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 Heirigs, Kristine M | Start date 1/18/2000 | Last known employer Gates-Chili Central Schools | Amount $64,237.50 |
| Name McGrath, Erin E | Start date 1/1/2005 | Last known employer Washingtonville Central Schools | Amount $64,237.00 |
| Name Taylor, Nicole M | Start date 9/2/2008 | Last known employer Westhampton Beach Union Free Schools | Amount $64,236.47 |
| Name Paulino, Lourdes G | Start date 9/23/2003 | Last known employer Fashion Institute of Technology | Amount $64,236.17 |
| Name Oswald, Mimina J | Start date 9/4/2000 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $64,235.94 |
| Name Martinelli, Rosa I | Start date 2/1/2013 | Last known employer Roosevelt Union Free Schools | Amount $64,235.03 |
| Name Harwood, Natalie J | Start date 2/1/2007 | Last known employer Wantagh Union Free Schools | Amount $64,234.41 |
| Name Kiniry-Kurak, Bridget F | Start date 1/22/1998 | Last known employer North Syracuse Central Schools | Amount $64,234.20 |
| Name Guldenpfennig, Christopher | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Watertown City School District | Amount $64,234.00 |
| Name Cole, Rebecca L | Start date 11/13/1996 | Last known employer Elmira City School District | Amount $64,233.50 |
| Name Sylor, Renee N | Start date 9/4/2007 | Last known employer Livonia Central Schools | Amount $64,232.69 |
| Name Creurer, Troy R | Start date 10/26/1999 | Last known employer Madrid-Waddington Central Schools | Amount $64,231.00 |
| Name Ray, Elaine C | Start date 9/3/1975 | Last known employer Herkimer Central Schools | Amount $64,231.00 |
| Name Mercurio, William G | Start date 10/1/2007 | Last known employer Dover Union Free Schools | Amount $64,230.01 |
| Name Oliverio, Joseph J | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer Addison Central Schools | Amount $64,229.47 |
| Name Rice, Stephanie M | Start date 9/2/2015 | Last known employer Jamesville-Dewitt Central Schools | Amount $64,229.08 |
| Name Dwyer, Lucille M | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Afton Central Schools | Amount $64,228.00 |
| Name Machuga, Erica O | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer Campbell-Savona Central Schools | Amount $64,225.80 |
| Name DeSario, Christopher M | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Shenendehowa At Clifton Park Central Schools | Amount $64,225.47 |
| Name Nottis, Kimberly M | Start date 10/1/2001 | Last known employer Iroquois Central Schools | Amount $64,225.00 |
| Name Rumschik, Megan A | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Starpoint Central Schools | Amount $64,225.00 |
| Name Claxton, Cheryl M | Start date 5/6/1994 | Last known employer Ogdensburg City School District | Amount $64,224.93 |
| Name Avery, Michelle R | Start date 12/4/2000 | Last known employer Wilson Central Schools | Amount $64,224.42 |
| Name Gorski, Linda G | Start date 8/13/2001 | Last known employer Wilson Central Schools | Amount $64,224.42 |
| Name Clayborne, Carla D | Start date 1/26/2001 | Last known employer Watertown City School District | Amount $64,224.00 |
| Name Robinson, Felicia M | Start date 9/16/1996 | Last known employer Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES | Amount $64,223.76 |
| Name Byrne, Deborah A | Start date 6/20/1994 | Last known employer Scotia-Glenville Central Schools | Amount $64,223.00 |
| Name Manning, Danielle | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central Schools | Amount $64,222.92 |
| Name Schmitter, Donald A | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $64,222.88 |
| Name Ivry, Chana | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Lawrence Union Free Schools | Amount $64,222.25 |
| Name Miller, Carrie L | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Guilderland Central Schools | Amount $64,221.68 |
| Name Blumenthal, Marilee | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Fayetteville-Manlius Central Schools | Amount $64,221.55 |
| Name Mckay, Ellen U | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Erie 1 BOCES | Amount $64,221.50 |
