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 NYC Convention Center Opcorp | Recipients 130 | Total $1,930,399.39 | Average $14,849.23 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Ballston | Recipients 19 | Total $282,125.73 | Average $14,848.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Berne-Knox-Westerlo CSD | Recipients 59 | Total $875,991.16 | Average $14,847.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Veterans Home At Montrose | Recipients 69 | Total $1,024,280.13 | Average $14,844.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Woodstock Public Library | Recipients 4 | Total $59,370.38 | Average $14,842.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of East Bloomfield | Recipients 15 | Total $222,482.91 | Average $14,832.19 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Bellport | Recipients 18 | Total $266,968.87 | Average $14,831.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Pavilion CSD | Recipients 37 | Total $548,756.96 | Average $14,831.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Delaware | Recipients 6 | Total $88,871.36 | Average $14,811.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Moravia | Recipients 4 | Total $59,229.62 | Average $14,807.41 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Nassau | Recipients 4 | Total $59,228.09 | Average $14,807.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mechanicville Housing Auth | Recipients 9 | Total $133,151.54 | Average $14,794.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Nassau | Recipients 10 | Total $147,798.69 | Average $14,779.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Campbell | Recipients 4 | Total $59,118.29 | Average $14,779.57 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lansingburgh CSD At Troy | Recipients 48 | Total $709,234.76 | Average $14,775.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD | Recipients 30 | Total $443,211.71 | Average $14,773.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Parishville | Recipients 19 | Total $280,548.63 | Average $14,765.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Elma | Recipients 28 | Total $413,436.80 | Average $14,765.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Warrensburg CSD | Recipients 48 | Total $708,401.25 | Average $14,758.36 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Huntington UFSD #3 | Recipients 309 | Total $4,558,381.21 | Average $14,752.04 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Amsterdam | Recipients 8 | Total $118,000.10 | Average $14,750.01 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer BOCES Suffolk 2nd Sup Dist | Recipients 453 | Total $6,678,864.51 | Average $14,743.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Chautauqua Lake CSD | Recipients 45 | Total $662,203.55 | Average $14,715.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Carmel CSD | Recipients 207 | Total $3,045,539.46 | Average $14,712.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of New Berlin | Recipients 2 | Total $29,417.27 | Average $14,708.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Amityville UFSD | Recipients 112 | Total $1,647,344.88 | Average $14,708.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Copenhagen | Recipients 2 | Total $29,409.75 | Average $14,704.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Great Neck Housing Authority | Recipients 3 | Total $44,083.68 | Average $14,694.56 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Walton | Recipients 16 | Total $235,095.46 | Average $14,693.47 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Washington County | Recipients 510 | Total $7,487,576.39 | Average $14,681.52 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Freeport Memorial Library | Recipients 24 | Total $352,239.71 | Average $14,676.65 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hancock CSD | Recipients 35 | Total $513,532.59 | Average $14,672.36 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Busti | Recipients 20 | Total $293,412.60 | Average $14,670.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Watkins Glen | Recipients 21 | Total $307,740.02 | Average $14,654.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Macomb | Recipients 6 | Total $87,877.84 | Average $14,646.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Wheatland | Recipients 19 | Total $278,154.83 | Average $14,639.73 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Harlem Valley Psych Center | Recipients 312 | Total $4,566,518.77 | Average $14,636.28 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Phelps | Recipients 8 | Total $117,067.03 | Average $14,633.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Schuyler County | Recipients 157 | Total $2,297,321.79 | Average $14,632.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bay Shore UFSD | Recipients 200 | Total $2,926,236.14 | Average $14,631.18 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Fine | Recipients 17 | Total $248,724.70 | Average $14,630.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Oceanside Fire District | Recipients 4 | Total $58,487.89 | Average $14,621.97 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Stafford | Recipients 9 | Total $131,592.99 | Average $14,621.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Ledyard | Recipients 7 | Total $102,182.22 | Average $14,597.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Smyrna | Recipients 3 | Total $43,785.36 | Average $14,595.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Cape Vincent | Recipients 8 | Total $116,645.01 | Average $14,580.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Westfield | Recipients 12 | Total $174,842.60 | Average $14,570.22 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Green Island UFSD | Recipients 11 | Total $160,237.58 | Average $14,567.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Concord | Recipients 18 | Total $262,077.58 | Average $14,559.