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 SITARSKI, CARRIE L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $70,404.55 | Date 07/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARNELL, JAMES, JR | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $70,403.91 | Date 01/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERLMAN, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $70,403.59 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, KEELEY M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $70,403.33 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLER, ROBERT L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $70,403.11 | Date 01/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $70,402.62 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NICOLETTE D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $70,402.30 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, ADAM C | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $70,401.69 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, CRAIG | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $70,401.68 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKENS, CARLA A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $70,401.45 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, BRADLEY R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $70,401.43 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERUNKUUMA, MOLLY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,401.28 | Date 06/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, RALPH W | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $70,400.46 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DAVID M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $70,400.22 | Date 08/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGEE, ELISA L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $70,399.78 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFFERTY, BRIAN T | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $70,399.78 | Date 03/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAHEEN, MARY T | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $70,399.59 | Date 12/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MICHELLE F | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $70,399.37 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESROCHES, GREGORY J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $70,399.36 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRONE, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $70,399.12 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, NICOLE M | Employer name West Babylon Public Library | Amount $70,399.02 | Date 05/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULET, DONALD A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $70,398.89 | Date 09/08/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARYANSKI, THOMAS P, JR | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $70,398.80 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESORO, CARLA S | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $70,398.05 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRY, GERALD E, JR | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $70,397.97 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JEFFREY R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $70,397.88 | Date 04/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, SCOTT E | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $70,397.70 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, KETH C | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $70,397.46 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSZCZYK, ANDREW J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $70,397.06 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRA, LOUISE A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,396.06 | Date 03/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $70,395.96 | Date 12/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAYNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,395.96 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELWOOD, JEFF | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $70,395.86 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, NELLINIA D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $70,395.81 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZAK, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $70,395.52 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, GORDON G, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,395.29 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SANTIS, RITA | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $70,395.06 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSER, CHERYL L | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $70,395.02 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGDEN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,394.22 | Date 07/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $70,393.70 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, LAURA D | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $70,393.64 | Date 01/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, LORRIE A | Employer name Boces-Del Chenang Madis Otsego | Amount $70,393.55 | Date 08/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOISTION, ERIC L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $70,392.89 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERGIS, MIECHA L | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $70,392.23 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKHILL, HOWARD | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $70,392.07 | Date 08/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANAHAN, FRANCIS J | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $70,391.87 | Date 12/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEBER, MARY ANN | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $70,391.83 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRIE, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $70,391.65 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIER, STEPHEN | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $70,391.49 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSHNER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $70,391.04 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILPATRICK, JENNIFER C | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $70,391.03 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JASON A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $70,390.25 | Date 09/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KIRK B | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $70,389.88 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEAGER, SHANE T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,389.58 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS-ZYKO, GINGER M | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $70,389.43 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTLING, CHARLES C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $70,389.34 | Date 04/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU PONT, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $70,388.55 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTZ, ERIC J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $70,388.52 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, CURTIS, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $70,388.43 | Date 06/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, CLINTON | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $70,388.30 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, KEVIN R | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $70,388.01 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITKANEN, DARIN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,387.93 | Date 10/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDAU, CHAVY | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $70,387.77 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCATANTE, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $70,387.62 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, AVIS P | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $70,387.40 | Date 08/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHKE, LUCAS J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $70,387.35 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLIGAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $70,386.45 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINDONI, JOHN A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $70,386.10 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TANDLE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $70,385.83 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOURNIER, HILARIO J | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $70,385.35 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSEN, KATHRYN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,385.25 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVENZANO, LEONARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,385.11 | Date 05/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSCHERNE, PHYLLIS F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,385.11 | Date 12/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FEVRE, MATTHEW D | Employer name Peru CSD | Amount $70,384.59 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AMY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,384.30 | Date 01/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVLESKI, CALLIE A | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $70,384.29 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, GLENN E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $70,384.05 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGGER, WILLIAM P | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $70,383.60 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEHO, LINDA C | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $70,383.53 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAMMINA, DAVID L | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $70,383.50 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UZUNOFF, JOHN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,383.44 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, CORINNE D | Employer name Greene County | Amount $70,383.31 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOSEPH | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $70,382.57 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABOR, CAROLYN Y | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $70,382.18 | Date 05/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, NADINE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $70,381.98 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTTER, DAVID A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $70,381.41 | Date 03/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LEOPOLD S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $70,381.41 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, SOPHIA M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $70,381.22 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIELSKI, WILLIAM S | Employer name Valley Stream Chsd | Amount $70,381.14 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANU, KWABENA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,381.07 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROCCI, MICHAEL L | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $70,380.05 | Date 06/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, MATTHEW W | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $70,379.99 | Date 12/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JEFFREY D | Employer name Town of Owego | Amount $70,379.92 | Date 03/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENZEL, SAMANTHA J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $70,379.83 | Date 05/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, DAVID J | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $70,379.82 | Date 01/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, DARLENE Y | Employer name Albany County | Amount $70,379.00 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDERICO, SUSAN E | Employer name Port Jefferson UFSD | Amount $70,378.91 | Date 02/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, GABRIEL J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $70,378.69 | Date 09/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, MELISIA P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,378.60 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHALEWITZ, WILLIAM B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,378.60 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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