One hundred fourteen school district educators outside New York City were paid more than $300,000 in fiscal year 2025-26, up from 90 a year earlier, according to payroll data reported to the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) and now available on SeeThroughNY.net. The highest paid was Roslyn UFSD Superintendent Allison Feldman, at $436,976.

The 239,288 public school teachers, superintendents, principals and other administrators employed outside New York City were paid a total of $19.4 billion. Full-time educators averaged $99,652, up from $97,506. A total of 82,791 educators (34.6 percent) were paid $100,000 or more, and 2,328 were paid more than $200,000, up 16 percent from 2,005.

The SeeThroughNY school payroll data also includes 143,837 payroll records reported to the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS). Those cover non-teaching school employees such as office and clerical staff, custodial and maintenance workers, teacher aides and school nurses, who are not part of this analysis.

Pay was highest downstate. Full-time educators on Long Island averaged $121,047 and those in the Mid-Hudson region $117,045, compared with $74,937 in the North Country, the lowest of the nine regions outside New York City. Long Island and the Mid-Hudson region accounted for 109 of the 114 educators paid more than $300,000.

Among the findings:

• Scarsdale UFSD had the highest district average for full-time educators, at $156,307.
• The median full-year school district superintendent was paid $215,922. A total of 174 superintendents were paid more than the governor’s $250,000 salary. Of those, 89 lead Long Island districts and 54 lead Mid-Hudson districts.
• Regional superintendent medians ranged from $302,277 on Long Island to $170,032 in the North Country.
• School districts spent $12,345 in educator pay per student. Long Island districts spent $14,766 per student, compared with $9,112 in the Mohawk Valley.
• In every county outside New York City, the median full-time educator was paid more than the median full-time worker living there, by 33 percent in the typical county.

Ten Highest-Paid Educators – Outside New York City

Figures are gross pay reported to NYSTRS for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, and do not include fringe benefits such as health insurance and employer pension contributions. Full-time educators are those paid more than the annualized state minimum wage ($32,240). Tallies exclude community colleges, charter schools, the Education Department, vocational boards and the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Explore the Data

The tables below cover every school district and BOCES outside New York City. Use the filters to narrow them by region, county or district.

Payroll records for every school district and BOCES can be searched at the Empire Center’s transparency website, SeeThroughNY.net.