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 Oswego School Dist Pub Library | Recipients 4 | Total $52,815.00 | Average $13,203.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Sheridan | Recipients 9 | Total $118,831.97 | Average $13,203.55 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Conesus | Recipients 8 | Total $105,544.62 | Average $13,193.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Elmont UFSD | Recipients 136 | Total $1,792,566.17 | Average $13,180.63 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Arcade | Recipients 2 | Total $26,356.64 | Average $13,178.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Champlain | Recipients 8 | Total $105,411.40 | Average $13,176.43 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Erwin Urban Renewal Agcy | Recipients 2 | Total $26,347.12 | Average $13,173.56 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Washington | Recipients 15 | Total $197,590.36 | Average $13,172.69 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Moriah CSD | Recipients 39 | Total $513,704.25 | Average $13,171.90 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Watervliet City School Dist | Recipients 32 | Total $421,367.28 | Average $13,167.73 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Sand Lake | Recipients 16 | Total $210,567.68 | Average $13,160.48 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn | Recipients 114 | Total $1,499,758.85 | Average $13,155.78 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Thousand Island CSD | Recipients 58 | Total $763,033.34 | Average $13,155.75 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Psy Center | Recipients 9 | Total $118,269.72 | Average $13,141.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Port Jervis City School Dist | Recipients 141 | Total $1,852,481.95 | Average $13,138.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Rushville | Recipients 3 | Total $39,360.96 | Average $13,120.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Wilton | Recipients 28 | Total $366,915.02 | Average $13,104.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Plattsburgh City School Dist | Recipients 78 | Total $1,021,710.79 | Average $13,098.86 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Friendship | Recipients 12 | Total $157,165.90 | Average $13,097.16 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer West Seneca CSD | Recipients 404 | Total $5,290,817.96 | Average $13,096.08 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Sackets Harbor CSD | Recipients 26 | Total $340,496.74 | Average $13,096.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer BOCES-Franklin Essex Hamilton | Recipients 45 | Total $589,107.54 | Average $13,091.28 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Fleming | Recipients 5 | Total $65,420.24 | Average $13,084.05 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Woodridge | Recipients 12 | Total $156,998.58 | Average $13,083.22 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Geneva Housing Authority | Recipients 19 | Total $248,385.77 | Average $13,072.94 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Saltaire | Recipients 4 | Total $52,259.99 | Average $13,065.00 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Hounsfield | Recipients 11 | Total $143,642.36 | Average $13,058.40 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Byram Hills CSD At Armonk | Recipients 119 | Total $1,553,401.66 | Average $13,053.80 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Brasher | Recipients 7 | Total $91,364.78 | Average $13,052.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Ghent | Recipients 7 | Total $91,316.16 | Average $13,045.17 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Athens | Recipients 5 | Total $65,183.30 | Average $13,036.66 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Jasper-Troupsburg CSD | Recipients 29 | Total $377,989.47 | Average $13,034.12 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Wells | Recipients 7 | Total $91,113.61 | Average $13,016.23 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hannibal CSD | Recipients 69 | Total $897,497.67 | Average $13,007.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Valley CSD At Montgomery | Recipients 119 | Total $1,547,618.63 | Average $13,005.20 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hudson Falls CSD | Recipients 115 | Total $1,495,334.20 | Average $13,002.91 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Marlboro CSD | Recipients 87 | Total $1,130,300.17 | Average $12,991.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Newcomb CSD | Recipients 9 | Total $116,912.43 | Average $12,990.27 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Lumberland | Recipients 12 | Total $155,849.91 | Average $12,987.49 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Canisteo-Greenwood CSD | Recipients 42 | Total $545,442.42 | Average $12,986.72 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Cheektowaga-Maryvale UFSD | Recipients 98 | Total $1,272,365.44 | Average $12,983.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Hermon | Recipients 7 | Total $90,829.73 | Average $12,975.68 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Sinclairville | Recipients 3 | Total $38,902.39 | Average $12,967.46 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Tompkins Co Soil&Water Con Dis | Recipients 1 | Total $12,965.22 | Average $12,965.22 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Beacon City School Dist | Recipients 72 | Total $933,379.09 | Average $12,963.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Southwestern CSD | Recipients 90 | Total $1,166,549.03 | Average $12,961.66 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Fort Plain | Recipients 21 | Total $272,168.16 | Average $12,960.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Camden | Recipients 12 | Total $155,331.95 | Average $12,944.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD | Recipients 132 | Total $1,706,923.18 | Average $12,931.24 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Valley Stream UFSD 30 | Recipients 43 | Total $555,663.82 | Average $12,922.41 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Grandview On Hudson | Recipients 1 | Total $12,914.50 | Average $12,914.50 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Schuyler Falls | Recipients 7 | Total $90,328.24 | Average $12,904.