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 Oppenheim, Brandon A | Start date 9/16/1996 | Last known employer Farmingdale Union Free Schools | Amount $128,762.03 |
| Name Grady, Ann G | Start date 8/14/1995 | Last known employer Farmingdale Union Free Schools | Amount $128,760.69 |
| Name Pifko, Joseph A | Start date 2/6/1984 | Last known employer Eastern Suffolk 1 BOCES | Amount $128,760.00 |
| Name Simonsen, Paul W | Start date 10/15/1991 | Last known employer Eastern Suffolk 1 BOCES | Amount $128,760.00 |
| Name Penyy, Michelle R | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Copiague Union Free Schools | Amount $128,758.58 |
| Name Teemsma, Kimberly | Start date 8/20/2002 | Last known employer Sewanhaka Central Schools | Amount $128,758.50 |
| Name Aquilino, Christine M | Start date 2/1/2000 | Last known employer Putnam Valley Central Schools | Amount $128,757.00 |
| Name Grella, Rebecca A | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $128,755.64 |
| Name Epstein, Susan D | Start date 3/22/1999 | Last known employer White Plains City School District | Amount $128,755.58 |
| Name Rolih, Jeanne N | Start date 10/17/2005 | Last known employer Great Neck Public Schools | Amount $128,755.00 |
| Name Grupka, Patricia E | Start date 7/15/2002 | Last known employer Lewiston-Porter Central Schools | Amount $128,754.15 |
| Name Salerno, Gloria M | Start date 9/8/1992 | Last known employer White Plains City School District | Amount $128,752.34 |
| Name Mac Donald, Michael A | Start date 10/11/1996 | Last known employer Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES | Amount $128,750.00 |
| Name Doyle, Kathleen M | Start date 2/11/1974 | Last known employer Education Department | Amount $128,749.41 |
| Name Jones, Clara E | Start date 9/9/1996 | Last known employer Port Chester-Rye Union Free Schools | Amount $128,749.00 |
| Name Mariella, Loretta A | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Middle Country Central Schools | Amount $128,749.00 |
| Name Murphy, Robbye J | Start date 11/7/1986 | Last known employer Middle Country Central Schools | Amount $128,749.00 |
| Name Rothschild-Verby, Tracy A | Start date 5/19/1989 | Last known employer Middle Country Central Schools | Amount $128,749.00 |
| Name Russell, Susan L | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Middle Country Central Schools | Amount $128,749.00 |
| Name Santos, Jorge L | Start date 7/1/1991 | Last known employer Port Chester-Rye Union Free Schools | Amount $128,749.00 |
| Name Sheehy, Amy C | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer South Orangetown Central Schools | Amount $128,748.96 |
| Name Barragato, Alessandra M | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $128,746.66 |
| Name Giblin, Elizabeth | Start date 10/25/1996 | Last known employer Miller Place Union Free Schools | Amount $128,746.50 |
| Name Grace, Linda J | Start date 9/3/1991 | Last known employer East Rockaway Union Free Schools | Amount $128,745.00 |
| Name Spratt, Gloria | Start date 7/1/1977 | Last known employer East Rockaway Union Free Schools | Amount $128,745.00 |
| Name DiPierri, Shari S | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $128,744.60 |
| Name Albert-Bergen, Mindy | Start date 9/1/1991 | Last known employer Lakeland Central Schools | Amount $128,741.68 |
| Name Freehill, Kathleen M | Start date 1/2/1997 | Last known employer Lynbrook Union Free Schools | Amount $128,741.37 |
| Name Perry, David C | Start date 4/1/1987 | Last known employer Liverpool Central Schools | Amount $128,741.00 |
| Name Carus, Lisa S | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Port Washington Union Free Schools | Amount $128,740.00 |
| Name Lane, Lawanda J | Start date 9/1/1993 | Last known employer South Orangetown Central Schools | Amount $128,736.64 |
| Name Grizzle, Mary B | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $128,735.20 |
| Name Rosenberg, Debra S | Start date 9/9/1981 | Last known employer Seaford Public Schools | Amount $128,733.50 |
| Name Malkiel, Yuval B | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Uniondale Public Schools | Amount $128,733.36 |
| Name Bucaro, Donna | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $128,732.60 |
| Name Toscano, Joseph J | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Cold Spring Harbor Central Schools | Amount $128,730.80 |
| Name Durham, Kellyann | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Glen Cove City School District | Amount $128,730.31 |
| Name Casines, Lisette | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Mount Vernon Public Schools | Amount $128,729.78 |
| Name Suckle, Brian | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Valley Stream Central High School | Amount $128,729.24 |
| Name Tordy, Christopher R | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Babylon Union Free Schools | Amount $128,729.00 |
| Name Cotter, Michelle | Start date 9/1/1981 | Last known employer Garden City Union Free Schools | Amount $128,728.15 |
| Name Crawford, Janice G | Start date 10/21/1991 | Last known employer Roslyn Public Schools | Amount $128,727.00 |
| Name Kanter, Jaimie L | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Syosset Central Schools | Amount $128,726.35 |
| Name Harris, Michelle E | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Yorktown Central Schools | Amount $128,725.45 |
| Name Turner, Kathleen | Start date 10/27/1987 | Last known employer Warwick Valley Central Schools | Amount $128,724.00 |
| Name Heidenreich, Diana | Start date 11/25/1998 | Last known employer Sayville Public Schools | Amount $128,723.50 |
| Name Mays, Meghan E | Start date 4/23/1999 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $128,723.34 |
| Name Benvenuto, Jaclyn H | Start date 9/5/2000 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $128,723.30 |
| Name Duane, Patricia E | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Dobbs Ferry Union Free Schools | Amount $128,721.03 |
| Name Schaefer, Doreen A | Start date 4/1/1989 | Last known employer Sachem Central Schools | Amount $128,720.48 |
| Name Molitor, Michele A | Start date 9/1/1990 | Last known employer Plainedge Union Free Schools | Amount $128,719.20 |
