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 City of Fulton Recipients 161 Total $4,414,154.76 Average $27,417.11 Year 2017-2018
Employer Deer Park Fire District #14 Recipients 3 Total $82,221.76 Average $27,407.25 Year 2017-2018
Employer Wyoming Soil,Wtr Cons District Recipients 5 Total $136,934.01 Average $27,386.80 Year 2017-2018
Employer Onondaga Co Soil,Wtr Cons Dis Recipients 3 Total $82,020.65 Average $27,340.22 Year 2017-2018
Employer Leg Commis Public Private Coop Recipients 2 Total $54,641.16 Average $27,320.58 Year 2017-2018
Employer Leg Commis Skill Dev & Voc Ed Recipients 1 Total $27,307.00 Average $27,307.00 Year 2017-2018
Employer Town of Glenville Recipients 74 Total $2,020,115.85 Average $27,298.86 Year 2017-2018
Employer Bayview Corr Facility Recipients 143 Total $3,902,424.39 Average $27,289.68 Year 2017-2018
Employer Dix Hills Fire District Recipients 5 Total $136,341.55 Average $27,268.31 Year 2017-2018
Employer St Marys School For The Deaf Recipients 153 Total $4,170,204.18 Average $27,256.24 Year 2017-2018
Employer Surrogates Court Richmond Co Recipients 3 Total $81,734.08 Average $27,244.69 Year 2017-2018
Employer City of Canandaigua Recipients 93 Total $2,533,130.18 Average $27,237.96 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Lancaster Recipients 34 Total $924,213.68 Average $27,182.76 Year 2017-2018
Employer Hutchings Psych Center Recipients 552 Total $15,001,523.88 Average $27,176.67 Year 2017-2018
Employer Rockland County Recipients 2,594 Total $70,468,552.64 Average $27,165.98 Year 2017-2018
Employer Riverhead Sewer District Recipients 10 Total $271,536.53 Average $27,153.65 Year 2017-2018
Employer Capital Dist Psych Center Recipients 466 Total $12,652,862.81 Average $27,152.07 Year 2017-2018
Employer Livingston Soil,Wtr Cons Dist Recipients 1 Total $27,150.94 Average $27,150.94 Year 2017-2018
Employer White Plains Housing Authority Recipients 26 Total $705,730.89 Average $27,143.50 Year 2017-2018
Employer Great Neck Wtr Poll District Recipients 7 Total $189,945.21 Average $27,135.03 Year 2017-2018
Employer Buffalo Sewer Authority Recipients 221 Total $5,996,060.37 Average $27,131.49 Year 2017-2018
Employer State Insurance Fund-Admin Recipients 1,888 Total $51,214,276.33 Average $27,126.21 Year 2017-2018
Employer Troy Housing Authority Recipients 57 Total $1,544,541.95 Average $27,097.23 Year 2017-2018
Employer Long Beach Public Library Recipients 14 Total $379,314.09 Average $27,093.86 Year 2017-2018
Employer Camp Pharsalia Corr Facility Recipients 69 Total $1,866,530.50 Average $27,051.17 Year 2017-2018
Employer Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg Recipients 116 Total $3,136,042.43 Average $27,034.85 Year 2017-2018
Employer NY Metro Milk Marketing Area Recipients 3 Total $81,077.04 Average $27,025.68 Year 2017-2018
Employer Remsenburg-Speonk UFSD Recipients 3 Total $81,028.01 Average $27,009.34 Year 2017-2018
Employer Town of De Witt Recipients 101 Total $2,725,830.26 Average $26,988.42 Year 2017-2018
Employer Lackawanna Mun Housing Auth Recipients 27 Total $728,317.55 Average $26,974.72 Year 2017-2018
Employer Queens Psych Center Children Recipients 269 Total $7,250,133.97 Average $26,952.17 Year 2017-2018
Employer Surrogates Court Within NYC Recipients 7 Total $188,656.00 Average $26,950.86 Year 2017-2018
Employer Albany Housing Authority Recipients 84 Total $2,262,133.51 Average $26,930.16 Year 2017-2018
