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 BROWN, GLENVA L | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $60,065.82 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANNINI, ENRICO A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $60,065.82 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUES, VERNICE V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $60,065.67 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANICA, FRANK | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $60,065.54 | Date 09/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBYAH, MICHELLE K | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $60,065.34 | Date 10/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUYNUP, MICHAEL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,065.33 | Date 04/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, DEBORAH A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $60,064.98 | Date 11/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANSEN, DORETTE A | Employer name Mt Sinai UFSD | Amount $60,064.87 | Date 10/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Cayuga Heights | Amount $60,064.80 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTESE, FRANCIS P | Employer name Village of Hudson Falls | Amount $60,064.56 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHMAN, DONALD E, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,064.44 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, DENNIS M, III | Employer name Orange County | Amount $60,063.61 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCOY, DAWN | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $60,063.58 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYSTON, WAYNE R, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,063.53 | Date 01/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARVIDSON, ANDREW R | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $60,062.97 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, KATHLEEN K | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $60,062.93 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, WALTER J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $60,062.50 | Date 08/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, JOAN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $60,062.48 | Date 08/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, KIM A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $60,062.35 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, STACIA L | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $60,062.17 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKWAY, ADAM L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,061.68 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESUDA, DONALD E, JR | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $60,061.65 | Date 11/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LU, JINZHI | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $60,061.64 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWASNOWSKI, LINDA M | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $60,061.42 | Date 10/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, RYAN S | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $60,061.10 | Date 10/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGUR, JAMES C | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $60,061.00 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDARO, JENNIFER A | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $60,060.88 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN RIPER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $60,060.64 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERIO, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $60,060.57 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, STEPHEN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $60,060.41 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILEY, BENJAMIN O | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $60,060.41 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCARO, CRISTEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $60,060.00 | Date 04/27/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL SHEPHERD, LINDA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,059.87 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, COLEEN A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $60,059.80 | Date 02/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIZOWSKI, NICHOLAS T | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $60,059.74 | Date 06/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, GARY E | Employer name Honeoye CSD | Amount $60,059.71 | Date 08/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $60,059.61 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAGHT, PETER G | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $60,059.51 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOW, CRAIG T | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, DWINNEL D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUYLER, CLETUS J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MATTHEW M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 03/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBELLA, SUSAN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELFI, MICHELE | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, KATHLEEN | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, FRANK C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $60,059.28 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, DEBORAH | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $60,059.00 | Date 04/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MRDJENOVIC, BRANKO | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $60,058.99 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, JOHN J | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $60,058.99 | Date 09/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, CARLLITA J | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $60,058.78 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTULLI, MACHELLE L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $60,058.45 | Date 06/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SCOTT C | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $60,058.14 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GNYP, THOMAS | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $60,057.73 | Date 12/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIER, PAMELA L | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $60,057.65 | Date 06/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENBERGER, EDITH M | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $60,057.29 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNING, STEPHEN E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $60,057.20 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGISTRO, ANTHONY C | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $60,057.16 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULZER, KEVIN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,056.89 | Date 04/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSE, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $60,056.81 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHWORTH, JOSEPH R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $60,056.78 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN AMBURGH, JENNIFER M | Employer name Town of Marlborough | Amount $60,056.36 | Date 04/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSSEN, PATRICK J | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $60,056.21 | Date 06/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREETER, JASON A | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $60,056.15 | Date 05/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENRIGHT, RITA A | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $60,056.05 | Date 07/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOSUS, KELLY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $60,055.05 | Date 05/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, TARA A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $60,054.90 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, MARIE V | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $60,054.88 | Date 05/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTLAKE, JASON T | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $60,054.83 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, MARCUS R | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $60,054.82 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHOWICZ, ANNETTE M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $60,053.94 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, KEVIN S | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $60,053.92 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $60,053.68 | Date 04/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, DOUGLAS S | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $60,053.51 | Date 09/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALPOLE, DANIEL O | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $60,052.96 | Date 09/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNST, WENDY S | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $60,052.88 | Date 09/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, PATRICK J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $60,052.40 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, DANIEL T | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $60,052.38 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCEY, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $60,052.35 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTBRAND, DAVID J | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $60,051.44 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIBLER, COLLEEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $60,051.41 | Date 06/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, DEVIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $60,051.41 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLYMONT, DOTHLYN E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $60,051.28 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REQUATE, JO-ANN V | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $60,051.27 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKOWSKI, CAROL A | Employer name Dover UFSD | Amount $60,051.20 | Date 04/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSE, LISA | Employer name Greene County | Amount $60,051.19 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPOWICH, MICHAEL D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $60,051.06 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIARO, LEE R | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $60,051.03 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, PAOLA | Employer name No Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $60,050.47 | Date 10/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNHAM, JEFFREY W | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $60,050.19 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBONE, DEVON J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $60,050.01 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, RYAN T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $60,049.92 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JEFFREY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $60,049.52 | Date 12/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, BRYAN S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $60,049.50 | Date 11/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, SCOTT J | Employer name Mexico CSD | Amount $60,049.49 | Date 09/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, THOMAS C | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $60,049.46 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, DAMIEN M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $60,049.24 | Date 11/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, EILEEN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $60,048.70 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLLER, JUDITH A | Employer name Coxsackie-Athens CSD | Amount $60,048.01 | Date 10/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPASKIE, AARON E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $60,047.94 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLACK, DAVID | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $60,047.82 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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