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 Edwards, DeeDee M | Start date 11/16/1993 | Last known employer Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools | Amount $121,603.06 |
| Name Giordano, Helene | Start date 3/24/2003 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $121,602.66 |
| Name Zacks, Babette A | Start date 9/14/1998 | Last known employer Pleasantville Union Free Schools | Amount $121,601.52 |
| Name Racioppo, Heidi | Start date 9/1/1984 | Last known employer Rondout Valley Central Schools | Amount $121,601.50 |
| Name Whitehead, Thomas J | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Three Village Central Schools | Amount $121,601.04 |
| Name Lofton, Yangnae E Thorsten | Start date 9/1/1992 | Last known employer Elmont Union Free Schools | Amount $121,600.00 |
| Name Pourakis, Georgia J | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Elmont Union Free Schools | Amount $121,600.00 |
| Name Richter, Meredith L | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Elmont Union Free Schools | Amount $121,600.00 |
| Name Walker, Mary E | Start date 7/7/1993 | Last known employer Elmont Union Free Schools | Amount $121,600.00 |
| Name Pistritto, Ellen M | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer East Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $121,599.56 |
| Name Giles, Dina L | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Bethpage Union Free Schools | Amount $121,599.00 |
| Name Taylor, Thomas A | Start date 1/3/1984 | Last known employer Greenport Public Schools | Amount $121,598.57 |
| Name Butler, Valerie C | Start date 1/18/2002 | Last known employer East Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $121,596.10 |
| Name Parisi, James G | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer East Meadow Union Free Schools | Amount $121,592.04 |
| Name Tremblay, Maureen C | Start date 10/24/1977 | Last known employer Spackenkill Union Free Schools | Amount $121,591.90 |
| Name Ryan, Karen M | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Dobbs Ferry Union Free Schools | Amount $121,591.20 |
| Name Rainey, Diane J | Start date 12/7/1992 | Last known employer Northport-East Northport Union Free Schools | Amount $121,588.46 |
| Name Lattimer, Melanie C | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Haverstraw-Stony Point Central Schools | Amount $121,586.52 |
| Name Halilej, Josiane | Start date 12/2/1998 | Last known employer Mineola Union Free Schools | Amount $121,584.32 |
| Name Steinmeyer, Thomas J | Start date 10/3/1996 | Last known employer Island Trees Union Free Schools | Amount $121,580.94 |
| Name Bahr, Donald D | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Central Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $121,580.27 |
| Name Walker-Fernandez, Kerry L | Start date 9/1/1991 | Last known employer Blind Brook-Rye Union Free Schools | Amount $121,579.00 |
| Name Kozak, Kelly A | Start date 5/22/2002 | Last known employer Miller Place Union Free Schools | Amount $121,578.85 |
| Name Esposito, Janine M | Start date 3/1/2000 | Last known employer Uniondale Public Schools | Amount $121,578.06 |
| Name Betancourt, Eric | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Lakeland Central Schools | Amount $121,578.00 |
| Name Schoales, Carole E | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Haverstraw-Stony Point Central Schools | Amount $121,578.00 |
| Name Kasimatis, Tracey A | Start date 9/3/1996 | Last known employer Sewanhaka Central Schools | Amount $121,576.00 |
| Name Persico, Camille J | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer West Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $121,575.60 |
| Name DiGasso, Nancy P | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Pine Bush Central Schools | Amount $121,575.00 |
| Name Abrescia, Michael D | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Commack Union Free Schools | Amount $121,573.25 |
| Name Nadell, Dorothy L | Start date 9/11/1990 | Last known employer Putnam Valley Central Schools | Amount $121,573.00 |
| Name Amberge, Suzanne L | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Lynbrook Union Free Schools | Amount $121,572.00 |
| Name Marshall, Jennifer L | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Roslyn Public Schools | Amount $121,570.00 |