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Upper Nyack | Recipients 5 | Total $64,515.43 | Average $12,903.09 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Savannah | Recipients 7 | Total $90,215.65 | Average $12,887.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Jamesville De Witt CSD | Recipients 123 | Total $1,585,079.82 | Average $12,886.83 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Arkport CSD | Recipients 20 | Total $257,384.20 | Average $12,869.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Cato | Recipients 5 | Total $64,325.96 | Average $12,865.19 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Potsdam Housing Authority | Recipients 2 | Total $25,711.86 | Average $12,855.93 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer North Collins CSD | Recipients 38 | Total $488,491.04 | Average $12,855.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Chateaugay CSD | Recipients 37 | Total $475,592.42 | Average $12,853.85 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Otsego | Recipients 17 | Total $218,478.14 | Average $12,851.66 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Stewart Manor | Recipients 9 | Total $115,651.72 | Average $12,850.19 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Triangle | Recipients 7 | Total $89,930.50 | Average $12,847.21 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hermon-Dekalb CSD | Recipients 20 | Total $256,806.68 | Average $12,840.33 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Potsdam CSD | Recipients 73 | Total $937,295.64 | Average $12,839.67 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Bristol | Recipients 9 | Total $115,499.19 | Average $12,833.24 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Charlotte Valley CSD | Recipients 17 | Total $218,087.85 | Average $12,828.70 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer North Syracuse CSD | Recipients 368 | Total $4,718,975.84 | Average $12,823.30 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Assembly: Annual Part Time | Recipients 100 | Total $1,282,102.69 | Average $12,821.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Pulaski CSD | Recipients 56 | Total $717,748.91 | Average $12,816.94 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer North Bellmore UFSD | Recipients 70 | Total $897,181.11 | Average $12,816.87 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Rensselaerville | Recipients 16 | Total $205,041.81 | Average $12,815.11 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Chatham | Recipients 15 | Total $192,224.37 | Average $12,814.96 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dunkirk City-School Dist | Recipients 86 | Total $1,101,967.48 | Average $12,813.58 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Aurora | Recipients 28 | Total $358,690.87 | Average $12,810.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Minetto | Recipients 6 | Total $76,855.40 | Average $12,809.23 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Pleasant Valley | Recipients 14 | Total $179,304.61 | Average $12,807.47 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Pavilion | Recipients 3 | Total $38,407.05 | Average $12,802.35 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Interstate Environmental Comis | Recipients 13 | Total $166,411.49 | Average $12,800.88 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Franklinville CSD | Recipients 50 | Total $639,980.57 | Average $12,799.61 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Stuyvesant | Recipients 5 | Total $63,968.20 | Average $12,793.64 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Newfane | Recipients 37 | Total $473,149.11 | Average $12,787.81 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Owasco | Recipients 6 | Total $76,712.66 | Average $12,785.44 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Brewster CSD | Recipients 186 | Total $2,378,068.86 | Average $12,785.32 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Dundee CSD | Recipients 44 | Total $562,201.43 | Average $12,777.31 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Phoenix CSD | Recipients 100 | Total $1,277,502.26 | Average $12,775.02 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Baldwinsville CSD | Recipients 255 | Total $3,256,019.07 | Average $12,768.70 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Recipients 488 | Total $6,230,901.60 | Average $12,768.24 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of New York Mills | Recipients 10 | Total $127,669.89 | Average $12,766.99 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Randolph CSD | Recipients 41 | Total $523,158.74 | Average $12,759.97 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Parishville-Hopkinton CSD | Recipients 32 | Total $408,296.91 | Average $12,759.28 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Rush | Recipients 26 | Total $331,344.88 | Average $12,744.03 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Hoosick Falls CSD | Recipients 50 | Total $637,026.64 | Average $12,740.53 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Wheelerville UFSD | Recipients 13 | Total $165,378.03 | Average $12,721.39 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Cape Vincent | Recipients 6 | Total $76,313.68 | Average $12,718.95 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Clyde | Recipients 10 | Total $127,156.79 | Average $12,715.68 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Village of Deferiet | Recipients 1 | Total $12,715.60 | Average $12,715.60 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer Town of Livonia | Recipients 18 | Total $228,755.81 | Average $12,708.66 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer BOCES-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Recipients 283 | Total $3,591,163.67 | Average $12,689.62 | Year 2016-2017 |
| Employer North Country Library System | Recipients 20 | Total $253,782.70 | Average $12,689.14 | Year 2016-2017 |
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