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 Hawkins-Rusch, Steven J | Start date 8/30/1982 | Last known employer Fairport Central Schools | Amount $92,818.00 |
| Name Rivero, Angel A | Start date 4/28/2010 | Last known employer East Williston Union Free Schools | Amount $92,817.00 |
| Name Tomaso, Patrice L | Start date 9/1/1980 | Last known employer Chatham Central Schools | Amount $92,817.00 |
| Name Bautista Delgado, Nicole K | Start date 9/6/2005 | Last known employer Mamaroneck Union Free Schools | Amount $92,816.00 |
| Name Gessner, Karen A | Start date 9/20/1993 | Last known employer Greenport Public Schools | Amount $92,815.67 |
| Name Iemma, Antoinette | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Middletown City School District | Amount $92,815.64 |
| Name Lindenbaum, Lindsay H | Start date 5/1/2005 | Last known employer Riverhead Central Schools | Amount $92,815.01 |
| Name Young, Concetta M | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Panama Central Schools | Amount $92,813.50 |
| Name Kelly, Michelle J | Start date 9/8/1992 | Last known employer Frontier Central Schools | Amount $92,813.17 |
| Name Caparaso-Cyran, Lisa A | Start date 9/1/1991 | Last known employer Lancaster Central Schools | Amount $92,812.40 |
| Name Vidulich, Diane M | Start date 10/15/1985 | Last known employer Chenango Valley Central Schools | Amount $92,812.21 |
| Name Quinn, Therese E | Start date 11/15/2007 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $92,811.40 |
| Name Yurcho, Samantha | Start date 9/1/2010 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $92,811.34 |
| Name Digesualdo, Kelly A | Start date 9/1/1996 | Last known employer Shenendehowa At Clifton Park Central Schools | Amount $92,811.31 |
| Name Hair, Melissa P | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $92,811.30 |
| Name Wright Jr, Mark G | Start date 4/23/2001 | Last known employer West Seneca Central Schools | Amount $92,810.92 |
| Name Braun, Jennifer M | Start date 10/5/1990 | Last known employer Orleans-Niagara BOCES | Amount $92,807.65 |
| Name Vazquez, Susett | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $92,805.48 |
| Name Ford, Anne E | Start date 3/8/1991 | Last known employer Menands Union Free Schools | Amount $92,804.67 |
| Name Franco, Alison M | Start date 10/31/2005 | Last known employer Eastern Suffolk 1 BOCES | Amount $92,804.00 |
| Name Vilardo, Cheryl W | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Lockport City School District | Amount $92,803.98 |
| Name Patton, Marybeth S | Start date 11/21/1997 | Last known employer Greece Central Schools | Amount $92,803.35 |
| Name Rotolo, Andrew M | Start date 12/1/2008 | Last known employer East Meadow Union Free Schools | Amount $92,802.37 |
| Name Lamparelli, Teresa P | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer North Tonawanda City School District | Amount $92,801.59 |
| Name Paltridge, William R | Start date 2/1/2006 | Last known employer Marlboro Central Schools | Amount $92,801.16 |
| Name Opel, Carissa R | Start date 1/3/2001 | Last known employer Goshen Central Schools | Amount $92,801.00 |
| Name Steffen, Maryanne | Start date 2/5/1996 | Last known employer Frontier Central Schools | Amount $92,800.00 |
| Name Maas, Jamie M | Start date 11/1/2007 | Last known employer Hampton Bays Union Free Schools | Amount $92,799.00 |
| Name Lewis, Jodi L | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Newburgh City School District | Amount $92,798.00 |
| Name Davis, Andrea M | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Spackenkill Union Free Schools | Amount $92,796.92 |
| Name Falco, Michele | Start date 2/1/2005 | Last known employer Suffolk 2 BOCES | Amount $92,796.30 |
| Name Clifton, Tanya C | Start date 7/21/2000 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $92,796.00 |
| Name Cipolla, Loredana | Start date 8/27/2008 | Last known employer Sewanhaka Central Schools | Amount $92,794.25 |
| Name Mills, Katherine M | Start date 9/1/1990 | Last known employer Oswego City School District | Amount $92,793.89 |