| Name Denicola, Barbara C | Start date 10/13/1998 | Last known employer South Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $121,568.00 |
| Name Hess, Gail A | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer South Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $121,568.00 |
| Name Katehis, Penellopi | Start date 9/8/1992 | Last known employer South Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $121,568.00 |
| Name Tomasino, Kathy M | Start date 9/7/1993 | Last known employer South Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $121,568.00 |
| Name Tournour, Ellen C | Start date 5/15/1987 | Last known employer North Bellmore Union Free Schools | Amount $121,566.48 |
| Name Variano, Michael T | Start date 5/1/2000 | Last known employer Hendrick Hudson Central Schools | Amount $121,565.00 |
| Name Carter, Timothy P | Start date 10/9/1992 | Last known employer Niagara-Wheatfield Central Schools | Amount $121,559.02 |
| Name Newmark, Sharon A | Start date 2/1/1999 | Last known employer Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools | Amount $121,558.56 |
| Name Pecoraro, Jaclyn A | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer North Merrick Union Free Schools | Amount $121,558.18 |
| Name Aronson, Marcy A | Start date 9/28/1998 | Last known employer Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools | Amount $121,558.00 |
| Name Flynn, Kathleen A | Start date 3/18/2002 | Last known employer Longwood at Middle Island Central Schools | Amount $121,557.88 |
| Name Harper, Ellen A | Start date 9/2/2003 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $121,557.40 |
| Name Wagner, Sandy R | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Liberty Central Schools | Amount $121,555.17 |
| Name Greve, Lisa M | Start date 9/7/1999 | Last known employer North Merrick Union Free Schools | Amount $121,555.01 |
| Name Pitrelli, Christine P | Start date 9/5/2000 | Last known employer Smithtown Central Schools | Amount $121,554.89 |
| Name Barrera, Sonja E | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Massapequa Public Schools | Amount $121,553.25 |
| Name Cafaro, Merlyn | Start date 1/23/1997 | Last known employer SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $121,553.03 |
| Name Badurski, Valeria | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $121,550.86 |
| Name Lupo, Patricia R | Start date 10/20/1994 | Last known employer Garden City Union Free Schools | Amount $121,548.00 |
| Name Cilento-Dolan, Teresa Ann | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Highland Central Schools | Amount $121,547.83 |
| Name Huebner, Theresa M | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Haverstraw-Stony Point Central Schools | Amount $121,546.72 |
| Name FitzGibbon, Christina R | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $121,546.21 |
| Name Hubertus, Michael R | Start date 2/3/1997 | Last known employer Byram Hills at Armonk Central Schools | Amount $121,546.00 |
| Name Dickerson, Tracy A | Start date 9/1/1985 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $121,545.06 |
| Name Montemaggiore, Sal J | Start date 1/26/2004 | Last known employer Bellmore-Merrick Central Schools | Amount $121,540.95 |
| Name Bedford, Paula | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer West Babylon Union Free Schools | Amount $121,540.62 |
| Name Cuba, Kelly A | Start date 1/30/1996 | Last known employer Miller Place Union Free Schools | Amount $121,540.00 |
| Name Spaccaforno, Jennifer M | Start date 12/11/1995 | Last known employer Miller Place Union Free Schools | Amount $121,540.00 |
| Name Ferrovecchio, Jannalee | Start date 10/1/2003 | Last known employer Uniondale Public Schools | Amount $121,539.81 |
| Name Pelcin, Craig A | Start date 8/30/2001 | Last known employer Haverstraw-Stony Point Central Schools | Amount $121,538.21 |
| Name Melvin, Ericka L | Start date 2/1/2000 | Last known employer Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free Schools | Amount $121,537.06 |
| Name Gustafson, Kristen L | Start date 5/8/1995 | Last known employer Island Trees Union Free Schools | Amount $121,536.75 |
| Name Joasil, Osman | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Mount Vernon Public Schools | Amount $121,536.17 |
