2016-2017 teacher and administrator pay
Nearly 250,000 teachers and administrators statewide, excluding in New York City, were paid $15,852,056,522.93 during the 2016-2017 school year, according to data reported to the New York State Teachers Retirement System obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Act. That amounts to an average of $64,512.95 per member of the retirement system, an increase of 3.7 percent from the year before.
Here are the unaudited details available to the state as of Sept. 1, 2017; those records may be updated as employers report additional data or amend prior reporting records. Here are links to comparable data for teachers and administrators for 2015-2016 and 2014-2015. This database was posted on Sept. 8, 2017.
| Name | Start date | Last known employer | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name Gostling, Matthew A | Start date 1/4/1999 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $69,816.00 |
| Name Yager, Kristi L | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer South Lewis Central Schools | Amount $69,816.00 |
| Name Kneller, Philip H | Start date 12/31/1987 | Last known employer Ticonderoga Central Schools | Amount $69,815.00 |
| Name Nerko, Danielle C | Start date 9/1/2014 | Last known employer Westchester Community College | Amount $69,814.66 |
| Name Burt, Amanda J | Start date 9/4/2001 | Last known employer Jamesville-Dewitt Central Schools | Amount $69,814.00 |
| Name Geer, Heather A | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Poughkeepsie City School District | Amount $69,814.00 |
| Name Gleichauf, Frank A | Start date 6/18/1998 | Last known employer Naples Central Schools | Amount $69,814.00 |
| Name Daskal, Bianca E | Start date 12/1/2014 | Last known employer White Plains City School District | Amount $69,813.89 |
| Name Helwig, Stephen C | Start date 9/7/1999 | Last known employer Cassadaga Valley Central Schools | Amount $69,813.56 |
| Name Judd, Ellen J | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Spencerport Central Schools | Amount $69,813.56 |
| Name Kassay, Virginia I | Start date 5/26/1995 | Last known employer Sullivan West Central School District at Cali-Jeff Central S | Amount $69,813.17 |
| Name Pokorak, Joan M | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Vestal Central Schools | Amount $69,812.50 |
| Name Wadsworth-Miller, Melissa a | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Tonawanda City School District | Amount $69,812.00 |
| Name Diemert, Susan G | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Orleans-Niagara BOCES | Amount $69,811.00 |
| Name Washo, Traci E | Start date 9/6/1994 | Last known employer West Genesee Central Schools | Amount $69,811.00 |
| Name Cardenas, Krystal M | Start date 11/1/2014 | Last known employer Long Beach City School District | Amount $69,809.70 |
| Name Debruin, Ellen F | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Long Beach City School District | Amount $69,809.70 |
| Name Saracino, Alyssa M | Start date 9/1/2014 | Last known employer Long Beach City School District | Amount $69,809.70 |
| Name Hensler, Penny B | Start date 9/1/1990 | Last known employer Honeoye Central Schools | Amount $69,809.60 |
| Name Wills Sr, Thomas A | Start date 9/2/2008 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $69,807.98 |
| Name Springstead, Casey G | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer West Irondequoit Central Schools | Amount $69,806.98 |
| Name Edelbach, Brian L | Start date 1/21/2003 | Last known employer Monroe Community College | Amount $69,806.43 |
| Name Richards, Benjamin L | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools | Amount $69,806.38 |
| Name Clark, Laura A | Start date 11/29/2001 | Last known employer Penfield Central Schools | Amount $69,806.18 |
| Name Brooks, Michelle | Start date 8/27/2014 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $69,804.89 |
| Name Puentes, Steven M | Start date 9/1/2010 | Last known employer Newburgh City School District | Amount $69,804.00 |
| Name Mancuso, Danielle J | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Utica City School District | Amount $69,803.92 |
| Name George, Valerie E | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $69,803.45 |
| Name Downs, Kerry L | Start date 9/6/1994 | Last known employer Binghamton City School District | Amount $69,803.39 |
