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 Brown, Bonnie L | Start date 5/24/1999 | Last known employer Saugerties Central Schools | Amount $86,526.00 |
| Name DeJesus-Russell, Melanie S | Start date 3/26/2007 | Last known employer Newburgh City School District | Amount $86,525.67 |
| Name Wozniak, Karen C | Start date 8/28/2001 | Last known employer Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free Schools | Amount $86,525.48 |
| Name Peryea, Margo M | Start date 10/7/2003 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $86,525.43 |
| Name Lippolis, Jessica L | Start date 3/1/2008 | Last known employer East Meadow Union Free Schools | Amount $86,525.32 |
| Name Welker, Jayne C | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer North Collins Central Schools | Amount $86,525.16 |
| Name Baroody, David J | Start date 7/23/2004 | Last known employer Plattsburgh City School District | Amount $86,524.95 |
| Name Bueno, Ileana | Start date 2/1/2010 | Last known employer Yonkers Public Schools | Amount $86,522.86 |
| Name Sammis, Sarah A | Start date 4/1/2008 | Last known employer Manhasset Union Free Schools | Amount $86,521.56 |
| Name Pina, Nancy E | Start date 4/1/2007 | Last known employer Rocky Point Union Free Schools | Amount $86,521.16 |
| Name Galvin, Christopher S | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer Williamsville Central Schools | Amount $86,521.10 |
| Name Papetti, Toni | Start date 9/1/2012 | Last known employer North Shore Central Schools | Amount $86,521.07 |
| Name Tompkins, Sheri M | Start date 11/28/2000 | Last known employer Dutchess BOCES | Amount $86,520.90 |
| Name LaMonica Jr, Jerome G | Start date 9/7/1999 | Last known employer Greece Central Schools | Amount $86,520.00 |
| Name Han, Jennifer J | Start date 12/1/2014 | Last known employer Jericho Union Free Schools | Amount $86,518.79 |
| Name Saba, Jesse N | Start date 1/5/2009 | Last known employer Fashion Institute of Technology | Amount $86,518.58 |
| Name Sweet, Meryl | Start date 9/6/2005 | Last known employer Port Washington Union Free Schools | Amount $86,518.36 |
| Name Reid, Andrea M | Start date 3/13/1998 | Last known employer Smithtown Central Schools | Amount $86,518.00 |
| Name Carter, Thomas M | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Grand Island Central Schools | Amount $86,517.64 |
| Name Nephew, Carol J | Start date 9/1/1982 | Last known employer Gowanda Central Schools | Amount $86,517.25 |
| Name Ruggiero, Peter T | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Bethlehem Central Schools | Amount $86,513.50 |
| Name Foley, Lisa A | Start date 10/17/1994 | Last known employer Broadalbin-Perth Central Schools | Amount $86,513.49 |
| Name Shapiro, Casey N | Start date 3/31/1997 | Last known employer Brighton Central Schools | Amount $86,513.04 |
| Name Fricke, Pamela H | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer Hoosick Falls Central Schools | Amount $86,513.00 |
| Name Mitchell, Tracey S | Start date 6/1/1995 | Last known employer Randolph Central Schools | Amount $86,512.00 |
| Name O'Donnell, Sandra L | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $86,510.74 |
| Name Fesetch, Kelli A | Start date 11/27/1989 | Last known employer Horseheads Central Schools | Amount $86,508.23 |
| Name Fredrick, Ray N | Start date 9/1/2012 | Last known employer Eastchester Union Free Schools | Amount $86,508.00 |
| Name Sprague, Robert W | Start date 9/4/1984 | Last known employer Cuba-Rushford Central Schools | Amount $86,507.16 |
| Name Calison, Jennifer | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Wallkill Central Schools | Amount $86,507.00 |
| Name Kreeger, Kevin T | Start date 9/2/2003 | Last known employer Pine Bush Central Schools | Amount $86,507.00 |
| Name Sanford-Watson, Susan K | Start date 12/15/1999 | Last known employer Lockport City School District | Amount $86,506.00 |
| Name Marion, Michelle L | Start date 6/21/2001 | Last known employer Washingtonville Central Schools | Amount $86,505.00 |
