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 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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