What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name THORNTON, SHERRY L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,149.07 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOCCO, ROBERT M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,149.07 | Date 07/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTER, CHARLOTTE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,149.07 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTCHEL, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,149.07 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, ADRIENNE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,149.07 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEZ, JOSEPH A | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $76,148.93 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, TARA S | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $76,148.55 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELOW, JEFFREY J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $76,148.43 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXLER, JUDITH A | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $76,148.12 | Date 11/04/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUSTER, LISA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $76,148.08 | Date 07/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $76,148.07 | Date 08/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYMONDS, BRIANNE M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $76,147.80 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ADRIAN H | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $76,146.75 | Date 04/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, GREGORY J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $76,146.38 | Date 12/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRNAD-TAYLOR, CELINA | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,146.13 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, EDWARD J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,145.46 | Date 07/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASAL, MARK M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $76,145.45 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, ISABELLE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,145.35 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANTY, SHERLY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,144.46 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIERI, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,144.42 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO PIANO, DEAN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,143.36 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVELLE, JAMES N | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $76,143.27 | Date 11/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESMARAIS, BRYAN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,142.64 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERCHOU, BARBARA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,142.42 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, CARL M | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $76,142.27 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUTEN, TRACY A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $76,142.19 | Date 06/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTON, CIARA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,142.17 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERREIRA, ANTONIO R | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $76,142.12 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDDICK, ANDREA C | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $76,141.69 | Date 12/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARASI, DOREEN A | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $76,140.88 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DIANNE | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $76,140.72 | Date 01/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTELBANO, MARIA G | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $76,140.48 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHYLEWSKI, JAMIE | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $76,140.43 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENLEY, KATHERINE G | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $76,139.38 | Date 01/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, VERONICA S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $76,138.58 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONESTEEL, SHANNON T | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $76,138.25 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, NANCY A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $76,137.82 | Date 10/29/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, SHEREE D | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $76,137.62 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADDIS, GEORGE J | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $76,137.47 | Date 01/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JAMES G | Employer name Manhasset Park District | Amount $76,137.39 | Date 02/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISER, NIRIT BETH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,137.06 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, LUCAS V | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $76,136.99 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, ERIC T | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $76,136.71 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANICH, RICHARD J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $76,136.43 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANSEAR, ERIC S | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $76,135.90 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUGH, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $76,135.75 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLEWELLYN, GREGORY D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,135.74 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, HENRY L | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $76,135.66 | Date 02/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMAZAHREH, SAMER F | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $76,135.45 | Date 03/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKPATRICK, DAVID D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,135.30 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MARK E | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $76,134.94 | Date 09/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEASLEY, CATHERINE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,134.88 | Date 12/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, JOHN R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $76,134.73 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, CHARLES F | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $76,134.01 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMPRIESTER, ADRIAN S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $76,133.80 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $76,133.58 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISIEN, EDDY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,133.45 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABIB, SALMA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $76,133.37 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $76,132.99 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLVEY, KATHERINE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,132.99 | Date 03/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITRAKOS, GILDA I | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,132.87 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUBERT, EILEEN E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $76,132.83 | Date 08/27/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIELA, VINCENT | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $76,132.39 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, LANDON T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $76,132.35 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,132.33 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENTWISTLE, CAROL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $76,131.96 | Date 12/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYKEMAN, PETER E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,131.69 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, SUSAN R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,131.55 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, GREGORY | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $76,131.06 | Date 10/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, JUDITH M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,130.92 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGO, ANNA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,130.53 | Date 11/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCASIO, JUAN C | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $76,129.83 | Date 10/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, TY S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $76,129.82 | Date 04/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAEFFLER, GERALD L | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $76,129.82 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, SAMUEL J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $76,129.56 | Date 02/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SHARON A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $76,129.44 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGUIRE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $76,129.38 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JEROME K | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $76,129.35 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, ERIC S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,129.21 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYDSTON, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,129.18 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, JOSE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $76,129.09 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, WILLARD J, JR | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $76,129.05 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JOHN YUEH HAN | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $76,128.95 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUREKEYISONI, CHRISTINE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $76,128.90 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRIN, GARETH D | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $76,128.67 | Date 04/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENZINGER, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $76,128.63 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EFINGER, GERARD C | Employer name Village of New Hyde Park | Amount $76,128.53 | Date 02/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATER, JOSEPH B | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $76,128.41 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRISPO, JOSEPH M | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $76,127.94 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, MEAGAN M | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $76,127.88 | Date 03/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTT, JOSEPH | Employer name Erie County | Amount $76,127.59 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, KENDRICK W | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $76,127.36 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEY, DANIEL M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,127.06 | Date 10/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAVIN, CILLIAN M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $76,126.91 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MARLIN C | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $76,126.34 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ALIA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $76,126.23 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALTINGS, KIRSTEN E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,125.97 | Date 05/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, DEREK E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $76,125.85 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, MARJORIE M | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $76,125.01 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, THOMAS P | Employer name Village of Greenport | Amount $76,124.71 | Date 10/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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