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 GURNEY, CAMERON T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $61,894.68 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, JONATHAN E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $61,894.26 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVER, KIMBERLEE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,894.12 | Date 06/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILLOBRE, GINA L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $61,893.91 | Date 10/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, DEBORAH V | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $61,893.82 | Date 01/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERNY, EILEEN M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $61,893.82 | Date 10/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDELEVICH, GRIGORIY | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,893.52 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARRIGO, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $61,893.43 | Date 11/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CANDACE E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,893.16 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAETA, MICHELLE | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $61,893.12 | Date 04/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LEO, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $61,893.11 | Date 01/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCOMB, ADAM J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $61,893.02 | Date 11/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $61,893.00 | Date 07/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, LAUREN L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $61,892.43 | Date 01/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, BRADFORD B | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $61,892.38 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, DWAYNE T | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $61,892.33 | Date 08/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, EDNA S | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $61,892.26 | Date 04/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORSHINSKI, ANGELA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,891.39 | Date 09/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARELLO, MICHELLE | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $61,891.33 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTALEO, RITA M | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $61,891.21 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, WILLIAM M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $61,891.02 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, HEATHER A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $61,890.58 | Date 06/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, VICKI M | Employer name Hoosick Falls CSD | Amount $61,890.39 | Date 12/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, EILEEN | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $61,890.27 | Date 09/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATERA, ALLEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,890.12 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARCE, JAY E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $61,890.09 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINE, KAREN M | Employer name Amherst CSD | Amount $61,889.99 | Date 11/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, RAMON A | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $61,889.95 | Date 02/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TICCO, REGINA F | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $61,889.91 | Date 01/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,889.84 | Date 10/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, GEORGE R, III | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $61,889.48 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, KRISTOPHER E | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $61,889.47 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIDEZ-BARREIRA, URSULO | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $61,888.82 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PILLO, SUZANNE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $61,888.77 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, SARA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $61,888.68 | Date 08/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERY, DENISE A | Employer name Ellenville CSD | Amount $61,888.56 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELAK, MATTHEW L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $61,888.32 | Date 05/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOHN O | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $61,888.10 | Date 07/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIX, TERESA J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $61,888.07 | Date 01/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, LISA M | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $61,887.80 | Date 08/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTESON, THOMAS W | Employer name Town of Queensbury | Amount $61,887.56 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELNO, KEVIN B | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $61,887.42 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADERLI, KEVIN F, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $61,887.33 | Date 12/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDOSKY, JOSHUA J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $61,887.16 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAZIO, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $61,886.86 | Date 09/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, CRYSTAL L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $61,886.13 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAROLIS, MELISSA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $61,886.00 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIA, ANNE | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $61,885.84 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GILL, LESLIE S | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $61,885.26 | Date 04/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $61,885.08 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TYLER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,884.60 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ALLYSON K | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $61,884.56 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCAGLI, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $61,884.15 | Date 02/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUNTRYMAN, DOROTHY A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $61,883.98 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEFF, PATRICIA A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $61,883.87 | Date 02/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINAN, JEFFREY E | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $61,883.74 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $61,883.70 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MORRISSEY, DARLENE M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $61,883.60 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, JANET J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $61,883.47 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, LISA C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $61,883.33 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $61,883.24 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVORE, MIRIAM L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $61,882.99 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, ISRAEL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $61,882.74 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, TERRENCE J | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $61,882.71 | Date 08/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, DONALD H, SR | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $61,882.40 | Date 01/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, STEVEN A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $61,881.96 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCHARD, ALAN J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $61,881.84 | Date 08/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMINGWAY, MATTHEW P | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $61,881.77 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ELLEN M | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $61,881.71 | Date 03/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCTO, ROBIN J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $61,881.71 | Date 01/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRES, CYNTHIA | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $61,881.71 | Date 02/13/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $61,881.71 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHNE, RONALD F | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $61,881.58 | Date 10/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, JOHN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $61,880.86 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURATORE, ANTHONY E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $61,880.60 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYHRE, DAVID A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $61,880.49 | Date 07/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, COLLEEN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,880.32 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRISON, SAMANTHA LYNN | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $61,880.00 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIECUCH, THOMAS F | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $61,880.00 | Date 10/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAEGER, DARLEEN M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $61,879.44 | Date 10/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLA, NATHAN T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $61,879.39 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULDENSCHUH, CARL E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $61,878.52 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUPE, BRIAN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $61,878.42 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KATHRYN L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $61,878.40 | Date 05/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, JANINE | Employer name Marlboro CSD | Amount $61,877.87 | Date 05/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, COLLEEN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $61,877.77 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEASE, THEODORE B | Employer name Onondaga Co Res Rec Agcy | Amount $61,877.75 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASLER, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,877.30 | Date 04/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HORA, BRIAN J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $61,876.91 | Date 07/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAUGLES, VIRGINIA N | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $61,876.79 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, KATHERINE C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $61,876.71 | Date 01/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONZO, NICHOLAS V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,876.69 | Date 06/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EMCHEK, CRAIG | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,876.18 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARK R | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $61,875.41 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REALE, THOMAS A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $61,875.36 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGACE, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $61,875.19 | Date 01/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $61,874.57 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $61,874.56 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKLE, BONNIE L | Employer name Rondout Valley CSD at Accord | Amount $61,874.52 | Date 09/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, NICOLE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,874.25 | Date 06/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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