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 SAMLER, JESSICA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,997.06 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMUTZ, KELLIE A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $75,996.98 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESEL, SHERI A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,996.48 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, DANIEL M, SR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $75,996.42 | Date 05/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, GWEN M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $75,995.62 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKOWSKI, ARKADIUSZ | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $75,995.39 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, REGINA M | Employer name Village of Highland Falls | Amount $75,995.36 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, FRANKLYN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $75,995.32 | Date 10/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SCOTT D | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $75,995.06 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLIGAN, DANIEL J, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $75,994.69 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SUSAN | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,994.46 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETTINGER, ROBIN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,994.36 | Date 12/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRIE, MAUREEN L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,994.32 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOURKOUTIS, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $75,994.22 | Date 02/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGEE, SENIKA F | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $75,994.04 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON, BRENDAN H | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $75,993.95 | Date 04/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMAR, JEFFREY L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $75,993.81 | Date 10/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNISTON, COURTNEY A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $75,993.59 | Date 05/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZOS, KEVIN N | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $75,993.57 | Date 10/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOISAN, PATRICIA L | Employer name Harborfields Public Library | Amount $75,993.27 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRUENTE, JERRY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $75,992.43 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOUFIS, JOHN J | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $75,992.31 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOFRIO, VINCENT | Employer name Village of Lake Grove | Amount $75,991.85 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKEL, LINDA A, MRS | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $75,991.56 | Date 09/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ROMAN | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $75,991.54 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRIQUEZ, SONIA C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,991.50 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLANDO, KEVIN P | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $75,991.14 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKER, SCOTT D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,990.71 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNEMEIER, KEVIN S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,990.32 | Date 10/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETER, ELIZABETH D | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $75,990.02 | Date 10/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYEA, MICHAEL L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $75,989.96 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNER, RICHARD D | Employer name Village of West Haverstraw | Amount $75,989.94 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRACINA, JOHN R, JR | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $75,989.94 | Date 03/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARSE, LISA M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $75,989.73 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKI, KATHLEEN J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $75,989.50 | Date 08/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, ROBERT E | Employer name Town of Niagara | Amount $75,989.27 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, KATHERINE A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $75,989.18 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DERRICK G | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $75,988.96 | Date 11/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MALITA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $75,988.78 | Date 08/08/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRECKMAN, JAMES T | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $75,988.59 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, CONRAD W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,988.53 | Date 12/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGEL, CHARLES | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $75,987.79 | Date 03/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IOVINELLI, STACIE B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $75,987.57 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDERS, JENNIFER H | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,986.41 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, SUSAN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,986.05 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLNER, JANET K | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $75,986.00 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRETTA, JUSTINE N | Employer name Copiague Memorial Library | Amount $75,985.76 | Date 05/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, PHILIP J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,984.84 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, MILTON | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $75,984.81 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,983.57 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCIOTTA, FRED J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,983.49 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $75,983.44 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, KERRI L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $75,983.39 | Date 05/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMBEIS, GEORGE M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $75,983.24 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPERT, SCOT A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $75,982.75 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILOSCIA, PAUL | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $75,981.91 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR-RUSSELL, KANDYCE Y | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $75,980.78 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGAJ-SOBOL, PEGGY L | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $75,980.59 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHKRELI, PETER | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $75,980.29 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, JARED C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,979.72 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEKINSKI, JOHN S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,979.70 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULQUEEN, DEBORAH J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $75,979.63 | Date 11/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, MARIA A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $75,979.43 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERNER, MARCUS E | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $75,978.55 | Date 08/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TODMAN, CHEKESHA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $75,978.40 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHCHIPAKINA, GALINA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $75,978.38 | Date 12/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLEY, KRISTYNE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,977.15 | Date 07/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YALAJU, ALFRED K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,976.51 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALO, ANDREW P | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $75,976.48 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMEJO, TABATHA K | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $75,976.35 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSER, PAMELA T | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $75,976.24 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIBICKI, DAVID C | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $75,975.17 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETROPAOLO, GARY J | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $75,975.01 | Date 09/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEMM, JOSH S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,975.01 | Date 04/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAUSON, ROBERT W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $75,974.98 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, BETHANNY | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $75,974.65 | Date 03/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKLES, BRIAN J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $75,974.33 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBMEIER, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $75,973.65 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANKEN, MAYNARD M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $75,973.58 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DROLLETTE, HOWARD J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,973.41 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, ZACHARY S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $75,973.31 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LENNAN, LIESBETH A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,973.17 | Date 12/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRKMAN, DIANA L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,973.09 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGAN, JOHN P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $75,972.96 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, RACHEL M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $75,972.31 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-BAPTISTE, MARIE J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $75,972.28 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, SHARON LYNN | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $75,972.09 | Date 05/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLES, BARRON E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $75,971.99 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,971.83 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, MELISSA A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $75,971.58 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESQUILIN, LUCIA C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,971.47 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, ALFRED | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $75,971.46 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKER, SUSANNE M | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $75,971.16 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAUDIES, THOMAS G | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $75,971.02 | Date 02/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, COURTNEY C | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $75,971.01 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUCETTI, JEROME J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $75,970.71 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANGELOSI, JOHN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,970.46 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, WAYNE R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,969.97 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, OLIVER G | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $75,969.90 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEMM, CHARLES B | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $75,969.65 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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