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 ESCHBORN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $58,177.72 | Date 10/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, JAN-MICHAEL | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $58,177.58 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAR, PAMELA M | Employer name Alden CSD | Amount $58,177.58 | Date 08/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSAFRA, ANTHONY | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $58,177.50 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, INGRID M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $58,177.11 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, MARIE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $58,177.10 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, KIM C | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $58,176.92 | Date 12/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, JASON M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $58,176.84 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKARD, AMY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $58,176.71 | Date 11/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUZER, FREDERICK T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,176.66 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSON, MARK E | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $58,176.21 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSALLO, ALEXANDER B | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $58,176.13 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, SEAN R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $58,175.89 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, EDWARD A | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $58,175.81 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDINIER, RICHARD W | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $58,175.79 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, JOSEPH T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $58,175.62 | Date 11/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, FRANK J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $58,175.61 | Date 01/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAFFORD, JOSEPH S | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $58,175.55 | Date 10/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, LIZ A | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $58,175.39 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, DANIEL R | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $58,174.62 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOKSIMOVIC, MARTA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $58,174.44 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERKEL, DEBORAH J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,174.12 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLD, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $58,174.08 | Date 01/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $58,174.00 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLA, ALICE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $58,173.96 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DIANE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $58,173.96 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTURE, RICHARD P, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $58,173.54 | Date 11/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, ERIC M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $58,173.49 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHETER, SANDRA A | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $58,173.49 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAVEN, CATHERINE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $58,173.40 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOGNIAT, JASON D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $58,173.33 | Date 08/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEY, JASON | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $58,173.17 | Date 08/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, VIVIENE B | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $58,173.07 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, ERIN E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $58,173.05 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEHAN, BRUCE F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $58,173.05 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MARGARITA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $58,173.03 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTELLI, ANITA M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $58,173.00 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUENHEID, MONICA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $58,171.31 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONK, JEFFREY W | Employer name Wallkill CSD | Amount $58,171.31 | Date 08/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUELL, KATIE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $58,171.15 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOURAY, SEKOU M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $58,170.97 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KENNETH J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $58,170.85 | Date 09/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOF, SHERRY | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $58,170.81 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, MARC A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,170.80 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTESANO, NANCY L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $58,170.04 | Date 01/31/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERSON, SHANNON L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $58,169.98 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, GREGORY A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $58,169.94 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $58,169.68 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, WILLIAM J, IV | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $58,169.56 | Date 02/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALES, DAVID | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $58,169.55 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HAGEN, COURTNEY S | Employer name Broome County | Amount $58,169.52 | Date 01/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLETE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $58,169.32 | Date 11/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTOJAS, ROBERTO J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $58,169.23 | Date 05/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JOSHUA S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,169.22 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, PAMELA M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $58,169.16 | Date 09/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, VALERIE A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $58,168.97 | Date 08/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALDENWANG, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $58,168.77 | Date 01/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENADO, ROBIN L | Employer name Ramapo Housing Authority | Amount $58,168.72 | Date 05/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, MEEGAN K | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $58,168.70 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, THOMAS J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $58,168.69 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRALDO, ANA H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $58,168.45 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, VICTOR H | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $58,168.37 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WESLEY E | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $58,168.36 | Date 12/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTMAN, ELLEN M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $58,168.28 | Date 01/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRO, SAMUEL A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,168.26 | Date 01/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTLAKE, BRADLEY L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $58,168.17 | Date 12/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DITTMAN, COLLEEN M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $58,167.80 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WICKLEN, JAMES L | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $58,167.80 | Date 03/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCK, SHAWN M | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $58,167.72 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKSDALE, KEVIN R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $58,167.72 | Date 03/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTTS, KIMBERLY T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $58,167.28 | Date 12/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCARELLI, DOMINIC M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $58,166.84 | Date 03/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, JANICE E | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $58,166.83 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRIP, MARY H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $58,166.69 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, ROYCE D | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $58,166.63 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SUZANNE M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $58,166.37 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, THERESA J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $58,166.31 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Jerusalem | Amount $58,165.92 | Date 04/16/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABOY-RIVERA, RHONDA M | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $58,165.90 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLAN, JONATHAN R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $58,165.85 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, NORMAN A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $58,165.80 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISE, VALERIE A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $58,165.66 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, KEVIN P | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $58,165.29 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLCKEMER, JOYCE A | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $58,165.28 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMILOWSKA, WILLIAM W | Employer name Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD | Amount $58,165.20 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, LOIS A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $58,165.07 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, KRISTEN M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $58,164.93 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITULLI, CLAUDIA C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $58,164.83 | Date 10/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTY, RICHARD B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,164.42 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORBY, CYNTHIA B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,164.28 | Date 11/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, JANICE M | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $58,164.20 | Date 04/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLINAN, LORI G | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $58,164.06 | Date 11/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDDIMAN, MARK D | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $58,164.05 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTAGH, KEVIN L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $58,163.82 | Date 09/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTAGNA, ANN T | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $58,163.80 | Date 08/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARRO, ANNE MARIE C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $58,163.67 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEANS, DARLENE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $58,163.54 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, CHRISTINE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $58,162.88 | Date 08/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, SHARON L | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $58,162.87 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ALEC D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $58,162.78 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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