| Name Szablewski, Colleen M | Start date 8/31/2000 | Last known employer Alden Central Schools | Amount $69,803.00 |
| Name Yeates, Jeffrey E | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer North Syracuse Central Schools | Amount $69,802.01 |
| Name Miles, Alison M | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Fabius-Pompey Central Schools | Amount $69,802.00 |
| Name Diemert, Charles D | Start date 10/1/2009 | Last known employer Orleans-Niagara BOCES | Amount $69,801.50 |
| Name Trinchitella, Sarah | Start date 9/1/2016 | Last known employer East Ramapo Central Schools | Amount $69,801.25 |
| Name Smith, Karen M | Start date 9/1/1993 | Last known employer West Genesee Central Schools | Amount $69,801.00 |
| Name Wright, Scott P | Start date 1/26/1998 | Last known employer AuSable Valley Central Schools | Amount $69,801.00 |
| Name Gaska, Kurt A | Start date 9/8/1998 | Last known employer Binghamton City School District | Amount $69,800.67 |
| Name Benware, Miranda S | Start date 3/1/2006 | Last known employer Beekmantown Central Schools | Amount $69,800.00 |
| Name Davis, Jenna T | Start date 1/26/2015 | Last known employer Seaford Public Schools | Amount $69,799.64 |
| Name Anchirayco, Omayra | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Herricks Union Free Schools | Amount $69,799.47 |
| Name Malikowski, Anthony F | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Hoosick Falls Central Schools | Amount $69,799.18 |
| Name Redding, Yasmin G | Start date 2/22/1999 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $69,799.17 |
| Name Hubbs, Allison E | Start date 5/1/2005 | Last known employer Saratoga Springs City School District | Amount $69,798.50 |
| Name Toohey, Jennifer L | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Niskayuna Central Schools | Amount $69,797.12 |
| Name Muscato, Laura D | Start date 12/17/1998 | Last known employer Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES | Amount $69,796.76 |
| Name O'Connell, Timothy R | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Scotia-Glenville Central Schools | Amount $69,796.62 |
| Name Stromstedt, Jessica T | Start date 5/1/2012 | Last known employer Lynbrook Union Free Schools | Amount $69,796.00 |
| Name Ashley, Jordan R | Start date 6/1/2010 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $69,795.94 |
| Name Kait III, Michael F | Start date 3/1/2006 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $69,795.42 |
| Name Barnello, Melissa A | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer West Genesee Central Schools | Amount $69,795.00 |
| Name Monroe, Richard T | Start date 10/19/1994 | Last known employer Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES | Amount $69,795.00 |
| Name Myers, Amanda M | Start date 8/29/2001 | Last known employer Grand Island Central Schools | Amount $69,795.00 |
| Name Schroeder, Janine M | Start date 8/1/2006 | Last known employer Grand Island Central Schools | Amount $69,795.00 |
| Name Arini, Justin J | Start date 3/1/2012 | Last known employer Shoreham-Wading River Central Schools | Amount $69,794.68 |
| Name Shellard, Tara C | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Rotterdam-Mohonasen Central Schools | Amount $69,794.63 |
| Name O'Connell, Michelle L | Start date 11/19/2013 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $69,794.54 |
| Name Mathew, Kesiah | Start date 9/1/2015 | Last known employer Pleasantville Union Free Schools | Amount $69,794.05 |
| Name Smartt, Kerry L | Start date 2/9/1993 | Last known employer Phelps-Clifton Springs Central Schools | Amount $69,792.38 |
| Name Gibble, Katherine M | Start date 11/1/1994 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $69,791.92 |
| Name Tamucci, Daniel C | Start date 7/7/2008 | Last known employer Ossining Union Free Schools | Amount $69,791.25 |
| Name Baker, Donna E | Start date 12/2/2002 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $69,790.60 |
| Name Metz, Julianne T | Start date 9/1/2015 | Last known employer Mount Vernon Public Schools | Amount $69,790.39 |
| Name Fernandez, Kristine L | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Liverpool Central Schools | Amount $69,790.21 |
| Name Cimmerer, Allison M | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $69,790.05 |
| Name Schoff, Richard C | Start date 9/21/1992 | Last known employer Herkimer Central Schools | Amount $69,790.00 |
