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 LESHNICK, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $60,878.16 | Date 08/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONSON, ROSS A | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $60,878.14 | Date 02/10/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, ISRAEL | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $60,877.88 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERETTO, RUTH A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,877.86 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWSETT, STEVEN P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $60,877.80 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWEH, KATHY D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $60,877.77 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTANASIO, JANET | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $60,877.43 | Date 05/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dutchess Water Wastewater Auth | Amount $60,877.19 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JOSEPH V | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $60,877.02 | Date 12/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTUSCELLO, BEAU | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $60,876.77 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, RICHARD L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,876.61 | Date 12/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UHLE, GERRETT S | Employer name Town of La Grange | Amount $60,876.41 | Date 06/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, JAMES | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,876.25 | Date 11/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, KRISTIN L | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $60,876.01 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSZCZYK, RYAN A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $60,875.95 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, TAIRI D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $60,875.81 | Date 09/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURNAU, CARL T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $60,875.79 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKHUNDOVA, RADA O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $60,875.41 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAUS, KARL P | Employer name Mayfield CSD | Amount $60,875.39 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUSEY, JOSHUA D | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $60,875.14 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, EDWARD E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $60,874.93 | Date 02/08/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMER-CONROY, JOLIE A | Employer name Poughkeepsie Publ Library Dis | Amount $60,874.92 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, DIANE | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $60,874.90 | Date 12/23/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDERSON, SAMANTHA D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $60,874.78 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDUF, JED A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $60,874.61 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, SHANE R | Employer name Village of Warsaw | Amount $60,874.51 | Date 04/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZATAR, MILDRED | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,874.36 | Date 10/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, LINDA A | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $60,874.13 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, VINCENT | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $60,874.02 | Date 02/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEAGLE, OLIVIA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $60,873.89 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLEY, KELLY L | Employer name Binghamton City School Dist | Amount $60,873.85 | Date 10/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, MELISSA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $60,873.59 | Date 12/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIDINSKY, MATTHEW F | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $60,872.99 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, LISA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $60,872.77 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEELAN, RONALD W | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $60,872.59 | Date 07/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYSEDORPH, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $60,872.25 | Date 02/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNER, JAMES T | Employer name City of Mechanicville | Amount $60,872.16 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTEAD, JERRY D, JR | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $60,871.66 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANTZLER, NICOLE B | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $60,871.30 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOHL, KEVIN G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $60,871.28 | Date 12/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, BRIAN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $60,871.27 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELAEZ, RICARDO A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $60,871.27 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETZEL, JOHN G | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $60,871.03 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, PAMELA J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $60,871.01 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RUSSELL W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $60,870.97 | Date 05/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHEVERRY, DIEGO F | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $60,870.77 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, CYNTHIA J | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $60,870.65 | Date 08/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARGO, DONNA M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $60,870.58 | Date 07/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, DARVIN | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $60,870.58 | Date 03/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVELL, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Village of Dansville | Amount $60,870.37 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, TAMARA L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,870.13 | Date 04/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICOTTA, PHILIP | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $60,870.09 | Date 11/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANLEY, CAMERON R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,870.08 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, DANIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,870.08 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEUNIG, ROBERT F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,870.07 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, KYLE J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,870.07 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUSTUS, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $60,869.69 | Date 12/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, KATHLEEN A | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $60,869.38 | Date 04/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIVALA, MATTHEW A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,869.26 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KINTER, SUZANNE | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $60,869.21 | Date 01/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGLER, YVONNE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $60,868.81 | Date 03/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, CORA A | Employer name Fulton City School Dist | Amount $60,868.51 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWLEY, KEVIN S | Employer name Town of Colton | Amount $60,868.50 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, JOYCE P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,868.43 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLOGNA, MEGAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,868.42 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, KRISTOPHER M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $60,868.32 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELLEY, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,867.93 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSCH, DIANE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,867.70 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, JOHN K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,867.14 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPENNE, JESSE R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $60,867.10 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORT, JOSEPH T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,866.41 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DICKSON, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $60,865.88 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, ROBIN A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $60,865.76 | Date 08/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRADE, JOHNNY A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $60,865.59 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, JAMES B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $60,865.33 | Date 08/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINOZA, DANNY E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,865.09 | Date 03/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSCHUK, PETER M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,865.08 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COFFTA SIMS, KATHLEEN | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,864.83 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, LYDIA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $60,864.50 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSTROM, JOANN K | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $60,864.41 | Date 01/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MARK S | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $60,864.10 | Date 01/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLWOOD, SUSAN | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $60,863.90 | Date 01/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKENDALL, DEREK J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $60,863.87 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMUDEZ, GEORGE | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $60,863.33 | Date 06/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LEAH E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $60,862.70 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANDREAU, JEAN M | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $60,862.30 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAL, BERNARD R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $60,862.15 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORMOSO, JOSE | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $60,862.15 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, CAROLINA | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $60,862.05 | Date 08/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, MARK J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $60,861.21 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, ANDREW B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $60,861.21 | Date 03/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACCO, CHRISTINE | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $60,861.10 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERSON, CHARLES | Employer name Orange County | Amount $60,860.94 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSERIA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,860.62 | Date 07/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KMIECIK, MAREK | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $60,860.42 | Date 02/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPAYO, GEORGE | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $60,860.10 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, NELSON | Employer name Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Amount $60,859.99 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEMIO, BARBARA | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $60,859.79 | Date 08/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Horseheads | Amount $60,859.75 | Date 11/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, SABRINA | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $60,859.64 | Date 09/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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