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 PLUMLEY, BARRY L | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $69,038.43 | Date 06/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HE, SHENWEN | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $69,038.13 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, NEAL S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $69,038.07 | Date 04/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METCALF, VALENCIA S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $69,038.06 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILCHRIST, BRIAN T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,037.92 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, FRANKLYN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $69,037.87 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DABNEY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $69,037.50 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANISH, JUSTIN | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $69,036.99 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTY, TRICIA | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $69,036.57 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICK, JAYSON C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $69,036.48 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SUSAN A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $69,036.45 | Date 11/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLLETTI, VINCENT L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $69,036.04 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONICHTERA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $69,035.81 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFFCUT, JAMIE L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $69,035.72 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, RICHARD B | Employer name Niskayuna CSD | Amount $69,035.70 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $69,035.56 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, DAVID M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,035.45 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, CHAD M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,035.38 | Date 01/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIRCHNER, COLLIN S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $69,035.06 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARGER, DEBORAH A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $69,034.99 | Date 08/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL ROSARIO, JOYCE M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $69,034.93 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Village of Bellport | Amount $69,034.41 | Date 02/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLARMAN, MERCEDES E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,034.12 | Date 11/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARS, JUSTIN T | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $69,033.78 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDROSSIAN, PETER S | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $69,033.77 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, JULIE A | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $69,033.56 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERMAN, JEFFREY H | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $69,033.05 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTOWICH, SUSAN L | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $69,032.98 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANDEFER, COREY M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $69,032.72 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTZ, SHAWN R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $69,032.60 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARBOROUGH, BRIANNE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,032.43 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHEAT, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,032.40 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, AILEEN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,032.00 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, JILL A | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $69,031.86 | Date 02/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, MELINDA A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $69,031.71 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, MAYRA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $69,031.56 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, GERALD D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,031.55 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, DALE D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,031.30 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTY, GARRETT P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $69,031.21 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOREY, THOMAS C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $69,030.95 | Date 11/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $69,030.91 | Date 07/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAHAN, TONY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $69,030.41 | Date 02/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, TODD M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $69,030.18 | Date 01/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARENA, PATRICIA | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $69,029.39 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, WARREN H | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $69,028.38 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, SHANE J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $69,028.03 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, NATALIE R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $69,027.69 | Date 02/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDWITH, SEAN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,027.63 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEHRHOF, LORIE D | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $69,027.17 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KERRY P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,026.63 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPONG, JASON M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $69,026.29 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSONS, JULIET M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,026.28 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, MATTHEW S | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $69,026.21 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, LOUIS G | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $69,025.46 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULSKI, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $69,025.30 | Date 01/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, SHELLY L | Employer name Dryden CSD | Amount $69,025.22 | Date 06/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KIRK A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $69,025.18 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, JAY J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $69,025.15 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNTZ, KATHARINE L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $69,025.13 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOURCADE, HENRY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $69,025.13 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGS, AMY J | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $69,024.88 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYLER, MARIE J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $69,024.55 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, JOANNE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,024.41 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULIA, JEREMY G | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $69,023.88 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUKES, JEFFREY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,023.82 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, SHAWN J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $69,023.58 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITLEY, EILEEN L | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $69,022.75 | Date 03/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANIN, DEVON M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $69,022.52 | Date 03/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, BARRINGTON S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $69,022.27 | Date 03/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSS, GARY D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $69,022.06 | Date 02/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITTS-CARR, TANYA L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $69,021.73 | Date 11/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, JOANN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $69,021.60 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, ALAN D | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $69,021.49 | Date 04/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIELL, PETER W | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $69,021.32 | Date 12/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, RAMON V | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $69,020.95 | Date 06/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, KENNETH J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $69,020.45 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, DONNA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,020.04 | Date 08/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, RAYMOND C | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,020.04 | Date 02/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUTTING, JAMES W | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $69,019.71 | Date 12/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, THOMAS F | Employer name Town of Schodack | Amount $69,019.64 | Date 01/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ROBERT J | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $69,019.29 | Date 05/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBINO, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,018.96 | Date 02/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLAESON, MATTHEW T | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $69,018.89 | Date 06/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEELEY, MONICA S | Employer name Essex County | Amount $69,018.39 | Date 10/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSTON, ELISA A | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $69,018.10 | Date 03/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIONETTI, MARIE N | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $69,018.10 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, JUDITH M | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $69,018.00 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFTER, DESTINY S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $69,017.94 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, JAROD L | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $69,017.90 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMPERIO, ALAN J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $69,017.80 | Date 10/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKONCZAK, ADAM C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,017.67 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, CHERYL M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $69,017.42 | Date 02/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSELLS, JEFFREY T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $69,017.18 | Date 09/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAITO, CHARLES R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $69,017.18 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENTE, JOSHUA B | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $69,017.16 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, ELIEZER | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $69,016.04 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, MOHAMED ABUTALEB | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $69,015.90 | Date 02/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOELLMANN, ROBERT H | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $69,015.77 | Date 01/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELKER, ALAN G | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $69,015.46 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONIG, FREDERICK W, III | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $69,014.92 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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