| Name Brandstetter, Tammy L | Start date 9/11/1995 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $69,789.67 |
| Name Sopko, Jennifer R | Start date 8/31/1998 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $69,789.67 |
| Name Moreno, Jennifer A | Start date 3/28/2003 | Last known employer Hannibal Central Schools | Amount $69,789.58 |
| Name Cooper, Tara A | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Shenendehowa At Clifton Park Central Schools | Amount $69,788.50 |
| Name Griffin, Amber E | Start date 9/1/2010 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $69,788.27 |
| Name Meyers, Lee B | Start date 9/4/2001 | Last known employer Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Central Schools | Amount $69,788.23 |
| Name Tompkins, Carol S | Start date 10/28/1996 | Last known employer Wellsville Central Schools | Amount $69,788.05 |
| Name Gillberg, Season M | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer East Greenbush Central Schools | Amount $69,787.41 |
| Name Laffer, Laura J | Start date 12/10/2014 | Last known employer Bronxville Union Free Schools | Amount $69,786.83 |
| Name Fleckenstein, Molly E | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer Newark Central Schools | Amount $69,786.00 |
| Name Minutolo, Vincent L | Start date 9/10/2013 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $69,786.00 |
| Name Senese, Helen A | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Frontier Central Schools | Amount $69,785.52 |
| Name Pereira, Douglas A | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Canandaigua City School District | Amount $69,785.50 |
| Name Knuschke, Kerri L | Start date 8/28/2014 | Last known employer Pine Plains Central Schools | Amount $69,785.00 |
| Name Judware, Michelle M | Start date 4/11/2001 | Last known employer Central Valley Central Schools | Amount $69,784.50 |
| Name LaPatra, Chad A | Start date 9/3/1996 | Last known employer Glens Falls City School District | Amount $69,783.02 |
| Name Bullard, Darnella M | Start date 8/29/1994 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $69,782.19 |
| Name Higgins, Andrew C | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $69,782.18 |
| Name Crowe, Molly M | Start date 11/5/2007 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $69,782.07 |
| Name Joly, Richie L | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Jamestown City School District | Amount $69,781.72 |
| Name Parker, Nathan L | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Ithaca City School District | Amount $69,781.25 |
| Name Shaw, James M | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Hudson Falls Central Schools | Amount $69,780.22 |
| Name Joyce, Douglas P | Start date 1/6/2003 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $69,780.10 |
| Name Lanza-Allo, Beth Anne | Start date 5/1/2006 | Last known employer William Floyd Union Free Schools | Amount $69,778.80 |
| Name DiPalma, Amelia M | Start date 1/1/2015 | Last known employer Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $69,778.58 |
| Name Auffhammer, Karen L | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Central Square Central Schools | Amount $69,777.30 |
| Name Masserwick, John J | Start date 9/3/1987 | Last known employer SUNY Farmingdale Ag and Tech | Amount $69,776.92 |
| Name Audley, Edward R | Start date 2/2/1996 | Last known employer Central Square Central Schools | Amount $69,776.82 |
| Name Lundy, Jeremy P | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Niskayuna Central Schools | Amount $69,776.63 |
| Name DeLucia, Pamela S | Start date 11/1/2004 | Last known employer Schuylerville Central Schools | Amount $69,775.33 |
| Name Aleva, Ryan D | Start date 3/10/1999 | Last known employer Queensbury Union Free Schools | Amount $69,775.00 |
| Name Drake, Stephanie A | Start date 9/23/1991 | Last known employer Gananda Central Schools | Amount $69,774.20 |
| Name Edwards, Jeffrey A | Start date 5/21/1992 | Last known employer South Glens Falls Central Schools | Amount $69,774.00 |
| Name Spittler, Amy C | Start date 9/4/1984 | Last known employer Norwich City School District | Amount $69,774.00 |
| Name Lewis, Kendrick A | Start date 9/1/2015 | Last known employer Valley Stream #30 Union Free Schools | Amount $69,773.13 |
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