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 TOPPI, LORI J | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $71,121.20 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAKE, JODI L | Employer name Village of Lansing | Amount $71,120.65 | Date 01/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, REBEKAH | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,120.36 | Date 04/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMPRIVIVO, SCOTT J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,119.87 | Date 09/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIDLEY, BRIAN A | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $71,119.87 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOWELL, CHERYL L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,119.74 | Date 09/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, GREGORY J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $71,119.70 | Date 01/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, DANIEL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,119.48 | Date 07/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINGER-SCHWARTZ, LISA R | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $71,119.44 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, KENNETH J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $71,119.44 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFTIS, MARTIN F | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $71,119.15 | Date 08/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ADA C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,118.52 | Date 05/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROAST, MARYKE L | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $71,118.44 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUDIS, DENNIS A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,118.26 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULTAN, ASLAM | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,117.52 | Date 08/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDIMAN, LINDA M | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $71,117.40 | Date 09/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDES, RAY A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $71,117.22 | Date 01/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHETTKOE, RICHARD W | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $71,117.03 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, BRIAN T | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $71,116.46 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, KELLI M | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $71,116.32 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, LAVOISIER | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,116.30 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS, DANIEL R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $71,116.00 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISHAY, GEORGE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,116.00 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBIN L | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,115.82 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACEKO, EMMA E | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $71,115.26 | Date 09/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LARIE G | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $71,114.65 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, LAURA A | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $71,114.48 | Date 10/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLEN, NELSON F, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $71,114.40 | Date 01/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JODI A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $71,114.28 | Date 05/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, LAURETTA B | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $71,113.79 | Date 07/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUGHTALING, CHAD T | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,113.78 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, JOSE O | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $71,113.63 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARIELLO, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,113.54 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASUCCI, DANIELLE M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.49 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POGODA, AMY L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,113.46 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHIBALD, ABBIE L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENOVESE, JOSEPH R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 03/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, MARTHA ELIZABETH | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAY, MATHEW A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 12/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAYAWARDENA, CHINTHAKA P | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 06/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENKMAN, JULIE L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARTAGLIA, MEAGHAN T | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENTWORTH, LEAH M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WING, RENEE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 09/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOST, AMY M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,113.20 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUMBACH, KURT D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $71,112.87 | Date 04/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELANCON, BRIAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $71,112.86 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULLY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,112.82 | Date 02/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIMO, EUGENE J, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,112.23 | Date 06/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, GREGORY A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $71,111.69 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUIS, RUTH A | Employer name Eldred CSD | Amount $71,111.49 | Date 08/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,111.34 | Date 10/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUENDIKE, WAYNE R | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $71,111.23 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALYANAM, LAKSHMI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,111.09 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGHTMYER, GLENN D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,110.73 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LESLIE H, JR | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,110.36 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VULLO, VINCENT K | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $71,109.64 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAUSS, CARMELLA E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,109.39 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEXTON, LYNETTE B | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $71,109.12 | Date 12/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,108.95 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, KATHERINE M | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $71,108.73 | Date 07/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATCH, DONALD, JR | Employer name Warwick Valley CSD | Amount $71,108.38 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUIGI, DIANA M | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $71,108.28 | Date 01/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABAN, REINALDO R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,108.27 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACIE, ERICKA M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,108.06 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSEK, MICHELE L | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $71,107.96 | Date 11/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TUSKISUN | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $71,107.87 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALLON, KATHY QUICKEL | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,107.87 | Date 09/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMAM, SHARON B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,107.55 | Date 01/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYED, JOANN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $71,107.38 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORR, DAVID W | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $71,106.88 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PECORARO, PHILLIP M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,106.87 | Date 03/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, FLORENCE E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,106.73 | Date 03/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOON, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $71,106.65 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JALENE J | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $71,106.40 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEZAJ, BUKURIJE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,105.96 | Date 11/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUSE, KEVIN M | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $71,105.86 | Date 01/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLETTE, THOMAS G | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,105.67 | Date 01/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $71,105.03 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, DARYL L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,104.94 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIGO, SCOTT F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,104.87 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TANNUM, CHRISTIAN B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,104.86 | Date 11/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIGNANO, CLIFFORD | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,104.81 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARANAVITHANE, SIDATH | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $71,104.66 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCILLIOTT, CAROLINE A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $71,104.61 | Date 12/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENNOX, JULIA A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $71,104.37 | Date 12/08/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCHEO, FANNY P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,104.37 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, JESSICA I | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,103.66 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, KEVIN T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $71,103.39 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENNECKE, LAURA | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $71,102.88 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Clarkson | Amount $71,102.88 | Date 06/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, AMANDA J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,102.66 | Date 03/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPNEY, THEODORE J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,102.41 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCIC, DAVID N | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,102.38 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, MARTIN P | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $71,102.37 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRONE, ANGELA | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $71,102.37 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, DAVID E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,102.18 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, BONNIE R | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $71,101.57 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, DEBRA L | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $71,101.42 | Date 12/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSO, DENISE L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $71,101.20 | Date 08/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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