| Name Mc Donald, Theresa M | Start date 7/1/2004 | Last known employer Geneseo Central Schools | Amount $64,221.20 |
| Name Poulin, Karen M | Start date 1/1/2006 | Last known employer Gloversville City School District | Amount $64,221.00 |
| Name Sossong, Shelley A | Start date 11/19/1984 | Last known employer Canandaigua City School District | Amount $64,221.00 |
| Name Savard, Cory L | Start date 5/12/2003 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $64,220.92 |
| Name Onorato, Lauren T | Start date 9/6/2016 | Last known employer Mamaroneck Union Free Schools | Amount $64,220.09 |
| Name Grogan, Christine P | Start date 10/4/1999 | Last known employer New Rochelle City School District | Amount $64,219.86 |
| Name Trudo, Michael A | Start date 1/28/1985 | Last known employer Northeastern Clinton Central Schools | Amount $64,219.28 |
| Name Miller, Christine F | Start date 9/6/1983 | Last known employer Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES | Amount $64,219.00 |
| Name Corlew, Michelle M | Start date 10/24/2003 | Last known employer Albany City School District | Amount $64,218.28 |
| Name Sassano, Robert | Start date 9/6/1989 | Last known employer Otego-Unadilla Central Schools | Amount $64,218.00 |
| Name Shandorf, Bridget Anne | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $64,216.73 |
| Name Eldridge, Miranda R | Start date 6/1/2003 | Last known employer Ballston Spa Central Schools | Amount $64,216.00 |
| Name Ruggeri, Kathryn F | Start date 2/4/1985 | Last known employer East Syracuse-Minoa Central Schools | Amount $64,215.62 |
| Name Young, Susan T | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Jamesville-Dewitt Central Schools | Amount $64,214.92 |
| Name Lake, Kimberly M | Start date 1/11/1999 | Last known employer East Syracuse-Minoa Central Schools | Amount $64,213.40 |
| Name Hushmendy, Dilnavaz | Start date 3/1/2006 | Last known employer Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central Schools | Amount $64,212.01 |
| Name Findlay, Katherine H | Start date 1/12/2000 | Last known employer Cuba-Rushford Central Schools | Amount $64,211.86 |
| Name Scardaci, Elysia M | Start date 3/25/2003 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $64,211.50 |
| Name Hammons, Catherine E | Start date 1/1/2010 | Last known employer Gloversville City School District | Amount $64,211.18 |
| Name Howell, Kevin L | Start date 12/21/1992 | Last known employer Avoca Central Schools | Amount $64,211.04 |
| Name Turbeville, Adrienne A | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer East Syracuse-Minoa Central Schools | Amount $64,210.94 |
| Name Tallman, Heather M | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Oneida City School District | Amount $64,210.00 |
| Name Lawrence, Phyllis J | Start date 2/26/1998 | Last known employer Lake Placid Central Schools | Amount $64,209.25 |
| Name Gerster, Michael A | Start date 8/30/2006 | Last known employer Grand Island Central Schools | Amount $64,208.82 |
| Name Giancola, Lauren A | Start date 4/29/2003 | Last known employer Gowanda Central Schools | Amount $64,208.50 |
| Name Martin, John E | Start date 9/5/2000 | Last known employer Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES | Amount $64,207.60 |
| Name Cowen, Nannette S | Start date 1/20/2009 | Last known employer SUNY at Binghamton | Amount $64,206.70 |
| Name Quinones, Lisa | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $64,206.18 |
| Name Cournyea, Pamela A | Start date 9/18/2000 | Last known employer Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES | Amount $64,206.00 |
| Name May, Matthew W | Start date 5/1/1997 | Last known employer Newark Central Schools | Amount $64,205.80 |
| Name Castilla, Rebecca R | Start date 5/1/2011 | Last known employer Babylon Union Free Schools | Amount $64,205.50 |
| Name Ferguson, Kathryn A | Start date 2/8/1988 | Last known employer Malone Central Schools | Amount $64,205.50 |
| Name Schreyer, Laura B | Start date 12/1/2005 | Last known employer Holland Patent Central Schools | Amount $64,205.50 |
