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 MAYO, PATRICK K | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $67,167.28 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, JACK D, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $67,167.05 | Date 03/31/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $67,166.47 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, BARBARA A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $67,166.37 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUERNER, JENNIFER L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $67,165.97 | Date 02/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNER, BRIAN M | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $67,165.77 | Date 12/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCK, SHAWN J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $67,165.33 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKHARDT, SUSAN M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $67,165.08 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, LACHELA V | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $67,165.00 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, ERICA T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $67,164.75 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, RALPH B | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $67,164.68 | Date 05/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, NORMAN | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $67,164.01 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLES, DONNA M | Employer name Hyde Park CSD | Amount $67,163.68 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLOPP, RICKY J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $67,163.40 | Date 03/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTENS, JOHN W, JR | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $67,163.32 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOVANOVIC, TERESIA B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $67,163.21 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASPER, M KELLEY | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $67,163.21 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACY, JAMES M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $67,163.21 | Date 10/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMENTO, MARIA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $67,163.21 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDRICKS, LAURIE L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $67,163.15 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANIS, DOUGLAS T | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $67,163.11 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLOKOTRONIS, PETRA W | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $67,162.89 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASHMAN, FRANK J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $67,162.78 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, JOLLY S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $67,161.86 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART, WILLIAM A, III | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $67,161.48 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADY, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $67,161.36 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, TREVOR A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $67,161.25 | Date 06/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHAUPT, MARK J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $67,160.55 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, DAVID R | Employer name Town of Lewiston | Amount $67,160.41 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAILE, ROGER M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $67,160.24 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELFEL, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $67,159.59 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LYNN R | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $67,159.52 | Date 09/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIENKIEWICZ, DAVID E | Employer name Depew UFSD | Amount $67,159.34 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFF, MICHAEL L | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $67,159.00 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, THEODORE R, JR | Employer name Camden CSD | Amount $67,158.99 | Date 10/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELWELL, BRUCE W | Employer name Penfield CSD | Amount $67,158.73 | Date 01/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JAMIE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $67,158.70 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGGERS, JOSEPH V | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $67,158.69 | Date 05/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMBROSKI, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $67,158.58 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFANTE, CHARLES M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $67,158.39 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADMORE, CLAYTON M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $67,158.23 | Date 04/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMER, EDWARD J | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $67,157.59 | Date 01/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINZIVALLI, RANDY S | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $67,157.37 | Date 09/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, GARVIE L | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $67,157.36 | Date 05/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILD, NATHAN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $67,157.28 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, WILLIAM P | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $67,157.21 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, BRIAN D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $67,157.07 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATWARY, ABUL H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $67,157.07 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNANT, NICOLE ANN | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $67,157.05 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBIEN, COREY W | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $67,156.99 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $67,156.67 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, GEORGE L | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $67,156.67 | Date 01/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESPRES, EDWARD E, II | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $67,156.63 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $67,156.59 | Date 01/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCFADDEN, DENNIS L | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $67,156.57 | Date 03/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LUZIO, THOMAS F | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $67,156.55 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Town of Gorham | Amount $67,156.46 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISS, ROBERT J | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $67,156.28 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, TOBIAN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $67,156.14 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIERLEN, JEFFREY T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $67,155.92 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POE, CYNTHIA | Employer name Lancaster CSD | Amount $67,155.88 | Date 06/16/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAGLIONE, VINCENT P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $67,155.42 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOPP, KEVIN A | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $67,154.84 | Date 11/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSE, SUSAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $67,154.30 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBURN, SHELLEY W | Employer name Thrall Public Library | Amount $67,154.27 | Date 04/09/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLADEK, JOCELYN B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $67,154.26 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JEFFREY P | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $67,154.09 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, JOSE E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $67,154.01 | Date 02/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERENICH, VIKTOR | Employer name Utica Mun Housing Authority | Amount $67,153.97 | Date 06/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIBER, JEFFREY W | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $67,153.73 | Date 07/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLNESS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $67,153.69 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARISA | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $67,153.57 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $67,153.41 | Date 06/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLIMASZEWSKI, JAMES | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $67,153.26 | Date 05/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANE, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $67,152.97 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUMBACH, JILL K | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $67,152.41 | Date 03/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MELISSA A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $67,152.14 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $67,151.38 | Date 07/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERY, GINETTE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $67,151.24 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARDONE, CHRISTINA E | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $67,151.23 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMEDANI, ANNELA | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $67,151.22 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEICHMANN-DUGGAN, ANDREA E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $67,150.94 | Date 10/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRY, PEGGY | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $67,150.25 | Date 03/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENSHAW, MICHAEL E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $67,149.99 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVOLA, JESSIE L | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $67,149.99 | Date 06/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI PIERRO, NICOLE M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 06/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUGH, CHERI L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY, JOHN E | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 12/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, RUBEN D | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDY, TODD B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENE, JEFFREY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSHANSKY, BORIS | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBIDEAU, JAMES E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERDYUK, ALISA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRATTON, DESIREE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROW, KEITH E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROBNACK, JASON M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, JOSEPH R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, STEVEN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, RICHARD Y | Employer name Education Department | Amount $67,149.79 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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