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 KELLY, RORI | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $70,001.82 | Date 03/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEREK, STEPHEN J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,001.62 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, VICTORIA L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,000.51 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, ANDREW J | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $70,000.31 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEA, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $70,000.15 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, TYLER R | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $70,000.11 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, DAVID C | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $70,000.08 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTNOW, MITCHELL L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $70,000.06 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBRECHT, MICHAEL R | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $70,000.06 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, BRIGHID | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $70,000.06 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANEY, JONATHAN | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $70,000.06 | Date 11/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMAN, CAROL Y | Employer name Yonkers Indust Devel Agcy | Amount $70,000.06 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, JOYCE E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $69,999.96 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KIRK L | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $69,999.92 | Date 04/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNS, MICHAEL D | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $69,999.81 | Date 01/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERESTAL, VENANTE M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $69,999.72 | Date 10/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, ADAM | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $69,999.39 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREER, NICALETTA J | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $69,999.22 | Date 12/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDNARSKI, CANDIDA | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $69,999.20 | Date 12/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNTILLO, JOANNE S | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $69,998.91 | Date 09/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, TEKONBLA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,998.53 | Date 05/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGOLI, ANTHONY V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $69,998.40 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $69,997.80 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $69,997.73 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $69,997.52 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILROY, SHAWN P | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $69,997.47 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MICHELE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,997.32 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GREGORY H | Employer name Madison County | Amount $69,997.29 | Date 06/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESKA, JOANNE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,997.11 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCTO, KEVIN J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $69,997.04 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MICHELLE | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $69,996.91 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINT JUST, PURA | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $69,996.91 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREMONT, MAGDA | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $69,996.91 | Date 10/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIANO, MARY T | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $69,996.91 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, REGINALD D | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $69,996.91 | Date 02/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, ROCHELLE | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $69,996.91 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, KATHRYN P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $69,996.72 | Date 03/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHECKELLS, RICHARD V | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $69,996.34 | Date 12/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUBELLI, DARLENE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,996.31 | Date 07/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONHEADY, SEAN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $69,996.25 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOWERS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $69,995.98 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEEFNER, MARK D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $69,995.44 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, DEBRA L | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $69,995.37 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATWIJEC, PAUL R | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $69,995.06 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUZZETTI, PETER, III | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $69,994.51 | Date 05/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, ANDREA C | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $69,994.36 | Date 12/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUMANS, MELINDA M | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $69,994.32 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, KELSEY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $69,994.00 | Date 08/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUTIA, DOMINICK | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $69,993.61 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, YVETTE C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $69,993.48 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, LINDA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $69,993.45 | Date 06/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIVAREZ, CLAUDIA K | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $69,993.39 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARESCO, NATALIE R | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $69,993.31 | Date 01/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESSGROVE, JARED M | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $69,993.31 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWOREK, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $69,993.17 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLARZ, MICHAEL D | Employer name Albany County | Amount $69,992.99 | Date 06/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANG, DONGWAN D | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $69,992.64 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGOIRE, ROBERT J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $69,992.40 | Date 03/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, LISA A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $69,992.39 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTEN, JENEVA C | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $69,992.30 | Date 05/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, RENEE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,992.22 | Date 09/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANKER, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $69,992.16 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIU, EDWIN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $69,992.06 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEFFIELD, WILLIAM C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $69,991.81 | Date 12/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETEVIA, SELASIE | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $69,991.69 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALATESTA, LYNN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $69,991.53 | Date 12/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINELLI, JON N | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $69,991.53 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETSINGER, LENNIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,991.49 | Date 07/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINGLE, JEREMY J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $69,991.15 | Date 09/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ-ACEVEDO, CELIA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $69,991.13 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINCAVAGE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $69,991.12 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, THOMAS P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,990.98 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMONT, LOUIS C, JR | Employer name Town of Claverack | Amount $69,990.66 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $69,990.54 | Date 02/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKITTONE, VINCENT | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $69,990.43 | Date 11/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, THERESA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $69,990.35 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATIELLO, LAURA J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,989.92 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULER, RANDY W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $69,989.65 | Date 07/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAQUEM, SUELI | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $69,989.06 | Date 01/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORA, PAUL S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,988.90 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISI, DIANE M | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $69,988.82 | Date 10/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, ABRAHAM | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $69,988.81 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, RICHARD W, III | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $69,988.60 | Date 06/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $69,988.56 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERIO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Merrick UFSD | Amount $69,988.29 | Date 11/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RANDY R | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $69,988.23 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIALINI, ROSETTA | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $69,987.14 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,986.82 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUCHOSKI, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $69,986.17 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SEVE, THOMAS J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $69,986.13 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUNT, MARYELLEN W | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $69,986.01 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGALL, MICHAEL E | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $69,986.00 | Date 02/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINKOFF, ANDREW E | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $69,985.97 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $69,985.85 | Date 08/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLMEIER, KRIS J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $69,985.63 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, BARBARA J | Employer name Palmyra-Macedon CSD | Amount $69,985.36 | Date 12/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARENA, DONNA M | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $69,984.86 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO TEMPIO, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,984.78 | Date 09/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALETTA, LORI L | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $69,984.76 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, CANDACE M | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $69,984.14 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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