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 LANSING, MATTHEW L | Employer name Village of Green Island | Amount $64,428.06 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, DIANE M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $64,427.49 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWHERD, KAREN H | Employer name Cazenovia CSD | Amount $64,427.43 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, TANYA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $64,427.34 | Date 02/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ONOFRIO, MERRILL A | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $64,427.24 | Date 04/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKLIN, VALERIE A | Employer name Bellmore Memorial Library | Amount $64,427.21 | Date 12/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREIBEL, DAVID T | Employer name Eldred CSD | Amount $64,426.86 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS, KENNETH J | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $64,426.50 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALCZYK, DAWN M | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $64,426.50 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLARD, RYAN E | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $64,426.50 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLBRICH, GERARD P | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $64,426.28 | Date 12/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, KRISTOPHER W E | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $64,426.05 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, KEVIN D | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $64,425.97 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PTAK, SEAN C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $64,425.48 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BJORNSTAD, ADAM C | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $64,425.27 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TRISH A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $64,425.27 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $64,424.74 | Date 04/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEILS, H CLARE | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $64,424.54 | Date 07/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDOLPHSEN, KYLE E | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $64,424.23 | Date 06/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARTTER, ANGELA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $64,424.18 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUA, GARETT J | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $64,423.38 | Date 01/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TINA M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $64,423.36 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTY, KIMBERLY L | Employer name Horseheads CSD | Amount $64,423.19 | Date 11/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERR, NICOLE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,422.70 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JESSICA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $64,422.65 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, KIEL E | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $64,422.37 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODSIADLO, NATALIYA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $64,421.74 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, NOREEN A | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $64,421.48 | Date 09/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON-BELLAME, ALIX | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $64,421.45 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, TAKEISHA J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $64,421.22 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIFFERON, BRIAN C | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $64,421.05 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name L'HOMMEDIEU, BRENDAN M | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $64,420.85 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, MELISSA L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $64,420.18 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUESMIA, IHSANE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,420.11 | Date 09/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JUANA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $64,420.11 | Date 05/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTOTSKY, OLGA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,420.09 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCEDES, LOLA L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $64,420.00 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLLIDO, ROSALINA B | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $64,419.98 | Date 02/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNZEK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $64,419.96 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERFETTI, LOUIS A, III | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $64,419.84 | Date 07/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LUBERT A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $64,419.81 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAFFORD, KAREN S | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $64,419.04 | Date 11/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELWIG-MAHAR, MARIE B | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $64,418.77 | Date 12/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, GREGORY J | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $64,418.73 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOULKE, MELISSA G | Employer name Broome County | Amount $64,418.44 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUBKERT, LAWRENCE C | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $64,417.96 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, CHAD J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $64,417.56 | Date 09/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILAIRE, GILBERT | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $64,417.19 | Date 09/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLAIR, DAVID R | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $64,417.15 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, JULIA H | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $64,417.06 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEEGAN, MAUREEN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $64,416.79 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANOCCHIO, CATHERINE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $64,416.75 | Date 06/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JOSE D | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $64,416.30 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, TOKIRA S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $64,415.85 | Date 06/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, RUTH M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $64,415.13 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, DONALD J | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $64,415.13 | Date 06/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIVITA, MARY C | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $64,414.70 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVLICEK, MATTHEW J | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $64,414.43 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, ELTON D | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $64,414.06 | Date 11/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEN EYCK, BARBARA A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $64,414.05 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, RICHARD L V | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $64,413.76 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, MICHAEL W | Employer name Village of Montgomery | Amount $64,413.75 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, KURT C | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $64,413.50 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, ELY | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $64,413.44 | Date 08/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, PHINAS T | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $64,413.28 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELAZQUEZ, JUAN A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $64,413.22 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, JUDITH M | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $64,413.18 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FRANK, MARREN T | Employer name Liberty CSD | Amount $64,412.36 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNS, JOANNE M | Employer name Buffalo Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $64,411.70 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOLA, KELLY C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $64,411.61 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIUME, DARREN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $64,411.58 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGLISS, JANICE C | Employer name Glen Cove Public Library | Amount $64,411.56 | Date 07/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANNOLFO, JOHN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $64,411.54 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, TEDDY | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $64,411.48 | Date 05/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINMASSL, REGINA M | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $64,411.44 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FATA, NICHOLAS F | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $64,411.24 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFENBERICK, SAMANTHA LEE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $64,411.20 | Date 05/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, BRIAN K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $64,411.06 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAGIELSKI, LETA L | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $64,409.78 | Date 09/05/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, LAJUNE J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $64,409.62 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, REBECCA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $64,409.48 | Date 03/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, TAMBRA S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $64,409.28 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CETTINA, MAUREEN J | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $64,409.22 | Date 12/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVE, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $64,408.76 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG-STUTZ, JONELLE J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $64,408.55 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LARRY T | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $64,408.44 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, VALERIE A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $64,408.38 | Date 11/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASILE, JOSEPH L, II | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $64,408.18 | Date 05/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLER, ADAM L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $64,408.14 | Date 06/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, DEVIN F | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $64,408.06 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODY, ANDREW S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $64,407.96 | Date 06/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, BARRY R | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $64,407.44 | Date 11/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLANE, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $64,407.34 | Date 06/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, LAURIE F | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $64,407.31 | Date 06/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCOSME, ISABEL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $64,406.97 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCATO, GIUSEPPE G | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $64,406.87 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NABER, PATRICK W | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $64,406.55 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $64,406.32 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, LYNNE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $64,405.20 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, SUSAN | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $64,404.56 | Date 11/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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