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Citing data from the New York State and Local Retirement System based on regular, overtime pay and unused vacation time, Empire Center’s 2018 “ What They Make ” report determined which town, city, and village employees are getting paid the most.
Pension contributions, health insurance, and other benefits were not factored into the data. The study includes the average pay of employees, the number of employees and where the municipalities land in the region.
The study only contains data from departments in upstate New York, which was deemed any municipality north of Westchester and Rockland counties.
Hudson Valley municipalities with the highest-paid workers include:
Kiryas Joel, village - Orange County (first overall):
- Average pay: $73,395
- Number of employees: 32
- Region rank: 3rd among Hudson Valley villages
Woodbury, village - Orange County (second):
- Average pay: $69,123
- Number of employees: 31
- Region rank: 4th among Hudson Valley villages
Tuxedo Park, village - Orange County (third):
- Average pay: $64,671
- Number of employees: 12
- Region rank: 9th among Hudson Valley villages
Carmel, town - Putnam County (fourth):
- Average pay: $62,906
- Number of employees: 100
- Region rank: 8th among Hudson Valley towns
New Windsor, town - Orange County (fifth):
- Average pay: $61,020
- Number of employees: 100
- Region rank: 11th among Hudson Valley town
Tuxedo, town - Orange County (sixth):
- Average pay: $59,539
- Number of employees: 16
- Region rank: 12th among Hudson Valley towns
Chester, village - Orange County (eighth):
- Average pay: $58,224
- Number of employees: 17
- Region rank: 15th among Hudson Valley villages
Washingtonville, village - Orange County (ninth):
- Average pay: $57,865
- Number of employees: 14
- Region rank: 16th among Hudson Valley villages
Middletown, city - Orange County (10th):
- Average pay: $57,326
- Number of employees: 140
- Region rank: 7th among Hudson Valley cities
Beacon, city - Dutchess County (13th):
- Average pay: $55,417
- Number of employees: 63
- Region rank: 8th among Hudson Valley cities
Beekman, town - Dutchess County (17th):
- Average pay: $54,419
- Number of employees: 31
- Region rank: 15th among Hudson Valley towns
Kent, town - Putnam County (20th):
- Average pay: $52,992
- Number of employees: 80
- Region rank: 18th among Hudson Valley towns
Monroe, village - Orange County (26th):
- Average pay: $51,913
- Number of employees: 38
- Region rank: 22nd among Hudson Valley villages
Poughkeepsie, city - Dutchess County)
- Average pay: $51,552
- Number of employees: 176
- Region rank: 9th among Hudson Valley cities
Newburgh, city - Orange County (33rd):
- Average pay: $48,102
- Number of employees: 160
- Region rank: 10th among Hudson Valley cities
Poughkeepsie, town - Dutchess County (34th):
- Average pay: $47,958
- Number of employees: 136
- Region rank: 22nd among Hudson Valley towns
Goshen, village - Orange County (37th):
- Average pay: $47,179
- Number of employees: 46
- Region rank: 30th among Hudson Valley villages
Cornwall, village - Orange County (39th):
- Average pay: $46,995
- Number of employees: 32
- Region rank: 31st among Hudson Valley villages
Chester, town - Orange County (42nd):
- Average pay: $46,895
- Number of employees: 54
- Region rank: 23rd among Hudson Valley towns
Putnam Valley, town - Putnam County (44th):
- Average pay: $46,847
- Number of employees: 76
- Region rank: 24th among Putnam Valley towns
Philipstown, town - Putnam County (49th):
- Average pay: $46,185;
- Number of employees: 42;
- Region rank: 25th among Hudson Valley towns.
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