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 RIVERS, SHARON | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $58,115.64 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIGNAULT, BARBARA J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $58,115.27 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMORE, ERICA L | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $58,115.22 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIEPSMA, DEBRA A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $58,115.20 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTON, LEAH J | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $58,115.04 | Date 05/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAW, MARSHALL P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $58,114.46 | Date 01/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DAVID M | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $58,114.43 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FILS, ANNE E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $58,114.05 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTNETT, LINDA M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $58,113.29 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CHIARA, JACKI L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $58,113.26 | Date 10/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, REYANIN M | Employer name Village of Saranac Lake | Amount $58,113.26 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, SHAWN P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $58,113.16 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRDHAR, PARMOD K | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $58,113.12 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUL, MEDHA R | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $58,113.12 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIS, EDWARD R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $58,112.74 | Date 05/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, HEIDI | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $58,112.25 | Date 01/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHERSPOON, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $58,111.66 | Date 10/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, HELEN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $58,111.22 | Date 04/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTH, MICHELE M | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $58,111.10 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIOTTO, THOMAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,111.01 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHORQUEZ, FRANCISCO J | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 24 | Amount $58,110.54 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASQUARELLI, VINCENT | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $58,110.50 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, JENNIFER A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,110.45 | Date 02/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMEAU MARCELLUS, COLETTE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,110.43 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIPPEL, KENNETH J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $58,110.32 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACH, BRENDA L | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $58,110.15 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, GLADYS J | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $58,110.07 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINGLEY, CHERYL M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $58,109.89 | Date 07/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRITT, KYLE J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $58,109.75 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, RACHEL E | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $58,109.74 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRICK, DAMIAN P | Employer name Town of Wawarsing | Amount $58,109.53 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, CONCETTA R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,109.51 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHOLLEN, SCOTT D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $58,109.33 | Date 03/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, COLBY J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,109.30 | Date 03/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDEN, JAMIE C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,109.28 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, SANDRA L | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $58,109.16 | Date 08/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, JENNITER | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $58,109.10 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWER, GREGORY S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,109.06 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AJEWOLE, GIDEON O | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $58,109.00 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, VOLKER | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $58,108.80 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDING, MARJORIE D | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $58,108.70 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, DEBORAH D | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $58,108.70 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIELOWSKI, ELAINE A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $58,108.44 | Date 11/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, LISA K | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $58,108.31 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, SHARON L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $58,108.10 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, MICHELE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,108.10 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, BEVERLY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,108.10 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEELY, CECILLIA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,108.10 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, TONI A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,108.10 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAIT, ANDREA S | Employer name Victor CSD | Amount $58,108.00 | Date 07/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEARS, DEBRA E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $58,107.84 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, TANYA E | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $58,107.77 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHUCA, SANTIAGO, JR | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $58,107.58 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, FREDERICK J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $58,107.58 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, AMELIA S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,107.58 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, GERMAINE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,107.58 | Date 04/05/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUC, TRACY L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $58,107.48 | Date 06/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MELISSA G | Employer name Town of Pawling | Amount $58,107.32 | Date 11/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, CARLENE M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $58,107.24 | Date 03/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, WENDY | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $58,107.24 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JAMES H | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $58,107.00 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, CLIFFORD G | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $58,106.95 | Date 01/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYAL, REBECCA M | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $58,106.80 | Date 12/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECK, MAUREEN M | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $58,106.75 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO CASCIO, CATHERINE M | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $58,106.73 | Date 10/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOSIA, CORY L | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $58,106.58 | Date 08/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCH, TERRY M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $58,106.38 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAM, DAVID F | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $58,106.37 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELCAREK, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $58,106.17 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHAMBEAULT, BRETT A | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $58,106.15 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYMAS, BENETTA Y | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $58,106.14 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, KEVIN M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $58,106.01 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATTO, JESSICA L | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $58,105.78 | Date 10/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, DONNA M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $58,105.67 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEKAY, DIANA M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,105.48 | Date 09/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFORD, PATTY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,105.00 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, SEAN J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $58,104.96 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOVERSPIKE, MARIA L | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $58,104.90 | Date 12/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CHRISTI M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $58,104.89 | Date 02/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CHRISTINE J | Employer name NYS School For The Deaf | Amount $58,104.80 | Date 01/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, LINDA W | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $58,104.78 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, ADAM J | Employer name Town of Livonia | Amount $58,104.56 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANDCHAMP, DONALD W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $58,104.01 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPPS, JESSICA L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,103.98 | Date 02/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, PERRY W | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $58,103.52 | Date 05/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCONNOR, ELFREDA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $58,103.40 | Date 06/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYWARD, RUSSELL H, III | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $58,103.34 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGOS, CECILIA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $58,103.16 | Date 09/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPUIS, JOSHUA J | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $58,103.14 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, DARRYL T | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $58,102.98 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, WAYNE J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $58,102.07 | Date 06/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, BRUCE O | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $58,101.94 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, SUZANNE | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $58,101.91 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, REYNALDO A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $58,101.80 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISTRETTA, DOMINICK P | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $58,101.76 | Date 08/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIO, JOSEPH A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $58,101.64 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, SEAN T | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $58,101.47 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, JEANETTE C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,101.31 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPTAN, JOHN S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $58,101.26 | Date 01/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, JAMES E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $58,101.11 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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