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 SHOEMAKER, RANDY L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $59,566.92 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, BARNEY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,566.81 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLOCK, RONALD M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,566.75 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, JILL E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,566.55 | Date 10/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARLEN, CHERYL C | Employer name Mahopac Public Library | Amount $59,566.54 | Date 07/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $59,566.45 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KARL J | Employer name Town of Canandaigua | Amount $59,566.44 | Date 11/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERDYKE, MARK L | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $59,566.42 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATORRE, ALEJANDRO | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $59,566.35 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPPINS, JAMIE L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,566.32 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COACCI, JOHN | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $59,566.00 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MARY BETH | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $59,565.57 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOLLER, DERRICK P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $59,565.37 | Date 05/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, ERIK H | Employer name Village of Penn Yan | Amount $59,565.04 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, DEBORAH A | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $59,564.59 | Date 05/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANKAR, JOHN K | Employer name Village of Cooperstown | Amount $59,564.15 | Date 05/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORYSZEWSKI, JOSEPH S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $59,563.97 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, ROBERT | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $59,563.68 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KELLY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,563.28 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEERAN, DIANE C | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $59,563.06 | Date 11/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEFFIELD, ANDREA L | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $59,563.06 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, THERESA K | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $59,562.83 | Date 03/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULERA, JOY M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,562.82 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $59,562.65 | Date 04/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ALFRED W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,562.52 | Date 12/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWIFT, RUTH E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $59,562.40 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDDINGTON, DENA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $59,562.39 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SCOTT L | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $59,562.30 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKOSH, RICHARD J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,562.04 | Date 04/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JEFFREY F | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $59,561.96 | Date 03/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ELLEN J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $59,561.48 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, KATHLEEN S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $59,561.44 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, KEITH A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $59,561.37 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, JULETTE J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $59,561.17 | Date 11/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENMEYER, KEVIN W | Employer name Town of New Scotland | Amount $59,560.72 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHER, JEAN-PAUL H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,560.72 | Date 02/12/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NAMEE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $59,560.67 | Date 08/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKERLEY, EUGENE E, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,560.66 | Date 01/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALESKI, VICTORIA L | Employer name Olean City School Dist | Amount $59,560.63 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDFIELD, JULIE A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,560.53 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMERS, RITA L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $59,560.40 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, ANGELICA | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $59,560.09 | Date 04/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONOLLY, CHERYL J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $59,559.94 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JAMES J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,559.91 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Bethpage Fire District | Amount $59,559.54 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAIR, MICHAEL L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,559.05 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'GRADY, RYAN E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $59,558.93 | Date 07/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLINEAUX, STEPHEN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,558.85 | Date 12/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKARD, ANTOINE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,558.60 | Date 09/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUERTY, HEATHER A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $59,558.59 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLIS, DANIEL F | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $59,558.57 | Date 07/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, JUSTIN T | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $59,558.47 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO BUE, WENDY A | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $59,558.32 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ANNE S | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $59,558.31 | Date 05/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPPER, TERESA | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $59,558.26 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDON, JONATHAN W | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $59,557.98 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNING, RICHARD C | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $59,557.87 | Date 01/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUARLEY, BRENDA SUE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $59,557.77 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSTEIN, LUKE H | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $59,557.58 | Date 07/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRAPESE, SAVERIA | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $59,557.50 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTEH, BABATUNDE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $59,557.47 | Date 07/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURIC, KEVIN M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $59,557.25 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSTON, ROBERT J, III | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $59,556.97 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANOY, ARNESTER | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $59,556.65 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRES, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $59,556.42 | Date 09/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUEB, VALERIE M | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $59,556.33 | Date 09/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGAS, MALLORY E | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $59,556.31 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBLER, PAMELA K | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,556.11 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBERA, MARK S | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $59,555.96 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUSCA, DEBORAH A | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $59,555.78 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $59,555.13 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGUYEN, TEENA | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $59,555.10 | Date 10/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $59,554.64 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHIPPEE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Corinth CSD | Amount $59,554.42 | Date 11/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBERT, ANTHONY T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $59,553.57 | Date 05/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DAVID C | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $59,553.54 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN, JEFFREY A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,553.52 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACIFICO, ANNE F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,553.52 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,553.52 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODERICK, JARED T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $59,553.45 | Date 07/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, JAZMIN N | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $59,553.43 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, KENYA Y | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,553.32 | Date 07/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMBRA, BART M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,553.26 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMMETT, LAURA M | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $59,553.17 | Date 01/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWSOME, ELAINE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $59,553.05 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JOSHUA T | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $59,553.05 | Date 05/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURTEVANT, MATTHEW E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $59,552.85 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHL, DAVID K | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $59,552.22 | Date 09/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GAIL M | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $59,552.14 | Date 06/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIPER, RUSSELL S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $59,552.00 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICKFORD, JEANNINE K | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,551.05 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUERBACH, LAUREN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,550.80 | Date 06/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANN, JENNIFER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,550.80 | Date 01/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, ROSE | Employer name Shoreham-Wading River CSD | Amount $59,550.62 | Date 06/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, AMANDA A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $59,550.52 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGUORI, CHRISTINE | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $59,550.48 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMCZAK, JESSICA E | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $59,550.47 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, GARY A | Employer name Warwick Valley CSD | Amount $59,550.04 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTHILL, JESSE R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $59,550.02 | Date 11/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEROCHIE, BRIAN V | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,549.67 | Date 09/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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