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 CURRY, BRIAN A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $62,515.24 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DIANA | Employer name Gordon Heights Fire District | Amount $62,515.24 | Date 07/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISSER, DAVID W | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $62,515.11 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIANO, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,514.90 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVA, MARY LOU | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,514.90 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEISS, KRISTINE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,514.90 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, TANYA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,514.90 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALLY, BRENDA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,514.90 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HALE, DANIELLE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,514.90 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, KELLEY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,514.90 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, SCOTT A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $62,514.77 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYSON, MICHAEL GEORGE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $62,514.42 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOONMAKER, MICHAEL R, JR | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $62,514.26 | Date 06/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEN, ROBERT M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $62,514.20 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, NATHANIAL J | Employer name Village of Northville | Amount $62,513.91 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCI, SHARON A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $62,513.76 | Date 04/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, MARSHA B | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $62,513.57 | Date 11/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, DAVID T | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $62,513.35 | Date 08/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RENEE R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $62,513.02 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, DAVID P | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,512.64 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, CHESTER L, JR | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $62,512.35 | Date 11/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOWELL, SPENCER C | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $62,512.27 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, ROBERT P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,511.70 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTNETT, PATRICIA J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $62,511.68 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYHURST, DANIEL D | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $62,511.54 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCO, GREGORY S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $62,511.32 | Date 11/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $62,510.68 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, MATTHEW T | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $62,510.56 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVER, HENRY C | Employer name Village of Ravena | Amount $62,510.36 | Date 04/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, DEBORAH | Employer name No Tonawanda Public Library | Amount $62,510.19 | Date 08/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGER, DANIEL A | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $62,510.07 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILEK, WARREN G | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $62,510.04 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JOSEPH T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $62,509.94 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHATNAGAR, SANDIP C | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $62,509.80 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEASLEY, CHANEL D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,509.35 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, CANDACE L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $62,509.23 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY-OKON, DEBRA L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,508.90 | Date 01/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLER, WAYNE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,508.71 | Date 06/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHLER, DONALD F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,508.71 | Date 02/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODFREY, THOMAS J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $62,508.71 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, JAMES D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $62,508.71 | Date 03/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZELDEN, DOUGLAS G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $62,508.71 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLWARD, WARREN W, JR | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $62,508.71 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, THOMAS E | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $62,508.71 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, RONALD V | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $62,508.57 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JESSICA E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $62,508.52 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURL, ARTHUR E | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $62,508.37 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYKEN, ARTHUR J | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $62,508.32 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZLETT, JEFFREY S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $62,508.17 | Date 03/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAVE, JANICE B | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $62,507.90 | Date 12/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $62,507.79 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMBERT, JEREMIAH | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $62,507.69 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLYSTONE, JOSHUA O | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $62,507.65 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, BARBARA J | Employer name Town of Victor | Amount $62,507.52 | Date 04/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, CHRISTINE K | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,507.09 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUBA, VALERIE A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $62,507.04 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMAR, KEVIN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $62,506.31 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERETTE, DREW A | Employer name Southold UFSD | Amount $62,506.06 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIA, JOHN T | Employer name Onondaga CSD | Amount $62,505.77 | Date 07/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KOSKY, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $62,505.74 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNGAR, JENNIFER C | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $62,505.56 | Date 12/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'GRADY, KYLE S | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $62,505.31 | Date 02/15/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, MATTHEW R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $62,504.78 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRESS, DALE W | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $62,504.52 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLDT, CAROL L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $62,504.51 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELEWSKI, MELANIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $62,504.14 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUBERTIER, PEDRO M, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $62,504.00 | Date 06/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISHMAEL, PARBATEE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $62,503.83 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHERSPOON, DORETHA | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $62,503.80 | Date 10/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, ARTURO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,503.80 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $62,503.69 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURKEE-POOLE, JASON M | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $62,503.65 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENA, JOSE R | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $62,503.30 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKICH, JOHN P | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $62,503.28 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMUNDO, ALEX R | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $62,503.22 | Date 03/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKARTSIARIS, ANASTASIOS | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $62,503.20 | Date 07/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, ANNE M | Employer name Edgemont UFSD at Greenburgh | Amount $62,503.00 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCO, SALVATORE | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $62,502.57 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADORES, JEANETTE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $62,502.42 | Date 09/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTACAVOLI, PAUL, JR | Employer name Village of Port Dickinson | Amount $62,502.24 | Date 06/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAIORINO, KRISTINE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $62,502.08 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, MELISSA E | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $62,502.04 | Date 07/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $62,502.01 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $62,501.80 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLAN, KEITH T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,501.74 | Date 10/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYMENT, DEBORAH J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $62,501.60 | Date 09/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, ROBERT J | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $62,501.51 | Date 11/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLO, DUSTI L | Employer name New Paltz CSD | Amount $62,501.51 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIANG, KADEN N | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $62,501.21 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCORESE, RONALD S | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $62,501.00 | Date 06/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, MANETTE A | Employer name Shoreham-Wading River CSD | Amount $62,500.16 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CERBO, NICHOLAS A, JR | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $62,500.10 | Date 04/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, DIANE K | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $62,500.10 | Date 03/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROUT, DAVID C | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $62,500.08 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JAMES L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $62,500.07 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CYNTHIA D | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $62,499.92 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, CYNTHIA D | Employer name Rye Free Reading Room | Amount $62,499.90 | Date 01/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEES, MEGHAN P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $62,499.84 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOTH, WALTER L, III | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $62,499.84 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUDINO, HEIDI L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $62,499.69 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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