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 SMITH, AMANDA K | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $59,939.77 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, TIMOTHY W, II | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $59,939.37 | Date 08/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDNICK, NEIL A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $59,939.36 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, ROBERT A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,939.14 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAPHY, DANIEL J | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $59,938.97 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURLESS, HARLEY L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $59,938.86 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIBIG, DAVID R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $59,938.40 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, LINDA A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $59,938.37 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOETTERL, JULIE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $59,938.09 | Date 12/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZAREK, ALICIA M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $59,937.95 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDON, KRISTINE P | Employer name Westhill CSD | Amount $59,936.38 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENA, HUMBERTO | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $59,936.14 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNADEL, MARIE J | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $59,936.13 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, JACQUELINE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,936.10 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRITO, MARIA FERNANDA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $59,935.68 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, BARTHOLOMEW J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $59,935.39 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, JENNIFER L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,935.37 | Date 10/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, JUSTIN K | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $59,935.19 | Date 05/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VROOMAN, MARK T | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $59,935.12 | Date 06/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISH, MICHAEL L, II | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $59,934.80 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGE-MURPHY, SUSAN A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,934.70 | Date 09/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,934.68 | Date 08/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLER, CRAIG R | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $59,934.58 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEFERANTE, DEBRA J | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $59,934.43 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARNOT, MARY JANE | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $59,934.15 | Date 01/17/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANLON, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $59,934.05 | Date 05/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWAN, SYLVIA M | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $59,933.84 | Date 09/20/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROBERG, SCOTT J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,933.80 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, LYNN E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $59,933.79 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VLECK, VAUGHN B | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $59,933.76 | Date 02/17/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, SENAIDA | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $59,933.65 | Date 02/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEITTER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,933.55 | Date 02/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGENSTEIN, THOMAS S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,933.48 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZILBER, RISA | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $59,933.08 | Date 05/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALIAFERRO, CHARMAINE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,932.88 | Date 04/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAINES, WILLIAM R | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $59,932.33 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGER, KEITH J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $59,932.24 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERDUE, ANTJUAN D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,932.23 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHERY, ANTHONY R | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $59,931.78 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALSONE, MELISSA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,931.58 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIZER, OLHA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,931.48 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEETS, MICHAEL A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $59,931.46 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $59,931.28 | Date 11/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANUEVA, AMELIA | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $59,931.15 | Date 04/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARE, FRANK A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $59,930.85 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBBINS, JAMES E | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $59,930.26 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPA, ALYSSA P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,930.10 | Date 06/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERDULA, SHERI A | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $59,929.70 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONDI, DIANE M | Employer name Merrick Library | Amount $59,929.28 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVENEY, LINDA M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,929.14 | Date 07/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JUNE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,929.12 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, LEE T | Employer name Town of Binghamton | Amount $59,928.98 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JOHN B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,928.40 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARQUINIO, CHERYL | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $59,928.34 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JESSICA C | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,928.24 | Date 07/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, GARY K | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $59,928.03 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVA, JOSE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,927.51 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, MALINDA Z | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,927.50 | Date 05/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI ROMA, DEBRA A | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $59,927.50 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $59,927.46 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENT, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,927.41 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, VIRJEAN T | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $59,927.40 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, EDWARD | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $59,927.22 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOIACONO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $59,926.51 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCIS, ROBERT D | Employer name Village of Huntington Bay | Amount $59,926.19 | Date 01/27/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELDEN, CARL A | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $59,925.78 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, SARAH E | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $59,925.58 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSAKOS, MAUREEN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $59,925.48 | Date 08/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, JAMIE E | Employer name Madison County | Amount $59,925.08 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISH, PATRICIA M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,925.02 | Date 08/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,924.87 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERATH, RYAN | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $59,924.71 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, MALINDA A | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $59,924.47 | Date 07/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, GLENN M | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $59,924.42 | Date 02/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDT, DANIEL P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $59,924.34 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOWELL, JEFFREY R | Employer name Town of Pendleton | Amount $59,924.22 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPP, CATHERINE A | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $59,924.02 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTY, KAREN L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $59,923.94 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESBECK, NANCY B | Employer name Corning Community College | Amount $59,923.40 | Date 04/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILANI, JULIA S | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $59,923.29 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUECHNER, MAUREEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,923.27 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNIZ, MATTHEW | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $59,923.00 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNERLE, WILLIAM M | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $59,922.94 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, ROBIN E | Employer name Voorheesville CSD | Amount $59,922.88 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDITA, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $59,922.84 | Date 07/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFUS, TWANDA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,922.55 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUZYNSKI, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $59,922.03 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUIRRE, EMMA I | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $59,921.92 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKHART, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $59,921.89 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ALEXANDER | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,921.59 | Date 11/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANDORI, HEATHER A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,921.51 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, JOHN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,921.41 | Date 06/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMOWSKI, ERICA G | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,921.37 | Date 10/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLON, JAMES E | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $59,921.18 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, ELIZA | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,920.73 | Date 08/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETTO, JUDY M | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $59,920.73 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEAR, DENISE K | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $59,920.66 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, SAMANTHA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,920.13 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JAMES S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,920.08 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, JEFFREY P | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $59,919.80 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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