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 BRANHAM, TONY C | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $71,164.41 | Date 11/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGENBAUGH, KRISTOPHER A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $71,163.65 | Date 01/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLELLO, ANDREW A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,163.37 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDRA, MICHAEL N | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,163.36 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALOW, TARA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,163.05 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRINOS, JOHN PAUL | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $71,162.51 | Date 03/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, CAROLINE J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $71,162.50 | Date 08/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNIO, STEVEN T | Employer name Village of Hudson Falls | Amount $71,161.72 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, ROGER R | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $71,161.30 | Date 04/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANDULA, JOHN S | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $71,161.28 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POCKELS, WILLIAM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,161.10 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Greenburgh Housing Authority | Amount $71,160.69 | Date 11/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPUSZCAK, RONALD R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,160.39 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, MARK E | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $71,160.31 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARY N | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $71,160.27 | Date 08/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,160.23 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLADE, JENNIFER L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,160.15 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALONGIS, MARY L | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $71,160.05 | Date 06/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, CHANEE L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $71,159.97 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLIZNIAK, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Aurora | Amount $71,159.20 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, JAMES D | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $71,159.08 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, COURTNEY E | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $71,159.05 | Date 02/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERNIER, ANDREW L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $71,158.43 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEMYIER, WILLIAM S | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $71,157.58 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD-ROETHER, VANESSA N | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $71,157.39 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALE, DANIEL N | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,157.08 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,156.94 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, FRANKLIN T | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $71,156.94 | Date 06/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTLIE, ROBERT P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,156.83 | Date 12/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECHARD, RONALD A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,156.71 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASH, JOSHUA R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,156.32 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, RYAN P | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $71,155.84 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOVIK, ADAM P | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $71,155.75 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDIN, KIMBERLY K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,155.55 | Date 09/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, BEVERLY P | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $71,155.51 | Date 01/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,155.33 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, JAN F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,155.14 | Date 08/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGERFO, MARK M | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $71,154.72 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELELLO, JAMES J | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $71,154.46 | Date 09/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PICCOLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,153.95 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEREBEE, RYAN W | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $71,153.76 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENZOTTI, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Lewiston | Amount $71,153.31 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WESTON, JENNIFER L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $71,152.93 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLURIE, TYE J | Employer name Village of Westfield | Amount $71,152.85 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, LINDA S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,152.79 | Date 08/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALARZA, BENNY | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $71,152.32 | Date 12/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTO, MIGDALIA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,151.98 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,151.72 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELOCK, GEORGE A, JR | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,151.64 | Date 08/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEWLAY, HO EUI | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $71,151.54 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULMAN, JACOB | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $71,151.52 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMMON, JENNA L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $71,151.28 | Date 12/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORKE, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,150.99 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAM, GEORGE | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $71,150.88 | Date 04/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, ESTEBAN S | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $71,150.74 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, YUNJUNG | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $71,150.74 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ELICEO A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $71,150.68 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLS, CAROLYN | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $71,150.48 | Date 04/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLANCY, RICHARD W | Employer name Fabius-Pompey CSD | Amount $71,149.85 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, JORGE | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,149.72 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEJEC, DAVID | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $71,149.60 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MARK A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $71,149.52 | Date 05/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODDEN, JAMES T, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,149.45 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAZOTT, RONALD T | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,149.06 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, SEAN D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,148.79 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FAVE, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $71,148.52 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAMARA, MABINTY S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $71,147.62 | Date 02/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRISH, ERIKA A | Employer name Mastics Moriches Shirley Libr | Amount $71,147.60 | Date 01/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,147.47 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $71,147.43 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALAKRISHNANNAIR, SREEKALA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,147.23 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMAYA, MIGUEL A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $71,146.81 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, LYNN M | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $71,146.26 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRY, JULIE | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $71,146.26 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINSON, JOSEPH D | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $71,146.12 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, LAWRENCE G | Employer name Saugerties CSD | Amount $71,146.03 | Date 04/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $71,145.62 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOWA, CHARLENE I | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,145.00 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTY, CAROL A | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $71,144.58 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLYNN, PAMELA J | Employer name Cornwall CSD | Amount $71,144.44 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, WENDI E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $71,144.16 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HAGAN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,143.75 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, DEBORAH S | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $71,143.60 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, GERARD E, JR | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $71,143.39 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, RODNEY D | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $71,143.24 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGARD, CHRISTIAN S | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $71,143.16 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAN, JEROME B | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRERAND, ALLISON K | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, YOLANDA | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 07/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHAUGHNESSY, BEN T | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 12/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MELISANDE H | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, EAMON G | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYNE, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 06/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JAMES R | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 10/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHEN, CAITLIN E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNDELA, CAROLINE B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBACH, EMILY R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 06/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNOCK, DAVID P | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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