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 HERBST, CATHY E | Employer name Massapequa Fire District | Amount $73,487.94 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, TREVOR R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,487.30 | Date 06/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFEVER, BRENDA M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $73,486.77 | Date 10/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, ERIN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $73,486.67 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STUART, DOROTHY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,486.31 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARABLE, BENJAMIN O | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $73,485.83 | Date 04/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DITTRICH, ERIN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,485.73 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, DONALD S, JR | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $73,485.25 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, THOMAS P | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $73,485.10 | Date 01/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIRKLER, ERIC J | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $73,484.81 | Date 10/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUISE, JUSTIN D | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $73,484.58 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAS, TRACY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,484.23 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINNICK, WILLIAM M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $73,484.20 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, TARA R | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $73,484.18 | Date 09/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN-OTTERBERG, AMY B | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $73,484.14 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, WENDY A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $73,484.08 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIGSTEIN, ALEX M | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $73,483.93 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEER, JOHN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,483.82 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, RICHARD W | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $73,483.79 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, PAUL A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,483.36 | Date 10/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, DOUGLAS J | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $73,482.82 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APEL, ERIC L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,482.28 | Date 02/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POOLE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $73,482.12 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, DEENA V | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $73,482.00 | Date 02/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUTISTA, MIRIAM P | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $73,481.90 | Date 07/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSHOTT, DAVID L | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $73,481.69 | Date 07/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGEN, ROBERT A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $73,481.42 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARLOW-HARPER, GLORIA L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $73,480.97 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMBREWSTER, JASON E | Employer name Town of Batavia | Amount $73,480.82 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTALON, RICHARD J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $73,480.64 | Date 12/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POON, HO LING | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,479.84 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHE, DENNIS A | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $73,479.71 | Date 06/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, JOHN F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,479.35 | Date 05/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNE, KEITH D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $73,479.25 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIOLLO, VANESSA Y | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $73,479.05 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENIZZI, JAMES L | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $73,478.60 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLEY, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $73,478.57 | Date 07/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORGAS, SCOTT G | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $73,478.38 | Date 06/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUNDRY, MELISSA S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,477.57 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOIRE, THERESA A | Employer name So Glens Falls CSD | Amount $73,476.80 | Date 11/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, SHARON A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $73,476.75 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORABITO, CHRISTINE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,476.55 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CATHERINE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $73,476.23 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODAH, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $73,476.14 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, CAITLIN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,476.07 | Date 12/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, JACK L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,476.05 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORWIN, DONALD C, JR | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $73,475.95 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREW, KEVIN C | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $73,475.93 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAGNYCH, OLGA | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $73,475.32 | Date 12/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, BRIAN J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $73,474.74 | Date 02/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, DARRYL L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $73,474.28 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAKKEY, LUCIA A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $73,474.24 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MILTON | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $73,474.17 | Date 07/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIDDINGS, WENDY W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,474.11 | Date 03/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCCERI, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $73,473.34 | Date 06/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOBEL, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,472.91 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, DONNA J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,472.90 | Date 03/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEIGHT, JOANNE C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,472.90 | Date 06/09/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, TIMOTHY F, JR | Employer name Village of Avon | Amount $73,472.52 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RECKER, JOSEPH A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,472.50 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEE, SHAWN R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $73,472.39 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, JASON A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $73,472.20 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIHR, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Town of Crawford | Amount $73,472.00 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, HERMINIO C | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $73,471.64 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPULA, JAMES M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $73,471.57 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, RONALD J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $73,471.20 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKCASTLE, GREG D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $73,471.18 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, JOSHUA F | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $73,471.16 | Date 02/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BERNICE E | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $73,471.03 | Date 03/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANIANO, CHERYL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,470.40 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISTNER, BRUCE E | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $73,469.97 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FACTEAU, JEFFREY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,469.83 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSELL-RINGGOLD, ELIZABETH F | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $73,469.27 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKEEFE, THERESA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,469.18 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUMI, EDIP | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $73,469.14 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ASHLEY D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,469.00 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN CLEEF, CHANCE A | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $73,468.79 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISEL, LINDA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $73,468.63 | Date 09/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDKIEWICZ, ALAN J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $73,468.31 | Date 05/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTINE, SUNNY | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $73,467.96 | Date 08/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATISTA, LUZ M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $73,467.96 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFFERTY, JOHN H | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $73,467.96 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, MARGARET K | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $73,467.59 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JOHN A | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $73,467.19 | Date 11/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, BENJAMIN W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,466.94 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALINT, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $73,466.80 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUIRK, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $73,466.51 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, VALENTINO L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $73,465.83 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, JASON E | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $73,465.81 | Date 10/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEIDENBAUER, ROBERT E | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $73,465.26 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROM, MICHELLE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,464.68 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSYTHE, THOMAS F, III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,464.43 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEX, SARAMMA T | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $73,464.05 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, LAWRENCE H | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $73,464.00 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, BRIAN K | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $73,463.91 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAURIK, CHARLES A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $73,463.84 | Date 05/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISPOLI, ALICIA | Employer name Hewlett Woodmere Pub Library | Amount $73,463.62 | Date 04/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, SUSAN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,463.50 | Date 01/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, MARGARET M | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $73,463.34 | Date 09/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CHRISTIAN V | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $73,463.14 | Date 12/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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