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Copenhagen CSD | Recipients 23 | Total $334,799.17 | Average $14,556.49 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Delhi | Recipients 11 | Total $160,065.99 | Average $14,551.45 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Scipio | Recipients 6 | Total $87,278.11 | Average $14,546.35 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer State Fair Ag & Markets Expo | Recipients 17 | Total $247,131.34 | Average $14,537.14 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Yorktown CSD | Recipients 123 | Total $1,787,448.25 | Average $14,532.10 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Recipients 192 | Total $2,789,221.63 | Average $14,527.20 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Johnstown | Recipients 12 | Total $174,301.79 | Average $14,525.15 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Mina | Recipients 7 | Total $101,668.80 | Average $14,524.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Belfast CSD | Recipients 20 | Total $290,467.99 | Average $14,523.40 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Plainedge UFSD | Recipients 151 | Total $2,192,352.44 | Average $14,518.89 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Sagamore Autistic Unit | Recipients 11 | Total $159,635.36 | Average $14,512.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Recipients 203 | Total $2,942,982.80 | Average $14,497.45 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Law Revision Commission | Recipients 8 | Total $115,959.03 | Average $14,494.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Cooperstown | Recipients 22 | Total $318,760.40 | Average $14,489.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer East Meadow UFSD | Recipients 241 | Total $3,488,867.84 | Average $14,476.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Candor CSD | Recipients 28 | Total $405,280.10 | Average $14,474.29 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Middleburgh | Recipients 5 | Total $72,345.75 | Average $14,469.15 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Livingston Manor CSD | Recipients 29 | Total $419,489.73 | Average $14,465.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lake Placid CSD | Recipients 25 | Total $361,483.36 | Average $14,459.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Marion | Recipients 18 | Total $260,152.16 | Average $14,452.90 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD | Recipients 114 | Total $1,647,226.18 | Average $14,449.35 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Eden | Recipients 20 | Total $288,844.89 | Average $14,442.24 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Franklin Square UFSD | Recipients 54 | Total $779,831.35 | Average $14,441.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Mt Sinai Fire District | Recipients 1 | Total $14,431.84 | Average $14,431.84 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Massena Housing Authority | Recipients 10 | Total $144,318.15 | Average $14,431.82 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Lackawanna City School Dist | Recipients 100 | Total $1,442,915.39 | Average $14,429.15 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Hopewell | Recipients 13 | Total $187,473.73 | Average $14,421.06 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Long Lake | Recipients 18 | Total $259,558.42 | Average $14,419.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dept Corrections Trainee Pr | Recipients 9 | Total $129,736.92 | Average $14,415.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Owego | Recipients 26 | Total $374,749.89 | Average $14,413.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer East Rockaway UFSD | Recipients 55 | Total $792,472.61 | Average $14,408.59 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Tupper Lake CSD | Recipients 50 | Total $720,401.07 | Average $14,408.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Plymouth | Recipients 2 | Total $28,796.20 | Average $14,398.10 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Syracuse City School Dist | Recipients 788 | Total $11,340,734.98 | Average $14,391.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hampton Bays UFSD | Recipients 39 | Total $561,154.42 | Average $14,388.57 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Pembroke | Recipients 11 | Total $158,175.64 | Average $14,379.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Candor | Recipients 3 | Total $43,114.28 | Average $14,371.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Gilboa-Conesville CSD | Recipients 24 | Total $344,836.21 | Average $14,368.18 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Rome Dev Center | Recipients 354 | Total $5,083,453.46 | Average $14,360.04 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Se NY Library Resource Council | Recipients 7 | Total $100,501.08 | Average $14,357.30 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Wappinger | Recipients 42 | Total $602,793.51 | Average $14,352.23 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Northern Adirondack CSD | Recipients 61 | Total $875,373.07 | Average $14,350.38 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Root | Recipients 9 | Total $129,135.70 | Average $14,348.41 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Bangor | Recipients 3 | Total $43,016.07 | Average $14,338.69 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Ellicottville | Recipients 4 | Total $57,339.42 | Average $14,334.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Hampton | Recipients 1 | Total $14,332.36 | Average $14,332.36 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Canajoharie | Recipients 9 | Total $128,954.70 | Average $14,328.30 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Gainesville | Recipients 7 | Total $100,254.87 | Average $14,322.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Menands UFSD | Recipients 8 | Total $114,558.83 | Average $14,319.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Honeoye Falls | Recipients 8 | Total $114,557.62 | Average $14,319.70 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Newcomb | Recipients 17 | Total $243,419.98 | Average $14,318.82 | Year 2016-2017 |
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