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The county and municipal data do not include job titles, which are not reported to
the state comptroller; however, uniformed police officers or firefighters, who are
classified in a separate retirement system, are singled out in a separate category.
The county and municipal payroll database consists of all full-time and part-time
workers enrolled in the pension system at any point from April 1, 2009 through
March 31, 2010, including employees who left or retired, and those hired during the
year. Salary totals included in the averages include overtime and pay for unused
sick and vacation time. The figures do not include pension contributions, health
insurance and other fringe benefits, which can easily amount to 40 percent or more
of salary, depending on the employer.
This report provides a summary analysis of payroll information, broken down into
two categories—“General Employees” and “Police and Fire.” Tables on the
following pages also highlight:
• the 20 highest-paid county and municipal workers in the state—topped by
the Clarkstown Chief of Police who collected more than $300,000;
• the highest average salaries grouped by employer —led by a Long Island
village police department whose 46 officers averaged $158,965; and
• employees who were on more than one payroll during the year—a list
headed for the second consecutive year by an attorney who worked for 11
different employers in Schoharie County, and a Chautaqua County attorney
who made $249,979.
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CITIES CITIES
1 Yonkers 993 $71,659 1 Glen Cove 50 $147,977
2 Rye 108 $64,233 2 Long Beach 105 $124,345
3 Peekskill 154 $63,323 3 Yonkers 1,056 $119,521
4 New Rochelle 303 $58,496 4 Rye 52 $103,849
5 White Plains 605 $58,490 5 White Plains 369 $99,980
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City Employees
General Employees Police and Fire
Region Number Average Salary Number Average Salary
Capital 2,067 $38,787 1,489 $72,889
Central New York 1,510 $40,492 1,323 $73,799
Finger Lakes 1,906 $48,333 1,437 $71,937
Long Island 468 $49,406 155 $131,968
Mid-Hudson 3,349 $59,747 2,864 $99,354
Mohawk Valley 845 $36,786 684 $62,485
North Country 441 $41,796 282 $58,228
Southern Tier 1,070 $36,534 719 $63,054
Western New York 2,644 $42,489 2,405 $73,341
All Regions 14,300 $43,819 11,358 $78,562
County Employees
General Employees Police and Fire
Region Number Average Salary Number Average Salary
Capital 10,400 $43,068 NA NA
Central New York 7,631 $41,385 NA NA
Finger Lakes 10,712 $42,716 21 $71,359
Long Island 17,298 $60,432 5,058 $129,050
Mid-Hudson 17,160 $58,833 264 $137,326
Mohawk Valley 4,218 $36,744 NA NA
North Country 5,903 $39,091 NA NA
Southern Tier 6,624 $38,970 NA NA
Western New York 10,304 $42,112 NA NA
All Regions 90,250 $44,817 5,343 $112,578
Town Employees
General Employees Police and Fire
Region Number Average Salary Number Average Salary
Capital 3,948 $33,870 423 $66,841
Central New York 1,684 $29,532 141 $58,463
Finger Lakes 3,624 $32,654 280 $79,911
Long Island 9,330 $56,287 312 $107,227
Mid-Hudson Region 6,622 $47,690 1,886 $91,383
Mohawk Valley 1,314 $24,617 70 $37,688
North Country 2,060 $31,470 13 $41,598
Southern Tier 2,223 $28,118 47 $54,389
Western New York 4,071 $36,452 729 $72,382
All Regions 34,876 $35,632 3,901 $67,765
Village Employees
General Employees Police and Fire
Region Number Average Salary Number Average Salary
Capital 565 $27,455 266 $26,777
Central New York 560 $29,700 210 $31,893
Finger Lakes 953 $35,998 301 $40,908
Long Island 3,451 $47,513 839 $123,180
Mid Hudson 2,569 $49,539 1,174 $89,548
Mohawk Valley 447 $25,634 228 $30,716
North Country 654 $33,386 170 $44,231
Southern Tier 754 $30,373 362 $45,038
Western New York 919 $31,940 354 $33,749
All Regions 10,872 $34,615 3,904 $51,782
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iArticle 6 of the state Public Officers Law better known as the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
iiSome government salaries and pensions have been posted over the last three years by newspapers in some regions,
including Long Island’s Newsday, the Journal News in Westchester-Rockland-Putnam, the Binghamton Press & Sun-
Bulletin, the Albany Times Union, the Buffalo News, the Glens Falls Post-Star and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
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