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 Degnan, Noreen B | Start date 12/1/1986 | Last known employer Greenburgh-North Castle Union Free Schools | Amount $60,821.34 |
| Name Fehlner, Benjamin J | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Westmoreland Central Schools | Amount $60,820.90 |
| Name Dickson, Katia C | Start date 3/11/2002 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $60,820.29 |
| Name Farr, William M | Start date 9/1/2015 | Last known employer Valley Central Schools | Amount $60,820.00 |
| Name Houppert, Roberta A | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Lowville Central Schools | Amount $60,820.00 |
| Name Mc Carthy, Lisa A | Start date 10/5/1987 | Last known employer Greece Central Schools | Amount $60,820.00 |
| Name Butera, Christine M | Start date 3/8/2004 | Last known employer Webster Central Schools | Amount $60,819.89 |
| Name Freeman, Veronica L | Start date 9/24/2013 | Last known employer Poughkeepsie City School District | Amount $60,819.00 |
| Name Shore, Kristofer G | Start date 2/1/2007 | Last known employer Cato Meridian Central Schools | Amount $60,819.00 |
| Name Costello, Melissa | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $60,818.98 |
| Name Macchia, Lisa M | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Copiague Union Free Schools | Amount $60,817.41 |
| Name Long, Sandra A | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Tully Central Schools | Amount $60,816.00 |
| Name Slater, Roseanne E | Start date 9/1/2013 | Last known employer Sidney Central Schools | Amount $60,813.97 |
| Name File, Wendy A | Start date 2/1/1982 | Last known employer Cold Spring Harbor Central Schools | Amount $60,813.20 |
| Name Allen, Kristine M | Start date 9/17/1996 | Last known employer Moriah Central Schools | Amount $60,812.22 |
| Name Ghee, Carly C | Start date 9/1/2015 | Last known employer Kingston City School District | Amount $60,812.00 |
| Name Rooney, Sarah A | Start date 8/29/2002 | Last known employer Cleveland Hill at Cheektowaga Union Free Schools | Amount $60,812.00 |
| Name Roselli, Mary Ellen | Start date 8/1/2001 | Last known employer Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES | Amount $60,812.00 |
| Name Allen, Laura B | Start date 12/1/2006 | Last known employer Rome City School District | Amount $60,811.32 |
| Name Puleio, Emily M | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $60,811.16 |
| Name Miltenberg, Kerri L | Start date 3/1/2007 | Last known employer Ballston Spa Central Schools | Amount $60,811.00 |
| Name Paladino, Sharyl K | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Rush-Henrietta Central Schools | Amount $60,810.00 |
| Name Lawson, Nicole R | Start date 10/1/2008 | Last known employer Solvay Union Free Schools | Amount $60,809.09 |
| Name Woolf, Meghan M | Start date 8/29/2006 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $60,809.02 |
| Name Noonan-Meck, Amanda J | Start date 2/4/2000 | Last known employer Elmira City School District | Amount $60,808.50 |
| Name Vitale, Michele | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Honeoye Falls-Lima Central Schools | Amount $60,808.25 |
| Name Crossed-Rieck, Amy E | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Fairport Central Schools | Amount $60,808.20 |
| Name Koscielniak, Brian T | Start date 9/4/2007 | Last known employer Salamanca City School District | Amount $60,807.63 |
| Name Dangler, Karen S | Start date 12/15/1992 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $60,807.50 |
| Name Kats, Michael | Start date 9/4/2008 | Last known employer Saratoga Springs City School District | Amount $60,807.50 |
| Name Bernal, Leah C | Start date 2/1/2008 | Last known employer Iroquois Central Schools | Amount $60,807.25 |
| Name Daly, Elizabeth D | Start date 2/1/2005 | Last known employer Madison-Oneida BOCES | Amount $60,807.00 |
| Name Seymour, Kelly A | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Livonia Central Schools | Amount $60,806.26 |
| Name Cook, Kelly A | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer La Fayette Central Schools | Amount $60,806.00 |
