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 VENENDAAL, KRISTIN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,245.10 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, ANDREW T | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $61,245.08 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GAIL A | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $61,244.72 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOP, JANICE E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $61,244.67 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, NATALIE J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $61,244.64 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERMIN, ALBERT C, II | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $61,244.50 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, MICHAEL J | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $61,244.39 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, FREDERICK E | Employer name Town of Greenport | Amount $61,244.23 | Date 09/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JENNIFER L | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $61,244.17 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN REDD, MADELINE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $61,244.14 | Date 08/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, KREGG B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,243.84 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMURO, RACHEL L | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $61,243.68 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALESSIO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $61,243.65 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERAS, RAMON A | Employer name Village of Haverstraw | Amount $61,243.13 | Date 07/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERNER, ARKADY | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $61,243.00 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, FRANK A | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $61,242.64 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JOSE A | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $61,242.57 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTAFUOCO, REGINA | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $61,242.52 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, ADVA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $61,242.25 | Date 06/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, VALERIE G | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $61,242.08 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFFMAN, CATHY L | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $61,242.06 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAARI, MARY L | Employer name Village of Cold Spring | Amount $61,241.80 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, AMY R | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $61,241.49 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, MARK J | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $61,241.31 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUPRIS, MARK E | Employer name Brookfield CSD | Amount $61,241.30 | Date 02/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHMAN, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $61,241.26 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, EMMA L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $61,241.13 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORREY, SANDRA L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $61,241.07 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, STEVEN J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $61,240.64 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, MARK D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,240.56 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, YVETTE | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $61,240.30 | Date 12/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWSON, DENISE E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $61,240.29 | Date 02/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELENIEWSKI, EDWARD M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $61,240.08 | Date 05/27/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYWALD, PAUL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,240.01 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, GREGORY M | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $61,239.80 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLINE, RYAN A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $61,239.27 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, DANIEL B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,239.18 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLOMBO, BONITA L | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $61,239.08 | Date 04/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LUKE A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $61,239.02 | Date 02/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGGE, VERONICA A | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $61,239.01 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, DONNA L | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $61,238.42 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORBO, LINDA S | Employer name West Irondequoit CSD | Amount $61,238.07 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, JOSEPH V | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $61,237.97 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUTHOUSE, LARRY J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $61,237.97 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, BETH A | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $61,237.97 | Date 06/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNEER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,237.16 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, JOHNETTA T | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $61,236.92 | Date 01/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILCARI, DRINALD V | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $61,236.79 | Date 04/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZIARZ, DIANE | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $61,236.61 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSARD, GARY J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $61,236.31 | Date 05/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, DERRICK E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $61,236.26 | Date 07/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, DAVID J | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $61,236.26 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDIN, DARRYL R | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $61,236.23 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, TERRY L | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $61,235.88 | Date 12/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, BARBARA J | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $61,235.76 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCATO, SUSAN M | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $61,235.76 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURICCHIO, AIMEE A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $61,235.38 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CHERYL N | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $61,234.60 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWANCIW, AMANDA J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $61,234.53 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELANSON, STACY L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $61,233.91 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHEN, CAMILLA Q | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $61,233.64 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, MOLLY J | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $61,233.61 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, NATHAN E | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $61,233.50 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLANO, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $61,233.45 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, MARLO | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $61,233.17 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $61,233.08 | Date 10/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABRARA, WILSON O | Employer name Elmsford UFSD | Amount $61,232.95 | Date 12/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOHN A | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $61,232.93 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREMER, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Phelps | Amount $61,232.61 | Date 02/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCCHICONE, JOSEPH A | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $61,232.59 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASKARIS, CAROL R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $61,232.54 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, BRIAN M | Employer name Olean Housing Authority | Amount $61,232.34 | Date 10/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KATHRYN A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $61,232.13 | Date 08/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIEL, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $61,231.84 | Date 07/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEGOCKI, EUGENE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,231.66 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,231.65 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, FRANCES | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $61,231.45 | Date 02/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESLOUCHES, VLADIMIR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $61,231.07 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEMBLETON, MARK A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $61,230.97 | Date 02/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSANO, DONNA M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $61,230.94 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICK, AMY M G | Employer name Beacon City School Dist | Amount $61,230.70 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVILLA, GIGI C | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $61,230.26 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, RENEE E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $61,230.14 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $61,229.91 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMETANKA, BRETT A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $61,229.86 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATRO, JOHN T | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $61,229.75 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVATTO, CAROLE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $61,229.75 | Date 09/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLIN, JASON B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $61,229.60 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, PAUL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $61,229.11 | Date 12/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENKES, ERIN M | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $61,229.08 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, RACHEL S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $61,228.93 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BREW, JEANISE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $61,228.09 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NESS, ERIC | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $61,228.08 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARRIS, GREGORY G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,227.91 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZMOZYNSKI, CHARLES J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $61,227.79 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIKE, CYDNEY E | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $61,227.26 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJOR, RACHEL L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $61,227.12 | Date 06/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEBORAH C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,226.72 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONK, DONALD A | Employer name Fonda-Fultonville CSD | Amount $61,226.61 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, HEATHER L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $61,226.51 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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