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 COWIN, SANDRA M | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $71,681.11 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, LISA M.G. | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,680.76 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, EVONDA M | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $71,680.66 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $71,680.53 | Date 03/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLARA, JOSEPH C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $71,680.38 | Date 02/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUANG, LONG | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $71,680.04 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMLEY, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $71,680.04 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANGEMELLA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Hicksville Public Library | Amount $71,679.94 | Date 02/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURM, JOHN E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,679.92 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINCOE, PAUL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $71,679.91 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRITUE, RONALD S | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $71,679.79 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $71,679.12 | Date 04/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSFOX, JUSTIN A | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $71,678.76 | Date 11/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILKS, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $71,678.73 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FACTEAU, JESSICA L | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $71,678.38 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERKEL, ANDREW D | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $71,677.98 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, JUDITH F | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $71,677.59 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUEHLE, LAURA M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $71,677.44 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARWECK, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $71,677.27 | Date 07/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTO, SHAWN C | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $71,676.87 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIELSON, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $71,676.54 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, JASON | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,676.40 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHLEY, BARHAM M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,675.65 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIMMEL, CAITLIN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,675.24 | Date 05/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, ROSANNA | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,674.36 | Date 03/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, ROBERT A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,673.35 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINT, EARL F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $71,673.34 | Date 03/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,673.20 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, THOMAS L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $71,672.72 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, BIANCA S | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,672.41 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMERS, FRANK E | Employer name Bethlehem Public Library | Amount $71,672.02 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIFNER, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,671.80 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANCZAK, STANLEY J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,671.50 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, ERIC C | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $71,671.07 | Date 08/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, ANTHONY K | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $71,670.67 | Date 12/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNSER, ELLEN | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $71,670.64 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZAREWSKI, RIVA | Employer name North Bellmore UFSD | Amount $71,670.30 | Date 09/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRONCZEK, ROBERT M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,670.24 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANIER, MARC P | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $71,670.01 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKER, JAMES S | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $71,669.92 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, ERIC A | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $71,669.68 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIL, THERESA K | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,669.56 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKAU, WILLIAM H | Employer name Town of Eden | Amount $71,669.53 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ROBERT W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $71,669.48 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, MARC S | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $71,669.31 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDAWALKER, ANDREW R | Employer name Village of Ilion | Amount $71,669.03 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARNEY, MARGARET | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $71,668.68 | Date 02/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, ROXANA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,668.36 | Date 12/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, GENA L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,667.73 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAKOWSKI, LEONARD A | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $71,667.55 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ARCO, LAWRENCE G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,667.54 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYSKOWSKI, RAYMOND J, JR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $71,667.52 | Date 01/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANDREA L | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $71,667.32 | Date 01/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, FREDERICK B | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $71,667.15 | Date 04/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLAMB, DARIUS D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,666.93 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRASZEWSKI, JOSEPH D | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $71,666.74 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, JUAN T | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,666.65 | Date 09/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $71,666.41 | Date 12/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, AINSLEY R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,666.22 | Date 02/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIN, BARBARA | Employer name Financial Control B0Ard | Amount $71,666.21 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, JOSEPH | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $71,666.19 | Date 03/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYEN, LUIS | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $71,665.66 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALLO, FILIPPO | Employer name Village of Cedarhurst | Amount $71,665.54 | Date 01/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARAGIOTIS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $71,665.42 | Date 04/30/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTE, ANNA M | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $71,664.91 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNTZ, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,664.71 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELBY, THOMAS E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $71,663.84 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, RICHARD | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,663.34 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUBIN, ERIK S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,662.89 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, NANCY | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $71,662.58 | Date 04/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUSH, ROBERT S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,662.30 | Date 02/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNITZER, CHRISTINA D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,662.25 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARELLA, GABRIEL S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,662.22 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTENBURG, MICHAEL J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $71,662.05 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILEGGE, ANNA M | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $71,662.03 | Date 10/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, STEVEN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,661.89 | Date 07/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREIN, KRISTIAN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,661.85 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DUSEN, DIANE | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $71,661.27 | Date 02/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, CELINE M | Employer name Cornwall CSD | Amount $71,661.20 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEERE, MARIANITA P | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $71,660.94 | Date 01/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,660.89 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORILLE, BONNIE L | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $71,660.72 | Date 11/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLS, STEPHEN W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,660.29 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCK, CASSIDY S | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,659.91 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOLI, FRANK J | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $71,659.83 | Date 10/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,659.42 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAND, MICHAEL J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,659.25 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, LIAH S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $71,659.03 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, CRAIG | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,659.01 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESMER LUDWIG, RACHEL M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,658.34 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSALL, LESTER | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $71,658.32 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURT, CYNTHIA P | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $71,657.57 | Date 10/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JAMES F | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $71,657.38 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTOSO, MICHEAL S | Employer name Village of Farmingdale | Amount $71,656.75 | Date 09/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE-WILLIAMS, CRYSTAL G | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $71,656.21 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMACHER, MICHAEL S | Employer name Village of Ilion | Amount $71,656.14 | Date 10/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERRETTA, ANTHONY C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,656.13 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUJWAHUZI, BONITA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,656.04 | Date 05/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, LARA V | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,655.99 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDOTA, PATRICE L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,655.93 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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