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 JACOBS, DAWN M | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $71,200.52 | Date 11/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COE, ELIJAH S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $71,200.46 | Date 05/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLAZO, ORLANDO L, II | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $71,200.25 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELSEY, BRIAN D | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,200.22 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, MIRIAM E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,200.03 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, TYMOTHI | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $71,199.82 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIZZARD, RICHARD H | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $71,199.60 | Date 05/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, ALLAN E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $71,199.28 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREY, DARBY G | Employer name Town of Cortlandville | Amount $71,199.28 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, PAUL W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,199.20 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, BRIAN R | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $71,199.19 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOUSIARIS, MARTHA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,199.16 | Date 02/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, ANNEMARIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,199.13 | Date 08/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISH, MARIA | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $71,198.84 | Date 07/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, ERIC P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,198.74 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,198.36 | Date 02/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, MARQUIS K | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,198.14 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAY, EVA | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,198.00 | Date 10/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JOHN G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,197.58 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLASPERANZA, JOANNE T | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $71,196.85 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, PATRICK W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,196.79 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUTO, ELEUTERIO | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $71,196.69 | Date 04/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACAPRUCCIA, JEFFREY J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,196.68 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, JAMES M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $71,196.60 | Date 02/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVEY, DONNA L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,196.26 | Date 11/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITCOMB, MICHELLE L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $71,196.26 | Date 10/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REHM, JUSTIN S | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $71,195.96 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITZIGMAN, WARREN D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,195.89 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KELLY C | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,195.84 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUFENBERGER, RYAN A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,195.83 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSAMILIA, NICOLE G | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $71,195.79 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, JOSEPH G | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $71,195.60 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, KAGNEY T | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,195.58 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, LAUREN L | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $71,195.30 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMADORE, THERESA | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $71,195.02 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, THERESE A | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $71,195.02 | Date 12/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILHELM, AMBER F | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $71,194.22 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGGS, JAMES J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $71,193.97 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKLEY, DENICE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,193.90 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDRET, LILLIAN | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $71,193.29 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, JOHN C | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $71,192.58 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELILLO, SHARI A | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $71,192.47 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, KATHERINE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $71,192.13 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLANZMAN, CORINNE L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $71,192.13 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEAN R | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $71,192.11 | Date 03/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, SEAN W | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $71,191.91 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUEHL, PETER | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $71,191.69 | Date 12/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JOHN R | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,191.57 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, JAMES, JR | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $71,191.38 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLERER, AARON W | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $71,191.38 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, LU | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,191.31 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $71,191.20 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCYAN, JOHN L | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $71,191.20 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, JONATHAN A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $71,190.71 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, GARY P | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $71,190.57 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHYTE, KERENZA E | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $71,190.57 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POUCHER, GLENN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,190.12 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIANT, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,190.02 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESCARBEAU, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,189.85 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALEN, THOMAS E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,189.77 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUACKENBUSH, GRADY J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $71,189.72 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, BRETT J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,189.64 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CERBO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $71,189.61 | Date 07/19/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, RUDOLPH R | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,189.58 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODICK, JANICE J | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $71,189.46 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIGGS, MARLENE L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,189.28 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURELIO, KENNETH J | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $71,189.19 | Date 04/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KELLIE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,189.12 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGILL, DAVID | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $71,188.97 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJES, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $71,188.55 | Date 10/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, DAVID M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,188.47 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, STEVEN | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $71,188.31 | Date 12/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, SANYA R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,188.18 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTNEY, MARK J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $71,187.75 | Date 11/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, LORENZO L | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,187.48 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIN, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $71,187.19 | Date 05/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZAK, LORRAINE C | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $71,187.10 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICHT, WILLIAM M | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,186.97 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALUZZI, ANN MARIE | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $71,186.90 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, MARY RUTH V | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,186.82 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEXTON, PAUL O | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $71,186.70 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNACONE, PHILIP M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,186.58 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VALKENBURG, DALE J, II | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $71,186.51 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASI, KRISTINA M | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $71,186.25 | Date 05/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANCELLIERI, JOSEPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,186.02 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAN, INGRID J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,185.84 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KEDRENA D | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,185.79 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOBIN, BROOKE | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,185.64 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVENS, ROBERT J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,185.60 | Date 11/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGOIRE, HAROLD G | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,185.60 | Date 08/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITSIK, RICHARD M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,185.47 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, DARYN E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,184.99 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEBURGH, CAROLINE M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $71,184.12 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSBY, KYETTE S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,183.61 | Date 08/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, FRANK M | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $71,183.47 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIRE, GINA F | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,183.34 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONCELIK, BILLY JACK | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,183.22 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS-LOV, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $71,183.05 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNN, LORETTA M | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $71,182.05 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, MARINA D | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $71,181.85 | Date 09/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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