| Name Kensy, Christopher M | Start date 2/1/2007 | Last known employer Amherst Central Schools | Amount $60,805.93 |
| Name Higgins, Christina L | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Liverpool Central Schools | Amount $60,805.56 |
| Name Raymond, Kevin D | Start date 9/2/2003 | Last known employer Dalton-Nunda Central Schools | Amount $60,805.00 |
| Name Schaefer, MaryJo E | Start date 2/14/1997 | Last known employer Alden Central Schools | Amount $60,805.00 |
| Name Ruggiero, Marianne S | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Unadilla Valley Central Schools | Amount $60,804.04 |
| Name Leister-Schied, Mary S | Start date 3/11/1993 | Last known employer Williamson Central Schools | Amount $60,804.00 |
| Name Meltzer, Marna D | Start date 9/7/1993 | Last known employer Schenectady City School District | Amount $60,803.46 |
| Name Marshall, Christine E | Start date 1/1/2007 | Last known employer Pioneer Central Schools | Amount $60,803.00 |
| Name Benedict, Daniel B | Start date 5/14/2003 | Last known employer Brockport Central Schools | Amount $60,802.75 |
| Name Chapin, Ronald J | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES | Amount $60,802.50 |
| Name Daly, Michael P | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Owego-Apalachin Central Schools | Amount $60,802.00 |
| Name Osteyee, Shyloah N | Start date 1/6/2003 | Last known employer AuSable Valley Central Schools | Amount $60,802.00 |
| Name Perretta, Sarah H | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer La Fargeville Central Schools | Amount $60,802.00 |
| Name Bleck, Victoria I | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Miller Place Union Free Schools | Amount $60,800.26 |
| Name Skinner, Marissa E | Start date 3/5/2008 | Last known employer Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES | Amount $60,800.23 |
| Name Gervasio, Paul M | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free Schools | Amount $60,800.00 |
| Name Graf, Keri M | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Clarence Central Schools | Amount $60,800.00 |
| Name Kelly, Vanessa F | Start date 12/16/2002 | Last known employer Victor Central Schools | Amount $60,800.00 |
| Name Prentice, Janet E | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Victor Central Schools | Amount $60,800.00 |
| Name Ramie, Jennifer L | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer General Brown Central Schools | Amount $60,800.00 |
| Name Streit, Lauren J | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Clarence Central Schools | Amount $60,800.00 |
| Name Wells, Robert M | Start date 6/15/1992 | Last known employer General Brown Central Schools | Amount $60,800.00 |
| Name Wolcik, Nicole A | Start date 12/17/2007 | Last known employer Mexico Central Schools | Amount $60,799.00 |
| Name Paulino, Jose M | Start date 9/4/2002 | Last known employer Greenburgh-North Castle Union Free Schools | Amount $60,798.51 |
| Name Egan, Nicole M | Start date 10/17/2002 | Last known employer Ticonderoga Central Schools | Amount $60,797.98 |
| Name Hewitt, Lynn M | Start date 5/1/2006 | Last known employer Lockport City School District | Amount $60,797.97 |
| Name Lucenti, James A | Start date 9/8/1999 | Last known employer Afton Central Schools | Amount $60,797.10 |
| Name Cooley, Susan D | Start date 10/8/1998 | Last known employer Geneva City School District | Amount $60,797.00 |
| Name Cooper, Emily C | Start date 9/7/2010 | Last known employer Lake George Central Schools | Amount $60,797.00 |
| Name Harris, Stacie D | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Corning-Painted Post Public Schools | Amount $60,797.00 |
| Name Rath, Kimberley A | Start date 2/5/1999 | Last known employer Granville Central Schools | Amount $60,796.92 |
| Name Yates, Dawn M | Start date 12/1/2010 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $60,796.17 |
| Name Karnes, Jaime L | Start date 8/20/1997 | Last known employer Silver Creek Central Schools | Amount $60,796.08 |