| Name Ochs-Macdevitt, Suzanne | Start date 3/30/1995 | Last known employer Patchogue-Medford Union Free Schools | Amount $121,535.33 |
| Name Frost, Maite | Start date 5/6/1999 | Last known employer Rye City School District | Amount $121,534.50 |
| Name Maire, Allison M | Start date 1/31/2002 | Last known employer Mount Sinai Union Free Schools | Amount $121,532.00 |
| Name Conklin, Lisa M | Start date 10/23/1986 | Last known employer Sachem Central Schools | Amount $121,531.69 |
| Name DiGiulio, Paul J | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Lindenhurst Public Schools | Amount $121,530.53 |
| Name Jung, Helen M | Start date 9/19/2000 | Last known employer Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools | Amount $121,530.35 |
| Name Guerriero, Melissa A | Start date 5/25/2001 | Last known employer Uniondale Public Schools | Amount $121,529.06 |
| Name Lewitas, Lauri E | Start date 2/10/1998 | Last known employer Carle Place Union Free Schools | Amount $121,528.50 |
| Name Coyle, Linda Z | Start date 9/1/1991 | Last known employer Rye City School District | Amount $121,528.00 |
| Name Meszaros, Jeanette | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Lynbrook Union Free Schools | Amount $121,527.00 |
| Name Weinstein, Michael J | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Croton-Harmon Union Free Schools | Amount $121,527.00 |
| Name Peragine, Diane R | Start date 9/9/1982 | Last known employer Yorktown Central Schools | Amount $121,526.27 |
| Name Cordero-Turner, Veronica | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Mount Vernon Public Schools | Amount $121,525.70 |
| Name Duguay, Adrienne | Start date 9/30/1988 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $121,525.06 |
| Name Giorgio, Angela M | Start date 12/1/2006 | Last known employer Carmel Central Schools | Amount $121,524.81 |
| Name Savage, Tara | Start date 11/23/1998 | Last known employer Elmont Union Free Schools | Amount $121,524.50 |
| Name Villanueva, Patricia | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Warwick Valley Central Schools | Amount $121,524.00 |
| Name Bryan-Porcella, Kelly M | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $121,523.71 |
| Name Taliercio, Nina | Start date 10/1/1990 | Last known employer Herricks Union Free Schools | Amount $121,523.50 |
| Name Cohen, Lynda | Start date 9/16/1992 | Last known employer Carle Place Union Free Schools | Amount $121,523.00 |
| Name Breglio, Marianna F | Start date 2/1/1999 | Last known employer Somers Central Schools | Amount $121,522.04 |
| Name Kimble, Cynthia L | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Eastern Suffolk 1 BOCES | Amount $121,521.20 |
| Name Grady, Helen R | Start date 10/1/1985 | Last known employer Millbrook Central Schools | Amount $121,519.20 |
| Name Romanosky, Michelle L | Start date 4/19/1993 | Last known employer William Floyd Union Free Schools | Amount $121,518.91 |
| Name Harris, Andrew H | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free Schools | Amount $121,518.40 |
| Name Lim, Herman J | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer East Williston Union Free Schools | Amount $121,517.00 |
| Name Herrle, Todd | Start date 9/29/1995 | Last known employer Sewanhaka Central Schools | Amount $121,515.50 |
| Name Vaccaro, Monique A | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Glen Cove City School District | Amount $121,515.00 |
| Name Quiles, Deborah A | Start date 9/2/1986 | Last known employer Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $121,513.18 |
| Name Figueroa, Alyson I | Start date 9/6/1995 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $121,510.81 |
| Name Busa, Heidi J | Start date 9/1/1983 | Last known employer Marcellus Central Schools | Amount $121,510.78 |
| Name Guiney, Michael J | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Ellenville Central Schools | Amount $121,510.00 |
| Name Blasi-Mayer, Danielle E | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Northport-East Northport Union Free Schools | Amount $121,509.19 |
| Name Maher, Danielle | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Yorktown Central Schools | Amount $121,507.52 |
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