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 MOSIER, JESSICA A | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $58,546.23 | Date 12/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBE, RONI D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $58,546.19 | Date 06/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMOND, RYAN M | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $58,546.01 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIESLER, WILLIAM D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $58,545.90 | Date 09/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUSVILLE, MATTHEW | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $58,545.88 | Date 05/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $58,545.64 | Date 11/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WILLIAM R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $58,545.58 | Date 07/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, WILLIAM A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $58,545.28 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARRANT, FRANCES V | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $58,545.15 | Date 08/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN-KENNEDY, COLLEEN A | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $58,545.04 | Date 08/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEARD, INDIA A | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $58,544.83 | Date 12/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTORSNOK, JEFFREY R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $58,544.68 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, DOMINIQUE S | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $58,544.05 | Date 10/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELICHAREK, MARGARET | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $58,543.83 | Date 11/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORICELLI, PAULA B | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $58,543.82 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, JAMES A | Employer name Mexico CSD | Amount $58,543.73 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWACK, ERIC J, SR | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $58,543.60 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, AUDREY T | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $58,543.37 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILGERMEIN, ANDREW J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,542.99 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRONE, JASON R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,542.75 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUELL, JO ANNA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $58,542.68 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICKERT ORR, KELLY L | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $58,542.66 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINER, KAREN N | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $58,542.50 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, EUGENE J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $58,542.13 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCH, CHARISE R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $58,542.10 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBLER, SUZANNE L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $58,541.71 | Date 05/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITECAVAGE, DIANA V | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $58,541.60 | Date 03/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMASON, HENRY H | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $58,541.44 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUROPATWINSKI, KAREN K | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $58,541.35 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYSLINSKI, WAYNE K | Employer name Scotia Glenville CSD | Amount $58,541.31 | Date 08/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVLIK, SCOTT T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $58,541.00 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NERO, ALAN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,540.80 | Date 07/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEILMAN, DEBORAH J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $58,540.73 | Date 12/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGULAR, SUSAN A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $58,540.64 | Date 10/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, MARK J | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $58,540.58 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KEEVER, KATLIN R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $58,540.51 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, STEPHEN M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $58,540.41 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JASON A | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $58,540.28 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVINGER, KASEEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $58,540.12 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOSUOSSO, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $58,540.09 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, STEPHEN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $58,539.85 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $58,539.69 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, MARY D | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $58,539.54 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATT, DANIEL P | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $58,539.48 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKAY, COLIN T | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $58,539.37 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JULICHER, JESSICA RAE | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $58,539.29 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIETO, RICHARD | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $58,539.16 | Date 06/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTMAN, DONALD B | Employer name Town of Manchester | Amount $58,539.08 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLINGAME, DAWN | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,538.54 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, THERESA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $58,538.43 | Date 08/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, KENNETH A | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $58,538.28 | Date 12/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAPUZZO, DENIS | Employer name Lakeland Fire District | Amount $58,538.20 | Date 09/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODCHILD, TERESA K | Employer name Margaretville CSD | Amount $58,538.14 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, RENATA | Employer name Town of Cornwall | Amount $58,537.72 | Date 06/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHER, ANGELINE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $58,537.43 | Date 03/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JASON W | Employer name Town of Milton | Amount $58,537.33 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MNASRI, RAFIK | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $58,537.21 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREIGHTON, NICOLE J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $58,537.19 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, QUINTON R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $58,536.88 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACERO, CYNTHIA A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $58,536.75 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGETT, DAVID C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $58,536.65 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KAREN M | Employer name Camden CSD | Amount $58,536.32 | Date 05/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $58,536.01 | Date 10/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ANDREW M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,536.01 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURNARI, CRYSTAL M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $58,535.86 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULL, JULIJA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $58,535.60 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, COLIN E | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $58,535.58 | Date 06/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLIN, SHERMAN F, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $58,535.52 | Date 03/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, ELTON E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $58,535.12 | Date 01/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMSKI, PATRICK M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $58,535.04 | Date 07/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAY, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $58,534.99 | Date 02/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, DREW M | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $58,534.89 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'REILLY, MORGAN J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $58,534.89 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, KELLIANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $58,534.72 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TRACY A | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $58,534.71 | Date 12/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKINS, LINDSEY J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $58,534.00 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWELL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $58,533.99 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORFLEET, ONYSHA D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $58,533.87 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, JOAN ELSA | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $58,533.82 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEN, KIM A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $58,533.70 | Date 06/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRACKALPARAMBIL GEORGE, SHINE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,533.39 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIANO, DOROTHY M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,533.38 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETTERICH, BRENDA | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $58,533.25 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, EIJAH V | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $58,533.11 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRONGO, CODY M | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $58,532.86 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALCER, DAVID W | Employer name Lyndonville CSD | Amount $58,532.75 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUHMANN, KENNETH F | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $58,532.69 | Date 04/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBIES, KRISTIN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,532.56 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PAUL R | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $58,532.55 | Date 01/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANOWSKI, KATHERINE A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $58,532.39 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JOHN I | Employer name La Fayette CSD | Amount $58,532.30 | Date 10/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEISENRING, SUZANNE C | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $58,532.20 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAU, MICHAEL | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,531.97 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOUT, WILLIAM E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $58,531.85 | Date 03/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, RICHARD | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $58,531.84 | Date 10/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOURIGAN, SUSAN H | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $58,531.45 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, MATTHEW W | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $58,531.45 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPP, MICHAEL G | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $58,531.37 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, BRIAN L | Employer name Town of East Bloomfield | Amount $58,531.25 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZANSKI, JOSEPH W | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $58,531.18 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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