Employer Ilion Bd of Light Recipients 8 Total $215,418.72 Average $26,927.34 Year 2017-2018
Employer Fairport Urban Renewal Agcy Recipients 5 Total $134,579.46 Average $26,915.89 Year 2017-2018
Employer Elmira Psych Center Recipients 392 Total $10,548,722.65 Average $26,910.01 Year 2017-2018
Employer Town of East Fishkill Recipients 60 Total $1,614,294.78 Average $26,904.91 Year 2017-2018
Employer Town of Kiantone Recipients 3 Total $80,672.47 Average $26,890.82 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Monticello Recipients 74 Total $1,989,151.64 Average $26,880.43 Year 2017-2018
Employer Lexington School For The Deaf Recipients 152 Total $4,083,732.87 Average $26,866.66 Year 2017-2018
Employer City of Port Jervis Recipients 59 Total $1,584,968.75 Average $26,863.88 Year 2017-2018
Employer Long Beach Housing Authority Recipients 9 Total $241,219.39 Average $26,802.15 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Clinton Recipients 3 Total $80,366.97 Average $26,788.99 Year 2017-2018
Employer Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv Recipients 37 Total $991,027.94 Average $26,784.54 Year 2017-2018
Employer Div Alcoholic Beverage Control Recipients 199 Total $5,328,318.86 Average $26,775.47 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Walden Recipients 28 Total $749,579.34 Average $26,770.69 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Valley Stream Recipients 129 Total $3,453,200.51 Average $26,769.00 Year 2017-2018
Employer Division of Human Rights Recipients 156 Total $4,174,756.81 Average $26,761.26 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Dexter Recipients 3 Total $80,259.66 Average $26,753.22 Year 2017-2018
Employer Creedmoor Psych Center Recipients 1,508 Total $40,343,150.31 Average $26,752.75 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Le Roy Recipients 21 Total $560,713.94 Average $26,700.66 Year 2017-2018
Employer Rye Neck UFSD Recipients 34 Total $907,717.59 Average $26,697.58 Year 2017-2018
Employer Great Neck Library Recipients 53 Total $1,413,999.82 Average $26,679.24 Year 2017-2018
Employer Dewitt Fire District Recipients 8 Total $213,178.03 Average $26,647.25 Year 2017-2018
Employer Catskill Housing Authority Recipients 4 Total $106,451.38 Average $26,612.85 Year 2017-2018
Employer Smithtown Spec Library Dist Recipients 66 Total $1,753,132.04 Average $26,562.61 Year 2017-2018
Employer Fulton Corr Facility Recipients 121 Total $3,211,970.62 Average $26,545.21 Year 2017-2018
Employer Central Islip UFSD Recipients 207 Total $5,492,511.68 Average $26,533.87 Year 2017-2018
Employer Parkside Corr Facility Recipients 21 Total $557,021.48 Average $26,524.83 Year 2017-2018
Employer Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn Recipients 94 Total $2,492,899.77 Average $26,520.21 Year 2017-2018
Employer Plainview Wtr District Recipients 13 Total $344,463.55 Average $26,497.20 Year 2017-2018
Employer Massapequa Bd of Water Commis Recipients 16 Total $423,850.37 Average $26,490.65 Year 2017-2018
Employer Town of Romulus Recipients 5 Total $132,185.50 Average $26,437.10 Year 2017-2018
Employer Town of Ossining Recipients 55 Total $1,453,191.29 Average $26,421.66 Year 2017-2018
Employer Pearl River Public Library Recipients 15 Total $396,283.45 Average $26,418.90 Year 2017-2018
Employer St Joseph's School For Deaf Recipients 81 Total $2,138,682.43 Average $26,403.49 Year 2017-2018
Employer Bronx Psych Center Recipients 870 Total $22,958,184.38 Average $26,388.72 Year 2017-2018
