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 Surdej, Jason P | Start date 12/1/2004 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,513.50 |
| Name Spasiano, Patricia F | Start date 12/1/1998 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,512.92 |
| Name Oliva, Sophia | Start date 9/1/2011 | Last known employer Valley Stream #24 Union Free Schools | Amount $78,512.04 |
| Name Lasky, April D | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Monticello Central Schools | Amount $78,511.43 |
| Name Rice, Kimberly R | Start date 9/21/1999 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,510.57 |
| Name Kehn, Nancy A | Start date 10/7/1994 | Last known employer Averill Park Central Schools | Amount $78,509.00 |
| Name Strock, Tracy A | Start date 10/13/1999 | Last known employer Carthage Central Schools | Amount $78,509.00 |
| Name Fingar, Kimberly A | Start date 2/12/1990 | Last known employer Belleville-Henderson Central Schools | Amount $78,508.75 |
| Name Hackett, Sarah T | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $78,507.50 |
| Name Todisco, Vincent A | Start date 1/1/2005 | Last known employer Brentwood Union Free Schools | Amount $78,506.84 |
| Name Blackburn, Justine E | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Half Hollow Hills Central Schools | Amount $78,506.38 |
| Name Ladd, Kathlyn A | Start date 9/1/2005 | Last known employer Chatham Central Schools | Amount $78,505.50 |
| Name Olsen, Michael | Start date 3/27/2003 | Last known employer Copiague Union Free Schools | Amount $78,504.40 |
| Name Angelucci, Brenda S | Start date 9/29/1999 | Last known employer Starpoint Central Schools | Amount $78,504.00 |
| Name Brundage, Jason J | Start date 9/9/1992 | Last known employer Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central Schools | Amount $78,504.00 |
| Name Kosinski, Jennifer A | Start date 9/1/1994 | Last known employer Schodack Central Schools | Amount $78,504.00 |
| Name Ivezaj, Shannon A | Start date 5/14/2003 | Last known employer East Quogue Union Free Schools | Amount $78,503.64 |
| Name Miller, Michael A | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Seneca Falls Central Schools | Amount $78,503.45 |
| Name Patrick, Benjamin C | Start date 2/10/1999 | Last known employer SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $78,503.12 |
| Name Hector, Melanie L | Start date 3/17/2003 | Last known employer Monticello Central Schools | Amount $78,502.68 |
| Name Trout, Regina B | Start date 1/11/2001 | Last known employer Middletown City School District | Amount $78,502.32 |
| Name Granberg, Elizabeth A | Start date 12/1/2009 | Last known employer Monroe-Woodbury Central Schools | Amount $78,501.69 |
| Name Chery, Nalda | Start date 11/10/2014 | Last known employer Bedford Central Schools | Amount $78,501.45 |
| Name Zilliox, Elizabeth D | Start date 9/16/1997 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,500.14 |
| Name Losty, Shauna E | Start date 12/1/2005 | Last known employer Syracuse City School District | Amount $78,498.57 |
| Name Eisenhardt, Roger D | Start date 10/1/2010 | Last known employer Commack Union Free Schools | Amount $78,498.04 |
| Name Traina, Lisa Malona | Start date 8/28/2008 | Last known employer Westbury Union Free Schools | Amount $78,495.66 |
| Name Stolberg, Thomas E | Start date 9/2/1986 | Last known employer SUNY Alfred Ag and Tech | Amount $78,495.47 |
| Name Casler, Shawn M | Start date 12/18/1996 | Last known employer Whitesboro Central Schools | Amount $78,495.00 |
| Name Osland-Haire, Jessica C | Start date 9/1/2006 | Last known employer Arlington Central Schools | Amount $78,495.00 |
| Name Lee, Catherine E | Start date 9/1/1999 | Last known employer NYS School for the Deaf | Amount $78,494.56 |
| Name Simoncelli, Marie | Start date 5/28/1999 | Last known employer Frontier Central Schools | Amount $78,494.06 |
| Name Pero, Jaime L | Start date 8/1/2004 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $78,494.03 |
