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 HOWE, ANTHONY N | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $66,227.88 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOUSE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $66,227.84 | Date 03/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLICK, JUDITH M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $66,227.46 | Date 08/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, MALINDA S | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $66,227.15 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLY, LORRAINE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $66,227.12 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANT, BRIAN T | Employer name Boces-Dutchess | Amount $66,227.04 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES C | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $66,226.89 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAQUEZ, JILL M | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $66,226.25 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANSKI, MITCHELL A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $66,226.12 | Date 06/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTARITA, JOHN Z | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $66,225.65 | Date 08/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUS, ELIZABETH Z | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $66,225.65 | Date 08/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHL, BRENDA | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $66,225.29 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALESKI, DANIEL | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $66,224.96 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, PERLEY H | Employer name Town of Queensbury | Amount $66,224.62 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENOSKY, JESSICA C | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $66,224.26 | Date 01/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROBITS, SHARON L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $66,224.25 | Date 05/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABEB, SALIMA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $66,224.11 | Date 09/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEREMUGA, KAREN L | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $66,223.83 | Date 12/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHBUN, JAMES M | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $66,223.48 | Date 04/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPIK, THERESA M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $66,223.30 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, NIKKI A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $66,223.20 | Date 09/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIER, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $66,223.20 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, MELANIE L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $66,222.73 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JODI J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $66,222.45 | Date 10/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JOSEPH J | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $66,222.39 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALATI, SHARON M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $66,221.84 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OOMMEN, KURIEN T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $66,221.48 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, KEITH D | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $66,221.19 | Date 12/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHADO, JULIO S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $66,221.17 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHEREL, JOHN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $66,221.16 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, YANFEI | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $66,220.90 | Date 11/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARACCO, CAROL A | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $66,220.82 | Date 12/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSTER, LUKE M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $66,220.30 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JORDAN N | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $66,220.28 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAY, LAURIE | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $66,220.03 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENTON, DEANNA M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $66,219.62 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASNIGHT, LAURIE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $66,219.38 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFANBURG, DAVID J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $66,219.30 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DANIELS, CHERYL L | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $66,219.23 | Date 08/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANT, ALLEN B, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $66,219.19 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANTINE, THEA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $66,219.03 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, CHRISTIAN R | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $66,218.42 | Date 09/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, ROBERT L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $66,218.30 | Date 10/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUR, DAVID M | Employer name Depew UFSD | Amount $66,218.06 | Date 04/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URENA, DULCE | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $66,218.06 | Date 03/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIDO, RICHARD H | Employer name Mount Pleasant CSD | Amount $66,218.01 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $66,217.92 | Date 11/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICE, PHILIP J | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $66,217.30 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, ANDREA M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $66,217.21 | Date 07/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, NICOLE | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $66,216.96 | Date 02/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVIA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $66,216.81 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, MICHAEL K | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $66,216.77 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMITINA, VICKIE L | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $66,216.50 | Date 08/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, STELLA A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $66,216.28 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARESE, LAUREN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $66,215.98 | Date 05/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, CARMELINA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $66,215.98 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GALE M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $66,215.98 | Date 09/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, STEVEN A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $66,215.98 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARCH, IRENE T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $66,215.98 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, ELIZABETH M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $66,215.89 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMARIAGBE, CAROLINE O | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $66,215.43 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, LOUISE H | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $66,215.41 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MATTHEW E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $66,215.32 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASOPUST, NANCY | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $66,215.21 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYSICK, MELISSA A | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $66,215.10 | Date 11/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, LARRY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $66,214.88 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINIBALDI, RICHARD A | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $66,214.84 | Date 02/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIETTE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $66,214.26 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZER, LAURA A | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $66,214.19 | Date 01/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEREMY R | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $66,213.57 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADNA, CARRIE M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $66,213.45 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $66,213.05 | Date 06/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAWOROWSKI, JAMES W | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $66,212.93 | Date 05/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, THOMAS J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $66,212.88 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACRI, SAVINA | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $66,212.88 | Date 04/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, JUNE | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $66,212.81 | Date 12/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITWIN, CAROL L | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $66,212.81 | Date 12/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTOWN, BRIAN E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $66,212.80 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, MANUEL L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $66,212.64 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THERRIEN, BRYCE R | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $66,212.37 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEDHILL, MAURA S | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $66,212.15 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, SEAN E | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $66,212.09 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROBYSH, JOHN A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $66,211.98 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPEK, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $66,211.89 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSON, EMILY R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $66,211.69 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWLAND, BARRETT J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $66,211.34 | Date 09/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MARIA E | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $66,211.26 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DAVID K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $66,211.06 | Date 11/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY-ROSE, VERA ALTHEA | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $66,210.98 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUDIN, THOMAS M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $66,210.71 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, JOSEPH P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $66,210.18 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNARD, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $66,209.88 | Date 09/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHLEY, JACOB V | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $66,209.52 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTNICK, ANDREA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $66,209.00 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORN, EDWARD M | Employer name Nassau County Bridge Authority | Amount $66,208.96 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTADONNA, JAMES | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $66,208.94 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANDALL, CHAD C | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $66,208.81 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITTIGA, LINDA A | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $66,208.46 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WURTZ, LINDA G | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $66,208.39 | Date 02/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPESAISON, MARK L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $66,208.35 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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