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 Valenti, Rachael A | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Plainedge Union Free Schools | Amount $118,230.04 |
| Name Guntlow, Suzanne M | Start date 9/5/2000 | Last known employer Ichabod Crane Central Schools | Amount $118,229.00 |
| Name Peterson, Emily H | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer East Moriches Union Free Schools | Amount $118,228.50 |
| Name Ver Straten, Nicole M | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Lindenhurst Public Schools | Amount $118,228.45 |
| Name Pisano, Michael T | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer Clarkstown Central Schools | Amount $118,226.57 |
| Name Lieber, Robert K | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer Pelham Union Free Schools | Amount $118,223.00 |
| Name Ritacco, Kathleen A | Start date 10/14/1997 | Last known employer Pelham Union Free Schools | Amount $118,223.00 |
| Name Oglesby, Angela | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Nassau Community College | Amount $118,222.76 |
| Name Mauskapf, Holly W | Start date 2/26/1996 | Last known employer Red Hook Central Schools | Amount $118,221.05 |
| Name Shah, Hilah J | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer East Williston Union Free Schools | Amount $118,220.46 |
| Name Ruiz, Michelle | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Haverstraw-Stony Point Central Schools | Amount $118,218.88 |
| Name Whalen, Mary Beth | Start date 9/1/1990 | Last known employer Spackenkill Union Free Schools | Amount $118,218.00 |
| Name Lospinuso, Regina M | Start date 10/6/1989 | Last known employer North Babylon Union Free Schools | Amount $118,217.80 |
| Name Reisman, Viera | Start date 9/29/2004 | Last known employer Syosset Central Schools | Amount $118,217.26 |
| Name Dichiara, Diane | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $118,217.12 |
| Name Donahue, Katherine C | Start date 8/26/2003 | Last known employer UFSD of the Tarrytowns Union Free Schools | Amount $118,216.97 |
| Name Soriano-Mazzella, Madel | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer North Shore Central Schools | Amount $118,216.10 |
| Name Brinkmann, Lesley A | Start date 7/27/2000 | Last known employer Hicksville Public Schools | Amount $118,215.90 |
| Name Hirdt, Jennifer A | Start date 8/30/2002 | Last known employer West Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $118,215.22 |
| Name Mestizo, Elias E | Start date 6/11/2002 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,215.18 |
| Name Beck, Laura J | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Orange-Ulster BOCES | Amount $118,214.30 |
| Name Hammond, Jonna V | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Ossining Union Free Schools | Amount $118,213.85 |
| Name Rooney, Cheryl A | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Bay Shore Union Free Schools | Amount $118,210.69 |
| Name Espinosa, Mario F | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Wantagh Union Free Schools | Amount $118,210.00 |
| Name Monteforte, Donna L | Start date 3/28/2000 | Last known employer Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools | Amount $118,210.00 |
| Name Wang, Tina T | Start date 10/21/2002 | Last known employer Great Neck Public Schools | Amount $118,210.00 |
| Name Avila, Karen M | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $118,208.53 |
| Name Hernandez, Lauren A | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $118,208.00 |
| Name Rubenstein, Christine M | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Shoreham-Wading River Central Schools | Amount $118,207.19 |
| Name Panzica, Pamela J | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer East Meadow Union Free Schools | Amount $118,206.00 |
| Name Martins, Kevin A | Start date 8/31/2006 | Last known employer Valhalla Union Free Schools | Amount $118,203.86 |
| Name Martinez-Cirelli, Nancy C | Start date 9/3/1996 | Last known employer Haldane Central Schools | Amount $118,203.77 |
| Name Brooks, Brian P | Start date 9/3/1996 | Last known employer Palmyra-Macedon Central Schools | Amount $118,202.47 |
| Name Rado, John M | Start date 2/13/1997 | Last known employer Baldwin Union Free Schools | Amount $118,201.06 |
| Name Schonbrun, Chaya | Start date 10/13/1993 | Last known employer Clarkstown Central Schools | Amount $118,198.96 |
| Name Caruso, Ann Marie | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $118,198.55 |
| Name Lacolla, Vivian M | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $118,198.50 |
| Name Horn, Richard J | Start date 1/31/2000 | Last known employer Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES | Amount $118,197.50 |
| Name Baratta, Christine A | Start date 1/27/1999 | Last known employer Sachem Central Schools | Amount $118,195.01 |
| Name Estrada Porto, Debbie | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.97 |
| Name Finnegan, John J | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.97 |
| Name Norris, Dora A | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.97 |
| Name Patricola, Anthony | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.97 |
| Name Walker, Lana E | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.97 |
| Name English, Patricia | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.93 |
| Name Laga, Loretta M | Start date 9/7/1993 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.93 |
| Name Smith-West, Cherese L | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $118,194.93 |
| Name Leone, Lindsey | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Westbury Union Free Schools | Amount $118,193.40 |
| Name Hale, Parvaneh R | Start date 2/10/1998 | Last known employer Lindenhurst Public Schools | Amount $118,193.10 |
| Name Ballone, Cheryl A | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Rye City School District | Amount $118,192.88 |
| Name Malak, James E | Start date 1/5/1987 | Last known employer Rondout Valley Central Schools | Amount $118,191.75 |
