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 SLIWOSKI, KEITH A | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $67,399.99 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, AUBURN D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $67,398.78 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANKERSEN, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $67,398.72 | Date 12/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIN, CHIN YU | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $67,398.72 | Date 01/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIANS, JAMES K | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $67,398.71 | Date 09/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTBROOK, MARY ANN | Employer name Orange County | Amount $67,398.66 | Date 02/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAO, SHERRY X | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $67,398.08 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMEATON, KAREN J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $67,398.05 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, PAUL A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $67,397.99 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, PATRICK | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $67,397.97 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHERVON | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $67,397.76 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $67,397.64 | Date 10/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MILDRED | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $67,397.62 | Date 01/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, SANDRA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $67,396.60 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONNEAU, SUSAN V | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $67,396.40 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, THOMAS F | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $67,396.19 | Date 08/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BONACQUISTI, KELLI A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $67,396.09 | Date 07/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYE, LEE A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $67,395.67 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, KACHELLE M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $67,395.45 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRELLA, DANNY | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $67,395.09 | Date 12/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINKADE WILKINS, PAMELA B | Employer name Long Beach Housing Authority | Amount $67,394.92 | Date 04/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, THOMAS C | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $67,394.56 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDEROSA, NANCY E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $67,394.07 | Date 02/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, SEAN N | Employer name Roosevelt Island Oper Corp. | Amount $67,393.49 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEANEY, MARY F | Employer name Valley Stream Chsd | Amount $67,393.25 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, DANIEL J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $67,393.18 | Date 03/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABENS, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $67,393.17 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTON, STACEY L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $67,393.00 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, SANDRA L | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $67,392.78 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEYANDT, HEATHER J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $67,391.98 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANSEN, ERIC J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $67,391.63 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVILLES, SAMUEL W | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $67,391.46 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCK, BRENDAN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $67,391.20 | Date 12/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AREZZA, ESTHER M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $67,391.19 | Date 02/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, THORTON L | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $67,391.11 | Date 12/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUD, MIRIAM L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $67,390.92 | Date 09/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFISTER, PATRICIA H | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $67,390.78 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKENNA, THERESE M | Employer name Hyde Park CSD | Amount $67,390.53 | Date 01/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAU, MERCEDES | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $67,390.42 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LISA M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $67,390.20 | Date 01/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, MARK A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $67,390.13 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NARDO, LUIGI | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $67,389.95 | Date 05/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISERCOLA, KEVIN P | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $67,389.93 | Date 08/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, BRIAN S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $67,389.40 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANABURGH, ORSON M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $67,389.40 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKWARE, JAMES T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $67,389.37 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLESPIE, ALEX J | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $67,388.87 | Date 08/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APUZZI, ANTHONY P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $67,388.76 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST.GERMAIN, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $67,387.72 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, SCOTT T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $67,387.66 | Date 11/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUSI, ANGELA C | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $67,387.50 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Canastota Public Library | Amount $67,387.50 | Date 11/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, KAREN F | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $67,387.23 | Date 04/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, KELLY L | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $67,386.47 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, JUSTIN C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $67,386.16 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWET, MARGARET E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $67,385.55 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JAIME F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $67,385.50 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, CRAIG ALEXANDER | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $67,385.21 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHALSKI, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $67,384.80 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRIGA, SERAPIO | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $67,384.77 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, WAYNE J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $67,384.56 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, KEVIN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $67,384.42 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, TOI L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $67,384.39 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTER, KATHLEEN L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $67,384.27 | Date 01/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZETTWOCH, KIMBERLY L | Employer name Port Jefferson Free Library | Amount $67,384.03 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANOTIS, PATRICIA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $67,383.78 | Date 07/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLAK, SUSAN J | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $67,383.57 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACAVONE, RAQUEL A | Employer name Homer CSD | Amount $67,382.95 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEOBALDS, TYRONE A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $67,382.92 | Date 01/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNGOTT, CAROL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,382.13 | Date 11/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITELL, KAREN A | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $67,381.96 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NAME, LINDA T | Employer name North Bellmore UFSD | Amount $67,381.77 | Date 06/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $67,381.59 | Date 06/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, FRANCESCA | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $67,381.56 | Date 02/10/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, JESSICA J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $67,381.32 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, MARK A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $67,381.14 | Date 04/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEARRINGTON, LATESHA R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $67,381.12 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFFORTUNATO, CLEMENTINA S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $67,380.91 | Date 07/09/1964 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, KATHARINE L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $67,380.79 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, DONNEL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $67,380.77 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORSKI, LAURA | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $67,380.65 | Date 03/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, PAULA M | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $67,380.56 | Date 02/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CARO, MARGARET M | Employer name Center Moriches Public Library | Amount $67,380.55 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, GUY C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $67,380.38 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHURMACHER, JUDITH S | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $67,379.99 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROH, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $67,379.82 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOROBEY, JOHN | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $67,379.66 | Date 02/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINKNER, VICTORIA M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $67,379.63 | Date 11/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, CATHLEEN M | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $67,379.49 | Date 10/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, EMILY R | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $67,379.42 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TY N | Employer name Madison County | Amount $67,379.12 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEBKA, DONNA T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $67,378.81 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $67,378.31 | Date 03/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, DAVID E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $67,377.86 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, DUSTIN M | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $67,377.75 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, GEORGE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $67,377.66 | Date 11/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJKOWSKI, JOSEPH E | Employer name Village of Brocton | Amount $67,377.44 | Date 08/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMOPOULOS, VALERIE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $67,377.10 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRACUSA, DIANE | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $67,376.62 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERSTNER, PAULETTE P | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $67,376.40 | Date 02/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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