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 New York State Canal Corp | Recipients 437 | Total $11,220,546.17 | Average $25,676.31 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hudson River Psych Center | Recipients 983 | Total $25,223,613.06 | Average $25,659.83 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Finger Lakes DDSO | Recipients 2,300 | Total $58,996,474.45 | Average $25,650.64 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Springville | Recipients 25 | Total $640,992.80 | Average $25,639.71 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Oswego | Recipients 329 | Total $8,434,941.12 | Average $25,638.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Abbott UFSD of Greenburgh | Recipients 8 | Total $204,963.84 | Average $25,620.48 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Norwich Housing Authority | Recipients 5 | Total $127,853.07 | Average $25,570.61 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Medford Fire District | Recipients 3 | Total $76,672.96 | Average $25,557.65 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Hudson Commun Dev Plann'G Agcy | Recipients 2 | Total $51,103.54 | Average $25,551.77 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Webster | Recipients 26 | Total $664,267.54 | Average $25,548.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Palatine Bridge | Recipients 1 | Total $25,536.00 | Average $25,536.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Watertown | Recipients 342 | Total $8,727,240.40 | Average $25,518.25 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Goshen | Recipients 34 | Total $867,505.05 | Average $25,514.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Fredonia | Recipients 64 | Total $1,632,783.45 | Average $25,512.24 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Bellerose | Recipients 3 | Total $76,462.85 | Average $25,487.62 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Metro New York DDSO | Recipients 646 | Total $16,427,795.57 | Average $25,430.02 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Rochester Psych Center | Recipients 822 | Total $20,895,599.66 | Average $25,420.44 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Mohawk Municipal Commission | Recipients 5 | Total $126,719.53 | Average $25,343.91 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Legislative Ethics Committee | Recipients 3 | Total $75,954.55 | Average $25,318.18 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Manlius | Recipients 86 | Total $2,174,606.89 | Average $25,286.13 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Tonawanda Housing Authority | Recipients 7 | Total $176,788.11 | Average $25,255.44 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Camp Gabriels Corr Facility | Recipients 82 | Total $2,069,720.91 | Average $25,240.50 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Health Research Inc | Recipients 748 | Total $18,875,385.69 | Average $25,234.47 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Leg Commis Crit Transp Choices | Recipients 1 | Total $25,216.00 | Average $25,216.00 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Kiryas Joel UFSD | Recipients 18 | Total $453,411.33 | Average $25,189.52 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY College Environ Sciences | Recipients 152 | Total $3,828,334.48 | Average $25,186.41 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Greater Binghamton Health Cntr | Recipients 695 | Total $17,502,559.11 | Average $25,183.54 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Fort Edward | Recipients 13 | Total $327,363.52 | Average $25,181.81 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Division of Veterans' Affairs | Recipients 132 | Total $3,322,474.37 | Average $25,170.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Recipients 165 | Total $4,152,051.96 | Average $25,163.95 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Capital Dist Trans Authority | Recipients 48 | Total $1,206,966.52 | Average $25,145.14 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of New Bremen | Recipients 5 | Total $125,688.84 | Average $25,137.77 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Pocantico Hills CSD | Recipients 23 | Total $577,926.68 | Average $25,127.25 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer North Babylon Public Library | Recipients 16 | Total $401,794.69 | Average $25,112.17 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Kingston | Recipients 332 | Total $8,330,635.00 | Average $25,092.27 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Recipients 22 | Total $552,008.03 | Average $25,091.27 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Lake Placid | Recipients 55 | Total $1,378,048.82 | Average $25,055.43 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Johnson City | Recipients 150 | Total $3,756,251.58 | Average $25,041.68 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Greenlawn Fire District | Recipients 8 | Total $199,998.57 | Average $24,999.82 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Warwick | Recipients 17 | Total $424,840.18 | Average $24,990.60 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Middletown Housing Authority | Recipients 4 | Total $99,815.38 | Average $24,953.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Recipients 84 | Total $2,093,049.51 | Average $24,917.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer West Babylon Public Library | Recipients 13 | Total $323,747.52 | Average $24,903.66 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Lindenhurst Memorial Library | Recipients 35 | Total $871,534.82 | Average $24,900.99 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Massena | Recipients 93 | Total $2,315,466.78 | Average $24,897.49 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Central NY Regn Plan & Dev Bd | Recipients 7 | Total $174,129.14 | Average $24,875.59 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of East Greenbush | Recipients 77 | Total $1,913,556.47 | Average $24,851.