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 WALSH, KELLY M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTS, MARGARET A | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDEN, VENEILYA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 07/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MEGHAN E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,143.07 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDENBACH, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,142.71 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENITO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $71,142.50 | Date 01/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, PAMELA H | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $71,142.23 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSARA, ALBERT J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,141.86 | Date 06/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, SEAN P | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $71,141.53 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORITO, ROBERT P | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,140.77 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, PATRICK W | Employer name Village of Penn Yan | Amount $71,140.53 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOHNKEN, JOHN W | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $71,140.47 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, GARY L | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $71,140.29 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ANDREW, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,140.23 | Date 03/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWOOD, JOHN H | Employer name Town of Ballston | Amount $71,140.02 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, ERICA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $71,139.97 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, JOHN R | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $71,139.96 | Date 05/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORITO, MARIO C | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $71,139.85 | Date 03/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES-PIERRE, YANICK | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $71,139.68 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMARI, WILLIAM S | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $71,139.59 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZILBERMAN, LORA G | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $71,139.18 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JEROME A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $71,138.80 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, ANDREA L | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $71,138.72 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOTINELLI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,138.42 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARELLI, MICHAEL D | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $71,138.41 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,138.41 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMYTH, DEBRA A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $71,137.97 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENESACA, FABIAN | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $71,137.79 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWAN, GAVIN K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,137.74 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIERCZEK, MATHEW M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,137.57 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESMOND, BARBARA J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,137.38 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLWOOD, JEROME | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,137.38 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLICHTING, LISA J | Employer name Great Neck North Water Auth | Amount $71,137.30 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, JOHN A | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $71,137.24 | Date 08/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETSCHKE, SCOTT C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $71,137.03 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCCOLO, MICHAEL | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $71,136.35 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTT, RONALD G, JR | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $71,136.16 | Date 01/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AULIFFE, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,135.68 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KAREN TILLOTSON | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,135.60 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, CHRISTINE | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,135.60 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELIO, VANESSA A | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $71,135.60 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,135.49 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROBELE, KAREN E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,135.46 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIOFOLO, MARGARET M | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $71,135.44 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLK, KELLY L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,135.30 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOZAWALLA, FARRAH | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $71,134.60 | Date 01/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISO, JAMIE R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $71,134.60 | Date 03/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLO, HECTOR A | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $71,134.39 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREINER, JEFFREY M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $71,134.00 | Date 12/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSSI, WENDY L | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $71,133.89 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMEAU, TANIA L | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,133.76 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, REMY, JR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $71,133.61 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ALEXANDER | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $71,133.58 | Date 04/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLUM, KEITH A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $71,133.40 | Date 10/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, CHRISTOPHER I | Employer name Department of State | Amount $71,133.24 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, MONTREECE B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,132.95 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POEPPLEIN, GEORGE A | Employer name Boces-Dutchess | Amount $71,132.41 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTES, EVELYN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,132.14 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIA, JAMES N | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,132.14 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROMP, JOLANDA G | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $71,132.08 | Date 09/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, JEDEDIAH P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $71,131.85 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANT, MATTHEW S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $71,131.45 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANGER, TAMI L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,131.34 | Date 09/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHATEAU, JEFFREY J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $71,130.54 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREBER, CYNTHIA | Employer name Geneva City School Dist | Amount $71,130.54 | Date 01/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMYRSKI, STEVEN A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $71,130.34 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALIN, CHRISTINA | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,129.96 | Date 03/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCURIO, TANYA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,129.90 | Date 07/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, JEFFREY R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $71,129.80 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANESE, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $71,129.75 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUNNER, CLIFFORD P, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $71,129.55 | Date 03/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANAHAN, PATRICK C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $71,129.02 | Date 12/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTIGLIONE, SALVATORE L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,129.01 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAINER, GARY E | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $71,128.57 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYWARD, SCOTT J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,128.02 | Date 10/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENISON, SHAWNA M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $71,127.93 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBURG, PAOLA LINA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,127.87 | Date 08/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, CATHERINE S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $71,127.76 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEDER, JOSEPH P | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $71,127.76 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORDE, CELESTE M | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $71,127.76 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CONSTANCE E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,127.35 | Date 06/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPP, PETER D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,126.76 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALLOS-AMATO, MICHELLE M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $71,126.63 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, DONNA L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,126.44 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGE, ROBERT D | Employer name Malverne UFSD | Amount $71,126.12 | Date 11/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADELEYE, RALIAT A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,124.80 | Date 09/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMMONS, ME-ASIA L | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,124.47 | Date 01/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, SANDER | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $71,123.82 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUMBARD, TAMMY S | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $71,123.76 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, MARI C | Employer name Stillwater CSD | Amount $71,123.50 | Date 09/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSSA, ADUAR E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $71,123.47 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENFER, JOHN W | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,123.14 | Date 01/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, LAURA A | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $71,122.99 | Date 07/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, SARAH M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,122.62 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, TIERRA L | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $71,122.53 | Date 11/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRASSBURG, TODD M | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $71,122.00 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JENNIFER K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,121.41 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $71,121.38 | Date 05/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, DAVID J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,121.28 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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