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 HANSEN, HELENA P | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $62,344.10 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVARTS, BRIAN C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,344.02 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, KATHRYN | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $62,343.70 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $62,343.62 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCABE, KEVIN J | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $62,343.62 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, VALERIE R | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $62,343.60 | Date 03/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, DONNA J | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $62,343.57 | Date 03/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAD, DAVID S | Employer name Yates County | Amount $62,343.54 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, SUSAN J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $62,343.50 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, ERIC R | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $62,343.42 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, JOSEPH F | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $62,343.18 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LEON, CARA JOAN D | Employer name Dobbs Ferry UFSD | Amount $62,343.12 | Date 09/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, STEFAN J | Employer name Highlnd Falls-Ft Mntgomery CSD | Amount $62,343.07 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTINGTON, GERARD J, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,342.87 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARMA, MEGHA R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,342.60 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JOSHUA T | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $62,342.51 | Date 05/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BERJEOIS, DANIEL E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,342.49 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONDICCIO, JOSEPH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $62,342.46 | Date 06/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANG, DAESHIK | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $62,342.22 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRIS, KIMBERLY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $62,342.01 | Date 06/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, RONALD G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $62,341.84 | Date 09/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, WILLIAM M | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $62,341.45 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEEMANN, ROBERT G, III | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $62,341.39 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PLANTE, BRYAN C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $62,341.09 | Date 11/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINGATE-WADE, JUDITH | Employer name Norwich Housing Authority | Amount $62,340.90 | Date 04/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STITT BOVE, ELLEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $62,340.80 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLYER, BRANDI L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $62,340.61 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUILLAUME, ROSE | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $62,340.60 | Date 12/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAIGE, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,340.50 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYBDAHL, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $62,340.41 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUSIE, KEVIN W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $62,340.31 | Date 04/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, FREDRICK L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $62,340.16 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, KAREN A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $62,339.95 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBEL, MICHAEL E | Employer name Whitesboro CSD | Amount $62,339.92 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, THEODORE C, III | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $62,339.71 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISCIAGNA, ROBERT | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $62,339.50 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUST, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $62,339.45 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, CAROLE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $62,339.36 | Date 08/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHONDT, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $62,338.96 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHECO, TRAVIS A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $62,338.85 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACRI, ROCKY A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $62,338.69 | Date 08/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, NICOLE L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $62,337.72 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWLEY, SHERWOOD J, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $62,337.24 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, GARY J | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $62,337.02 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, HEATHER L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $62,337.01 | Date 12/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, MARK J | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $62,336.56 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOCHIA, MARK T | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $62,336.56 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANRATTY, GLENN E | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $62,336.44 | Date 04/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESHURES, SHREEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $62,336.41 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, MARYANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,335.56 | Date 09/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANETTO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $62,334.74 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATTENBRUN, DAVID L, IV | Employer name Orange County | Amount $62,334.35 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JANET A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $62,334.00 | Date 05/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOKOSA, AIMEE L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $62,333.99 | Date 05/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLA, LORENZO E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $62,333.97 | Date 05/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANGENSTEIN, WILLIAM S | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $62,333.90 | Date 05/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KAMALI J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $62,333.71 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALLAS, TODD M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $62,333.33 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAAS, JASON M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $62,333.31 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINKO, ELIOT J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $62,332.87 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGSON, SARA Z | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $62,332.79 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONAMASSA, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $62,332.48 | Date 10/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORINO, ALICIA D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $62,332.14 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, KATIE L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $62,332.07 | Date 10/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHNELL, TYRELL | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $62,331.82 | Date 06/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSIER, GEORGE J, III | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $62,331.76 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURELUS, KERCIDA | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $62,331.03 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIKE, DOMINIC S | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $62,330.93 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGLER, NORMAN L, JR | Employer name Copake-Taconic Hills CSD | Amount $62,330.40 | Date 11/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINS, NOLA A | Employer name Chittenango CSD | Amount $62,329.88 | Date 10/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTELEONE, ROBERT F | Employer name Greene County | Amount $62,329.67 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGEVIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $62,329.61 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANGRANDE, BILL | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $62,329.61 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, NATHAN L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $62,329.58 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCADUTO, JOSEPH W | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $62,329.46 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACPHERSON, MELISSA M | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $62,329.43 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, WILLIAM T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,329.16 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANCO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $62,329.07 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREWITT, TIMOTHY | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $62,328.99 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN RIPER, BARBARA E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $62,328.94 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAFFORD, DAVID J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $62,328.47 | Date 07/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALWAY-BEERS, SANDRA | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $62,328.19 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUGHMAN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $62,327.95 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULINIO, HEATHER L | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $62,327.83 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRADA, BRIGID | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $62,327.75 | Date 10/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALLARINO, JEFFREY S | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $62,327.66 | Date 11/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, PATRICK R | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $62,327.62 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT-CARON, CASEY M | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $62,327.15 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DEIRDRE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $62,327.03 | Date 10/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, DARYLE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $62,326.81 | Date 02/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, DONNA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $62,326.79 | Date 01/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESSA, VINCENT | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $62,326.74 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINESS, SARAH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $62,326.47 | Date 04/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATCHELL, JASON | Employer name Village of Arcade | Amount $62,326.37 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOT, RONALD S, SR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $62,326.33 | Date 04/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, SHAWN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $62,326.27 | Date 04/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, JOSEPH M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $62,325.87 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, CHAD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $62,325.87 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPEZZA, THOMAS A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,325.84 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASELEY, LAURA J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $62,325.69 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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