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 FLIKE, TREVOR O | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $62,457.87 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LINDSEY N | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $62,457.17 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILCOX, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $62,456.96 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $62,456.94 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAJARA, ADAM R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $62,456.57 | Date 07/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHEIDT, ADAM D | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $62,456.50 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAVIDA, KARLA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $62,456.38 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, LISA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,456.16 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AQUAFREDDA, ADAM J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $62,456.12 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANTREESE, PANSY R | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $62,456.05 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRIX, ROBERT | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $62,455.83 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, DANIEL R | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $62,455.55 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALKA, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $62,455.52 | Date 05/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, TODD M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,455.47 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDNEY, KEVIN G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,455.44 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDAZZO, MIROSLAWA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $62,455.24 | Date 06/26/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITZE, DEBRA A | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $62,454.99 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DYKE, NICOLE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,454.66 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMELIO, BENEDICT E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $62,454.54 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGI, DANIEL J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $62,454.53 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAVAN, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $62,454.41 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTEMANCHE, SCOTT | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $62,454.32 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APONTE, GILBERT | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $62,454.26 | Date 04/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUES, MARIE P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $62,453.78 | Date 04/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSSENO, WARREN A, JR | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $62,453.76 | Date 08/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, KELLY K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $62,453.73 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KATHI A | Employer name Boces-Ham'Tn Fulton Montgomery | Amount $62,453.73 | Date 07/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGE, FRITZ W | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $62,453.65 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ISSIAH L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $62,453.50 | Date 10/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS, SEVERN W | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $62,453.45 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, RYAN J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $62,453.27 | Date 01/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLAK, TAYLOR J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $62,452.99 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADSBY, RYAN T | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $62,452.87 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULSIFER, LARRY L | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $62,452.87 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAND, DANIEL L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $62,452.76 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, DOUGLAS K | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $62,452.62 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, THOMAS P | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $62,452.60 | Date 11/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, YOLANDA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $62,452.43 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNER, KEVIN M | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $62,452.31 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOL, COLLIN P | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $62,452.25 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOHN, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $62,452.22 | Date 07/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ROGER O | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,452.20 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBBY, MERRIANN M | Employer name Fallsburg CSD | Amount $62,452.13 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRELL, ROBERT W | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $62,452.02 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, WALTER C | Employer name Rockville Centre Housing Auth | Amount $62,452.01 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFRE, ERIC M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $62,451.95 | Date 04/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVATELLO, LISA D | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $62,451.81 | Date 04/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, CHRISTINE D | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $62,451.78 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINA, MARGARET | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $62,451.78 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, KRISTINA M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $62,451.69 | Date 05/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLEWELLYN, AARON W | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $62,451.54 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REAHL, KATHERINE E | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $62,451.34 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, THOMAS R, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $62,450.76 | Date 08/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECHINGER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $62,450.70 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, DEREK J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $62,450.58 | Date 02/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUND, MARY | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $62,450.45 | Date 07/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, KENNETH A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $62,450.35 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIRANZO, RAFAEL A, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,450.30 | Date 03/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, STEVEN M | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $62,450.25 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAMUS, ARNOLD L | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $62,450.18 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARDONE, JANICE C | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $62,450.02 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, WILLIAM R | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $62,449.73 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEELEY, JAY J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $62,449.61 | Date 11/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, HAROLD D | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $62,449.61 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, YVETTE A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $62,449.57 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, ARLENE | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $62,449.55 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, VANESSA J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $62,449.38 | Date 06/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, BRANDON M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $62,448.70 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBOTTIS, MARCUS P, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,448.36 | Date 10/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURLEY, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $62,448.17 | Date 03/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, ADAM P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $62,447.98 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, DENNIS W | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $62,447.92 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, ADRIENNE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $62,447.58 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCADIPANE, JOHN T | Employer name Chautauqua Lake CSD | Amount $62,447.55 | Date 12/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, DAVID J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $62,446.77 | Date 12/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, JAMES F | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $62,446.62 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $62,446.51 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, STEPHEN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $62,446.45 | Date 01/23/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNAR MORENO, PAOLA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $62,446.38 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $62,446.24 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMENN, MARY KAY L | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $62,445.97 | Date 02/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMER, LISANNE E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $62,445.56 | Date 01/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFER, SHERRI L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $62,445.39 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALSAS, CARLOS J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $62,444.98 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATLIN, GEOFFREY G | Employer name Village of Brockport | Amount $62,444.87 | Date 09/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, JENNIFER M | Employer name Norwich UFSD 1 | Amount $62,444.30 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, GAYLE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,444.17 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER-BIXLER, ANDREA L | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $62,443.69 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTS, TRACEY D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $62,443.39 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINAL, CLARISA | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $62,443.27 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REISING, JASON D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $62,443.16 | Date 08/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON-RONDON, CATHELINE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $62,442.43 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, GLENN A | Employer name Town of Milan | Amount $62,442.24 | Date 05/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, DANIEL J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $62,441.89 | Date 10/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLAWOLE, ADEMOLA O | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,441.76 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, SHAUN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,441.53 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACKENZIE, ROBERT G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $62,441.50 | Date 04/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $62,441.43 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, JAMES J | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $62,441.43 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUBE, KAREN E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,441.31 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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