638.00 | Average $18,327.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Chautauqua County | Recipients 1,123 | Total $20,559,876.77 | Average $18,307.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Irvington UFSD | Recipients 57 | Total $1,042,653.55 | Average $18,292.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library | Recipients 20 | Total $365,625.48 | Average $18,281.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Bethlehem Public Library | Recipients 14 | Total $255,930.84 | Average $18,280.77 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Mt Vernon City School Dist | Recipients 268 | Total $4,896,310.16 | Average $18,269.81 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Mid Hudson Library System | Recipients 27 | Total $493,116.93 | Average $18,263.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Herkimer Housing Authority | Recipients 8 | Total $146,096.79 | Average $18,262.10 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Town of Bergen | Recipients 11 | Total $200,874.66 | Average $18,261.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Fishers Island UFSD 4 | Recipients 2 | Total $36,520.14 | Average $18,260.07 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Legislative Messenger Service | Recipients 15 | Total $273,755.52 | Average $18,250.37 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Industrial Exhibit Authority | Recipients 29 | Total $528,975.94 | Average $18,240.55 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Metropolitan Reference Library | Recipients 11 | Total $200,421.87 | Average $18,220.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Village of Sherman | Recipients 4 | Total $72,859.79 | Average $18,214.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
Employer Metro Suburban Bus Authority | Recipients 450 | Total $8,184,231.65 | Average $18,187.18 | Year 2016-2017 |
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