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 WRIGHT, STEPHEN M | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $72,498.10 | Date 06/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, MARY E | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $72,497.98 | Date 01/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETRZAK, THOMAS J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $72,497.76 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, MICHAEL A C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,497.72 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINSON, JAMES H | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $72,497.70 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, PHILIP M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,497.32 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USZENSKI, JAMIE L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $72,496.92 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, RYAN T | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $72,496.69 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, STEVEN R | Employer name Albany County | Amount $72,496.59 | Date 10/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILSON, LYNN M | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $72,496.58 | Date 03/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, ROBERT G | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $72,495.24 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLIS, KARRI MARIE | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $72,494.98 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, LAURA A | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $72,494.89 | Date 11/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, STEPHANIE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,494.71 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JUSTIN P | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $72,494.54 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, DANIELLE T | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $72,494.28 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, AARON L | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $72,494.24 | Date 08/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANIELLO, VINCENT | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,494.23 | Date 08/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEHEN, PATRICK K | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $72,494.17 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARSENAULT, MARK J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $72,494.08 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JASON J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,494.05 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANGREDI, FRANCIS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $72,494.02 | Date 11/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARANANDI, UMA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,493.84 | Date 07/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, CRAIG A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $72,493.54 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROW, WILLIAM S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $72,493.47 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELITO, ROBERT P | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $72,492.99 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, PATRICK R | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $72,492.36 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, SHANE A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $72,492.25 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYKICH, ANDREY M | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $72,492.18 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYKICH, TETYANA J | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $72,492.18 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETREN, VICTOR M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,492.00 | Date 07/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEARIN, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $72,491.77 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, EDWARD V | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $72,491.72 | Date 06/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HENRY, ROBERT T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $72,491.64 | Date 11/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN-RUIZ, PENNY L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $72,491.15 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, PETER J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $72,490.91 | Date 12/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDER, DOROTHY J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,490.62 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECKATHORN, ROSE M | Employer name Clarence CSD | Amount $72,490.25 | Date 11/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, DWAYNE D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,490.17 | Date 05/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, KAREN | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $72,490.13 | Date 02/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLINSKI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $72,490.03 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KMIOTEK, MARK | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $72,489.99 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYJAS, ROBERT L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,489.66 | Date 12/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADBURN, WILLIAM G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,489.65 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, JAYSON | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,489.46 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SVEINSSON, ASMUNDUR | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $72,489.42 | Date 09/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, STEVEN S | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,489.18 | Date 01/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIPALDO, LOUIS J | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $72,488.98 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTRIGHT, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Muttontown | Amount $72,488.82 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLEISNER, JEANIE B | Employer name Central NY Regn Plan & Dev Bd | Amount $72,488.48 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMAREST, LISA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,488.04 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENDO, ANDREW P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $72,487.75 | Date 05/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAVE, LYNETTE L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,487.60 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUK, TREVOR T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $72,487.43 | Date 05/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKLER, JAMIE-LYNN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,487.40 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPPELLER, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $72,487.39 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCI, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Blind Brook-Rye UFSD | Amount $72,486.87 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, BRIAN M | Employer name Rhinebeck CSD | Amount $72,486.02 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, PAUL F | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $72,485.92 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $72,485.87 | Date 05/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NENNI, MARY G | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $72,485.85 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURANTE, KRISTINE L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,485.36 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, DANIELLE | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $72,485.03 | Date 07/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELY, WILLIAM D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,484.99 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEBERT, DEBORAH L | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $72,484.97 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSON, EDWARD J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $72,484.87 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, JAMES F | Employer name Town of Ulster | Amount $72,484.10 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, EMDAD | Employer name Education Department | Amount $72,483.88 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEIS, CATHLEEN | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $72,483.84 | Date 09/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, MARTIN R | Employer name NYS School For The Deaf | Amount $72,483.58 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEITZ, DAVID A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,483.38 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADIGAN, MARK M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,482.62 | Date 12/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,482.39 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, THOMAS J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $72,482.29 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBY, MARTIN D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,482.17 | Date 02/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINO, CARMEN A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $72,482.16 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CENTORE, KIMBERLY R | Employer name Madison County | Amount $72,481.97 | Date 05/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, AMARAH | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $72,481.91 | Date 04/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRERA, ROBERT B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,481.89 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENIO, STEVEN J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $72,481.67 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORIELLO, GINA R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $72,481.63 | Date 08/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGNESE, MARGARET A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $72,481.58 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, JULIE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,481.40 | Date 01/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRON, JULIANNE | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $72,481.25 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, MICHAEL W | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $72,481.22 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,480.92 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL-COOPER, CARMEN A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $72,480.61 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MONIQUE C | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $72,480.24 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREW, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $72,480.05 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, DONNA | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $72,479.89 | Date 04/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, SUSAN J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,479.14 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, COLIN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,479.10 | Date 04/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, CHARLES E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,478.59 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAIN, SARA E | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $72,478.56 | Date 02/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHACZ, MADELINE J | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $72,477.52 | Date 08/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, ELEANOR H | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $72,477.40 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNE, STEPHEN C | Employer name Essex County | Amount $72,477.20 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALLMAN, JARED S | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $72,476.96 | Date 02/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ROBERT J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $72,476.67 | Date 08/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ROBERT D | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $72,476.53 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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