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 MC CARTHY, JAMES D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $59,744.43 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTSHORNE, SHEENA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,744.29 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, OMAR C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,744.13 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKOWSKI, GABRIEL V, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $59,743.64 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, AMELIA D | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $59,743.54 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANIA, ROBIN J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CAROLE RENEE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUMMINELLO, JOANNE T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKSON, DAVID G | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 12/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, ANTHONY N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 10/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNAN, PATRICIA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANCZYK, MARILEE H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONOMO, DANIEL L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 05/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTTA, JHANSI R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVOLDI, RUSSELL D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 07/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZIO, ROBERT R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 10/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAYWOOD, KATHERINE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGAN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 07/07/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTZ, JAMES F, SR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, DIANE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 04/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISENBURG, MELANIE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 09/20/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSIBA, RONALD F | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 02/24/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERDZINSKI, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOEL T | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, JAMES P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,743.32 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, JOYELL S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $59,743.22 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, CHARMAINE A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,743.18 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYES, DONNELL S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $59,743.08 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRENTINI, JUSTIN M | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $59,743.06 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEGER, THERESA | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $59,743.02 | Date 02/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDAPPARAYIL, CYRIAC MATHEW | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $59,742.50 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERAZA, MANUEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,742.29 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATHRICK, CHRISTEL E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $59,741.91 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHIER, SCOT E | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $59,741.63 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANNERY, MARK D | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $59,741.63 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI DONATO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $59,741.60 | Date 04/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, DIRGHAM M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,741.54 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSMAN, MICHAEL W | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $59,741.47 | Date 04/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNONI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,741.40 | Date 12/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASWELL, THOMAS B | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $59,741.03 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAULIEU, MINDY L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $59,741.01 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHIN, HEATHER M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $59,741.01 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, NACOLE L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $59,740.84 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRICHS, SCOT J | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $59,740.84 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEMIA, JAMES R | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $59,740.50 | Date 10/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, KATHLEEN | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,740.36 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JAVIER | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $59,740.25 | Date 12/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSCO, LORETTA J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,740.08 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, SIMON | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,739.98 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, GLEN R, SR | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $59,739.97 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCICKI, BRADLEY D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $59,739.70 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAEGELY, JONATHAN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,739.52 | Date 06/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIER, CATHERINE A | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $59,739.43 | Date 05/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, IVAN | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $59,738.92 | Date 10/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONI, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $59,738.81 | Date 02/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRELL, NICOLE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,738.57 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JENNIFER | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,738.55 | Date 11/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, LISA S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,738.28 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LARRY B | Employer name Amityville UFSD | Amount $59,738.03 | Date 11/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, LORETTA A | Employer name Port Jefferson Free Library | Amount $59,738.00 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, KAREN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,737.91 | Date 04/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERTI, DONNA M | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $59,737.70 | Date 11/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, TAMMY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $59,737.63 | Date 06/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLIN, HEATHER L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $59,737.63 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, JOHN R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $59,737.63 | Date 03/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOW, KEITH W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,737.51 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOLAN, GERARD M | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $59,737.51 | Date 01/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, ALLEN J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $59,737.46 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, JOHN H | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $59,737.24 | Date 07/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULISCHECK, JOHN D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $59,737.20 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAREWOOD-TOPPIN, MONICA S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,737.05 | Date 10/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORINI, LAURA A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $59,736.45 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, VICTORIA K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $59,736.16 | Date 04/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARONE, JUDITH | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $59,736.07 | Date 06/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JENNIFER C | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $59,736.05 | Date 11/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAIOLI, ROBERT | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $59,735.62 | Date 02/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIKADE, SCOTT D | Employer name Town of Marbletown | Amount $59,735.55 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JUDITH A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,735.41 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, WENDEL E | Employer name Town of Pawling | Amount $59,735.11 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMARCO, GLENN S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,734.98 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZACHOWSKI, KAREN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $59,734.58 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBY, DAVID L | Employer name Village of Lakewood | Amount $59,734.56 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALAN, FRANCIS X | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $59,734.27 | Date 01/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DION, JOHN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,734.25 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, GREG H | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $59,734.16 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHLER, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $59,734.10 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRELLA, CATHERINE | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $59,734.05 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSMAN, JODI L | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $59,733.72 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBAR, CYNTHIA W | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $59,732.63 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, PENNY L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $59,732.63 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWE, COREY B | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $59,732.32 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTZ, JEFFREY A | Employer name Village of Canajoharie | Amount $59,732.18 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYOU, WILLIAM E | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $59,731.93 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCIERI, ROBERT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,731.89 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KARI L | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $59,731.73 | Date 11/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIGAN, JAYNE M | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $59,731.58 | Date 10/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAWOLA, MARK J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $59,731.50 | Date 06/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDONARO, MOLLY L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $59,731.40 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, DIANE | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $59,731.25 | Date 08/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOVIE, MATTHEW L | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $59,730.95 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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