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 SMITH, CATHERINE B | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $61,226.14 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONAKIS, MICHAEL G | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $61,226.13 | Date 04/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOHN A | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $61,225.90 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LA VERGNE, BROOKS R | Employer name Batavia City-School Dist | Amount $61,225.87 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMMING, JULIA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $61,225.65 | Date 11/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, JOHNNY L, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $61,225.37 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMSEY, TERRY L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $61,225.29 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWNINGSHIELD, ERIC J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $61,225.14 | Date 12/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAPLETON, JAMES C, JR | Employer name Niskayuna CSD | Amount $61,224.96 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROKER, DANIEL | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $61,224.82 | Date 12/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, BRIAN J | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $61,224.73 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LULLO, SUSAN C | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $61,224.61 | Date 09/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, JOSIAH K | Employer name Albany County | Amount $61,224.60 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CEGLIO, DENNIS V | Employer name Village of Cedarhurst | Amount $61,224.20 | Date 03/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, MARVIN H | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $61,224.00 | Date 11/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIDIO, DAVID A | Employer name Warren County | Amount $61,223.74 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARGO, GEORGE E, III | Employer name Village of West Haverstraw | Amount $61,223.72 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOBAR, LUCIA C | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $61,223.52 | Date 07/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRELL, WENDY A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $61,223.37 | Date 11/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VOE, KATE | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $61,223.11 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTUCCI, ERIN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $61,222.93 | Date 02/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERO, FRANCES | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $61,222.68 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEITZ, WENDY J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $61,222.60 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREESE, LORI J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $61,222.52 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCI, LINDA | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $61,222.51 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTES, DOROTHY L | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $61,222.39 | Date 11/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGEAL, SARAH C | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $61,222.23 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSZCZYK, RICHARD | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $61,221.15 | Date 01/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DARLENE K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $61,221.08 | Date 03/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERBLATT, JENNIFER YU | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $61,220.49 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOCHA, JOHN A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $61,220.36 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THARP, JOHN F M | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $61,220.27 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CARL H | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $61,220.10 | Date 06/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $61,219.66 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $61,219.34 | Date 09/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNOR, ROSE A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $61,219.33 | Date 08/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, WAYDE R | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $61,219.10 | Date 01/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSEN, MATTHEW J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $61,219.01 | Date 01/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIA, FRANCES | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $61,218.90 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEW, ANNMARIE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $61,218.81 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, TYLER J | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $61,218.79 | Date 03/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, ROSE M | Employer name Palmyra-Macedon CSD | Amount $61,218.40 | Date 10/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYO, MICHELLE | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $61,218.33 | Date 12/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, KAREN L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $61,218.11 | Date 12/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLERT, GARY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $61,218.00 | Date 09/22/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUSK, HEIDI M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,217.83 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, LARRY, SR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $61,217.75 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, MYRIAM | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $61,217.66 | Date 08/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, FRANKIE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,217.58 | Date 01/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTMAN, DAVID | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $61,217.58 | Date 07/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE-HATCHARD, ANDREW S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $61,217.54 | Date 01/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DANIEL F | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $61,217.30 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISTRI, TAPAS K | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,217.21 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, FANNY P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $61,217.21 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, BARRY L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,216.94 | Date 10/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANSTON, MICHAEL L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $61,216.90 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXIS, ANDRE O | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $61,216.66 | Date 11/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, YULIA | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $61,216.34 | Date 06/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SHAWN P | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $61,215.95 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $61,215.85 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ANDREW K | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $61,215.74 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHVARTS, ARKADIY N | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $61,215.71 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUMLEY, PATRICIA E | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $61,215.59 | Date 02/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, LOIS B | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $61,215.51 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DALE A | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $61,215.24 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLSON, KRISTINE D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $61,215.17 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, MAURICE H | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $61,214.79 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTMAN, WALLACE | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $61,214.74 | Date 03/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINE, CRAIG R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $61,214.48 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, AARON M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $61,214.46 | Date 09/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, KIMBERLY C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $61,213.92 | Date 03/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHENOY, ANITA A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $61,213.41 | Date 03/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIURO, GLORIMARYS | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $61,213.41 | Date 06/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, DEIRDRE T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $61,213.41 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINAGRA, JACKLYN A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $61,213.41 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, DIEGO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $61,213.08 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANSOME, MICAH JEREMIAH | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $61,213.01 | Date 07/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELSEN, ROSEANNA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,212.79 | Date 02/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ELIZABETH I | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $61,212.52 | Date 06/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, MELISSA S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,212.49 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC HENRY, TREVOR J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $61,212.11 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, PATRICIA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $61,212.02 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JEFFREY A | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $61,211.86 | Date 05/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSGITH, MICHELLE S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,211.72 | Date 03/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKLESS, MARIA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $61,211.56 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANEY, ALLECIA K | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $61,210.06 | Date 07/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODIE, LARRY T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $61,210.03 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODIN, NICHOLAS L | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $61,209.97 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMERKA, JAMES M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $61,209.88 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIPOSA, RUTH A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,209.86 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, ERIC G | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $61,209.26 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYOR, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $61,209.26 | Date 10/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ATEER, KELLY L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $61,208.63 | Date 06/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIANO, MARY A | Employer name Cheektowaga CSD | Amount $61,208.39 | Date 10/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROVATO, GREGG A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,208.29 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLJE, BONNIE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $61,207.59 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BRIAN M | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $61,207.43 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITT, GARY R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $61,206.88 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, FRANTASIA C L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,206.79 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HEUSEN, TERESA D | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $61,206.53 | Date 07/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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