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 KELES, SINEM | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $64,515.59 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, JOHN E, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,515.51 | Date 11/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRK, STARLEEN D | Employer name New Paltz CSD | Amount $64,515.33 | Date 12/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, KYLE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $64,515.08 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHLEBECK, JONATHAN F | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $64,514.83 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ATANIA, JOSEPH R | Employer name Valley Stream Chsd | Amount $64,514.66 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ASHLEY H | Employer name Town of Cicero | Amount $64,514.42 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RONAN, MARGARET E | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $64,514.40 | Date 12/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, KAREN C | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $64,514.28 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AFEE, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $64,512.63 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, MARY ANN | Employer name Mt Sinai UFSD | Amount $64,512.15 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $64,511.81 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $64,511.64 | Date 02/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, JOHN C | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $64,511.62 | Date 11/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPERSTEIN, GREGORY M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $64,511.26 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORKUM, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $64,511.02 | Date 01/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, PATRICK J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,511.00 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKAUB, STANLEY W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $64,510.09 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRANCO, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $64,510.02 | Date 03/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGOWSKI, BRIAN M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $64,509.91 | Date 02/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMECQ, ESTHER A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $64,509.68 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SUSAN S | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $64,509.63 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, TOMASZ M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $64,509.62 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, MARIE T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $64,509.16 | Date 03/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOVAR, FERNANDO M | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $64,509.02 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBLE, ALJAMIEN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $64,508.97 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, RENE M | Employer name Lake George CSD | Amount $64,508.85 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, BRENDA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $64,508.78 | Date 09/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, COBRA L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $64,508.77 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, CHARLES | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $64,508.75 | Date 12/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFEBVRE, AARON G | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $64,508.61 | Date 03/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLGAN, DAVID A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $64,508.01 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMETANIN, SERGEY | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $64,507.48 | Date 12/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSE, MELISSA D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,507.19 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERINS, ELIZABETH A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $64,506.90 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSEN, GEORGE, JR | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $64,506.82 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGNALL, AMY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $64,506.79 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $64,506.44 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, THOMAS E | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $64,506.42 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOY, ALAN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $64,506.06 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHLER, JOHN W | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $64,505.92 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUSTINVIL, JEANIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $64,505.76 | Date 06/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEANE, AARON J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $64,505.34 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEMAN, ANDREA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $64,505.19 | Date 07/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBINO, ALBIN J, JR | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $64,505.12 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEH, TAMSON S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $64,505.04 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, JANE K | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $64,504.15 | Date 09/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHHOLZ, DAVID M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $64,503.84 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, MARK A | Employer name Town of Salina | Amount $64,503.77 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $64,503.63 | Date 12/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JUAN H | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $64,503.40 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABIG, LOUIS C | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $64,503.33 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, NEIL D | Employer name Town of Victor | Amount $64,503.30 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHANNE R | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $64,503.03 | Date 08/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, ALLISON B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,502.68 | Date 11/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKOWSKI, PETER A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $64,502.44 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNOTTA, VICTORIA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,502.13 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, RONNIE A, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $64,501.75 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURDO, ROSALBA | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $64,501.69 | Date 01/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, ASIM A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $64,501.65 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACILOWSKI, KENNETH A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $64,501.60 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ACKER, ANDREW B | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $64,501.32 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRENT, ANDREW L, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $64,500.37 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUITIERI, COLLEEN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $64,500.17 | Date 09/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CHANCE, IDA A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $64,500.10 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLITON, FAITH M | Employer name Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD | Amount $64,499.92 | Date 10/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARCY, CHARMAINE B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $64,499.67 | Date 09/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUSTO, ALANA R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $64,499.50 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSO, VALERIE A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $64,499.23 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINKENBERG-NOSK, KAYA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,499.00 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIONE, ROBIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,499.00 | Date 04/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVARES, CAROL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,499.00 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARTEN, DEBRA | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $64,498.83 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSEA, EUGENE H | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $64,498.47 | Date 08/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHELBERG, KAREN M | Employer name Amherst CSD | Amount $64,498.27 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY-SHABETHEA, IVY N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $64,497.20 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RIENZO, ANGELA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $64,497.09 | Date 02/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, MARIE M | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $64,497.06 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SU, WEI YA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $64,496.93 | Date 11/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVENBURG, HERBERT, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $64,496.70 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, W M MACRIS | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $64,496.66 | Date 11/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDELLI, STEPHEN C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $64,496.59 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, CLAUDIA M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $64,496.40 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, LUCY A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $64,496.12 | Date 10/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLINGTON, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $64,496.11 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRT, CATHLEEN A | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $64,495.92 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLARD-SMITH, COLLEEN M | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $64,495.65 | Date 03/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, JOSE | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $64,495.57 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESSER, DAVID B | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $64,495.35 | Date 09/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POANDL, JOSEPH A | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $64,495.35 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTZ, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $64,494.90 | Date 09/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, RENITA A | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $64,494.85 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, NICHELE A | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $64,494.65 | Date 12/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALIBERTE, COURTNEY E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $64,494.08 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRONAKOWSKI, STANLEY D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $64,494.07 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, ANNETTE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $64,493.73 | Date 05/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, ANTHONY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $64,493.70 | Date 04/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, LORI A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $64,493.47 | Date 09/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $64,493.23 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, CARMEN | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $64,493.19 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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