| Name Metzger, Marisa L | Start date 12/8/1997 | Last known employer Sewanhaka Central Schools | Amount $118,190.00 |
| Name Kurtis, Allison B | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools | Amount $118,189.66 |
| Name Mannino, Caterina Leone | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $118,189.26 |
| Name Smithwick, Amanda M | Start date 9/8/1988 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $118,188.60 |
| Name Wilkens, Tracy | Start date 9/7/1999 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $118,188.20 |
| Name Moorer, Ursula L | Start date 9/2/2003 | Last known employer Baldwin Union Free Schools | Amount $118,188.11 |
| Name Telsey, Tracy E | Start date 9/8/1992 | Last known employer Great Neck Public Schools | Amount $118,188.00 |
| Name Vollmer, Joan C | Start date 4/27/1992 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $118,187.68 |
| Name Zivotovsky, Joyce | Start date 5/31/2000 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $118,187.48 |
| Name Scoleri, Gina M | Start date 1/2/2002 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $118,187.40 |
| Name Mathon, Michele | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer North Babylon Union Free Schools | Amount $118,187.32 |
| Name Haering, Christine A | Start date 12/3/1999 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $118,187.25 |
| Name Gerstein, Stacey R | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Smithtown Central Schools | Amount $118,187.16 |
| Name Cerny, Helen M | Start date 4/5/2001 | Last known employer Ramapo Central Schools | Amount $118,187.00 |
| Name Kosmij, Lauren E | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Sewanhaka Central Schools | Amount $118,187.00 |
| Name Gary, Mark T | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Oceanside Union Free Schools | Amount $118,186.60 |
| Name Turkovich, Nicholas S | Start date 4/14/2003 | Last known employer Great Neck Public Schools | Amount $118,186.25 |
| Name Yanni, Janelle O | Start date 11/1/1988 | Last known employer Watervliet City School District | Amount $118,186.00 |
| Name Canale, Nicole P | Start date 9/30/1999 | Last known employer East Moriches Union Free Schools | Amount $118,185.00 |
| Name Scheel, Debra J | Start date 9/1/1983 | Last known employer Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $118,183.00 |
| Name Montera, Danielle N | Start date 8/19/2002 | Last known employer Hauppauge Union Free Schools | Amount $118,181.91 |
| Name Siegel, Jody F | Start date 9/16/1998 | Last known employer East Meadow Union Free Schools | Amount $118,178.00 |
| Name Archer, Lianne | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer New Rochelle City School District | Amount $118,177.80 |
| Name Joyce, John P | Start date 10/25/1996 | Last known employer Nyack Union Free Schools | Amount $118,177.62 |
| Name Arnold, Jennifer L | Start date 9/2/1998 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $118,175.06 |
| Name Greenspan, Amalia | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $118,175.06 |
| Name Green, Laura A | Start date 1/23/2002 | Last known employer Haverstraw-Stony Point Central Schools | Amount $118,173.98 |
| Name Rhee, Jennifer R | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Nyack Union Free Schools | Amount $118,173.00 |
| Name Glascott Jr, Edgar T | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Greenburgh Central Schools | Amount $118,171.92 |
| Name Arko, Linda A | Start date 9/20/1994 | Last known employer Yorktown Central Schools | Amount $118,171.00 |
| Name Papo, Mark A | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Yorktown Central Schools | Amount $118,171.00 |
| Name Rutigliano, Aileen M | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Rondout Valley Central Schools | Amount $118,171.00 |
| Name Castrataro-Capua, Elizabeth | Start date 1/6/1997 | Last known employer Byram Hills at Armonk Central Schools | Amount $118,170.00 |
| Name Morales, Nicol A | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Uniondale Public Schools | Amount $118,170.00 |
| Name Mc Govern, Michael G | Start date 4/11/1997 | Last known employer South Country Central Schools | Amount $118,169.00 |
| Name Maltese, Amanda M | Start date 12/21/2000 | Last known employer Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools | Amount $118,167.46 |
| Name Dilascio, Janet M | Start date 9/1/1992 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $118,167.00 |
| Name Muller, Stephanie D | Start date 9/19/2007 | Last known employer Elmont Union Free Schools | Amount $118,167.00 |
| Name Papagni, Joseph M | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Sachem Central Schools | Amount $118,166.00 |
| Name Mui, Melissa G | Start date 12/9/2002 | Last known employer North Merrick Union Free Schools | Amount $118,165.76 |
| Name Vandi-Kirkland, Elaine | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $118,163.69 |
| Name Sclair, Leah A | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer North Shore Central Schools | Amount $118,163.60 |
| Name Sullivan, James W | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Rondout Valley Central Schools | Amount $118,163.00 |
| Name Ren, Yue | Start date 11/10/2004 | Last known employer Mount Vernon Public Schools | Amount $118,162.21 |
| Name Zumbolo, Marco | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Broadalbin-Perth Central Schools | Amount $118,162.00 |
| Name Hoffman, Seth M | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Farmingdale Union Free Schools | Amount $118,161.90 |
| Name Burchsted, Marisa | Start date 9/5/2002 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $118,161.86 |
| Name Capezza, Anna | Start date 1/14/2003 | Last known employer Bay Shore Union Free Schools | Amount $118,160.88 |
| Name Peragine, Dina A | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Deer Park Union Free Schools | Amount $118,157.41 |
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