| Name Mc Cagg, Alicia E | Start date 2/9/1999 | Last known employer Hudson City School District | Amount $86,505.00 |
| Name Licata, David M | Start date 9/1/2010 | Last known employer Scarsdale Union Free Schools | Amount $86,504.24 |
| Name Nally, John D | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $86,500.85 |
| Name Silvestrini, Nancy Marie | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer West Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $86,500.40 |
| Name Flecha, Janese P | Start date 9/6/2011 | Last known employer UFSD of the Tarrytowns Union Free Schools | Amount $86,499.50 |
| Name Mac Intosh, William | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Eastern Suffolk 1 BOCES | Amount $86,499.32 |
| Name Baller, Toni M | Start date 2/13/2002 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $86,499.11 |
| Name Fink, Heather M | Start date 2/15/2001 | Last known employer Lackawanna City School District | Amount $86,499.00 |
| Name Archambault, Andrea D | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Lynbrook Union Free Schools | Amount $86,497.00 |
| Name Morrison, Marc G | Start date 9/6/1988 | Last known employer Hadley-Luzerne Central Schools | Amount $86,497.00 |
| Name Yearack, Lisa F | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Hyde Park Central Schools | Amount $86,497.00 |
| Name Splendore, Daniel J | Start date 6/1/2009 | Last known employer Uniondale Public Schools | Amount $86,496.63 |
| Name Young, Serge | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Spackenkill Union Free Schools | Amount $86,496.00 |
| Name Seeburger Jr, Frederick W | Start date 3/2/1982 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $86,495.71 |
| Name Queener, Lisa D | Start date 2/22/1994 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $86,495.29 |
| Name Michalek, Thomas C | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Bethlehem Central Schools | Amount $86,495.00 |
| Name Castaneda, Maria C | Start date 1/28/1991 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $86,494.98 |
| Name Baker, Kristin J | Start date 2/8/2000 | Last known employer Rondout Valley Central Schools | Amount $86,494.00 |
| Name Stefania, Joseph G | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Clarkstown Central Schools | Amount $86,492.91 |
| Name Imbriano, Christine | Start date 10/1/2010 | Last known employer Southold Union Free Schools | Amount $86,490.56 |
| Name Ventura, Francis E | Start date 9/28/2012 | Last known employer Rockville Centre Union Free Schools | Amount $86,490.22 |
| Name Fitzgerald, Thomas P | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES | Amount $86,490.00 |
| Name Secker, Lauri M | Start date 9/22/1992 | Last known employer Greece Central Schools | Amount $86,490.00 |
| Name Kuzmich, Jennifer S | Start date 9/1/1990 | Last known employer Greenwich Central Schools | Amount $86,489.70 |
| Name Sebert, Stacey D | Start date 7/31/2003 | Last known employer South Colonie Central Schools | Amount $86,488.72 |
| Name Cornell, Karen S | Start date 11/28/1994 | Last known employer South Glens Falls Central Schools | Amount $86,487.65 |
| Name Oyer, Seth A | Start date 9/1/2012 | Last known employer SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $86,485.68 |
| Name Schurr, Brenda L | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Holley Central Schools | Amount $86,484.50 |
| Name Chiarelli, Kimberly | Start date 11/14/2003 | Last known employer South Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $86,481.92 |
| Name Nylen, David J | Start date 5/27/2003 | Last known employer Jamesville-Dewitt Central Schools | Amount $86,481.79 |
| Name Madden, Daniel F | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer Saranac Central Schools | Amount $86,480.50 |
| Name O'Sullivan, Tamara | Start date 9/1/2014 | Last known employer Nyack Union Free Schools | Amount $86,480.38 |
| Name Andrews, Nicki C | Start date 9/10/1982 | Last known employer Afton Central Schools | Amount $86,479.63 |
| Name Smith, Michele C | Start date 1/12/2000 | Last known employer Pine Bush Central Schools | Amount $86,478.90 |
