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 SICHERMAN, PATRICIA D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,429.37 | Date 07/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROUSOVA, VERA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $70,429.24 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YETTE, SARAH E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $70,429.12 | Date 08/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWAMB, KEITH D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $70,428.82 | Date 09/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, JANET | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,428.72 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, KEITH R, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $70,428.65 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLOSTER, KRISTA L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $70,428.09 | Date 09/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, HEATHER M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $70,427.46 | Date 10/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNICKERBOCKER, DANIEL T | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,427.26 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DANIEL R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $70,427.20 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERBECK, DANIELE M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $70,426.52 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, KENNETH J | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $70,426.45 | Date 12/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, DENNIS JOSEPH | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $70,426.35 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MICHELLE M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $70,426.21 | Date 07/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, ANN F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,426.16 | Date 02/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, BRENT W | Employer name Village of Westfield | Amount $70,425.74 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, LINDA | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $70,425.72 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERALTA, BRAULIO E | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $70,425.69 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZECINSKI, DAVID P | Employer name Alden CSD | Amount $70,425.51 | Date 07/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, DAVID A | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $70,425.09 | Date 03/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER-WADE, ALESIA | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $70,425.02 | Date 01/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNS, JEAN E | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $70,424.87 | Date 07/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULCON, ANGELA K | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $70,424.64 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOSEPH M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $70,424.41 | Date 07/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLERTON, ROBYN N | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $70,424.32 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, EMILY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,424.26 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNN, EDNA J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $70,424.26 | Date 12/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEZUBEK, BARRY J | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $70,423.97 | Date 03/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, PATRICIA J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $70,423.96 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTON, AMY T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,423.57 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAU, ALEXANDER | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $70,423.45 | Date 09/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, DIANE Z | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $70,423.06 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDEL, SUSAN M | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $70,422.75 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEREK, NICKOLE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,422.30 | Date 02/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MARY G | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $70,422.22 | Date 03/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, DAVID C | Employer name Penfield CSD | Amount $70,421.69 | Date 04/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $70,421.50 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURCIO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Nassau Co Voc Edu & Ext Bd | Amount $70,421.10 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTMILLER, MARY E | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $70,421.08 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, YONG | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $70,420.63 | Date 05/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUIZIA, PAUL M | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $70,420.58 | Date 04/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, NICOLE L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $70,420.00 | Date 12/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BELLA, MEGHAN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,419.88 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLAIRE, ANTHONY M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $70,419.84 | Date 03/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTANOVIC, JOSEPH V | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $70,419.55 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORUKHOV, JULIA | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $70,419.51 | Date 04/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRCHOFF, BRIANNE R | Employer name Alexandria CSD | Amount $70,419.41 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH KANE, SUSAN M | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $70,419.21 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURIO, GENEVIEVE J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $70,418.90 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNISH, KYLE T | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $70,418.48 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLER, JACK G, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $70,417.49 | Date 12/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, SALLY ANN | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $70,417.34 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARSACI, DANIEL P | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 13 | Amount $70,416.71 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCH, MATTHEW S | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $70,416.58 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSSE, WISRY | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $70,416.51 | Date 05/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIRICO, PAUL J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $70,415.83 | Date 07/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGFALL, ANTHONY | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $70,415.77 | Date 04/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, MEGHAN E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,415.19 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, KURT E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,414.98 | Date 03/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAG, FRANK N | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $70,414.81 | Date 01/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELTON, PAUL M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,414.09 | Date 01/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUCCIARDO, JAMES B | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $70,413.43 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, JOANNE | Employer name Warren County | Amount $70,413.32 | Date 05/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBUT, CONOR M | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $70,412.80 | Date 04/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, JAMES H | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $70,412.72 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, JUDSON A, JR | Employer name Fayetteville-Manlius CSD | Amount $70,412.68 | Date 10/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, CHRIS A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $70,412.65 | Date 02/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PATRICK K | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $70,412.53 | Date 04/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSIER, JAMES S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,412.43 | Date 08/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, TERRI M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $70,412.31 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON MATT, JASON R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $70,411.77 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIX, JOAN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,411.21 | Date 08/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, ROBERT B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $70,411.16 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLOVICK, ROBBY T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $70,410.78 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $70,410.68 | Date 09/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, NORA S | Employer name Penn Yan CSD | Amount $70,410.66 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALI, SUE ELLEN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $70,410.23 | Date 09/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, JUDITH A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $70,410.08 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOGNA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $70,409.95 | Date 09/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTER, ERIN M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $70,409.70 | Date 04/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORSEN, JENNIFER M | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $70,409.67 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBERCK, JOHN J | Employer name Bethpage Fire District | Amount $70,409.55 | Date 04/26/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGALA, COURTNEY A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $70,409.53 | Date 09/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDENBURG, DAVID C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $70,409.10 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, ALEJANDRO | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $70,408.91 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $70,408.62 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOINER, MARY K | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $70,408.53 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAHTINEN, DAVID A | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $70,408.44 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, STEPHANIE D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $70,408.23 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, MONA ANN M | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $70,408.07 | Date 12/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNIVAL, RAYMOND T | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $70,407.15 | Date 02/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFITT, RICHARD S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $70,407.08 | Date 04/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, WILLIAM D | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $70,406.96 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, AARON W | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $70,406.51 | Date 03/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, ANN MARIE | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $70,406.51 | Date 11/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARION, SHANEEKQWA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $70,405.52 | Date 02/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGLIENTI, DEBRA I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,405.26 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNKLE, NATHAN W | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $70,405.16 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, RONALD G, JR | Employer name La Fayette CSD | Amount $70,405.15 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORD, ALICIA C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,404.60 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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