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TEACHER AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PAY UPDATED ON SEETHROUGHNY

A searchable online database of earnings for 366,640 employees of New York State school districts outside New York City was posted today at www.SeeThroughNY.net, the transparency website sponsored by the Empire Center for New York State Policy. The newly updated database includes pay for teachers, administrators and others, as reported for the 12 month-period ending June 30, 2012 to the New York State Teachers Retirement System (NYSTRS). It also includes pay for other school employees, such as custodians, aides and bus drivers, for the 12 month-period ending March 31, 2012, as reported to the New York State Employees Retirement System (NYSLERS). Long Island schools had the highest average pay by region at $73,949. The Mohawk Valley has the lowest average pay at $36,394. A chart of average pay by region is attached. The chart also shows the trend in average pay over the last four fiscal years. Seven regions average pay increased over the four-year period while only the Capital Region and Mohawk Valley have decreased average pay over that period, which includes the worst period of the recession. For the third consecutive year, Scarsdale School District had the highest average educator pay at $115,659. Scarsdale was followed by Bronxville, Jericho and Byram Hills, all of which reported average educator salaries above $100,000. The averages in many cases are depressed by the inclusion on the list of numerous substitute teachers and part-timers whose reported salaries came to only a few thousand dollars per year. A list of the 50 highest paid districts is attached. According to the data, the highest paid school employee was Dr. William Johnson, superintendent of the Rockville Centre Union Free School District, who was paid $567,248. According to recent news reports, that sum includes access to a lump sum bonus. A list of the 100 highest-paid school employees in districts outside New York City is attached. (New York City school salaries will be updated shortly.) SeeThroughNY allows the public to examine government expenditures on the Internet. In addition to salary data for school districts, it includes payrolls for New York State and New York City government, counties, municipalities and public authorities throughout the state. Also posted are public employee pension data, state legislator office expenditures, pork barrel member item spending, and a benchmarking feature for comparing local government and school district spending.

Average Pay By Region (NYSTRS Members)

$80,000

$70,000

$60,000

$50,000

$40,000

2012 2011 2010

$30,000

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Highest Average Pay - NYSTRS Members

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 School District Scarsdale Union Free Schools Bronxville Union Free Schools Jericho Union Free Schools Byram Hills At Armonk Central Schools Mount Sinai Union Free Schools Fishers Island Union Free Schools Mount Vernon Public Schools Edgemont At Greenburgh Central Schools Lawrence Union Free Schools Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free Schools Carle Place Union Free Schools Brewster Central Schools Harrison Central Schools East Hampton Union Free Schools Half Hollow Hills Central Schools Pelham Union Free Schools Patchogue-Medford Union Free Schools Yonkers Public Schools Blind Brook-Rye Union Free Schools New Rochelle City School District Baldwin Union Free Schools Plainview-Old Bethpage Central Schools Central Islip Ufsd Chappaqua Central Schools Bellmore-Merrick Central Schools Mineola Union Free Schools Mount Pleasant Central Schools Manhasset Union Free Schools Mamaroneck Union Free Schools Sewanhaka Central Schools North Salem Central Schools Briarcliff Manor Union Free Schools Lakeland Central Schools Hempstead Public Schools Hendrick Hudson Central Schools Syosset Central Schools Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools Cold Spring Harbor Central Schools Peekskill City School District Island Park Union Free Schools East Ramapo Central Schools Rye City School District Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Union Free Schools Greenburgh Eleven Union Free Schools Montauk Union Free Schools Roslyn Public Schools Valley Stream #13 Union Free Schools Seaford Public Schools Valley Stream #30 Union Free Schools East Meadow Union Free Schools Total $61,415,160 $19,651,876 $46,830,342 $30,103,918 $24,177,237 $1,652,507 $96,834,801 $20,826,077 $38,326,462 $44,093,160 $20,418,789 $34,216,455 $45,647,094 $25,014,854 $91,599,590 $30,812,548 $62,501,201 $200,350,330 $17,992,074 $101,277,111 $54,722,904 $59,680,879 $61,552,604 $48,165,671 $60,245,932 $35,792,644 $22,654,600 $38,975,720 $52,976,861 $77,885,445 $16,119,900 $19,956,447 $61,435,030 $63,329,682 $30,499,385 $92,714,695 $41,138,876 $25,512,309 $28,613,159 $10,144,310 $85,713,651 $33,309,782 $7,593,317 $6,480,357 $5,184,100 $41,865,207 $21,715,805 $24,803,965 $14,423,115 $79,609,831 Employees 531 186 448 299 248 17 1017 219 406 469 220 371 498 273 1000 337 691 2217 200 1126 612 670 693 543 680 404 256 441 601 886 184 228 703 725 350 1067 475 295 332 118 998 388 89 76 61 495 257 294 171 946 Average $115,659 $105,655 $104,532 $100,682 $97,489 $97,206 $95,216 $95,096 $94,400 $94,015 $92,813 $92,228 $91,661 $91,630 $91,600 $91,432 $90,450 $90,370 $89,960 $89,944 $89,417 $89,076 $88,820 $88,703 $88,597 $88,596 $88,495 $88,380 $88,148 $87,907 $87,608 $87,528 $87,390 $87,351 $87,141 $86,893 $86,608 $86,482 $86,184 $85,969 $85,885 $85,850 $85,318 $85,268 $84,985 $84,576 $84,497 $84,367 $84,346 $84,154

