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 HENDERSON, BRIANNE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $63,181.67 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGGS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $63,181.53 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNEL, RONDA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $63,181.36 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, MAHENDRA H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $63,181.05 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTORELLA, THOMAS R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $63,181.05 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILES, KIRK E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $63,181.05 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDLIN, STEVEN G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $63,181.05 | Date 05/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIER, TERRENCE W | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $63,180.95 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, AUBREY S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $63,180.86 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, SUSAN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $63,180.79 | Date 09/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JASON M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $63,180.42 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENIGNO, EVAN J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $63,180.24 | Date 01/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURDZIEL, THOMAS J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $63,179.69 | Date 05/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKELS, JUSTINE D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $63,179.68 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, NANCY A | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $63,178.76 | Date 07/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CARLTON P | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $63,178.76 | Date 05/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CARL B, JR | Employer name Vestal CSD | Amount $63,178.66 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMUS, MANUEL E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $63,178.55 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCARDI, RICKEY | Employer name Orange County | Amount $63,178.02 | Date 03/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARETTE, JESSICA L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $63,177.82 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACHUT, ANDREW J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $63,177.71 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCICKI, JAMES M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $63,177.45 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMBLAY, EDWARD J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $63,176.37 | Date 02/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISENBURN, DARLA M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $63,176.21 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATTRANO, NANCY E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $63,176.20 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, ELISA C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $63,176.20 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORFERT, ANNA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $63,176.20 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, PETER J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $63,176.20 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLATO, JONATHAN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $63,176.06 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETIENNE, THEODORA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $63,175.73 | Date 09/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLIZZARD-MC GRATH, PENELOPE J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $63,175.43 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTER, CHARLES J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $63,175.24 | Date 01/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, SUSAN T | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $63,175.23 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANIER, TODD A | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $63,174.76 | Date 10/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPHEAR, SHAUN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $63,174.71 | Date 08/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, EILEEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $63,174.71 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSOLAZIO, JENNIFER A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $63,174.64 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONAS, RICHARD J | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $63,174.44 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOESER, SAUL D | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $63,173.88 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFEL, ANN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $63,173.88 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MELISSA S | Employer name Deer Park Public Library | Amount $63,173.78 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, DIANE E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $63,173.09 | Date 12/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANEY, JEAN M | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $63,172.80 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECH, TERRY W | Employer name Town of Wheatland | Amount $63,172.20 | Date 01/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $63,171.98 | Date 03/31/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, PAUL F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $63,171.94 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, TINA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $63,171.89 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLFE, RANDY J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $63,171.43 | Date 08/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECHENE, PHILIP K | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $63,171.20 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POUPALOS, ANTHONY N | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $63,171.14 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMMERER, JESSICA L | Employer name Henry Viscardi School | Amount $63,170.80 | Date 10/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASHED, TARIQ A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $63,170.80 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNALL, WALTER G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $63,170.49 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, CONSUELO N | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $63,170.43 | Date 01/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAFFEE, BRADLEY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $63,170.27 | Date 02/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABER, NATHAN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $63,170.27 | Date 03/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALTER, STACIE L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $63,170.27 | Date 08/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMANN, RYAN P | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $63,170.27 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'TOOLE, JULIANNE V | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $63,170.27 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, RICHARD A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $63,170.12 | Date 12/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, CHERIE M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $63,169.58 | Date 12/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAJAK, JENNIFER M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $63,169.49 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSO, DONNA L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $63,169.33 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEILMAN, ADAM J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $63,169.01 | Date 07/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, JOANNA R L | Employer name Palmyra-Macedon CSD | Amount $63,169.01 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURGOINE, THOMAS J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $63,168.81 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $63,168.69 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, RONALD R, SR | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $63,168.60 | Date 11/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $63,168.58 | Date 10/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, ISABEL R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $63,168.49 | Date 02/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNIX, LATISHA A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $63,168.41 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELDRON, COLIN J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $63,167.83 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, NELSON | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $63,167.67 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSARD, DELIANE R | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $63,167.65 | Date 10/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LO MONACO, JOSEPH S | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $63,167.54 | Date 08/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, PATRICK | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $63,167.37 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HELD, DAVID K | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $63,166.49 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VARNWAY, CONRAD M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $63,166.37 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITETZAKIS, KRISTINA S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $63,166.26 | Date 07/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $63,166.24 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, JENNIFER C | Employer name Albany County | Amount $63,165.96 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLATOW, JONATHAN K | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $63,165.86 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLAZZO, NANCY L | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $63,165.54 | Date 06/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JEFFREY D | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $63,165.44 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EFFAH, ESTHER A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $63,164.76 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARDO, MARIA FERNANDA | Employer name Glen Cove Public Library | Amount $63,164.68 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DITTMAR, BROOKE B | Employer name Town of Esopus Library | Amount $63,164.56 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICK, SONJA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $63,164.55 | Date 12/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEASTER, TREDELL V | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $63,164.41 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILERO, DANIEL T | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $63,164.40 | Date 09/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALECA, CINDY | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $63,164.37 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIECKI, CRAIG M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $63,164.27 | Date 07/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $63,164.26 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, PATRICIA C | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $63,163.80 | Date 12/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECKER, JOHN R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $63,163.50 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOTT, GLYNIS M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $63,163.47 | Date 08/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISEMAN, PATRICIA B | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $63,163.27 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGER, GERALD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $63,163.02 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, DIANA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $63,162.99 | Date 04/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $63,162.90 | Date 11/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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