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 WALLARD, GARRETT L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $67,815.48 | Date 02/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDKA, CHERYLE A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $67,814.86 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREOPOULOS, ANTHONY D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $67,814.73 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARTIN W | Employer name Town of Hamptonburgh | Amount $67,814.55 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZOLA, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $67,814.33 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERNERT-LARREA, LEE B | Employer name Corning Community College | Amount $67,814.30 | Date 03/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, SHANTE J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $67,813.60 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, JOEL T | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $67,813.36 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMINDO, LORRAINE G | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $67,813.20 | Date 07/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMELMER, ROBERT | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $67,812.79 | Date 01/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREMO, SHERRY R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $67,812.30 | Date 03/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANIGAN, THOMAS F | Employer name Bellmore UFSD | Amount $67,812.20 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROMER, PENELOPE L | Employer name Greene County | Amount $67,812.19 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBAS, MUDASSAR | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $67,811.79 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, THOMAS P, III | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $67,811.15 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOSHUA J | Employer name Warren County | Amount $67,810.89 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAUS, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $67,810.11 | Date 08/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, STACY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $67,810.01 | Date 01/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MATTHEW A | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $67,809.65 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT-PRATT, MARIETTA O | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $67,809.54 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALOMBO, VIOLETTA | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $67,809.19 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLAR, JOHN P | Employer name Riverhead Water District | Amount $67,809.05 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, W LLOYD | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $67,808.95 | Date 07/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, CALVIN S | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $67,808.94 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, JEANNE B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $67,808.87 | Date 08/03/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $67,808.66 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERNE, MARY J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $67,808.25 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISSE, PATRICIA-JO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,808.12 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDLER, RANDAL G | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $67,807.76 | Date 01/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYANT, ROBERT C | Employer name Town of Rhinebeck | Amount $67,807.53 | Date 06/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACE, GREGG W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $67,807.52 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPP, MARGARET | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $67,807.31 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, LAURA A-M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,807.24 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EXTON, ANTHONY J | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $67,806.82 | Date 09/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALERA, LINDA | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $67,806.24 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO SARDO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $67,805.59 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLWOOD, MATTHEW B | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $67,805.24 | Date 10/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, BENJAMIN O | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $67,805.00 | Date 03/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEITT, SAMUEL L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $67,804.89 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, MERE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $67,804.42 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKERY, RENAE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $67,804.33 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACCARI, RAYMOND J | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $67,804.04 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KATHERINE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $67,803.91 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JAMES H, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $67,803.16 | Date 08/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLDO, LINDA M | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $67,802.89 | Date 09/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROE, MICHAEL T | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $67,802.59 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGLIAFERRO, THOMAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $67,802.46 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, SABINA | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $67,802.38 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLD, CAROL A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $67,802.32 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABEL, KAREN L | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $67,801.24 | Date 07/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERA, GINA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $67,800.78 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, JOSEPH T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,800.68 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, NICOLAS A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $67,800.58 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JULIE A | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $67,800.01 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CARL P | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $67,799.49 | Date 04/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNER, MARK V | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $67,799.37 | Date 06/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIAMPAGLIONE, JANICE W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $67,799.27 | Date 02/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, EDWIN M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $67,798.96 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCO, ANN MARIE | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $67,798.92 | Date 12/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, ROBERT A | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $67,798.13 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, VANESSA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,798.02 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVLUCHUK, ANN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $67,797.84 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAETJENS, FRED A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $67,797.69 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, SUN HEE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $67,797.67 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,797.67 | Date 01/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGEL, BARBARA D | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $67,797.66 | Date 12/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POINTER, CHRISTINE I | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $67,797.24 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, EVANE C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $67,796.98 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUSTI, JENNIFER | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $67,796.56 | Date 06/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSELS, VINCENT A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $67,795.72 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODKIN, IAN S | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $67,795.39 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESENS, DAVID P | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $67,795.30 | Date 12/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOLSON, SANDRA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $67,795.24 | Date 08/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUESTELL, MAUREEN L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $67,795.01 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JEONG H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $67,794.95 | Date 03/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMBE, WILLIAM L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $67,794.88 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTS-PATERNOSH, REBECCA L | Employer name Village of Westfield | Amount $67,794.51 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, SAMANTHA K | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $67,794.44 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, MICHAEL T | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $67,794.43 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACHER, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $67,794.17 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODRZYWOLSKI, MARY L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $67,793.98 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITTERWAGER, MORGAN S | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $67,793.58 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYSLIP, ROGER J | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $67,793.49 | Date 06/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, JEREMY S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $67,793.03 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT-CLEMENTE, BETH A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $67,793.01 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGROW, MARK R | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $67,793.00 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TINA L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $67,792.80 | Date 08/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISER, JOAN C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $67,792.57 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLICKER, GEORGE J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $67,792.43 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, MICHAEL P | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $67,792.30 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWIER, SEAN C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $67,791.77 | Date 01/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINGUEZ, CHRISTINA | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $67,791.33 | Date 12/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, CHERIE L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $67,791.19 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRO-DURGAN, SHARLENE F | Employer name Boces-Franklin Essex Hamilton | Amount $67,791.13 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALIERE, GIUSEPPE L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $67,791.12 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKES, JAMES M, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $67,791.02 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORNBLAU, ERIC M | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $67,790.99 | Date 04/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGAN, JULIE B | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $67,790.97 | Date 12/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWETZ, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $67,790.90 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, EILEEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $67,790.65 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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