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 SHANK, COLLEEN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $70,506.04 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMULLEN, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $70,505.22 | Date 03/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCREEN-ARKHURST, SHERRY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,504.61 | Date 03/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, JOHN W, III | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $70,504.48 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SUSAN M | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $70,504.38 | Date 09/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,503.34 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARRANTINO, JOSEPH C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,503.10 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, DANIEL L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,502.76 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSTEAD, GRADY | Employer name Roosevelt UFSD | Amount $70,502.68 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACH, JAMES F | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $70,501.76 | Date 03/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JESEL | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $70,501.74 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIORDAN, GRETCHEN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $70,501.30 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO, JIMMY E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $70,501.25 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICETO, MELISSA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $70,500.84 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUKOWSKI, CHARLES | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $70,500.31 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUNSBURY, TODD F | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $70,499.74 | Date 06/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, ROBERT C | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $70,499.58 | Date 04/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, GARY E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $70,499.40 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $70,499.02 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, TAINA K | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $70,498.96 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, BRIAN | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $70,498.96 | Date 05/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JAMES P | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $70,498.95 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, IAN A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $70,498.86 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMIEUX, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $70,498.85 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARVER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $70,498.22 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEA, DAVID R | Employer name Village of Lake Grove | Amount $70,497.81 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACINTOSH-FRERING, KAREN | Employer name Greene County | Amount $70,497.73 | Date 11/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVOS, KIM M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $70,497.72 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JOSE A | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $70,497.60 | Date 03/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NKWOR, JONATHAN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $70,497.58 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAVA, BYRON Y | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $70,497.28 | Date 09/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, KEITH A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $70,497.11 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULZ, DANIELLE M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,496.75 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLK, CRYSTAL L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $70,496.70 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOGUT, CHRYL A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,496.56 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, GAIL I | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $70,496.52 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROFF, DONALD F | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $70,496.18 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Town of Henrietta | Amount $70,496.11 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, LILLIAN A | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $70,496.06 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRAND, JASON M | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $70,495.98 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGANELLO, FRANK A, III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,495.81 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOILY, JEFFREY M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,495.45 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, BRUCE J | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $70,495.14 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BOIS, GARVIN M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $70,494.96 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, PAULINE E | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $70,494.95 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHANBANI, KWAN S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,494.67 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, ERICK C | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $70,494.50 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELOCK, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $70,494.39 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAS, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $70,493.79 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CILETTI, MICHELE A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $70,493.62 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, BRIAN C | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $70,493.03 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAILS, LOUISE C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $70,492.06 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAUER, ROBERT J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $70,491.96 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN, JOHN F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $70,491.42 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, LEO | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $70,491.38 | Date 04/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENTA, MICHAEL H | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $70,491.37 | Date 03/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, SUZANNE M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $70,491.36 | Date 02/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, AURELIO | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $70,491.14 | Date 08/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, KATRINA L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $70,491.04 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDOLINA, ANTHONY R | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $70,490.92 | Date 06/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC PHERSON, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $70,490.70 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONAGHAN, KATHLEEN C | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $70,490.68 | Date 10/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYBOLT, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $70,489.66 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONSON, THERESA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,489.26 | Date 12/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARISTHILDE, PHILOME | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,489.23 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, MATTHEW J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $70,488.84 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSAKOWSKI, MARK D | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $70,488.61 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRICK, ALAN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,487.76 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, TERRY A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $70,487.03 | Date 09/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BENEDETTO, RICHARD A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $70,486.78 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, DEBORAH J | Employer name Horseheads CSD | Amount $70,486.28 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAYNOR-HACK, JANICE M | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $70,486.25 | Date 09/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAISSON, STEVEN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $70,486.21 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATER, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $70,486.18 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURETSKY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $70,485.94 | Date 08/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, TOMMIE J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,485.90 | Date 01/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBERG, MARY ANNE | Employer name Bethpage Fire District | Amount $70,485.73 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRYOTT, KIMBERLY | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,485.05 | Date 02/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMKO, JUSTIN D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $70,484.88 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITCHEY, THOMAS J | Employer name Vista Fire District #1 | Amount $70,484.68 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth | Amount $70,484.64 | Date 03/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNELL, SHIRLEY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $70,484.27 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILKINS, KEITH A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $70,483.90 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GAY, JOSEPH G | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $70,483.89 | Date 08/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISHBURG, JAY M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $70,483.89 | Date 07/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, DENISE R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,483.44 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOINE, KAREN A | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $70,483.28 | Date 02/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAINE, TREVOR M | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $70,482.72 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEY, PETER R | Employer name Village of Great Neck | Amount $70,482.59 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELBOUSTY, CHARLEEN A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $70,482.57 | Date 09/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASSONE, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $70,482.54 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REISENWEBER, ADAM P | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $70,482.01 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANUEL, STACEY | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $70,482.00 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, JOHN F | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $70,481.60 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARCZYK, CAROL A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $70,480.90 | Date 03/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, ANTHONY W | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $70,480.77 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, BARBARA J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,480.61 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDER WIELE, WENDY S | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $70,480.31 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUELLAR, HELIBERTO | Employer name Monticello CSD | Amount $70,480.13 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, JOAN H | Employer name Roosevelt UFSD | Amount $70,480.02 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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