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 Fitzgerald, Timothy J | Start date 9/1/1985 | Last known employer Lake Shore Central Schools | Amount $93,324.18 |
| Name Brodnicki, Craig M | Start date 9/14/1994 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $93,324.03 |
| Name Berberabe, Alexis | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Port Washington Union Free Schools | Amount $93,324.00 |
| Name Brace, David W | Start date 4/27/1998 | Last known employer Erie 1 BOCES | Amount $93,320.00 |
| Name Van Wie, John F | Start date 9/6/1994 | Last known employer South Glens Falls Central Schools | Amount $93,319.50 |
| Name Fernandez, Janet | Start date 9/5/2000 | Last known employer Newburgh City School District | Amount $93,317.00 |
| Name Martinez, Katty | Start date 9/6/2005 | Last known employer Newburgh City School District | Amount $93,317.00 |
| Name Scholl, Oana M | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Great Neck Public Schools | Amount $93,317.00 |
| Name Borden Luby, Erin E | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Kingston City School District | Amount $93,316.57 |
| Name Critoph, Kelly M Clees | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $93,315.34 |
| Name Cuoco, Nicole L | Start date 6/1/2005 | Last known employer Brewster Central Schools | Amount $93,314.96 |
| Name Rottaris, Barbara C | Start date 8/8/1986 | Last known employer Lewiston-Porter Central Schools | Amount $93,314.78 |
| Name Schielke, Fae R | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Lockport City School District | Amount $93,314.00 |
| Name McGuinness, James M | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $93,312.58 |
| Name Miller, Sharon A | Start date 8/30/1984 | Last known employer St Lawrence-Lewis BOCES | Amount $93,311.83 |
| Name Kurtz Jr, Fred A | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Saratoga Springs City School District | Amount $93,311.00 |
| Name McDonald, Terence P | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Smithtown Central Schools | Amount $93,308.76 |
| Name Frisbie, James W | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Washingtonville Central Schools | Amount $93,308.00 |
| Name Rice, Tammy L | Start date 11/6/1995 | Last known employer Cassadaga Valley Central Schools | Amount $93,308.00 |
| Name Hoelzer, Jenna B | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Oceanside Union Free Schools | Amount $93,307.45 |
| Name Damico, Heather M | Start date 9/11/1996 | Last known employer Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free Schools | Amount $93,306.00 |
| Name Hewitt, James R | Start date 10/21/1991 | Last known employer Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free Schools | Amount $93,306.00 |
| Name Marzec, Paul E | Start date 9/7/1989 | Last known employer Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free Schools | Amount $93,306.00 |
| Name Sarcone, Lisa R | Start date 11/1/2007 | Last known employer Lakeland Central Schools | Amount $93,306.00 |
| Name Manna, Teri A | Start date 9/1/1992 | Last known employer Cheektowaga Central Schools | Amount $93,305.00 |
| Name Price, Tracy M | Start date 9/6/1994 | Last known employer Ticonderoga Central Schools | Amount $93,305.00 |
| Name Contzius, Ari S | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Washingtonville Central Schools | Amount $93,304.00 |
| Name Holleran, Emily E | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Franklin Square Union Free Schools | Amount $93,300.00 |
| Name Lipman, Ruth B | Start date 11/1/2006 | Last known employer Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools | Amount $93,300.00 |
| Name Puff, Maria L | Start date 5/1/2013 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $93,299.40 |
| Name Cappelletti, Christopher J | Start date 9/3/1996 | Last known employer Cuba-Rushford Central Schools | Amount $93,298.33 |
| Name Bartholomew, Robin L | Start date 10/21/1975 | Last known employer Cato Meridian Central Schools | Amount $93,298.00 |
| Name Giorgio, Sila M | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Freeport Public Schools | Amount $93,297.85 |
| Name McCarthy, Francis A | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer New Rochelle City School District | Amount $93,297.72 |
| Name Balch, Robert E | Start date 9/10/1999 | Last known employer Beacon City School District | Amount $93,297.08 |
| Name Johnson, Wendy J | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $93,296.94 |
| Name Burroughs, Susan M | Start date 11/9/1989 | Last known employer Medina Central Schools | Amount $93,295.00 |
| Name Chambers, Krista R | Start date 11/7/1977 | Last known employer Medina Central Schools | Amount $93,295.00 |
| Name Young, Kristi A | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Medina Central Schools | Amount $93,295.00 |
| Name Reese, Deborah Z | Start date 1/12/2004 | Last known employer Wallkill Central Schools | Amount $93,294.98 |
| Name Ebert, Kyra M | Start date 4/6/1998 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $93,294.18 |
| Name Wheelock, Kathleen C | Start date 9/20/1993 | Last known employer Whitesboro Central Schools | Amount $93,294.00 |
| Name Moody, Donna J | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Lake Placid Central Schools | Amount $93,293.95 |
| Name Lopes, Nancy L | Start date 9/7/1982 | Last known employer Commack Union Free Schools | Amount $93,292.90 |
| Name Lynch, Donna M | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools | Amount $93,291.68 |
| Name Seedorf, Stephen A | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer William Floyd Union Free Schools | Amount $93,291.53 |
| Name Starr, Robyn J | Start date 9/29/1988 | Last known employer Alden Central Schools | Amount $93,291.50 |
| Name Havens, Dianne | Start date 12/10/1991 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $93,291.15 |
| Name Gorman, Thomas J | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Grand Island Central Schools | Amount $93,291.00 |