| Name Adams, Suzanne G | Start date 8/31/2008 | Last known employer Rye City School District | Amount $86,478.41 |
| Name Truesdell-Mudge, Anne | Start date 9/6/1988 | Last known employer Cairo-Durham Central Schools | Amount $86,478.00 |
| Name Musci, Gracelyn T | Start date 8/8/2005 | Last known employer Fayetteville-Manlius Central Schools | Amount $86,477.88 |
| Name Wolf-Blasland, Wendy A | Start date 9/1/1990 | Last known employer Fayetteville-Manlius Central Schools | Amount $86,477.32 |
| Name Dukat, Cory A | Start date 2/1/2000 | Last known employer Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free Schools | Amount $86,476.95 |
| Name Canada, Patricia | Start date 11/9/1967 | Last known employer Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES | Amount $86,475.96 |
| Name Yager, John H | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $86,475.85 |
| Name Scott, Stephen R | Start date 4/29/1996 | Last known employer Williamsville Central Schools | Amount $86,475.80 |
| Name Brown, Regan P | Start date 9/2/1986 | Last known employer Penfield Central Schools | Amount $86,475.65 |
| Name Santaferra, Kimberly A | Start date 1/5/1987 | Last known employer Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES | Amount $86,475.50 |
| Name Nagle-Ahern, Marcia S | Start date 9/1/1995 | Last known employer East Aurora Union Free Schools | Amount $86,475.45 |
| Name Tong, Thomas C | Start date 11/1/2010 | Last known employer Mount Pleasant Cottage Union Free Schools | Amount $86,475.09 |
| Name Arsenault, Tara M | Start date 9/8/1998 | Last known employer Averill Park Central Schools | Amount $86,474.18 |
| Name Levine, Daniel S | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free Schools | Amount $86,474.00 |
| Name Finistrella, Angela M | Start date 9/1/1987 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $86,473.38 |
| Name Towfighian, Shahrzad | Start date 9/1/2013 | Last known employer SUNY at Binghamton | Amount $86,473.06 |
| Name Mc Pherson, Lisa A | Start date 9/1/1993 | Last known employer Oswego City School District | Amount $86,472.74 |
| Name White, Kevin C | Start date 8/17/1998 | Last known employer Onteora Central Schools | Amount $86,472.73 |
| Name Mooney, Luz C | Start date 9/1/2001 | Last known employer Kingston City School District | Amount $86,472.01 |
| Name Eson, Karen A | Start date 9/1/1978 | Last known employer Schenectady City School District | Amount $86,471.00 |
| Name Hertzog, Janet M | Start date 7/24/2000 | Last known employer Broome Community College | Amount $86,467.68 |
| Name Sutphen, Robert T | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Ticonderoga Central Schools | Amount $86,466.75 |
| Name Gobel, Zachary E | Start date 9/1/2002 | Last known employer Averill Park Central Schools | Amount $86,466.72 |
| Name Jacobsen, Jeffrey G | Start date 1/1/2010 | Last known employer Warwick Valley Central Schools | Amount $86,464.85 |
| Name Saccardo, Capra A | Start date 12/6/2006 | Last known employer Pearl River Union Free Schools | Amount $86,464.49 |
| Name Hughes, Lisa M | Start date 9/7/1982 | Last known employer Broome Community College | Amount $86,464.04 |
| Name Napper, Lisa V | Start date 1/26/1988 | Last known employer Saranac Central Schools | Amount $86,464.00 |
| Name Gelder, Claudia L | Start date 9/5/1989 | Last known employer Oakfield-Alabama Central Schools | Amount $86,462.50 |
| Name Mendolia, Vanessa P | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $86,462.06 |
| Name Wells, Richard | Start date 8/1/2010 | Last known employer SUNY Empire State College | Amount $86,461.39 |
| Name Williams, Lydia D | Start date 9/6/2005 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $86,461.32 |
| Name Prevete, Debra | Start date 9/6/2011 | Last known employer Sewanhaka Central Schools | Amount $86,461.00 |
| Name Fitzgerald, Patrick O | Start date 2/12/2004 | Last known employer Kingston City School District | Amount $86,459.76 |
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