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 WILKINS, KRISTA F | Employer name Boces-Jeff'son Lewis Hamilton | Amount $59,493.13 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIAO, JOSEPHINE C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,492.91 | Date 04/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, DAVID D | Employer name Town of Wawarsing | Amount $59,492.77 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCHINI, GARY J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $59,492.72 | Date 12/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIMER, WILLIAM T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $59,492.50 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSO, LISA K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,492.37 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGBOH, CHINWE KF | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $59,492.28 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTON, MATTHEW | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $59,491.89 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERER, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $59,491.51 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAYARAMAN, THENMOZHI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $59,491.39 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, BRIAN K | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,491.34 | Date 05/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, ELIZABETH | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $59,491.33 | Date 07/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBA, MARK G | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,491.24 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, LORI L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $59,491.11 | Date 07/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTCHIN, CORINNE M | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $59,491.03 | Date 09/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, SUSAN | Employer name North Bellmore UFSD | Amount $59,490.77 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, CHARMAIN B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $59,490.70 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $59,490.60 | Date 02/01/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSELL, STEVEN | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $59,490.53 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZ, PEGGY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,490.43 | Date 07/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINUCCI, MARK A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $59,490.20 | Date 04/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETCIE, LAWRENCE M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $59,490.14 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLO, ANNETTE T | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $59,489.58 | Date 04/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZA, BARBARA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,489.41 | Date 05/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FAZIO, TERESA A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $59,489.36 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRENDLE, VERDELL K | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,489.29 | Date 08/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, DONNA M | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $59,488.71 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEYNE, DONNA E | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $59,488.63 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, MARGARET R | Employer name Village of Greenport | Amount $59,488.38 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECARR, PATRICIA J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $59,488.36 | Date 03/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBERMAN, DANA M | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $59,488.13 | Date 01/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNELLO, MATTHEW G | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $59,488.10 | Date 04/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIFFHAUER, MARY C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,487.33 | Date 07/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, LISA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $59,487.04 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, CARL H | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $59,486.58 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEHAN, JONATHAN C | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $59,486.17 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMES, SAMANTHA L | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $59,486.06 | Date 03/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTENY, PATRICIA | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $59,486.01 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCANN, JULIE A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,485.95 | Date 07/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAJEWSKI, HENRY | Employer name Town of Wawarsing | Amount $59,485.67 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANDISH, LEONARD R | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $59,485.65 | Date 01/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, TODD D | Employer name Town of Wawarsing | Amount $59,485.48 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, ROBERT W | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $59,485.34 | Date 10/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, AUGUST J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,485.12 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDD, BETHANY J | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $59,484.97 | Date 02/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DORAZIO-BROWN, DEBBIE D | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $59,484.48 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, JOHN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $59,484.22 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEHR, LINDSEY E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,484.06 | Date 03/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, JOSEPH J | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $59,483.83 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POOK, MARIECIA J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $59,483.75 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGARITA, DAWN E | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $59,483.70 | Date 10/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, CARLOS B | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $59,483.31 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JILLIAN L | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $59,483.16 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, SCOTT J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $59,483.09 | Date 11/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSSON, KATRINA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $59,483.07 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, ROBERT M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,482.98 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESAR, CARMEN V | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $59,482.89 | Date 07/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDER, JAMIE J | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $59,482.38 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, CHRIS A, JR | Employer name Town of Prattsburg | Amount $59,482.19 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOHR, CHANA | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $59,482.04 | Date 11/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, BERNICE | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $59,481.87 | Date 11/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMREK, DENNIS M | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $59,481.41 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, JOHN P | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $59,481.36 | Date 11/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROHDE, KARIN H | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $59,481.35 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSS, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,481.15 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHSTON, MICHAEL K | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $59,481.11 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, CHRISTI A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $59,481.05 | Date 07/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFAZIO-AHMED, LINDA | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $59,480.85 | Date 07/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBUSTELLI, TINA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $59,480.81 | Date 04/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, MARCO A | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $59,480.44 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA VIGNE, DAVID J | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $59,480.34 | Date 07/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGLEY, JONATHAN C | Employer name Tompkins Co Soil&Water Con Dis | Amount $59,480.27 | Date 05/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGQUIST, DIANE L | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $59,480.03 | Date 01/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, ANIAMMA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,479.94 | Date 03/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, GABRIELA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,479.54 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, JAMES A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $59,479.50 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDRICKSON, EDWIN J | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $59,479.41 | Date 06/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,478.90 | Date 09/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMOND, NANCY | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $59,478.88 | Date 09/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASQUEZ, DAGOBERTO C | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $59,478.88 | Date 03/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, LORRAINE C | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $59,478.81 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARO, JULIA | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $59,478.65 | Date 05/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBACH, MELISSA S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $59,478.15 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, EDWARD M | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $59,477.98 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAVER, TRENT D | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,477.84 | Date 05/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, ELIZABETH | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $59,477.25 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODENBURY, KENNETH L | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $59,477.23 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUER, SIOBAN I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,476.95 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLE, EDWARD D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,476.84 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASS, AMY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $59,476.56 | Date 03/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, JOSEPH S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $59,476.56 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, MEGAN L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,476.54 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEUJUSTE, MARIE A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,476.50 | Date 03/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERILLI, KARA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $59,476.44 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETON, NICOLE M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $59,476.40 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARROD, BRIAN M | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $59,475.98 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAHLER, PATRICK W | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $59,475.92 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FAUL, DERICK L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $59,474.56 | Date 03/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONOVAN, BRENDAN W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $59,474.23 | Date 04/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARGENZIO, ANGELA R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $59,474.08 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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