| Name Sargent, Domenica F | Start date 9/1/1997 | Last known employer Greece Central Schools | Amount $78,494.00 |
| Name Grand, Lindsay A | Start date 9/1/2015 | Last known employer Levittown Union Free Schools | Amount $78,493.50 |
| Name Molinich, Erin M | Start date 9/1/1993 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $78,493.36 |
| Name Ciccarelli, Mary A | Start date 9/1/1985 | Last known employer Warrensburg Central Schools | Amount $78,493.00 |
| Name Sherlock, Sandra M | Start date 1/5/1987 | Last known employer West Genesee Central Schools | Amount $78,493.00 |
| Name Huneke, Paul G | Start date 9/7/2010 | Last known employer Dobbs Ferry Union Free Schools | Amount $78,492.88 |
| Name Rind, Jason | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $78,491.92 |
| Name Circe, Michael R | Start date 10/1/2005 | Last known employer Kingston City School District | Amount $78,491.08 |
| Name Harmon, Jennifer A | Start date 12/14/2006 | Last known employer Harborfields Central Schools | Amount $78,490.60 |
| Name Moreland, Charmaine D | Start date 8/5/2002 | Last known employer Dunkirk Public Schools | Amount $78,490.45 |
| Name Orlando, Mark W | Start date 3/23/2004 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,489.54 |
| Name Bayer, Katharine L | Start date 9/26/2000 | Last known employer Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools | Amount $78,489.00 |
| Name Olstad, Martin A | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools | Amount $78,489.00 |
| Name Lange, Ann Marie | Start date 3/5/1990 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,487.08 |
| Name Elser, Robert J | Start date 3/1/2008 | Last known employer Monroe-Woodbury Central Schools | Amount $78,487.00 |
| Name Tyksinski, Paige E | Start date 10/3/1991 | Last known employer South Colonie Central Schools | Amount $78,486.50 |
| Name Strachovsky, Jenny M | Start date 1/21/2000 | Last known employer Huntington Union Free Schools | Amount $78,486.48 |
| Name Krug, Jacqueline | Start date 9/6/2007 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,486.29 |
| Name Reidy, Cheryl K | Start date 1/23/2004 | Last known employer Pine Bush Central Schools | Amount $78,486.20 |
| Name Torres-Pagan, Vilma | Start date 8/30/2016 | Last known employer Croton-Harmon Union Free Schools | Amount $78,486.00 |
| Name Mc Guirk, Louise M | Start date 9/17/1998 | Last known employer Hartford Central Schools | Amount $78,485.75 |
| Name Murphy, Karen M | Start date 10/1/2007 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,485.24 |
| Name Bauernfeind, Timothy R | Start date 9/5/2006 | Last known employer West Islip Union Free Schools | Amount $78,484.84 |
| Name Labarge, Bradley J | Start date 9/3/1993 | Last known employer Wayne Central Schools | Amount $78,484.51 |
| Name Boyer, Sue E | Start date 10/12/2001 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,484.36 |
| Name Ammirati, Regina T | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Warwick Valley Central Schools | Amount $78,483.74 |
| Name Kurek, Mary E | Start date 7/1/1998 | Last known employer Niagara Falls City School District | Amount $78,482.50 |
| Name Jutton, David R | Start date 9/1/2008 | Last known employer Rhinebeck Central Schools | Amount $78,482.29 |
| Name Matthews, Shawn M | Start date 9/8/1994 | Last known employer Northern Adirondack Central Schools | Amount $78,482.00 |
| Name Misiaszek, Thaddeus J | Start date 9/1/1998 | Last known employer Central Valley Central Schools | Amount $78,482.00 |
| Name Sykes, Sharon A | Start date 9/3/1985 | Last known employer Argyle Central Schools | Amount $78,481.50 |
| Name Koch, Margaret L | Start date 1/1/1997 | Last known employer Pittsford Central Schools | Amount $78,480.64 |
| Name Longman, Rita J | Start date 9/1/1990 | Last known employer Sherburne-Earlville Central Schools | Amount $78,480.00 |
| Name Van Nostrand, Judith M | Start date 9/1/1988 | Last known employer Watertown City School District | Amount $78,480.00 |
