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 HEWITT, CHARLES L, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $63,005.97 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEE, IAN | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $63,005.50 | Date 12/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTON, PATRICIA | Employer name Roosevelt UFSD | Amount $63,005.50 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STETSON, LANCE P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $63,005.03 | Date 10/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALISE, ELISA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $63,004.92 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HROMOWYK, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $63,004.77 | Date 02/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $63,003.90 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, TODD M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $63,003.83 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, REBECCA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $63,003.79 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, MELANIE L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $63,003.59 | Date 09/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLENTZ, JUSTIN D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $63,003.48 | Date 07/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DA COSTA, GUSTAVO C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $63,003.25 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, JEFFREY T | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $63,003.23 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWD, JOANNE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $63,003.05 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WURTHMAN, JEROMY L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $63,002.91 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, BRYAN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $63,002.51 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONAVISO, ANTHONY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $63,002.44 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KENNETH L, JR | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $63,002.00 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSAK, MARGARITA | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $63,001.72 | Date 05/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGILL, WILLIAM H | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $63,001.51 | Date 05/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, PETER A | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $63,001.16 | Date 12/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOBLOCH, DAVID R | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $63,001.08 | Date 10/07/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRINE, FREDERICK P | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $63,001.00 | Date 09/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, ANTHONY F | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $63,000.89 | Date 07/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, JOHN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $63,000.86 | Date 04/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABATINO, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $63,000.86 | Date 06/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER-WILSON, WENDY L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $63,000.83 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, PATRICIA S | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $63,000.81 | Date 09/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, JESSE W | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $63,000.69 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORK, JAMES P | Employer name South Huntington Water District | Amount $63,000.27 | Date 03/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKOWSKI, NANCY S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $63,000.12 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, PATRICK D | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $63,000.08 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $63,000.01 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK-HARRELL, MICHELLE, MRS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,999.99 | Date 03/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN KEUREN, THOMAS M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $62,999.94 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGEL, FLORA | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $62,999.75 | Date 03/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANZALONE, MARY T | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $62,999.46 | Date 06/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAPKA, DAVID M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,999.21 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBSON, DONALD J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $62,998.88 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIES, BRADLEY M | Employer name Hampton Bays UFSD | Amount $62,998.71 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERYEA, NORMA A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $62,998.51 | Date 11/08/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHNNY | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $62,998.02 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, SCOTT J | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $62,997.82 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, KATHRYN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,997.63 | Date 07/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOO, RODNEY | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $62,997.58 | Date 04/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARKISIAN, BRIAN G | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $62,997.55 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, PATRICK L | Employer name Fayetteville-Manlius CSD | Amount $62,997.36 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SHATEREH F | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $62,996.84 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBB, JEFF S | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $62,996.82 | Date 12/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, DENNIS W | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $62,996.60 | Date 04/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMA, MARCELLA C | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $62,996.59 | Date 08/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KEVIN M | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $62,996.58 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSHUK, IRINA | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $62,996.56 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON-GRAVINA, KERRY A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $62,996.38 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KHALIFA N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,994.81 | Date 11/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, MELISSA M | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $62,994.66 | Date 02/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, CATHY A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $62,994.55 | Date 06/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIASECKI, JAMES R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $62,994.32 | Date 03/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEP, MARY S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $62,993.46 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDD, JOSEPH M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $62,993.23 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLICKNER, HEATHER A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $62,993.22 | Date 05/27/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, MARGARET | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $62,993.14 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, DAVID A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,993.09 | Date 10/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZEL, JENNA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,993.00 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAROWN, TERI L | Employer name Village of Cooperstown | Amount $62,992.39 | Date 08/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRIN, REBECCA T | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $62,992.15 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKETT, DENESE E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $62,991.79 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, JAMES M | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $62,991.46 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, MELANIE K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $62,991.42 | Date 08/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICK, CLAUDE | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $62,991.41 | Date 08/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, KEVIN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $62,991.36 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, EVADNEY E | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $62,991.28 | Date 07/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, CATHERINE | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $62,991.25 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVINS, ANDREW R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $62,991.05 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTICELLI, JEANNINE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMBRA, GINGER N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGARDO, TERRI E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, CHERYL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 11/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, MONICA S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARONEY, TAMMY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATCHETT, ELAINE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LEESHA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, KAREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 10/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANOWSKI, GREGORY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS-MIDGETTE, CAROLYNN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORISE, TINA MARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRINIDAD, KATHLEEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAVOULES, GAIL H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,991.00 | Date 11/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, BRIAN P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,990.05 | Date 07/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERILLO, JESSE J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $62,989.89 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELORIA, KRISTEN A | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $62,989.51 | Date 12/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SEAN | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $62,989.03 | Date 04/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHTFOOT, JAN E | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $62,988.61 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, ROSANN J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $62,988.55 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZELI, LINDA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $62,988.17 | Date 01/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, JACQUELINE B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $62,988.12 | Date 07/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACHMEYER, RANDOLPH J | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $62,987.84 | Date 01/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, BARBARA R | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $62,987.67 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEASE, ELAINE M | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $62,987.44 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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