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 SOMMER, JACALYN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,619.33 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, SHERLY | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $61,618.46 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARIKH, SHIVAM B | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $61,618.42 | Date 05/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPP, LOUIS M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $61,618.40 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, BRENDA F | Employer name Education Department | Amount $61,618.39 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $61,618.37 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABREJA, MATTIE R | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $61,618.11 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, DONNA M | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $61,618.07 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICINO, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,617.65 | Date 06/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MLODYNIA, JOYCE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,617.62 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NADLER, THOMAS P | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $61,617.53 | Date 01/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEVARA, MARIA E | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $61,617.43 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ARCANGELO, KRISTEN | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $61,617.26 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, JASON M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $61,617.22 | Date 05/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRECH, RANDALL E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,617.22 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERBER, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $61,617.06 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORP, FRANK S, III | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $61,616.85 | Date 10/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $61,616.71 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONEYCUTT, STEPHANIE J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,616.43 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $61,616.07 | Date 06/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, GEWENTHE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,615.69 | Date 04/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFINA, ALFIYA F | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $61,615.56 | Date 01/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGA, ANDREW M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,615.46 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, DANA C | Employer name Village of Warsaw | Amount $61,615.30 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, KENNETH F | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $61,615.11 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERON, DOUGLAS G | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $61,614.74 | Date 10/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTTONE, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,614.70 | Date 03/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYCEK, WILLIAM J | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $61,614.48 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Oriskany CSD | Amount $61,614.22 | Date 11/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASPY, SEAN | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $61,614.11 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASMUS, JOHN W | Employer name Village of Akron | Amount $61,613.95 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, FERNANDO S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $61,613.28 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELEEN, PAMELA A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $61,613.10 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, PATRICIA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,612.83 | Date 11/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMANNA, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $61,612.75 | Date 06/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $61,612.30 | Date 02/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRONE, CAMILLE A | Employer name Millbrook CSD | Amount $61,612.11 | Date 07/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTE, LISBETH C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $61,612.07 | Date 03/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALLAS, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $61,611.91 | Date 02/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYNTON, ROBERT W | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $61,611.83 | Date 04/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIRN, ANDREA N | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $61,611.60 | Date 06/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, DEREK | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $61,611.31 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, MAXINE A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $61,610.91 | Date 06/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, PAULA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $61,610.86 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIATEK, KENNETH A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $61,610.45 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NKWANTABISA, KWAME | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $61,610.43 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLITZ, GLENNA A | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $61,610.30 | Date 09/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JOANN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $61,609.82 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS, VALERIE J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $61,609.46 | Date 12/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYGERT, MARTHA L | Employer name Village of Manlius | Amount $61,607.98 | Date 11/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, GERALD T | Employer name Bayport Blue Point Pub Library | Amount $61,607.72 | Date 02/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGART, SCOTT D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $61,607.51 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, DAVID R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,607.14 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUJCIK, JAMES M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $61,607.00 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMICE, LEO J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $61,606.45 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, KELLY C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,606.28 | Date 05/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, GERALD R | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $61,606.24 | Date 11/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORREGROSSA, JOYCE | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $61,606.15 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, ROBERTO | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $61,606.07 | Date 10/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOON, THOMAS R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,606.02 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, RODNEY J | Employer name Greenburgh Housing Authority | Amount $61,605.97 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA ROCCO, JEFFREY M | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $61,605.53 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, RONALD L | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $61,605.45 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENWOOD, JAMIE H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,604.90 | Date 08/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORELLI, DEBRA | Employer name South Huntington Water District | Amount $61,604.55 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGG, JAMES C | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $61,604.54 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONBOY, BENEDICT J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $61,604.05 | Date 12/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKOWSKI, ALAN R | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $61,603.89 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIEST, PAUL A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $61,603.73 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNING, KENNETH | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $61,603.64 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, LAUREN K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $61,603.55 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Little Falls | Amount $61,603.53 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THROM, STEPHEN W | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $61,603.43 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLNER, MAUREEN | Employer name Village of Lloyd Harbor | Amount $61,603.40 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, KEITH J | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $61,603.13 | Date 05/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, MICHAEL A, JR | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $61,602.98 | Date 12/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART, ALEX E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,602.95 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, HENRY V | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $61,602.89 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICARI, KAREN A | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $61,602.65 | Date 10/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, RYAN C | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $61,602.32 | Date 11/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VALKENBURG, JOHN R | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $61,602.30 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARSENAULT, ROSS J | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $61,602.02 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLINGER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $61,600.81 | Date 10/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, DONALD G | Employer name Town of Minisink | Amount $61,600.76 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DALE R | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $61,600.72 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JANINE D | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $61,599.74 | Date 05/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, PATRICIA L | Employer name Rockville Centre Pub Library | Amount $61,599.69 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, AMANDA E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $61,598.96 | Date 02/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $61,598.76 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Cicero | Amount $61,598.65 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAHRENDORFF, MICHELE D | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $61,597.79 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUEBER, VINCENT P | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $61,597.78 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSUN, DAVID M | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $61,597.78 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATEL, MARK J | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $61,597.64 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, RONALD D | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $61,597.42 | Date 04/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISERCOLA, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $61,597.30 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINTAK, MICHELE A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $61,596.90 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEFEE, RODNEY L | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $61,596.43 | Date 10/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLASURDO, STEVEN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,596.37 | Date 11/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LORITA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $61,596.31 | Date 06/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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