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 ROSNEY, ERIKA S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,518.45 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, SCOTT J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,518.45 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, MATTHEW N | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $75,518.05 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENSABENE, JASON P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $75,517.79 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONISH, JOAN P | Employer name Long Beach Public Library | Amount $75,517.53 | Date 08/04/1960 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSK, SARAH A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $75,517.45 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST.JOCK, MICHELLE G | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $75,517.23 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MING XI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,517.23 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAGER, BRIAN P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,517.23 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEERAN, SARA | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $75,517.23 | Date 04/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINI, RICHARD S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,517.23 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERR, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $75,516.02 | Date 08/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALTZ, AMOS C | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $75,515.60 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, MARIA A | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $75,514.77 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROGER S | Employer name Wallkill CSD | Amount $75,514.39 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, TIMOTHY W | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,514.33 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETTS, CATHLEEN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,514.01 | Date 11/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLES, DEAN P | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $75,513.67 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, NOEL | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $75,513.27 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWNES, WILLIAM | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $75,513.11 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDOVAL, MARGARITA A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $75,513.02 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORITTO, JESSICA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,512.83 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LINDA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,512.74 | Date 04/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILDT, LESLIE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,512.62 | Date 09/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, RACHEL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,512.59 | Date 04/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURD, ERIC J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,512.59 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WENDY J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $75,512.41 | Date 11/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $75,512.10 | Date 02/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, GAIL E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $75,512.04 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEACE, STEVEN R | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $75,512.02 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVELLIER, SCOTT M | Employer name Homer CSD | Amount $75,511.88 | Date 01/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALCOM, JOSEPH G | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $75,511.73 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONADIO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,511.64 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKNER, CHARLES B | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $75,511.64 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZART, BRENT S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $75,511.64 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, GWENDOLYN J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,511.64 | Date 10/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULSON, RYAN C | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $75,511.59 | Date 07/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TODD A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,511.30 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURA, BRIAN W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $75,511.19 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITZENBERGER, GLENN I | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $75,511.08 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, MICHAEL W, II | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $75,510.66 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANZANO, DEBORAH J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $75,510.50 | Date 11/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSON, DAWN L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $75,509.83 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEPLOW-PHIPPS, RANDI L | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $75,509.74 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, VIRGINIA | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $75,509.54 | Date 11/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIEDEMANN, COLIN J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $75,509.37 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, VONYA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,509.28 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, TRACY J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,509.27 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENZA, PHILIP J | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $75,507.75 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, ROBERT A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,507.54 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELIEBTER, MINDY E | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $75,507.47 | Date 07/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADORS, PATRICIA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $75,507.40 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRYE, MEIGHAN R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,507.31 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPACZ, ANGELA C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,507.06 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MONICA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,506.88 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PINNEY, ERIC J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,506.61 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ANGEL M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $75,506.48 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, PHYLLIS | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $75,506.44 | Date 09/01/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, APRIL J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,506.07 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $75,506.06 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, MAURO R, JR | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $75,505.83 | Date 11/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $75,505.20 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COGHLAN, JAMES J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,504.36 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILLYOW, OLIVIA S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,503.85 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, JOSHUA M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $75,503.62 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRASSARD, STEPHEN J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $75,503.58 | Date 08/10/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGINGTON, VANESSA CARDONE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,503.33 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, JOANNE M | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $75,503.13 | Date 10/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAYOMI, ANTHONY O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,502.23 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTLEDGE, PATRICK J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $75,502.08 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANELLONE, DANIEL R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $75,502.05 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MATTHEW T | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,501.93 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWKINS, MARK E | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $75,501.40 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTES, RICHARD K | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $75,501.27 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENZUELA, CATHERINE E | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,501.25 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, GREGORY W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $75,501.21 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFETT, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,499.26 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, ALLISON M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $75,499.21 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUS, BEVERLY E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $75,498.28 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENZFEIER, MICHAELA A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $75,498.12 | Date 03/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANICCHIO, ANTONIO | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $75,497.89 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALKMES, MICHAEL H | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $75,497.77 | Date 01/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREINES, CORY S | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $75,497.54 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARAIA, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,497.04 | Date 03/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, NICOLE B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,497.00 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, KATELYN C | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $75,497.00 | Date 06/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, ANGELIA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $75,496.72 | Date 03/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SUSAN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,496.72 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGUCHI, JOY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,495.76 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMETER, KATHERINE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $75,495.15 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLITHORP, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $75,495.03 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, DAWN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,494.90 | Date 06/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFINA, DONALD H | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $75,494.13 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ANTHONY M | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $75,493.40 | Date 01/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARADOWSKI, EDWIN | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,493.14 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTIS, MEGAN R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $75,492.88 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOXBECK, CHERYL ANN | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,492.86 | Date 04/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN-SMITH, ZALIKA B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,492.86 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPE, AVRIL E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $75,492.45 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONKER, JOHN A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $75,492.20 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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