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 ANDERSON, NANCY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,815.32 | Date 02/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSHOTT, DEAN R | Employer name Village of Attica | Amount $59,815.30 | Date 03/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, JENNIFER A | Employer name Welfare Research Inc | Amount $59,815.12 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, LIONEL, SR | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,815.10 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNDHENK, JO ANN R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $59,814.98 | Date 03/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CYRIL N, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $59,814.92 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, PEGGY S | Employer name Springville-Griffith Inst CSD | Amount $59,814.69 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLETTE, ROSEMARY D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 03/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNELLER, RITA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 09/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, REGINA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 11/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JACQUELINE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, JEANNE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 11/21/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, JOHN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLATHURAI, NAVARATNAM | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UDENSI, VICTOR N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNG, LEON S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSISTINAS, DANIEL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 05/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, MATHAI N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $59,814.63 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINGERMAN, BRIAN D | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $59,814.56 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRONOWSKI, MARC J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $59,814.46 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, ROSALINDA J | Employer name Chester UFSD 1 | Amount $59,814.39 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACELLA, DENISE | Employer name Pearl River Public Library | Amount $59,814.19 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIECHOWSKI, BARBARA M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,813.87 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARENAS, ANA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $59,813.84 | Date 11/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINLING, LINVAL | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $59,813.60 | Date 01/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDRA, DEVIN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,813.27 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDNAGLE, NELLY | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,812.31 | Date 10/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSHKOWITZ, EVELYN L | Employer name Syosset Public Library | Amount $59,812.08 | Date 03/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIESWIADOMY, MATHEW R | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,811.97 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINDELL, PATRICIA E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $59,811.87 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JEROME E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,811.87 | Date 08/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, TONIA | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $59,811.79 | Date 11/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILROY, ROSEMARY P | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $59,811.55 | Date 07/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKEFORD, CHARICE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,811.05 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $59,811.04 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTHA, DEBORAH J | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $59,810.80 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARSING, AARON T | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $59,810.75 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOENS, DARRELL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $59,810.68 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILOVICH, MICHAEL | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $59,810.64 | Date 03/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, LEWIS R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,810.41 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, DESIREE L | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $59,810.35 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, TYRONE | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $59,810.34 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRISON, DANIELA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,809.80 | Date 12/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCKESON, CAROL D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $59,809.40 | Date 02/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRYJAK, JOHN V | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,808.84 | Date 02/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, JUDY | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,808.76 | Date 04/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, JUDITH A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $59,808.68 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERESKY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $59,808.41 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEKAJ, MARGARITA | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $59,808.12 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLUZZO, PATRICIA A | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $59,808.06 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, KEITH R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,808.05 | Date 10/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, SUSAN I | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $59,807.72 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, JANELL A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,807.64 | Date 02/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, PATRICIA K | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,807.57 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDINO, ROBERTO | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $59,807.42 | Date 04/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LEUVEN, EDWIN T, SR | Employer name Town of Mount Hope | Amount $59,807.40 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COATES, DENISE K | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $59,807.32 | Date 02/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOPHOCLEOUS, GEORGE C | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $59,807.18 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVUZZI, PHYLLIS A | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $59,806.99 | Date 10/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSEN, TRACY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,806.83 | Date 02/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, BENJAMIN C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $59,806.60 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BU, MARIA R | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $59,805.35 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORRAY, LETITIA O | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $59,805.26 | Date 05/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHARLES A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $59,805.23 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENOIT, SAMUEL, JR | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $59,804.16 | Date 11/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JEFFREY P | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $59,803.99 | Date 11/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSELLA, CATHLEEN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,803.72 | Date 06/30/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANTINO, ROBERT | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $59,803.65 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TARA | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $59,802.96 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZAROV, VIRGINIA G | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $59,802.63 | Date 02/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGENT, RAE ANN | Employer name Clarence CSD | Amount $59,802.42 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROSCHART, PATRICK B | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,802.25 | Date 10/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRONAGGIO, GINAMARIE K | Employer name Jericho Public Library | Amount $59,802.08 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRITTEN, MARK A | Employer name Whitesboro CSD | Amount $59,802.02 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, ROSE ANNE | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $59,801.80 | Date 10/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, RAMON Y | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,801.70 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, CHARLES C | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $59,801.62 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARGES, DAVID W | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $59,801.52 | Date 12/18/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINETTI, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,801.46 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, JUDITH | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,801.42 | Date 10/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, PATRICIA G | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,801.15 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITETTO, KRISTEN S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $59,801.02 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETCHO, REBECCA S | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,800.99 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,800.99 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, BRYAN P | Employer name New Hyde Pk-Garden Cty Pk UFSD | Amount $59,800.72 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ANDEN, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Union Vale | Amount $59,800.15 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULBERT, RICHARD B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $59,799.83 | Date 04/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, SANDRA L | Employer name Madison County | Amount $59,799.76 | Date 08/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGLIORE, LAURA L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,799.60 | Date 07/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAUS, CHERYL L | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $59,799.60 | Date 11/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRZYSKI, KATHLEEN C | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $59,799.38 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIZZELL, CHERIE L | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $59,799.36 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSOMANNO, ELEANORE M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $59,799.15 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZIN, JAYSON P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $59,799.10 | Date 07/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMAN, ARTHUR C | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $59,799.08 | Date 04/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, KIMBERLY | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $59,799.06 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JAMES D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $59,798.97 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENSEL, JOHN N | Employer name Town of New Scotland | Amount $59,798.65 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $59,798.48 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDDER, DEBORAH J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,798.18 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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