| Name Licci, Amanda E | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer North Bellmore Union Free Schools | Amount $128,718.87 |
| Name Sohl, Jennifer L | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Sayville Public Schools | Amount $128,718.23 |
| Name Boston, Jennifer L | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Westbury Union Free Schools | Amount $128,717.40 |
| Name Mulqueen, Steven A | Start date 9/6/2005 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $128,715.76 |
| Name Wuestenhoefer, Daniela A | Start date 9/5/2000 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $128,715.76 |
| Name Zappia, Joseph S | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $128,715.76 |
| Name Melchore, Marie Elena | Start date 1/2/2002 | Last known employer Carle Place Union Free Schools | Amount $128,715.50 |
| Name Kamer, Randi B | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer New Rochelle City School District | Amount $128,715.36 |
| Name Roberts, Lawrence M | Start date 2/4/1994 | Last known employer Mount Sinai Union Free Schools | Amount $128,715.00 |
| Name Ficeto, Camille A | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $128,713.44 |
| Name Ginsburg, Linda D | Start date 12/13/1999 | Last known employer Oceanside Union Free Schools | Amount $128,710.68 |
| Name Root, Lindsay B | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Westbury Union Free Schools | Amount $128,708.85 |
| Name Marzigliano, Gerard T | Start date 5/1/2005 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $128,708.44 |
| Name Seligson, Bonnie J | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Briarcliff Manor Union Free Schools | Amount $128,707.50 |
| Name Rathbone, Thomas M | Start date 1/7/1988 | Last known employer SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $128,707.46 |
| Name Yablon, Jeffrey H | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Hauppauge Union Free Schools | Amount $128,707.10 |
| Name Selzer, Pamela L | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Longwood at Middle Island Central Schools | Amount $128,706.20 |
| Name Arena, Susan | Start date 6/25/1986 | Last known employer Depew Union Free Schools | Amount $128,705.00 |
| Name Friedman, Virginia L | Start date 9/1/1993 | Last known employer Bay Shore Union Free Schools | Amount $128,704.16 |
| Name Holzer, Matthew S | Start date 9/2/2004 | Last known employer Port Washington Union Free Schools | Amount $128,703.00 |
| Name Scharf, Megan J | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Lindenhurst Public Schools | Amount $128,702.80 |
| Name Cruz, Eric C | Start date 9/5/2002 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $128,702.33 |
| Name Brown, Dori V | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Greenburgh Central Schools | Amount $128,701.50 |
| Name Lozinski, Susan J | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Lakeland Central Schools | Amount $128,701.00 |
| Name DeGiorgio-Echegaray, Andrea M | Start date 12/13/1994 | Last known employer Mount Sinai Union Free Schools | Amount $128,699.40 |
| Name Kraus, Gina K | Start date 9/7/1994 | Last known employer East Hampton Union Free Schools | Amount $128,699.01 |
| Name Lynch, Eileen D | Start date 2/2/1998 | Last known employer Lakeland Central Schools | Amount $128,698.00 |
| Name Schwetz, Patricia A | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $128,696.07 |
| Name Mondello, Elizabeth M | Start date 10/12/1999 | Last known employer Central Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $128,695.74 |
| Name Pappalardo, Kathy H | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Valhalla Union Free Schools | Amount $128,695.00 |
| Name Hallman, Jodie A | Start date 9/4/1990 | Last known employer Springs Union Free Schools | Amount $128,694.68 |
| Name Cutler, Lauren A | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Bedford Central Schools | Amount $128,694.30 |
| Name Peace, Stephanie A | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Bethpage Union Free Schools | Amount $128,694.00 |
| Name Portnoy, Shirley A | Start date 2/26/2001 | Last known employer Bethpage Union Free Schools | Amount $128,694.00 |
| Name Bless, Deborah A | Start date 9/1/1981 | Last known employer Mahopac Central Schools | Amount $128,693.20 |
| Name Lugo-Hart, Laurianne | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Bedford Central Schools | Amount $128,692.31 |
| Name Bent, Kimberlee M | Start date 2/1/1999 | Last known employer Syosset Central Schools | Amount $128,691.67 |
| Name Roy, Heather S | Start date 1/7/1998 | Last known employer Ardsley Union Free Schools | Amount $128,690.41 |
| Name Winston, Laurie A | Start date 10/10/1997 | Last known employer Haverstraw-Stony Point Central Schools | Amount $128,689.40 |
| Name Cohen, Cheryl J | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Island Trees Union Free Schools | Amount $128,687.73 |
| Name Cerbone, Dana N | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Patchogue-Medford Union Free Schools | Amount $128,687.00 |
| Name Kadletz, Christopher | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Mount Sinai Union Free Schools | Amount $128,687.00 |
| Name Nadherny, Ryan J | Start date 12/1/2005 | Last known employer Great Neck Public Schools | Amount $128,684.00 |
| Name Hadaller, Mirela M | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer Nyack Union Free Schools | Amount $128,681.83 |
| Name Bergersen, Christopher D | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $128,681.45 |
| Name Haux, Heather V | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Southampton Union Free Schools | Amount $128,680.80 |
| Name Powers, Cheryl N | Start date 2/1/1999 | Last known employer New Rochelle City School District | Amount $128,679.54 |
| Name Garrett, Jennifer | Start date 10/2/2000 | Last known employer Long Beach City School District | Amount $128,679.50 |
| Name Kalinowski, Brian J | Start date 12/11/2000 | Last known employer Valley Stream #30 Union Free Schools | Amount $128,679.00 |
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