| Name Smith, Beth B | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Nassau Community College | Amount $92,793.84 |
| Name Wilson, Renee E | Start date 10/1/1994 | Last known employer Monticello Central Schools | Amount $92,792.08 |
| Name Kurasaki, Robyn E | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free Schools | Amount $92,792.00 |
| Name Pfeiffer, Janese L | Start date 8/30/2007 | Last known employer Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools | Amount $92,789.19 |
| Name Mauceri, Damien N | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Suffolk 2 BOCES | Amount $92,788.00 |
| Name Callender, Jennifer L | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Ballston Spa Central Schools | Amount $92,787.66 |
| Name Gang, Nicole M | Start date 10/1/2001 | Last known employer West Seneca Central Schools | Amount $92,787.34 |
| Name Glenn, Kelly K | Start date 3/8/2002 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $92,786.43 |
| Name Bayliss, Sean M | Start date 9/26/2003 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $92,786.00 |
| Name Rao, Jonna | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Newburgh City School District | Amount $92,786.00 |
| Name Wege-Beers, Petra J | Start date 12/18/1989 | Last known employer Orange County Community College | Amount $92,785.53 |
| Name Rhein, Elizabeth A | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Washingtonville Central Schools | Amount $92,784.00 |
| Name Pelonero, Sara J | Start date 9/1/1992 | Last known employer Frontier Central Schools | Amount $92,783.31 |
| Name Kellogg, Trecia A | Start date 9/6/2005 | Last known employer Greenburgh-North Castle Union Free Schools | Amount $92,783.29 |
| Name Farrell, Wanda C | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Holley Central Schools | Amount $92,782.00 |
| Name Farella, Danielle M | Start date 10/4/1999 | Last known employer Beacon City School District | Amount $92,780.70 |
| Name McCaw, Meryl Sarah | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Cold Spring Harbor Central Schools | Amount $92,780.49 |
| Name Lawton, Marjorie E | Start date 9/1/2003 | Last known employer Wallkill Central Schools | Amount $92,779.22 |
| Name Weber, Jeremy C | Start date 9/7/2005 | Last known employer Rondout Valley Central Schools | Amount $92,779.20 |
| Name Simco, Jennifer R | Start date 1/3/2006 | Last known employer Onteora Central Schools | Amount $92,779.14 |
| Name Ale, Kim M | Start date 8/1/2006 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $92,779.10 |
| Name O'Leary, Kathleen M | Start date 11/23/1998 | Last known employer Poughkeepsie City School District | Amount $92,779.00 |
| Name McCutcheon, Ellen M | Start date 9/1/1986 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $92,776.94 |
| Name Lefevre, Karen G | Start date 10/8/1987 | Last known employer Rush-Henrietta Central Schools | Amount $92,776.50 |
| Name Cava, Daniel P | Start date 9/1/2013 | Last known employer Island Trees Union Free Schools | Amount $92,776.44 |
| Name Lee, Jacqueline M | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Massapequa Public Schools | Amount $92,776.20 |
| Name Stepp Jr, Walter M | Start date 9/6/1966 | Last known employer Nassau Community College | Amount $92,775.48 |
| Name Lurye, Carol C | Start date 8/27/1990 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $92,774.28 |
| Name Justice, Peter L | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Albany City School District | Amount $92,774.25 |
| Name Insalaco, Lisa A | Start date 9/24/1990 | Last known employer North Tonawanda City School District | Amount $92,774.15 |
| Name Bigg, Claire F | Start date 1/28/1985 | Last known employer Penfield Central Schools | Amount $92,772.84 |
| Name Jones, Leslie A | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Webster Central Schools | Amount $92,772.72 |
| Name Bialkowski, Tina M | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer North Tonawanda City School District | Amount $92,771.59 |
| Name Shapiro, Fran S | Start date 2/1/2007 | Last known employer Nassau BOCES | Amount $92,771.40 |