Highest Paid School Employees in 2011-12

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Name Johnson, William H Hankin, Carole Melucci, Ranier W Ferencik, Denise M Brown, Herb R Grishman, Henry L Clark-Snead, Constance R Streitman, Jeffrey B Mc Gill, Michael V Gordon, Geoffrey N Boyd-Bright, Maureen K Taddiken, Nancy L Wool, Louis N Bisso, Joyce M James, Donald A Bonasera, Anthony J Smith, Howard W Mustich, Peter J Hunderfund, Anna F Melnick, Edward K Deangelo, Louis R Goodman, Amy J Kiernan, Henry G Quattrone, David F Mc Cann, Daniel T Feirsen, Robert D Pierorazio, Bernard P Brenner, Daniel S Nathan, Richard B Sulc, Charles V Fallon, Kelly A Ciuffo, Benjamin Glassman, Phyllis Organisciak, Richard E Feller, David S Barbarino, Santo J Sullivan-Kriss, Patricia A Bierwirth Ii, John E Cardillo, Charles S Ehmann, Edward L Linehan, Bartholomew Lauro Jr, Dennis R Kreutzer, Paul Taylor, Jacquelyn M Hochman, Jere I Bell, Stephen H Shaps, Robert I Napolitano, Ralph A Demartino Jr, Michael C Silverstein, Mark K School District Rockville Centre Union Free Schools Syosset Central Schools Merrick Union Free Schools Amityville Union Free Schools Oceanside Union Free Schools Jericho Union Free Schools Westbury Union Free Schools Syosset Central Schools Scarsdale Union Free Schools Port Washington Union Free Schools Hicksville Public Schools Edgemont At Greenburgh Central Schools Harrison Central Schools Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free Schools Commack Union Free Schools Mount Sinai Union Free Schools UFSD of the Tarrytowns Union Free Schools Rye Neck Union Free Schools Locust Valley Central Schools North Shore Central Schools East Meadow Union Free Schools Greenburgh-Graham Union Free Schools Bellmore-Merrick Central Schools Bronxville Union Free Schools Hendrick Hudson Central Schools Garden City Union Free Schools Yonkers Public Schools Roslyn Public Schools Lindenhurst Public Schools Massapequa Public Schools Half Hollow Hills Central Schools Jericho Union Free Schools Ossining Union Free Schools New Rochelle City School District North Merrick Union Free Schools Lynbrook Union Free Schools Hauppauge Union Free Schools Herricks Union Free Schools Manhasset Union Free Schools Smithtown Central Schools Tuckahoe Common Schools Pelham Union Free Schools Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free Schools Byram Hills At Armonk Central Schools Bedford Central Schools Ossining Union Free Schools Mamaroneck Union Free Schools Yorktown Central Schools Sewanhaka Central Schools Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Union Free Schools Hire Date 12/1/79 12/1/75 11/1/73 11/20/79 10/1/70 9/1/67 7/1/99 9/1/74 7/1/84 9/1/02 9/1/73 1/28/74 9/1/81 9/1/71 9/8/92 4/17/72 7/1/88 9/1/72 9/3/74 7/1/87 3/1/76 12/14/81 10/1/05 8/1/05 9/5/78 5/1/78 9/12/74 7/1/84 10/1/70 9/1/69 9/1/84 9/1/70 9/1/71 6/30/76 9/1/80 9/15/80 5/28/74 3/1/74 9/2/75 5/9/66 2/1/01 9/1/66 7/1/11 9/1/74 7/1/08 9/4/91 8/21/06 9/1/77 1/29/73 9/1/75 Earnings $567,248 $506,015 $418,217 $378,498 $374,077 $372,115 $371,136 $369,612 $332,592 $316,922 $316,846 $312,952 $311,815 $309,949 $309,148 $296,371 $289,892 $287,367 $283,125 $282,152 $281,642 $281,133 $280,984 $280,928 $279,411 $278,394 $278,281 $277,650 $277,264 $276,773 $276,314 $276,117 $273,854 $273,652 $272,994 $272,042 $270,906 $269,629 $268,799 $268,518 $266,648 $266,296 $266,234 $266,002 $264,150 $263,937 $261,955 $261,609 $260,357 $260,281