| Name Magee, Erin L | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Greenville Central Schools | Amount $64,204.75 |
| Name Undersinger, Amanda E | Start date 9/2/2014 | Last known employer Warwick Valley Central Schools | Amount $64,204.55 |
| Name Dinnel, Joan C | Start date 12/21/1995 | Last known employer Vestal Central Schools | Amount $64,204.50 |
| Name Bauch, Jennifer S | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $64,204.05 |
| Name Congden, Danielle M | Start date 8/3/1999 | Last known employer North Syracuse Central Schools | Amount $64,204.03 |
| Name Daniels, Kaitlin J | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Greenport Public Schools | Amount $64,204.00 |
| Name Bailey, Elizabeth A | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Elmira City School District | Amount $64,203.50 |
| Name Fitzgerald, Laurie A | Start date 9/8/1998 | Last known employer Canandaigua City School District | Amount $64,203.00 |
| Name Kumar, Roma | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer Schenectady City School District | Amount $64,202.09 |
| Name Lucas, Donald J | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES | Amount $64,202.00 |
| Name Casper, Andrea L | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Brockport Central Schools | Amount $64,201.47 |
| Name Wapnick, Andrea R | Start date 2/1/2016 | Last known employer Rockville Centre Union Free Schools | Amount $64,201.20 |
| Name Caban, Valerie | Start date 3/1/2014 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $64,201.00 |
| Name Lipuma, Brenda L | Start date 11/15/2002 | Last known employer Clarence Central Schools | Amount $64,201.00 |
| Name Jusino, Jeffrey A | Start date 10/1/2013 | Last known employer William Floyd Union Free Schools | Amount $64,200.81 |
| Name Kornacki, Marion R | Start date 9/27/2001 | Last known employer Salamanca City School District | Amount $64,200.00 |
| Name Wawrzynski, Melissa S | Start date 1/27/2003 | Last known employer Pavilion Central Schools | Amount $64,200.00 |
| Name Guerrera, Melissa | Start date 10/1/2008 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $64,198.25 |
| Name Ruff III, John S | Start date 11/13/1997 | Last known employer AuSable Valley Central Schools | Amount $64,198.12 |
| Name Machnick-Quant, Taralee J | Start date 3/1/2006 | Last known employer Schenectady City School District | Amount $64,198.09 |
| Name McDonald, Valerie L | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Falconer Central Schools | Amount $64,198.00 |
| Name Anderson, Christina R | Start date 9/1/2014 | Last known employer SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $64,197.76 |
| Name Cea, Joseph R | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Watervliet City School District | Amount $64,197.00 |
| Name Smith, Jacqueline E | Start date 5/1/2002 | Last known employer Hyde Park Central Schools | Amount $64,197.00 |
| Name Allen, Chad R | Start date 10/1/2012 | Last known employer White Plains City School District | Amount $64,196.00 |
| Name Wilkerson, Lisa J | Start date 8/28/2000 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $64,195.63 |
| Name Wasecka, Lisa A | Start date 10/1/2005 | Last known employer Binghamton City School District | Amount $64,195.48 |
| Name Frazee, Laura J | Start date 11/1/2004 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $64,195.05 |
| Name Byerwalters, Jessica L | Start date 12/1/2011 | Last known employer Amsterdam City School District | Amount $64,194.44 |
| Name Campbell, Kenneth | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Phelps-Clifton Springs Central Schools | Amount $64,194.25 |
| Name Behan, Corrine B | Start date 9/4/2006 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $64,194.24 |
| Name Slentz, Kristen K | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Edmeston Central Schools | Amount $64,194.00 |
| Name Sobkow, Michael A | Start date 1/7/2016 | Last known employer SUNY Maritime College | Amount $64,193.85 |
| Name Seneca, Jordan K | Start date 1/2/2013 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $64,193.76 |
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