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 WOODS, STEVEN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $60,552.07 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, JOHANNA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $60,552.05 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, ERIN M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $60,551.43 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, CATHERINE V | Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library | Amount $60,551.37 | Date 12/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $60,550.77 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTABLE, LAURIE A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $60,550.75 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATAR, STEVEN A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $60,550.48 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAEPPEL, GLENN R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $60,550.24 | Date 11/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUS, CAROL E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $60,550.17 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYLESWORTH, JOEL E | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $60,549.60 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEYER, ADAM G, IV | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $60,549.21 | Date 03/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIYNYK, MYKHAILO | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $60,549.05 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEPHRINE, DONNA C | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $60,548.87 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDERICO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $60,548.86 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAEZ, CARLOS A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $60,548.63 | Date 02/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $60,548.46 | Date 06/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGLADE DAUDIER, ESTHER A | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $60,548.17 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, BRIAN | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $60,548.14 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, GEORGE J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $60,547.37 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILER, JARROD A | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $60,546.94 | Date 01/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, ANGELA | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $60,546.82 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTAJAR, SAMUEL J. | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $60,546.74 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, JAMES A, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $60,546.55 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGANO, PAUL | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $60,546.40 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, FRANCIS X | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,545.98 | Date 02/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, KEVIN R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $60,545.98 | Date 09/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, DAVID W | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $60,545.81 | Date 08/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADD, TRACY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,545.78 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELY, THOMAS J | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $60,545.75 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASAMENTO, VENUS J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $60,545.41 | Date 12/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, KATHERINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,545.11 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLTON, RANDY L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,544.83 | Date 10/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $60,544.74 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSTIG, BRANDON A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $60,544.68 | Date 07/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORRIDERS, CRAIG L | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $60,544.53 | Date 08/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPELL, MARKUS | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,543.97 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, JEFFREY R | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $60,543.97 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDMAN, ROBERT J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $60,543.87 | Date 08/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $60,543.59 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, MARY E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $60,543.26 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, DAVID A | Employer name Falconer CSD | Amount $60,543.20 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUKAITIS, LISA M | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $60,543.07 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, TAMATHA E | Employer name Department of State | Amount $60,542.67 | Date 09/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANZALARI, THOMAS A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $60,542.65 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEFFLER, JAIME M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $60,542.21 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASENBEIN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $60,541.94 | Date 11/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, DANIEL R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $60,541.62 | Date 04/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINS, JARED L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $60,541.57 | Date 10/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILL, PATRICK M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $60,541.27 | Date 09/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALTSMAN, CAROLINE G | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $60,541.03 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, JOSEPH E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $60,540.90 | Date 06/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, JAIMEE L | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $60,540.77 | Date 06/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, WILLIAM O | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,540.68 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAHN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $60,540.66 | Date 02/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLAND, ROBERT C | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $60,540.59 | Date 12/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTLAND, SHAWN D | Employer name Village of Alden | Amount $60,540.02 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JONATHAN D | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $60,539.92 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDPATH, ROBERT V | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $60,539.63 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $60,539.33 | Date 07/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREELEY, GREGORY P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $60,539.22 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES-SADOWSKI, LISA C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,539.01 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOWAY, COLLIN M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $60,538.92 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, LINDA J | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $60,538.58 | Date 12/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRYSDALE, MATTHEW S | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $60,537.97 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, CRYSTAL L | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $60,537.88 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, DONALD | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $60,537.44 | Date 08/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEITS, FRANKIE | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $60,537.00 | Date 09/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, PATRICIA A | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $60,536.83 | Date 09/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ANIBAL | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $60,536.54 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, RICHARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,536.13 | Date 02/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JILL M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $60,536.08 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, SONYA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,536.01 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, DAVID W | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $60,535.79 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICATA, JOHN F | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $60,535.35 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, PENNY L | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $60,535.34 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAINE, ROBERT R | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $60,534.62 | Date 06/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSINI, ERNESTO G N | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $60,534.55 | Date 06/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMANCE, SEAN E | Employer name Red Hook CSD | Amount $60,534.23 | Date 02/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEO, CAROL M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $60,534.19 | Date 02/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $60,534.08 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIZRAHI, PNINA | Employer name Long Beach Housing Authority | Amount $60,534.04 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, KATHRYN G | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $60,533.77 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JAMEL C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $60,533.67 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPE, TYISHYA D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $60,533.54 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $60,533.50 | Date 02/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLER, LESTER H, SR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $60,533.31 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSEY, TINA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $60,532.87 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, CRYSTAL M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $60,532.84 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPANI, JAMES P | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $60,532.62 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, NATHAN W | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $60,532.54 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTI, LISA M | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $60,532.45 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTURI, ALLISON S | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $60,532.33 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSTRA, CHRISTOPHER J, JR | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $60,531.81 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICONOLFI, SARA J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $60,531.66 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNY, BRIAN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,531.65 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIFINI, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $60,531.64 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROVEC, DAVID M | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $60,531.51 | Date 09/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, MICHAEL E | Employer name Village of Walden | Amount $60,531.45 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALRATH, JOHN D, JR | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $60,531.35 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $60,531.12 | Date 05/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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