Employer Town of Evans Recipients 70 Total $1,846,635.11 Average $26,380.50 Year 2017-2018
Employer New Rochelle Muni Housing Auth Recipients 20 Total $527,394.42 Average $26,369.72 Year 2017-2018
Employer Dutchess County Recipients 1,627 Total $42,848,317.92 Average $26,335.78 Year 2017-2018
Employer Nassau OTB Corp Recipients 181 Total $4,766,627.61 Average $26,334.96 Year 2017-2018
Employer Peekskill Housing Authority Recipients 10 Total $263,131.53 Average $26,313.15 Year 2017-2018
Employer Lake George Park Commission Recipients 9 Total $236,733.09 Average $26,303.68 Year 2017-2018
Employer City of Olean Recipients 165 Total $4,335,127.59 Average $26,273.50 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Depew Recipients 80 Total $2,101,166.59 Average $26,264.58 Year 2017-2018
Employer City of Corning Recipients 117 Total $3,070,927.32 Average $26,247.24 Year 2017-2018
Employer Central NY DDSO Recipients 2,039 Total $53,512,677.06 Average $26,244.57 Year 2017-2018
Employer No Hempstead Housing Authority Recipients 10 Total $261,511.86 Average $26,151.19 Year 2017-2018
Employer SUNY at Stonybrook-Hospital Recipients 987 Total $25,786,413.47 Average $26,126.05 Year 2017-2018
Employer Suffolk Coop Library System Recipients 58 Total $1,514,964.12 Average $26,120.07 Year 2017-2018
Employer Commis On Regulation Lobbying Recipients 7 Total $182,724.15 Average $26,103.45 Year 2017-2018
Employer Dev Auth of North Country Recipients 18 Total $468,976.66 Average $26,054.26 Year 2017-2018
Employer Erie County Medical Cntr Corp Recipients 1,131 Total $29,444,380.64 Average $26,033.94 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Morris Recipients 1 Total $26,029.28 Average $26,029.28 Year 2017-2018
Employer Albany County Airport Authorit Recipients 13 Total $337,895.00 Average $25,991.92 Year 2017-2018
Employer West Carthage Housing Auth Recipients 1 Total $25,989.30 Average $25,989.30 Year 2017-2018
Employer Hornell Industrial Dev Agency Recipients 1 Total $25,941.67 Average $25,941.67 Year 2017-2018
Employer Hsc at Syracuse-Hospital Recipients 930 Total $24,121,948.35 Average $25,937.58 Year 2017-2018
Employer Village of Alfred Recipients 9 Total $233,392.96 Average $25,932.55 Year 2017-2018
Employer Bayport Fire District Recipients 2 Total $51,839.50 Average $25,919.75 Year 2017-2018
Employer Brooklyn Childrens Psych Center Recipients 74 Total $1,915,075.23 Average $25,879.40 Year 2017-2018
Employer Elmira Childrens Services Recipients 74 Total $1,914,772.19 Average $25,875.30 Year 2017-2018
Employer Plainview Vol Fire Dept Recipients 2 Total $51,673.12 Average $25,836.56 Year 2017-2018
Employer Manhattan Psych Center Recipients 1,147 Total $29,609,577.71 Average $25,814.80 Year 2017-2018
Employer NYack Housing Authority Recipients 4 Total $103,124.77 Average $25,781.19 Year 2017-2018
Employer Kingsboro Psych Center Recipients 974 Total $25,063,580.28 Average $25,732.63 Year 2017-2018
Employer Levittown Public Library Recipients 42 Total $1,080,472.92 Average $25,725.55 Year 2017-2018
Employer Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg Recipients 94 Total $2,418,154.76 Average $25,725.05 Year 2017-2018
Employer City of Jamestown Recipients 558 Total $14,341,330.22 Average $25,701.31 Year 2017-2018
Employer Smithtown Fire District Recipients 6 Total $154,156.22 Average $25,692.70 Year 2017-2018

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