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 GRANT, CATHERINE | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $60,461.17 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, ARTHUR L | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $60,461.17 | Date 07/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZEO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $60,461.14 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, THOMAS H | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $60,461.09 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, JULIE A | Employer name Town of Milton | Amount $60,460.53 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, STACY M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $60,460.37 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIONE, THOMAS A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $60,460.36 | Date 11/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, BRIAN P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $60,460.13 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, JENNIFER L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $60,459.93 | Date 11/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILING, ANTHONY R | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $60,459.92 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVONE, GERALDINA | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $60,459.85 | Date 10/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, TIFFANY G | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $60,459.61 | Date 04/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, LEIGH A | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $60,459.59 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, CONSTANCE R | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $60,459.40 | Date 06/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERWALKER, MICHAEL T | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $60,458.91 | Date 01/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLAGEN, GEORGE | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $60,458.81 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, ALBERTO G | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $60,458.79 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KENNETH W | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $60,458.31 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, ARTHUR M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $60,458.12 | Date 02/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, BERNADETTE M | Employer name Madison County | Amount $60,457.90 | Date 01/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINNEEN, JAMES E | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $60,457.89 | Date 04/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUFALO, ANTONIA M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $60,457.62 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGHT, TRAVIS J | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $60,457.53 | Date 06/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OBERLY, KEVIN C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $60,457.48 | Date 07/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVENSEN, JONATHON D | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $60,457.42 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONE, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $60,457.27 | Date 09/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUSHIE, DIONNA P | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $60,457.03 | Date 12/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRACCA, RICHARD A | Employer name Middle Island Fire District | Amount $60,456.80 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKWOOD, MICHAEL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $60,456.55 | Date 07/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, JANET E | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $60,456.28 | Date 02/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAZELL J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $60,456.01 | Date 09/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZO, SAMUEL P, JR | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $60,455.97 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, AMY M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $60,455.92 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, TRAVIS M | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $60,455.89 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUNDERLIN, KEVIN L | Employer name Village of East Aurora | Amount $60,455.88 | Date 05/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYER, JEANINE E | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $60,455.76 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARI, BONNIE M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $60,455.72 | Date 05/03/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DELL, RALPH R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $60,455.23 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEMELL R | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $60,455.17 | Date 09/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUSCHER, JASON D | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $60,454.87 | Date 06/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, CONNER J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $60,454.84 | Date 05/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, KAREN L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $60,454.80 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPHAEL JOHNSON, KEIANN C | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $60,454.74 | Date 04/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHOSIAN, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $60,454.67 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARTAGLIA, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $60,454.42 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ELHANNON, JESSE | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $60,454.11 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDNARZ, BRIDGET | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $60,453.82 | Date 06/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CAROL A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $60,453.61 | Date 05/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, CLYDE | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $60,453.51 | Date 01/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIOSI, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $60,453.28 | Date 08/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANUPELLA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $60,453.19 | Date 07/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, SHELLEY A | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $60,452.57 | Date 04/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSCOE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $60,452.41 | Date 02/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBB-SEMPLE, MARK A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $60,452.06 | Date 03/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONESTEEL, STANLEY C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $60,451.86 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRACK, DARLENE A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $60,451.83 | Date 04/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ROBERT G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $60,451.50 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDESIR-THESATUS, KETTLY S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $60,451.34 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRINBERG, ALEKSANDR | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $60,451.10 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KJAR, BRIAN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $60,451.00 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAW, MICHAEL D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $60,450.96 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSYTH, TODD J | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $60,450.80 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, LATISHA F | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $60,450.69 | Date 02/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, JACQUELINE V | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $60,450.64 | Date 10/25/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABIN, RICHARD A | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $60,450.51 | Date 06/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID E | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $60,450.40 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, ERIC K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,449.96 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREHER, JULIE | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $60,449.61 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINNARTZ, MICHAEL R | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $60,449.53 | Date 04/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, FLORENCE B | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $60,449.48 | Date 06/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KIERNAN, MATTHEW C | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $60,449.32 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JAMES G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,449.01 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBITSKY, PETER J | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $60,448.92 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOOL, JANET M | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $60,448.91 | Date 01/07/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, MELISSA A | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $60,448.67 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORNELLI, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $60,448.59 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIARMONTE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $60,448.25 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, MARY ANN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $60,447.64 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, DIANE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $60,447.59 | Date 04/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, NICOLE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $60,447.14 | Date 12/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARYANN | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $60,447.12 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOTAS-MC GRATH, KAREN A | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $60,446.52 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMALAS, GEORGE R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $60,446.34 | Date 02/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YESENSKY, LISA ALLAYNE | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,446.19 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, LISA M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $60,446.07 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTNEY, DYLAN T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $60,445.95 | Date 02/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, ROBERT J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $60,445.72 | Date 12/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKENS, DAVID J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $60,445.66 | Date 05/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALSON, EARNEST R, JR | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $60,445.38 | Date 10/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHITTENDEN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $60,444.51 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, SHERITA Y | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $60,444.50 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDLE, PHILIP R | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $60,444.21 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEIKERT, HENRY J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $60,444.14 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, TERESA A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $60,443.97 | Date 09/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESZCZYNSKI, EUGENE, JR | Employer name Village of Sloan | Amount $60,443.92 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASQUEZ, WALTER A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $60,443.81 | Date 11/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, AMANDA K | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $60,443.80 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLILAND, MICHAEL N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $60,443.50 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, JAMES J | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $60,443.39 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,442.99 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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