| Name Florentino, Stephanie R | Start date 9/1/2010 | Last known employer Farmingdale Union Free Schools | Amount $78,479.85 |
| Name Ulak, Michelle L | Start date 6/8/1999 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,479.45 |
| Name Wright, Christina M | Start date 9/2/1997 | Last known employer Alexander Central Schools | Amount $78,479.40 |
| Name Jones, Charles E | Start date 9/10/1990 | Last known employer Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES | Amount $78,479.25 |
| Name Verity, Sandra M | Start date 9/1/1991 | Last known employer Plattsburgh City School District | Amount $78,479.01 |
| Name Babcock, Greg J | Start date 9/6/1994 | Last known employer Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES | Amount $78,479.00 |
| Name LaRose, Thomas K | Start date 9/1/1981 | Last known employer La Fayette Central Schools | Amount $78,479.00 |
| Name Minor, Kim M | Start date 11/21/1995 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,478.06 |
| Name Zanetti, Jake | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Saratoga Springs City School District | Amount $78,478.05 |
| Name Fuentes, Elizabeth C | Start date 9/1/2004 | Last known employer Liberty Central Schools | Amount $78,477.74 |
| Name Westcott, Thomas C | Start date 12/15/1998 | Last known employer Owego-Apalachin Central Schools | Amount $78,474.85 |
| Name DeMario, Tracy A | Start date 9/1/1993 | Last known employer Chittenango Central Schools | Amount $78,474.48 |
| Name Landry, Jane M | Start date 1/6/1998 | Last known employer Clinton-Essex-Warren-Wash BOCES | Amount $78,474.00 |
| Name Miller, Nicole L | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Lawrence Union Free Schools | Amount $78,473.92 |
| Name Lucander, David J | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer Rockland Community College | Amount $78,473.55 |
| Name Heath, Catherine O | Start date 1/30/1986 | Last known employer Homer Central Schools | Amount $78,473.44 |
| Name McDonald, Maureen A | Start date 11/15/2010 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $78,471.22 |
| Name Statt, Teresa A | Start date 8/26/1991 | Last known employer Rochester City School District | Amount $78,471.22 |
| Name Kohl, Cynthia L | Start date 11/29/1979 | Last known employer Monroe 1 BOCES | Amount $78,471.00 |
| Name Ottina, Cynthia A | Start date 1/9/1989 | Last known employer Monroe 1 BOCES | Amount $78,471.00 |
| Name Ericson, Christine L | Start date 9/8/1998 | Last known employer East Rockaway Union Free Schools | Amount $78,470.92 |
| Name Quail, Theresa A | Start date 3/14/1988 | Last known employer Cortland City School District | Amount $78,470.63 |
| Name Foster, Lauren M | Start date 11/13/2006 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,470.49 |
| Name Golub, Danielle | Start date 1/19/2016 | Last known employer Hempstead Public Schools | Amount $78,468.39 |
| Name Defazio, Gwen M | Start date 9/3/2002 | Last known employer Pine Bush Central Schools | Amount $78,468.20 |
| Name Romanchuk, Carol L | Start date 10/1/1995 | Last known employer Buffalo Public Schools | Amount $78,467.98 |
| Name Quiroz, Sarah M | Start date 9/1/2012 | Last known employer Valley Stream #30 Union Free Schools | Amount $78,467.44 |
| Name Paris, Erin J | Start date 9/1/2009 | Last known employer West Genesee Central Schools | Amount $78,466.87 |
| Name Mc Mahon, Jennifer D | Start date 9/1/2000 | Last known employer Livonia Central Schools | Amount $78,466.35 |
| Name Gavigan, Joyce L | Start date 1/5/1998 | Last known employer Alden Central Schools | Amount $78,466.32 |
| Name Falco, Adrienne | Start date 9/5/1995 | Last known employer East Williston Union Free Schools | Amount $78,465.47 |
| Name Castagna, Andre | Start date 9/1/2007 | Last known employer Albany City School District | Amount $78,465.33 |
| Name Mc Laughlin, Darlene M | Start date 8/1/1994 | Last known employer Webutuck Central Schools | Amount $78,464.00 |
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