| Name Baxter, Erin J | Start date 12/8/2000 | Last known employer Rush-Henrietta Central Schools | Amount $60,795.50 |
| Name Covell, Erin E | Start date 7/1/2004 | Last known employer Massena Central Schools | Amount $60,795.00 |
| Name Wollyung, Jennifer A | Start date 3/1/2006 | Last known employer Albany City School District | Amount $60,795.00 |
| Name Carangelo, Christian F | Start date 12/1/2004 | Last known employer Binghamton City School District | Amount $60,793.76 |
| Name Zubovic, Lauren | Start date 3/1/2015 | Last known employer Herricks Union Free Schools | Amount $60,793.38 |
| Name Lantzer, Erin M | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Webster Central Schools | Amount $60,792.91 |
| Name Coyne, Katherine A | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $60,792.58 |
| Name Belden, Arin E | Start date 12/1/2007 | Last known employer Dansville Central Schools | Amount $60,791.50 |
| Name Vavonese, Melinda A | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer North Syracuse Central Schools | Amount $60,791.40 |
| Name Anderson, Bridget B | Start date 4/17/2007 | Last known employer Canajoharie Central Schools | Amount $60,791.30 |
| Name Monaghan, Kelly J | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer Solvay Union Free Schools | Amount $60,791.05 |
| Name Parisi, Loren | Start date 10/1/2010 | Last known employer Longwood at Middle Island Central Schools | Amount $60,790.34 |
| Name Brooks, Jeffrey C | Start date 9/4/2003 | Last known employer Cohoes City School District | Amount $60,790.00 |
| Name Gardner, Janine M | Start date 10/28/2002 | Last known employer Massena Central Schools | Amount $60,790.00 |
| Name Fitzgerald, Meredith M | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Guilderland Central Schools | Amount $60,789.97 |
| Name Armstrong, Kenneth E | Start date 3/14/2003 | Last known employer Panama Central Schools | Amount $60,789.50 |
| Name Ethington, Kerry A | Start date 1/28/2002 | Last known employer Queensbury Union Free Schools | Amount $60,789.50 |
| Name Blackman, Kristen R | Start date 3/30/2016 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $60,789.34 |
| Name Palmer, Jessica M | Start date 12/7/2001 | Last known employer Rush-Henrietta Central Schools | Amount $60,789.00 |
| Name Conway, Christopher S | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Sandy Creek Central Schools | Amount $60,788.64 |
| Name Helsing, Laura A | Start date 9/1/2016 | Last known employer Corning-Painted Post Public Schools | Amount $60,788.36 |
| Name Harris, Kristy L | Start date 10/2/2008 | Last known employer Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free Schools | Amount $60,787.26 |
| Name Flanders, James R | Start date 9/5/2002 | Last known employer Saratoga Springs City School District | Amount $60,787.00 |
| Name Cavanagh-Wheeler, Jennifer M | Start date 1/1/2005 | Last known employer Horseheads Central Schools | Amount $60,786.80 |
| Name Bell, Lynne S | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Brighton Central Schools | Amount $60,786.52 |
| Name Hartnett, Joan M | Start date 9/9/2013 | Last known employer Newburgh City School District | Amount $60,786.50 |
| Name Pena, Maritza P | Start date 10/1/2006 | Last known employer Waverly Central Schools | Amount $60,786.00 |
| Name Henson, Lisa M | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer North Syracuse Central Schools | Amount $60,785.00 |
| Name Pray, Joshua R | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools | Amount $60,783.75 |
| Name Mosher, Mary T | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Education Department | Amount $60,783.48 |
| Name Mc Donald, Melissa M | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Gilboa-Conesville Central Schools | Amount $60,783.06 |
| Name Lavoie, Tara L | Start date 6/12/2003 | Last known employer Malone Central Schools | Amount $60,783.00 |
| Name Conlon, Emily K | Start date 1/1/2006 | Last known employer Newfane Central Schools | Amount $60,782.50 |
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