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 DE WITT, STEPHEN J | Employer name Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD | Amount $70,584.08 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $70,583.90 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, MC CABE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,583.73 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, DIANNA L | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $70,583.53 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, HECTOR L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,583.32 | Date 05/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BRUCE A, II | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $70,583.16 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEMMELAAR, DENISE L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $70,582.61 | Date 03/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ANA D | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $70,582.61 | Date 09/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCONTI, TINA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $70,582.61 | Date 06/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, LOU ANN | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $70,582.39 | Date 07/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, EVA S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $70,582.08 | Date 07/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, JANET R | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $70,581.98 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, NATHAN D | Employer name Buffalo Fiscal Stab Auth | Amount $70,581.66 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, JOHN J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $70,581.59 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGSLEY, ANDREW K | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $70,581.41 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $70,581.04 | Date 08/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPECKMAN, DANIEL K | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $70,580.58 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLINSKI, GARRY E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $70,580.14 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASTUK, CHERYL E | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $70,580.14 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ELIZABETH | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $70,579.77 | Date 11/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPP, ADAM D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,579.65 | Date 05/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONNENBERG, PAUL J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $70,579.62 | Date 01/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPOGNE, GERALD C, JR | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $70,579.10 | Date 01/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCARELLI, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $70,578.72 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YTUARTE, KENNETH J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $70,578.60 | Date 04/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDLUND, MAUREEN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,578.48 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGLOIS, MARIE G | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $70,578.23 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARHART, KASSANDRA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $70,577.99 | Date 11/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, KATHERINE E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $70,577.90 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, MARGARET | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $70,577.90 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN OMMEREN-BRIGGS, SUSAN H | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $70,577.75 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACHTER, DAVID M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $70,577.75 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANYON, SANDRA J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $70,577.75 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURHAM, BARBARA J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $70,577.75 | Date 06/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC VICKER, SHAWN B | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $70,577.75 | Date 08/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, APRIL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,577.63 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARELLA, SANDRA J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $70,577.44 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, LAURA A | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $70,577.38 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETTLER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $70,577.02 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMICHELLI, MICHAEL C | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $70,576.99 | Date 08/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENTON, MARGARITA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $70,576.99 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTFIELD, RYAN P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $70,576.59 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMIEUX, ROBERT E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $70,576.13 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, PATRICIA A | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $70,575.71 | Date 06/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHACKELTON HAWKINS, CHERYL A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $70,574.89 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, ANTHONY B | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $70,574.80 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, SANDRA L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $70,574.72 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTT, ROBERT J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $70,574.66 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCLAR-MARANO, JENNIE E | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $70,574.09 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGLOWSKI, DONALD R | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $70,573.98 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEGENER, SHAUNA M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,573.94 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, TERRY W | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $70,573.93 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICHMANN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $70,573.48 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, EUGENE | Employer name Syracuse Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $70,573.47 | Date 03/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORACK, KEVIN R | Employer name Village of Webster | Amount $70,573.29 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLERA, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $70,573.22 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYYEAU, DAVID A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $70,572.94 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDOIN, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $70,572.92 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, SEAN P | Employer name Village of Liverpool | Amount $70,572.69 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREYETTE, FREDERICK N, III | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $70,572.65 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANSEREAU, JOHN T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,572.32 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKALSEN, SUSAN L | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $70,571.95 | Date 03/19/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALL, MELANIE M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $70,571.02 | Date 07/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERKER, BONNIE D | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $70,571.02 | Date 11/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RUBEIS, MICHELE | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $70,570.89 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DING, ZUJUE | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $70,570.34 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, GENNARO | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $70,569.72 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, JOSEPH M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $70,569.50 | Date 11/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, DONNELL J | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $70,569.25 | Date 03/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON-BIGGS, JOAN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,569.12 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANSEN, STEVEN P | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $70,568.81 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SCOTT | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $70,568.75 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, KARI N | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $70,568.44 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAHAN, COLLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,568.32 | Date 12/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAER, JUSTIN W | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $70,567.50 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EWING, BRENDA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,567.46 | Date 12/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISSERS, JOSEPH J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $70,567.38 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURTZ, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $70,567.37 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, JOSHUA T | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $70,567.14 | Date 12/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUADE, THOMAS C | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $70,566.49 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, KYLE A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $70,566.45 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAUS, STEPHEN E | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $70,565.61 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHADEO, BELINDA | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $70,565.13 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MARIE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,564.90 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEINBERG, NANCY F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,564.53 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTRICH, KATHRYN | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $70,564.00 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, KEVIN M | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $70,563.80 | Date 08/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKEE, PATRICK A | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $70,563.77 | Date 08/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, SUSAN M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $70,563.63 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIMER, YEFIM | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $70,563.39 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPADOPOULOS, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $70,563.28 | Date 05/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFOHL, ANN MARIE C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $70,563.00 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,562.89 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, ROBERT E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $70,562.77 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAXTON, DONNA M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $70,562.42 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINAMORE, ANDREW A | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $70,562.32 | Date 11/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIGO, STEFANIE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,561.74 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA PAGE, PAULA J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $70,561.53 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VLACK, JONATHAN L | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $70,560.74 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORKER, JANICE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $70,560.04 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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