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 FOX, GEORGE L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $69,150.24 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDRETH, PAUL H | Employer name Village of Fayetteville | Amount $69,150.00 | Date 05/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, ANDREW D | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $69,149.98 | Date 08/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONOS, JULIE A | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $69,149.41 | Date 07/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATLINGTON, GILBERT | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $69,149.36 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, AHSAN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,149.36 | Date 05/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, CARL A | Employer name Village of Port Henry | Amount $69,148.91 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOUDEN, JAMES P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $69,148.90 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC VICAR, DAWN | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $69,148.83 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDERON, IVETTE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,148.28 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JAMES | Employer name Town of Beekman | Amount $69,148.22 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, MARY | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $69,147.95 | Date 11/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, KEVIN B, JR | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $69,147.81 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEDGWOOD, MATTHEW C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,147.66 | Date 06/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSELEY, DEBRA C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $69,147.53 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAM, SUSAN S | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $69,147.52 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, MICHAEL K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,147.40 | Date 06/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISS, JENNIFER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,147.24 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBES, RICHARD S | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,147.08 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, JASON T | Employer name Town of Holland | Amount $69,146.05 | Date 10/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACHY, MARLA E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $69,146.04 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST-HARRIS, KIMBERLY N | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $69,145.91 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKEL, DIANA Z | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $69,145.48 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, JAMES | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $69,145.48 | Date 10/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIEMANN, JOSEPH B | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $69,145.09 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, JOSHUA J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $69,145.07 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRMINGHAM, MAUREEN P | Employer name Rome Housing Authority | Amount $69,144.67 | Date 07/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOF, MICHAEL L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $69,144.55 | Date 10/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIFERT, ALLEN L | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $69,143.88 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULLRICH, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,142.78 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ROBERT | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $69,142.54 | Date 11/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORGAR, MARK R | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,142.49 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATARELLI, ANTHONY M | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $69,142.23 | Date 04/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, LEI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $69,142.03 | Date 03/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, STEVEN P | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $69,141.82 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANYE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $69,141.76 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDRE, CLARK J | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $69,141.67 | Date 07/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, THERESA J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $69,141.63 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, TRESSA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,141.46 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALYJ, JAMES C | Employer name Seneca Co Soil,Wtr Conserv Dis | Amount $69,141.09 | Date 04/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSS, REGINA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,141.07 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACQUES, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $69,141.04 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUSCHOW, ERIC R | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,140.00 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBETTA, JAMES J | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $69,139.98 | Date 11/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRIZARRY, QUINTIN H | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $69,139.28 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, BRUCE L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $69,138.18 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYNER, CHERYL H | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $69,137.65 | Date 12/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPPENHEIM, MEREDITH K | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $69,137.55 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELYEA, DAVID R | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $69,137.47 | Date 04/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATLIN, CLAY D | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $69,136.96 | Date 02/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, TRICIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,136.56 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, MARIO J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $69,136.42 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN IDERSTINE, ELLEN G R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $69,136.25 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SCIPIO, ROBIN L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $69,136.13 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, TERESA A | Employer name Village of Greene | Amount $69,135.84 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JILLIAN R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $69,135.40 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLAIR, THOMAS J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $69,135.40 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDAWAY, PETER T | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $69,135.36 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, BARRY S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $69,135.11 | Date 02/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, BONNIE | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $69,135.00 | Date 08/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICK, MARILYN J | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $69,135.00 | Date 05/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CSAJKO, DEBRA L | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $69,134.75 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JOSE | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $69,134.73 | Date 07/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, JEFFREY G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,134.51 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ASHLEIGH B | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $69,134.44 | Date 02/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINT, LISA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $69,133.98 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, CHARLES | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $69,133.91 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARROW, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $69,133.39 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, DONNA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,133.18 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDEN, SCOTT M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $69,133.10 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, SARITA | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $69,133.04 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BAR, MICHAEL J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $69,132.70 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUSZCZYNSKI, LINDA A | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $69,132.61 | Date 11/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIANO, LAURA A | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $69,132.52 | Date 10/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAYTON, KEVIN R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $69,132.49 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, ROBERT L | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $69,132.35 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSTAMANTE, KAREN A | Employer name Babylon UFSD | Amount $69,131.35 | Date 05/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEATH, LAUREN C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $69,130.84 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, GEORGE W | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,130.79 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONDRAS, TOMMY R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $69,130.77 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTORELLO, LYNN M | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $69,130.09 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, RICHARD L | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $69,130.05 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIERS, STEPHEN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $69,129.87 | Date 05/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGNEMI, JANET L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $69,129.35 | Date 06/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREIS, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $69,128.90 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, VINCENT T | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,128.71 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHEARN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $69,128.69 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOSKY, KEITH M | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $69,128.63 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, SEBASTIEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $69,128.03 | Date 02/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCOLI, GIOVANNA M | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $69,127.86 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIVER, MARCIA L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $69,127.76 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARANCO, REBEKAH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $69,127.49 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, SETH A | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $69,126.94 | Date 07/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARCOMB, MICHAEL C | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $69,126.78 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWELL, MICHAEL P | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $69,126.76 | Date 03/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTELLO, JON A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,126.73 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABINEAUX, REMY J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $69,126.26 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, KENNETH J | Employer name Mohawk Municipal Commission | Amount $69,126.09 | Date 12/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, ZYLONA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $69,126.05 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REISNER, JEFFREY B | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $69,125.82 | Date 09/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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