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 WALLACE, RUSSELL | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $60,587.52 | Date 08/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETO, SCOTT J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $60,587.36 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALDEZ, CRISTOBAL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $60,586.70 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $60,586.66 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGER, BONNIE L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $60,586.62 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADRIGAN, JOHN W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,586.51 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, FRANK, JR | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $60,586.41 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKSON, PAUL J | Employer name Town of Colden | Amount $60,586.02 | Date 07/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, DAVID A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $60,585.96 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWCARZ, MICHELE S | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $60,585.82 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSENZA, JANICE M | Employer name Manhasset Public Library | Amount $60,585.49 | Date 11/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHEL, HOWARD K, JR | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $60,585.40 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IPPOLITI, MICHELLE L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $60,585.31 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILICKI, ROXANNE L | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $60,585.14 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYFIELD, DARCY L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $60,585.07 | Date 02/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Farmington | Amount $60,584.93 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIKER, EVGENY | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $60,584.90 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELIZAIRE, JIMMY B | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $60,584.83 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Hartland | Amount $60,584.76 | Date 01/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, ELIZABETH | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,584.73 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,584.66 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, BRENDAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,584.62 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNE, STEVEN E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $60,584.60 | Date 12/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODNEY, THOMAS L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $60,584.49 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONDELL, RAYMOND J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $60,584.41 | Date 01/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ERICK R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $60,584.32 | Date 03/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $60,584.04 | Date 01/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSELLO, BARBARA A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $60,583.81 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, DENNIS W | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $60,583.61 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUHOUPT, KEVIN J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $60,583.49 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ROBERT L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $60,583.30 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SORMEAU, ANN M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $60,583.09 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVERLY, COLLEEN A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $60,582.87 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIACOMAZZA, NANCY A | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $60,582.61 | Date 12/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, SHAWN M | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $60,582.55 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESOLOWSKI, MARK J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $60,581.98 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINT, LINDA W | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,581.43 | Date 09/20/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, WILLIAM J | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $60,581.39 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCZYK, ROBERT E | Employer name Iroquois CSD | Amount $60,580.87 | Date 09/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKSON, LYNN M | Employer name Cobleskill Richmondville CSD | Amount $60,580.59 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ANGELO | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $60,580.57 | Date 07/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $60,580.40 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNING, MARK E | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $60,580.37 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JAMES W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $60,579.43 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDINI, ALISON E | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $60,579.14 | Date 09/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERLING, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $60,578.97 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, TIMOTHY J, II | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $60,578.90 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIVITO, DONNA M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $60,578.76 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUADAGNOLO, CHARLES E | Employer name Larchmont Mamaroneck Garb Comm | Amount $60,578.48 | Date 06/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLDANI, EILEEN M | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $60,578.46 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGNOTT, COLIN JUNIOR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,578.34 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPPIES, SCOTT | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $60,578.31 | Date 08/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAKEMAN, DONNA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $60,578.23 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREIBEL, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $60,577.72 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINMAN, JEFFREY D | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $60,577.53 | Date 03/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, BENJAMIN L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $60,577.42 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RUTH | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $60,577.13 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILTNER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $60,577.02 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUMBULL, DALE R | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $60,576.90 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISGAR, JAMES C | Employer name Town of Onondaga | Amount $60,576.87 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLISNIK, CINDY E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $60,576.70 | Date 03/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,576.47 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, ANNE E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $60,576.33 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZIES, JOSHUA D | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $60,576.29 | Date 03/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVA, CHRISTINA E | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $60,576.27 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $60,575.89 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDIGO, RANDY L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $60,575.87 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATISSO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,575.72 | Date 04/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AL-SALAMI, SALLAM M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $60,575.61 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLI, LYNETTE J | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $60,575.43 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHALAN, JOSEPH P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $60,574.94 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEXTAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $60,574.92 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORDONEZ, ADEL R | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $60,574.79 | Date 11/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, KEVIN C | Employer name Hudson Falls CSD | Amount $60,574.78 | Date 06/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSILLICO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,574.74 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOTAS, ALEXANDRA | Employer name Bryant Library | Amount $60,574.53 | Date 12/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLARI, JOANNE | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $60,573.96 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JUSTIN C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $60,573.61 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETTSCHNEIDER, JUSTIN H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,573.50 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTEMPIO, TODD | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $60,573.46 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, CRAIG H | Employer name Otsego County | Amount $60,573.44 | Date 11/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDO, KAREN | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $60,573.31 | Date 08/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, MELISSA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $60,573.30 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, AMY L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $60,573.23 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MATTHEW A | Employer name Hartford CSD | Amount $60,573.20 | Date 12/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRY, EDWARD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $60,572.59 | Date 05/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $60,572.40 | Date 06/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLOWSKI, ANTHONY P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $60,572.13 | Date 07/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMER, DYLAN J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $60,571.97 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, RICHARD G | Employer name Orange County | Amount $60,571.92 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, OLIVE G | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $60,571.50 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACY, MARK E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $60,571.43 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATH, CHARLES W | Employer name Town of Hamlin | Amount $60,569.64 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, BRENNA J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $60,569.21 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, KAREN A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $60,569.20 | Date 05/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRETE, ROBIN C | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $60,569.10 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODDEN, DEBORAH M | Employer name Oswego Port Authority | Amount $60,569.06 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINTHAUPT, SCOTT B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $60,568.72 | Date 11/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUZAKULICS, BARBARA S | Employer name Broome County | Amount $60,568.70 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEARING, SUSAN T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $60,568.63 | Date 12/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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