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 VIOLA, DONNA MARIE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $59,981.27 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, HEATHER A | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $59,980.88 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMELKOFF, MICHELE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $59,979.69 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEGNA-KILLEEN, PATRICIA L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,979.22 | Date 10/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDARONDO, JASMINE V | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $59,979.20 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GRACE | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $59,978.90 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERSANO, JASON A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $59,978.82 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERHALTER, KRISTIN M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $59,978.37 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRIES, JASON A | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $59,978.35 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, AISHA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,978.33 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, MATTHEW A | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,978.13 | Date 04/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORUSSEN, JOHN D | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,978.13 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, AMY-LYN E | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,978.13 | Date 08/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONETTI, GUISEPPE C | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $59,978.01 | Date 09/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOULOUKOS, JAMES | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,977.74 | Date 12/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLAY, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,977.43 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITZ, ETHEL B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,977.43 | Date 12/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIMAN, COLLIN S | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $59,977.18 | Date 08/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, ERIC | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $59,977.08 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINYON, STEPHEN R | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $59,977.01 | Date 03/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $59,976.65 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AGOSTINO, JOSEPH | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $59,976.60 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWANDRANS, KEITH | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,976.21 | Date 07/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOPER, BRIAN E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,975.97 | Date 10/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GRENIER, DARREN R | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $59,975.83 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, LORIE K | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $59,975.64 | Date 06/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FECHTIG, VICTORIA A | Employer name Island Park UFSD | Amount $59,975.62 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRETT A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $59,975.56 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDIATE, BRYAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $59,975.53 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTELLE, CONCETTA | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $59,975.41 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ANTOINE A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $59,975.33 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREB, JOSEPH W | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $59,975.33 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARDINA, APRIL M | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $59,975.26 | Date 08/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABINS, NAJAH N | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,975.11 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABOWSKI, ANN | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $59,975.00 | Date 04/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHECKSFIELD, GARY L | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $59,974.88 | Date 08/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALINT, JANE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $59,974.43 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, THERESA G | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $59,974.41 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCOM, KENNETH R, JR | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $59,974.30 | Date 05/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRELLER, HAROLD T, II | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $59,974.28 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, DAVID J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $59,974.25 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, NAISHA D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $59,974.04 | Date 10/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE STEFANO, BARBARA M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $59,973.49 | Date 11/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESIELSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $59,973.45 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON OHLEN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $59,973.40 | Date 09/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROTH, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,973.30 | Date 08/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOUD, JILL M | Employer name Lackawanna Mun Housing Auth | Amount $59,973.00 | Date 12/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, JODDIE | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $59,972.83 | Date 08/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUERLEIN, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $59,972.29 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ADAM M | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $59,971.70 | Date 02/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASHER, ALBERTO F | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $59,971.66 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRIS, VINCENT B | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $59,970.99 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIVITELLO, EUGENE A, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $59,970.61 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ALFREDO, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,970.61 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ALFRED | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $59,970.56 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, ANGELA Z | Employer name Clifton Pk-Halfmn Pub Libr Dis | Amount $59,970.06 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, COLLIN S | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $59,969.97 | Date 08/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, LISA M | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $59,969.90 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIANESE, CARMEN F S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,969.77 | Date 01/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADENA, ANGELINA C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $59,969.17 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEAN A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $59,969.00 | Date 02/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, ALICIA S | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $59,968.90 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEATES, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $59,968.75 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMOIA, THOMAS | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $59,968.50 | Date 03/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, MADENA L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $59,968.25 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORANT, VINCENT C | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,968.07 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDENBRANDT, JAMES D | Employer name Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD | Amount $59,967.40 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAO, JOAO V | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $59,967.07 | Date 12/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JONATHAN R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $59,966.78 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIBS, DAVID | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,966.48 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, MARC F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,966.48 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, DANIELLE N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,966.30 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, GLORIA A | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $59,965.87 | Date 09/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEACOCK, WILLIAM J | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $59,965.49 | Date 10/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOFIA, JOSEPH J, SR | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $59,965.49 | Date 06/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOTTLER, JOYCE | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $59,965.35 | Date 03/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGNELLA, STEVEN C | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $59,965.32 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKER, MARK H | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $59,964.54 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $59,964.42 | Date 07/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORGAN, PADRAIC D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $59,964.23 | Date 02/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTERSON, SELMALEE T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $59,964.21 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, ERIN K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,964.20 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OCONNELL, MICHAEL | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $59,964.19 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAZAR, PEDRO A | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $59,963.98 | Date 11/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ONDIA T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,963.94 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DANIEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,963.91 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GARY E | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $59,963.71 | Date 12/13/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLAFUERTE, ANA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,962.99 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKLEY, MELISSA R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,962.84 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, MICHAEL S | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $59,962.46 | Date 08/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDSEN, DAWN K | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $59,962.34 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIANG, JIA MIN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,962.15 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, CAROL A | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $59,962.13 | Date 08/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SCOTT M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $59,961.90 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IGOE, MARY GINA | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,961.72 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE ROUX, MATTHEW N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,960.70 | Date 11/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, MINDY F | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $59,960.28 | Date 12/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, TIMOTHY J, II | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $59,959.99 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, MICHAEL D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $59,959.84 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Greene County | Amount $59,959.57 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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