| Name Smith, Tamala J | Start date 9/1/1982 | Last known employer Whitesboro Central Schools | Amount $93,290.00 |
| Name Corssen, Sue A | Start date 10/1/2004 | Last known employer North Babylon Union Free Schools | Amount $93,288.95 |
| Name Lawson, Paula M | Start date 9/2/2003 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $93,288.44 |
| Name Saboda, Jennifer L | Start date 11/26/2007 | Last known employer Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES | Amount $93,288.31 |
| Name Amantia, Diane L | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $93,288.10 |
| Name Quinn, Michael J | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $93,288.10 |
| Name Kay, Lori L | Start date 9/4/1985 | Last known employer Canandaigua City School District | Amount $93,287.75 |
| Name Derosa, Stephanie E | Start date 1/22/1999 | Last known employer Cornwall Central Schools | Amount $93,287.00 |
| Name Smith, Tracy L | Start date 11/30/2000 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $93,285.25 |
| Name Dolan, Jonathan T | Start date 9/5/2000 | Last known employer Dover Union Free Schools | Amount $93,284.00 |
| Name Barksdale, Sheryl | Start date 5/2/1997 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $93,281.64 |
| Name Eberhardt, Laura H | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer Frontier Central Schools | Amount $93,281.61 |
| Name Boyd, Lorene V | Start date 10/8/1996 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $93,280.99 |
| Name Saxton, Cora | Start date 4/18/1985 | Last known employer Wayland-Cohocton Central Schools | Amount $93,280.91 |
| Name McGregor, Elizabeth A | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Gloversville City School District | Amount $93,280.56 |
| Name Licari, Kenneth J | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $93,280.11 |
| Name Pedersen, David | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $93,279.64 |
| Name Warren, Judith K | Start date 9/1/1984 | Last known employer Sherman Central Schools | Amount $93,279.50 |
| Name Cuccaro, Carlo | Start date 9/1/1992 | Last known employer Fulton City School District | Amount $93,277.97 |
| Name Jackson, Heidi L | Start date 1/28/2004 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $93,277.69 |
| Name Price-Allen, Sandra L | Start date 9/7/1998 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $93,276.87 |
| Name Braunscheidel, Adrianne | Start date 2/1/1986 | Last known employer Akron Central Schools | Amount $93,276.48 |
| Name Knapp, Marcy L | Start date 9/6/1994 | Last known employer Akron Central Schools | Amount $93,276.48 |
| Name Maskell, James J | Start date 1/11/1999 | Last known employer Kingston City School District | Amount $93,276.05 |
| Name Buccos, Laura M | Start date 8/11/1994 | Last known employer Center Moriches Union Free Schools | Amount $93,276.00 |
| Name Schlezes, Andrea R | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Rockville Centre Union Free Schools | Amount $93,275.40 |
| Name Peck, Mary K | Start date 1/29/1979 | Last known employer Chautauqua Lake Central Schools | Amount $93,275.00 |
| Name Sedita, Michael J | Start date 11/28/1994 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $93,273.40 |
| Name Magin, Michael L | Start date 9/3/1996 | Last known employer Sodus Central Schools | Amount $93,272.38 |
| Name Steibel, Maria C | Start date 1/9/2004 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $93,272.20 |
| Name Pereira, Diane M | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Jericho Union Free Schools | Amount $93,271.59 |
| Name Alexeew, Ellen L | Start date 1/10/1994 | Last known employer Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES | Amount $93,271.00 |
| Name Scheib, Katherine M | Start date 3/4/2003 | Last known employer Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES | Amount $93,271.00 |
| Name Lotemplio, Mary A | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Saranac Central Schools | Amount $93,269.93 |
| Name Matier, Erin C | Start date 2/1/2006 | Last known employer Half Hollow Hills Central Schools | Amount $93,269.93 |
| Name Thomson, Jeffrey P | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Gananda Central Schools | Amount $93,268.88 |
| Name Lynch, Debra A | Start date 9/1/1985 | Last known employer Baldwinsville Central Schools | Amount $93,268.50 |
| Name Pimemtel, Joselyn D | Start date 9/4/2007 | Last known employer Bay Shore Union Free Schools | Amount $93,268.24 |
| Name Neimeth, Sean P | Start date 10/13/1998 | Last known employer Wyandanch Union Free Schools | Amount $93,268.16 |
| Name Shear, John C | Start date 7/1/1991 | Last known employer Lancaster Central Schools | Amount $93,268.00 |
| Name Irving, Marie B | Start date 1/1/2006 | Last known employer Education Department | Amount $93,267.80 |
| Name Verdi, Joan A | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Middle Country Central Schools | Amount $93,267.50 |
| Name Kearney, Elizabeth O | Start date 11/22/2010 | Last known employer Mount Vernon Public Schools | Amount $93,267.03 |
| Name Pawlowski, Joan A | Start date 3/10/1994 | Last known employer Middletown City School District | Amount $93,265.99 |
| Name Springer, David J | Start date 9/2/1986 | Last known employer Binghamton City School District | Amount $93,265.65 |
| Name O'Connor, Shane F | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Eastchester Union Free Schools | Amount $93,265.00 |
| Name Blauman, Maryellen | Start date 12/17/1997 | Last known employer Clarkstown Central Schools | Amount $93,264.12 |
| Name Smyka, Stephanie R | Start date 2/26/1997 | Last known employer Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES | Amount $93,263.75 |
| Name Chase, Melinda L | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Cassadaga Valley Central Schools | Amount $93,263.00 |
| Name Grochala, Joanne M | Start date 9/1/1985 | Last known employer Lake Shore Central Schools | Amount $93,262.30 |
| Name Santiago, Kimberly | Start date 9/1/1991 | Last known employer Education Department | Amount $93,262.00 |
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