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Department of Motor Vehicles | Recipients 2,409 | Total $59,862,090.54 | Average $24,849.35 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Islip Public Library | Recipients 15 | Total $372,703.41 | Average $24,846.89 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Cortland | Recipients 175 | Total $4,347,136.56 | Average $24,840.78 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Surrogates Court-Bronx Co | Recipients 7 | Total $173,787.08 | Average $24,826.73 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Long Island Dev Center | Recipients 1,526 | Total $37,846,298.36 | Average $24,800.98 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Off Prevent Domestic Violence | Recipients 21 | Total $520,620.93 | Average $24,791.47 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Stony Brook Fire District | Recipients 3 | Total $74,353.70 | Average $24,784.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer South Beach Multidisabled Unit | Recipients 15 | Total $371,179.70 | Average $24,745.31 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Elmira Heights Urb Renew Agcy | Recipients 2 | Total $49,462.76 | Average $24,731.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Horse Breeding Devel Fund | Recipients 3 | Total $74,086.70 | Average $24,695.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer New York Public Library | Recipients 1,326 | Total $32,717,525.67 | Average $24,673.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Hamburg | Recipients 63 | Total $1,554,387.35 | Average $24,672.82 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Whitesboro | Recipients 11 | Total $271,385.06 | Average $24,671.37 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Salamanca Public Library | Recipients 4 | Total $98,680.18 | Average $24,670.05 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Council of the Arts | Recipients 53 | Total $1,307,283.15 | Average $24,665.72 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Potsdam | Recipients 64 | Total $1,577,330.64 | Average $24,645.79 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Perinton | Recipients 76 | Total $1,872,400.03 | Average $24,636.84 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Recipients 561 | Total $13,814,711.92 | Average $24,625.15 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Capital District DDSO | Recipients 1,185 | Total $29,173,753.81 | Average $24,619.20 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Cayuga Co Soil,Wtr Cons Dist | Recipients 10 | Total $245,906.28 | Average $24,590.63 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Cayuga Heights | Recipients 20 | Total $491,712.87 | Average $24,585.64 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Recipients 322 | Total $7,909,055.60 | Average $24,562.28 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Recipients 195 | Total $4,786,988.35 | Average $24,548.66 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Lakewood | Recipients 17 | Total $417,291.57 | Average $24,546.56 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer City of Hornell | Recipients 95 | Total $2,331,380.60 | Average $24,540.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Tech Valley Reg Tech Institute | Recipients 1 | Total $24,506.38 | Average $24,506.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Recipients 101 | Total $2,474,676.25 | Average $24,501.75 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Garden City Pk Fire & Wtr Dist | Recipients 4 | Total $97,980.46 | Average $24,495.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Great Neck | Recipients 25 | Total $611,959.86 | Average $24,478.39 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ilion Bd Water Commissioners | Recipients 2 | Total $48,920.72 | Average $24,460.36 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Recipients 104 | Total $2,543,408.59 | Average $24,455.85 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Bronx Psych Center Children | Recipients 193 | Total $4,719,118.11 | Average $24,451.39 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of North Dansville | Recipients 7 | Total $170,976.81 | Average $24,425.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Legislative Library | Recipients 6 | Total $146,162.35 | Average $24,360.39 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Valley Ridge Cntr Int Treat | Recipients 20 | Total $486,860.24 | Average $24,343.01 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Binghamton Childrens Services | Recipients 30 | Total $729,817.79 | Average $24,327.26 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Penfield | Recipients 105 | Total $2,553,409.79 | Average $24,318.19 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Catskill Bd Water Commis | Recipients 2 | Total $48,619.76 | Average $24,309.88 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer SUNY College Technology Canton | Recipients 135 | Total $3,279,687.64 | Average $24,293.98 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Arcade | Recipients 26 | Total $631,569.23 | Average $24,291.12 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Niskayuna | Recipients 96 | Total $2,331,443.55 | Average $24,285.87 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer St Lawrence Psych Center | Recipients 632 | Total $15,346,414.07 | Average $24,282.30 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Recipients 114 | Total $2,766,397.16 | Average $24,266.64 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Canton | Recipients 35 | Total $849,309.13 | Average $24,265.98 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Dutchess Co Resource Rec Agcy | Recipients 8 | Total $194,084.54 | Average $24,260.57 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Malone | Recipients 43 | Total $1,042,975.64 | Average $24,255.25 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Ramapo Housing Authority | Recipients 9 | Total $218,281.51 | Average $24,253.50 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Town of Randolph | Recipients 3 | Total $72,748.15 | Average $24,249.38 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Rocky Point Fire District | Recipients 4 | Total $96,803.26 | Average $24,200.82 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Freeport Housing Authority | Recipients 10 | Total $241,977.11 | Average $24,197.71 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Erie County | Recipients 6,380 | Total $154,350,493.10 | Average $24,192.87 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of NYack | Recipients 39 | Total $943,042.95 | Average $24,180.59 | Year 2017-2018 |
| Employer Village of Greenwood Lake | Recipients 11 | Total $265,945.58 | Average $24,176.87 | Year 2017-2018 |
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