| Name Barth, Jacqueline E | Start date 3/1/1972 | Last known employer Niagara-Wheatfield Central Schools | Amount $92,771.32 |
| Name Kelly, Colleen E | Start date 8/29/2013 | Last known employer Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Schools | Amount $92,771.17 |
| Name Greco, Jamie L | Start date 8/1/2012 | Last known employer SUNY at Stony Brook | Amount $92,770.67 |
| Name Specht, Samantha E | Start date 3/15/2000 | Last known employer Smithtown Central Schools | Amount $92,770.48 |
| Name Fletcher, Robert J | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $92,769.56 |
| Name Ulrich, Francesca Marie | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Lindenhurst Public Schools | Amount $92,769.07 |
| Name Helgeland, Stephanie J | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Avoca Central Schools | Amount $92,768.37 |
| Name Guinther, Scott L | Start date 5/19/2004 | Last known employer Rocky Point Union Free Schools | Amount $92,767.52 |
| Name Ward, Daniel J | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Union Free Schools | Amount $92,767.14 |
| Name Weaver, Anne E | Start date 9/1/1989 | Last known employer Troy City School District | Amount $92,766.00 |
| Name Lavelle, Jennifer K | Start date 10/17/1994 | Last known employer Frontier Central Schools | Amount $92,765.95 |
| Name Zlotek, Leanne M | Start date 5/8/1995 | Last known employer Sweet Home Central Schools | Amount $92,765.70 |
| Name Button, Dale R | Start date 9/4/1990 | Last known employer Hudson Valley Community College | Amount $92,765.24 |
| Name Evert, Kelly A | Start date 3/25/1999 | Last known employer Wappingers Central Schools | Amount $92,765.07 |
| Name Hengerle, Laura A | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Central Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $92,763.80 |
| Name Jennings Jr, Harvey J | Start date 6/8/2001 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $92,763.50 |
| Name Smulakowski, Joanna S | Start date 8/31/2015 | Last known employer White Plains City School District | Amount $92,763.00 |
| Name Clark, Danielle L | Start date 9/2/2008 | Last known employer Freeport Public Schools | Amount $92,762.92 |
| Name Penetrante, Patricia C | Start date 2/23/1995 | Last known employer Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free Schools | Amount $92,762.92 |
| Name Nelsen-Epstein, Christi A | Start date 9/3/2001 | Last known employer Onteora Central Schools | Amount $92,762.14 |
| Name Nolan, Heather L | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer South Country Central Schools | Amount $92,762.00 |
| Name Filor, Jenna M | Start date 9/8/1998 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $92,761.00 |
| Name Parada, Cynthia E | Start date 9/3/1991 | Last known employer Pembroke Central Schools | Amount $92,760.00 |
| Name Greene, Judy L | Start date 9/1/1984 | Last known employer Schuylerville Central Schools | Amount $92,759.68 |
| Name Miller, Jason A | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Ramapo Central Schools | Amount $92,759.63 |
| Name Jeddah, Ayallah | Start date 9/29/2004 | Last known employer Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $92,759.53 |
| Name Vella, Christianne E | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer Long Beach City School District | Amount $92,759.30 |
| Name Sutton, Karen S | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Middletown City School District | Amount $92,759.00 |
| Name Goldstein, Laura | Start date 2/9/2005 | Last known employer New Rochelle City School District | Amount $92,757.86 |
| Name Swanhall, Brian C | Start date 9/6/1988 | Last known employer Cobleskill-Richmondville Central Schools | Amount $92,757.80 |
| Name Spatarella, Jenelle E | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer Northport-East Northport Union Free Schools | Amount $92,757.44 |
| Name Sandone, Mary | Start date 12/14/1988 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $92,756.68 |
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