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 MURRAY, ROBERT P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,708.63 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOFIELD, DEAN P | Employer name Town of Fishkill | Amount $69,708.38 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMED, RUTH ANN | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $69,708.22 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANDRAIA, VINCENZO J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,708.22 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHEAD, BRIAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,708.11 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENIG, WILLIAM L | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $69,707.68 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, EDWARD S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,707.53 | Date 10/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARQUIETT, ROBERT W | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $69,707.10 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, SHEDONNA L | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $69,706.86 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROGER R | Employer name Lake George Park Commission | Amount $69,706.38 | Date 10/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, LAURA C | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $69,706.08 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENNER, RUSSELL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,705.84 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITO, FRANK J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $69,705.19 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGGIO, YVONNE P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $69,705.08 | Date 06/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATOLI, TERESA M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,704.84 | Date 07/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, REGINALD W | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $69,704.64 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, CRAIG W | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $69,704.59 | Date 02/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRPO, BALDWIN R | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $69,704.38 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADAMSON, NATHANIEL C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $69,704.18 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, CRISTIAN A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,704.07 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORDWAY, MICHAEL T | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $69,703.91 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRINOLDS, DALE M, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,703.84 | Date 01/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, KARYN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,703.63 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, HORACIO V | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $69,703.46 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGLER, PETER D | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $69,703.43 | Date 03/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GISLASON, LYNN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $69,703.41 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CARMEN D | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $69,702.94 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUNDS, COLIN M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $69,702.72 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELESS, LEO R | Employer name Johnstown City School Dist | Amount $69,702.60 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISQUE, MICHELLE | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $69,702.60 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANGELO, MARGARET E | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $69,702.48 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, DAVID J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $69,702.26 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, MARTIN B | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $69,701.97 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMFORT, TROY H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $69,701.66 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVER, PAUL J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $69,701.32 | Date 06/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUTSEN, MELISSA N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,701.15 | Date 11/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZAK, STEPHEN B | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $69,700.86 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, JAMES R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,699.86 | Date 08/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACFARLANE, JEPTHA M | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $69,699.39 | Date 11/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZITO, PATRICIA L | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $69,698.87 | Date 01/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, LEONOR M | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $69,698.64 | Date 11/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEPERT, WILLIAM B | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $69,698.39 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBACORTA, HOLLY N | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $69,698.20 | Date 11/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $69,698.12 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOHL, BRIAN P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $69,698.07 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, GIOVANNA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,697.80 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIUS, TERESAJEAN M | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $69,697.80 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HLOSTA, CARMEN M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $69,697.30 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DONALD S | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $69,697.08 | Date 10/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, JUSTIN M | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $69,696.50 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KENNETH A | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $69,696.10 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, SUSAN D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $69,695.49 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $69,695.40 | Date 06/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATUANG, REBECCA | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $69,695.07 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBCZYK, JAMES B | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $69,694.96 | Date 03/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITELEY, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $69,694.80 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMANCZYK, ALAN J | Employer name Westhill CSD | Amount $69,694.77 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORCARETTA, THOMAS J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $69,694.31 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHCROFT, JOHN F, III | Employer name Carthage CSD | Amount $69,693.98 | Date 09/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDRIDGE, JOHANNA D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $69,693.80 | Date 07/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, KRYSTAL D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $69,693.31 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BEAN, DUDLEY L | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $69,693.24 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $69,693.14 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZAK, JOHN F | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $69,693.11 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEFELL, JOHN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $69,692.96 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, RICHARD E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $69,692.92 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEGAN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $69,692.79 | Date 07/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLBERT, STEVEN C | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $69,692.71 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, VINCENZA F | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $69,692.30 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMBRUSTER, JAMES M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $69,692.18 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURTZ, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Liverpool | Amount $69,692.01 | Date 11/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMEAU, ERLINE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $69,692.00 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, MARCEL W | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $69,691.65 | Date 08/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, DARRELL J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $69,691.50 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEBALCK, WILLIAM J | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $69,691.42 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, DANIEL R | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $69,691.34 | Date 05/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADGLEY, DAVID A | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $69,690.96 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, MARIANNE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,690.46 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DADA BELLO, OLAYINKA A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $69,690.37 | Date 06/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRY, RACHEL H | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $69,690.10 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIENHARDT, ARTHUR P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,689.48 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIARTY, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $69,689.36 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINSEY, DEBRA L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $69,689.08 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENYINNAH, UGOCHUKWU D | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $69,688.05 | Date 08/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHETERSON, GREGORY V | Employer name West Irondequoit CSD | Amount $69,687.60 | Date 07/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTMANN, MARK J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,687.33 | Date 12/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST LOUIS, MARISE | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $69,686.97 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCERA, JEANNE M | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $69,686.95 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, PATRICK J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $69,686.62 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOUNT, MICHAEL B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $69,686.04 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGNER, DANIEL T | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $69,685.36 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTZ, LINDA K P | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $69,685.04 | Date 06/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, TAMMY | Employer name Warren County | Amount $69,684.85 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARJORIE A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $69,684.77 | Date 06/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLANE, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $69,684.64 | Date 02/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, KAREN K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $69,684.03 | Date 07/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLORD, DONALD W | Employer name Village of Horseheads | Amount $69,683.76 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, GERALD | Employer name North Massapequa Fire District | Amount $69,683.70 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, TIFFANY S | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $69,683.21 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMBROUCK, DENISE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,683.01 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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