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 JASEN, NATALIE S | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $72,248.99 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINK, TYLER A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,248.99 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEMARE, FRANCIS P | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $72,248.92 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, EDDIE R | Employer name Tuckahoe Common Sd | Amount $72,248.58 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIDENREICH, ROBERT H | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $72,248.53 | Date 10/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHALIK, JOHN D | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $72,248.35 | Date 07/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMPE, WILLIAM | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $72,248.31 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, DONALD L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $72,247.84 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, HELEN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,247.61 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, TODD K | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,247.34 | Date 01/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YODER, MARK S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,247.25 | Date 01/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, EDMUND C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,246.87 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, RICHARD J | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $72,246.05 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, DAVID P | Employer name Corning Community College | Amount $72,245.61 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBER, SUSAN E | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $72,245.35 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, CHI W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,245.28 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUFFEL, VICTORIA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,245.22 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, JO ELLEN B | Employer name Broome County | Amount $72,244.69 | Date 10/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, MARY J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,244.57 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, JENNIFER L | Employer name S Tier East Reg Plan,Dev Bd | Amount $72,244.50 | Date 12/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANTHIER, AVIVENTZ | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $72,243.70 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENAGHEN, DALORAH | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $72,242.87 | Date 04/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSCHMITT, LEAH T | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $72,242.72 | Date 09/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECCLESTON, MELISSA M | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $72,242.50 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARFERO, EDWARD R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,242.19 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $72,242.18 | Date 06/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, XIU-YING | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $72,241.91 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGANTE, MICHAEL | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 03/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, BRENDAN B | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, DAVID W | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEUNG, KARL G | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLGUIN, SASHA N | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULSEN, SANDY J | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 03/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECCO, MICHAEL E | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLARA, DONATO J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 11/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESKO, ERICA S | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 01/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERTIG, ASHLEY E | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 02/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, KAMILAH | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, DAVID A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 03/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, GREGORY L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 01/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIELL, HEATHER S | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,241.77 | Date 11/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOEPFERT, JAMES M | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $72,241.21 | Date 09/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BREAIRTY-PETE, LAURA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,241.12 | Date 07/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRIAN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,240.46 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, IVAN M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $72,240.32 | Date 09/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, JAMES M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,239.82 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARLIAMENT, JENNIFER L | Employer name Chazy CSD | Amount $72,239.81 | Date 12/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHOLAN, JANET M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $72,239.66 | Date 11/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOBAR GARCIA, ANTONIO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,239.60 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, JACQUELINE P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,238.65 | Date 01/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPASEVSKI, NEDA S | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $72,238.38 | Date 10/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARMER, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,238.36 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNE, JOHN A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $72,238.09 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGNA, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,237.99 | Date 10/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MONICA L | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $72,237.71 | Date 04/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMON, PAUL | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $72,237.54 | Date 01/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, SHIRALI R | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $72,237.23 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDNARZ, LAWRENCE H | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $72,237.01 | Date 10/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASMUSSEN, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $72,236.29 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, STEPHEN D | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $72,235.56 | Date 05/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD, STEPHEN P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,235.48 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLSMA, JASON A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $72,235.13 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUGSTATTER, JOSEPH H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,234.68 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $72,234.44 | Date 06/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBYLARZ, BRETT A | Employer name Village of Owego | Amount $72,234.17 | Date 01/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, DAHLIA V | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $72,234.10 | Date 05/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIGAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,234.00 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORIE, DAVID W | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $72,232.94 | Date 03/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOKE, CHERMYN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $72,232.74 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Town of Crawford | Amount $72,232.72 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINELLI, BRIAN D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $72,232.64 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPPING, JAMES T | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $72,232.49 | Date 09/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERKERT, SCOTT | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,232.11 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILARDI, JOSEPH | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,232.11 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITIS, BORIS | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,232.11 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNIZ, MARY | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,232.11 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, NELSON C | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,232.11 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMDEEN, DENNIS L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,232.11 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, LI | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,232.11 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, ERIC V | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $72,231.59 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOS, JONATHAN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,231.33 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NADEAU, LYNN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $72,231.09 | Date 12/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAKER, KEVIN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,230.78 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERSTED, WAYNE R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $72,229.39 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGENAUER, DEREK C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $72,229.03 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDHAM, FELICIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,229.01 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFAYETTE, MELANIE A | Employer name Town of Plattsburgh | Amount $72,228.88 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANCHETA, P ALEJANDRO B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,228.60 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOSEPH W P | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $72,228.43 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARR, VICTOR G | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $72,228.19 | Date 10/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUTTI, GARY R | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $72,227.67 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, JEFFREY G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,227.45 | Date 09/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, MARY ANNE | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $72,226.19 | Date 07/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINO, MICHAEL | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,226.14 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, ROBERTO H | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $72,226.01 | Date 11/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, COURTNEY P | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,225.88 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, CRYSTAL L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $72,225.35 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JEAN | Employer name New Rochelle Public Library | Amount $72,225.04 | Date 06/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROENING, CARL A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $72,224.98 | Date 03/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ANDREW T | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $72,224.49 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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