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 WARNER, GEOCONDA M | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $59,356.41 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDD, KEVIN W | Employer name Village of South Glens Falls | Amount $59,356.35 | Date 05/11/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, JOHN J | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $59,356.08 | Date 03/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMER, LAVERNE A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $59,355.84 | Date 02/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEHAUS, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $59,355.84 | Date 02/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, KRISTEN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,355.84 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAAB, BARBARA E | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,355.84 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIARDI, ANTHONY R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,355.66 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, KELLY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,355.31 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, JOHN V | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $59,355.25 | Date 05/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $59,354.86 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, CYNTHIA | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $59,354.78 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELLENGER, CARL W | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $59,354.69 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKOWITZ, MAY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,354.40 | Date 09/19/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZWABA, STANLEY | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $59,354.30 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENTON, ANDREZ A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $59,354.27 | Date 10/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, THOMAS R | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,354.00 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, TERESA K | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $59,353.94 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDRIDGE, JASON E | Employer name Warren County | Amount $59,353.84 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, SANDRA | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,353.76 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, PAMELA C | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,353.71 | Date 07/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, ANGELIN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $59,353.47 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, JOSEPH W, III | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $59,353.44 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TADDEO, ROSETTA | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $59,353.34 | Date 08/25/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, DAVON L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,353.31 | Date 02/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTANT, CINDY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,353.18 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANGARI, ANGELA J | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $59,353.05 | Date 05/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODSON, MARK L | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $59,352.94 | Date 10/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, BARBARA A | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $59,352.78 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASILE, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $59,352.26 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAHAYA, SAIDU | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,351.43 | Date 06/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDAU, SUSAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,351.07 | Date 03/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMMEL, STEVEN M | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $59,350.94 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RONALD L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $59,350.75 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBORE, MICHELE | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $59,350.55 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGNEO, SHANNON E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,350.54 | Date 11/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDONE, RYAN S | Employer name Village of Granville | Amount $59,350.48 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROULX, JONATHAN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $59,350.18 | Date 09/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, VICTORIA M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $59,350.03 | Date 12/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, GLENDA E | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $59,349.98 | Date 04/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASSETTI, TINA M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,349.97 | Date 02/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELA CRUZ, ANTHONY | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $59,349.93 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITELLO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Amherst CSD | Amount $59,349.86 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINTE, GUERLINE | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $59,349.84 | Date 04/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONE, BARBARA JEAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 08/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, LINDA S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARVIS, WAYNE J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 04/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, CHERIE L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONEY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 05/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARDO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANETT, JAMES C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 07/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, DAWN N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 03/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCHEL, BARBARA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 01/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMPEY, VALLISA M | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 04/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACCARDO, KRISTINE L | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 05/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODFREY, TRACY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, DANIEL J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, ROSE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 11/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLLAND, BARBARA A | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKMAN, LORI L | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 06/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, MICHELE | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, ANGELA M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 10/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, MARJORIE H | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 07/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALKA, LAURA J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZOLF, KATHLEEN L | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, RUTH | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, BRENDA L | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 01/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUAX, PENNY J | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 06/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATONE, ERIN K | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSSAULT, LESLIE | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, DEBORAH L | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 04/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLLA, MARY L | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 10/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, KIM M | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPUCCIO, LAURIE C | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $59,349.78 | Date 02/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, JAMIE L | Employer name Pine Valley CSD | Amount $59,349.26 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,349.17 | Date 05/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDO, WILLIAM D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $59,349.02 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, JOHN J, III | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $59,348.85 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SISTI, LAURA S | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,348.63 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $59,348.20 | Date 10/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARTHA, GOVINDAN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $59,348.11 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JAMES R | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $59,347.87 | Date 05/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARATORE, TRACY L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $59,347.85 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, EDUARDO, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $59,347.05 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, EULYN M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $59,346.98 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESSIEN, JOE | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $59,346.80 | Date 12/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORES, JAMES J | Employer name East Rockaway UFSD | Amount $59,346.59 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Moravia | Amount $59,346.53 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO RUSSO, JOHN P | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $59,346.39 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, MARY F | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $59,346.36 | Date 10/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, SARAH E | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $59,346.25 | Date 08/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name L'EPLATTENIER, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,346.22 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESZ, DAMON J | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $59,346.08 | Date 08/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASKELL, THOMAS M | Employer name Warren County | Amount $59,346.05 | Date 04/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, MICHELLE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $59,345.58 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MATTHEW S | Employer name Town of Naples | Amount $59,345.25 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, WILLIAM P | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $59,345.09 | Date 06/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALESE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $59,345.08 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEN, LIJU | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $59,344.29 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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