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 WROBEL, KYLE P | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $73,556.74 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOOTE, WILLIAM P | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $73,555.48 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRAM, DAVID F | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $73,555.45 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHANT, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $73,555.08 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, LINDA D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,555.04 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, BETH ANN | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $73,554.91 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, JOHN A | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $73,554.28 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROAT, DEREK K | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $73,554.21 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERENT, CHERYL I | Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library | Amount $73,553.53 | Date 08/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBLER, SHAWN R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $73,553.17 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, FRAZELL | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $73,553.17 | Date 10/31/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZ, TIMOTHY A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,553.07 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JENNIFER L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,552.31 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADER, ANITA B | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $73,552.15 | Date 09/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, ANN | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $73,552.15 | Date 09/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, MICHELE C | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $73,552.12 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACIAK, JUSTIN M | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $73,552.02 | Date 07/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAER, JEREMY M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $73,551.95 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKING, PAMELA L | Employer name Ellenville CSD | Amount $73,551.93 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSE, BRIAN P | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $73,551.80 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLINGER, RONALD A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,551.24 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALL, SHEILA A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $73,550.16 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, STEPHEN T | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $73,549.26 | Date 12/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, MATTHEW K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $73,549.03 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABER, DAVID B | Employer name Albany County | Amount $73,549.02 | Date 05/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENNA, PATRICIA R | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $73,548.96 | Date 12/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOBLE, LOIS A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $73,548.89 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZA, MICHAEL O | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $73,548.77 | Date 06/11/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROULX, ERIC T | Employer name Village of Tupper Lake | Amount $73,548.75 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, STACEY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,548.50 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWVINE, KEVIN A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $73,548.07 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $73,547.48 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OFIAZA, RIZALINA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $73,547.46 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIESE, DAWN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,547.33 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, ANNETTE M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $73,546.75 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNENWEIN, MICHAEL | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $73,546.59 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIK, JOHN R | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $73,546.53 | Date 08/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALOPOLI, FRANK C | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $73,546.40 | Date 05/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $73,546.16 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUAY, STEVEN J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $73,545.98 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVKA, OLGA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,545.94 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAIFMAN-KAGAN, SALLY | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $73,545.85 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATHEN, SHAWN T | Employer name Schoharie Central School | Amount $73,545.60 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAEL, CHAD V | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,543.65 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEST, DEANNA L | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $73,543.37 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUROKER, RICHARD A | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $73,543.17 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, JANET | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $73,542.97 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, DORI A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,542.73 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, MINDY L | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $73,542.67 | Date 12/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSHBIEN, ADELE L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,542.40 | Date 08/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, PATRICK T | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $73,542.16 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, DEBRA A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $73,542.10 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEDL, ERIK M | Employer name North Patchogue Fire District | Amount $73,541.88 | Date 01/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTEZ, TONICA D | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $73,541.64 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRESE, DANIEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $73,541.60 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSHNER, DEBRA D | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $73,541.19 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARGELO, GEORGE E | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $73,540.66 | Date 05/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARUSSO, JOHN J | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $73,540.56 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAU, DANIEL M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $73,540.40 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLENDER, MICHELLE I | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,540.10 | Date 10/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLAIR, JARRET B | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $73,540.05 | Date 06/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, MELISSA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,539.99 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULVIE, DIANE C | Employer name Franklinville CSD | Amount $73,539.95 | Date 10/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECKER, DONALD E | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $73,539.70 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, PETER G | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,539.62 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKISSICK, KAREN E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $73,539.53 | Date 03/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, ZELDER M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $73,539.30 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $73,539.19 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name APRICENO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $73,538.72 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWAN, MARILYN M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $73,538.56 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, GERALD R | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $73,538.45 | Date 10/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YETTO, MARK J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $73,538.43 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FINA, DANIEL G | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $73,538.36 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELAY, LAUREEN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $73,538.18 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIZZINE, SUSAN A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $73,538.18 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, MILDRED | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $73,538.18 | Date 06/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUKO, LENORE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $73,538.18 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALIA, SONJA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $73,538.18 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLZ, JANE S | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $73,538.18 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DORIS A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $73,538.18 | Date 10/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, BRIAN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,537.77 | Date 04/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANG, DANIEL K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $73,537.26 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Wappinger | Amount $73,537.18 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNGS, MELLISA A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $73,536.64 | Date 02/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, LORRAINE H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,536.60 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVATTO, EMANUEL | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $73,536.59 | Date 04/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DARYL K | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $73,536.48 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREUER, PATRICK D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $73,536.27 | Date 12/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUMONT, JOSEPH L | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $73,536.24 | Date 04/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENOFF, MICHAEL C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,536.12 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEDMER, DEBRA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,535.33 | Date 04/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER-BELGRAVE, DIONNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,535.00 | Date 06/20/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEISTER, MICHAEL J | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $73,535.00 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWER, DAVID H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $73,534.97 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIESON-ELLMER, JOHANNA | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $73,534.93 | Date 04/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALMI, STEPHEN P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $73,534.52 | Date 09/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JESUS M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $73,534.47 | Date 10/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLUSSER, JENNIFER L | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $73,534.41 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O LEARY, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $73,533.93 | Date 03/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LOURDES P | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $73,533.69 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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