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 IMMEL, LORI M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $58,031.36 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTHA, EMILIA L | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $58,031.34 | Date 09/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTY, HEIDI | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $58,031.30 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPAGNA, MICHAEL | Employer name Ramapo Housing Authority | Amount $58,030.99 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERRATO, FRANK | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $58,030.98 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN-HURDLE, JAMALA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $58,030.86 | Date 03/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISLAM, QASIM U | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $58,030.75 | Date 07/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, JOSEPH A | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $58,030.74 | Date 12/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSEN, ERIC C | Employer name Brighton CSD | Amount $58,030.24 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLINE, DAVID N | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $58,030.11 | Date 06/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, LANCE E | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $58,029.96 | Date 02/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINI, LINDSEY M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $58,029.94 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $58,029.72 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERT, JEFFREY D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $58,029.68 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, CHRISTINE M | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $58,029.52 | Date 06/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, DAVID J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $58,029.39 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUE, JEREMY R | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $58,029.24 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORWIN, DANA C | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $58,029.14 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGNELLO, THERESA M | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $58,029.04 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERSANO, MICHELE M | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $58,029.04 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, DIANE | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $58,029.04 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMOVYCH, OLEKSANDRA | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $58,028.76 | Date 12/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTON, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $58,028.57 | Date 04/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORGIA, CATHERINE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,028.56 | Date 01/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAISANO, JAMES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,028.56 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCOTTE, SHEILA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,028.56 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, VIRGINIA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,028.56 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRANCHEFF, GREGORY T | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $58,028.56 | Date 05/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, KEVIN M | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $58,028.47 | Date 10/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLERT, JAMES F, JR | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $58,027.99 | Date 10/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, RICKY J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $58,027.87 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATCHER-HARRIS, DANIELLE T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $58,027.75 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DESHAWN T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $58,027.68 | Date 06/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JEFFREY A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $58,027.55 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINNEY, GREGG E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $58,027.22 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLICK, DIANE M | Employer name Windsor CSD | Amount $58,026.98 | Date 09/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINQUE, THOMAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $58,026.91 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUZZESE, CAROLYN A | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $58,026.50 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSTON, JUDY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $58,026.05 | Date 12/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIELE, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn | Amount $58,025.65 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, MAUREEN | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $58,025.54 | Date 02/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS, LESLIE M | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $58,025.46 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICILIANO, DANIEL J | Employer name Wading River Fire District | Amount $58,025.30 | Date 05/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, BRIAN M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $58,025.22 | Date 09/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHELIN, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $58,024.90 | Date 02/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHELLE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $58,024.90 | Date 10/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOZZY, MARGARET A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $58,024.70 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, DONALD L | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $58,024.67 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, PATRICIA L | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $58,024.64 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, SARA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $58,024.47 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHATELEY, STEVEN A | Employer name Coxsackie-Athens CSD | Amount $58,024.33 | Date 12/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, THOMAS E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $58,024.17 | Date 10/20/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, DEBRA J | Employer name Boces-Tompkins Seneca Tioga | Amount $58,024.12 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, LEO J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $58,024.07 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, KRISTIN M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $58,024.05 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ELIJAH S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $58,023.91 | Date 12/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINSON, TRAVIS W | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $58,023.80 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOPOULOS, PHYLLIS | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $58,023.68 | Date 05/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHTER, JAY W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $58,023.51 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, PATRICK J | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $58,023.45 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $58,022.91 | Date 06/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JOHN J | Employer name Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Amount $58,022.75 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAIVE, LARRY P | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $58,022.69 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIUBA, ZENON R | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $58,022.63 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYBYSZEWSKI, PAUL J, JR | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $58,022.44 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KATHLEEN B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $58,022.36 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTOR, DEBORAH K | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $58,022.30 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, CRYSTAL M | Employer name Corning Community College | Amount $58,022.20 | Date 11/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EAGLE, BRIAN C | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $58,022.03 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUCERO, VINCENT J | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $58,021.87 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSH, LORENDA | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $58,021.87 | Date 11/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUNTHALA, ALICE | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $58,021.87 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, ROSE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $58,021.80 | Date 09/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, DENNIS J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,021.80 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOONAN, THOMAS | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $58,021.62 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKERT, JAMES F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $58,021.60 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOSEPH K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $58,021.60 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, SHEILEEN | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $58,021.60 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANGELO, KAREN | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $58,021.58 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITZENRATER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $58,021.54 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITA, RITA R | Employer name Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn | Amount $58,021.46 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $58,021.16 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUFIELD, PETER W | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $58,021.14 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPLE, NICOLA M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $58,020.37 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELBY, JOSEPH A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $58,020.33 | Date 09/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, BRANDON E | Employer name Village of Watkins Glen | Amount $58,020.29 | Date 06/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANIAK, RODNEY J | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $58,020.28 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREAULT, DAWN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $58,020.05 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHARDT, KENNETH M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $58,019.96 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ANNIE P | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $58,019.91 | Date 03/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNBULL, TUANH T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $58,019.83 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARITEAU, MAURICE J | Employer name Cohoes Housing Authority | Amount $58,019.81 | Date 11/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, CATHERINE A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $58,019.70 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEATLEY, STEVEN A | Employer name Village of Islandia | Amount $58,019.50 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBIN, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $58,019.07 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMULLIN, JEANETTE K | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $58,018.96 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Olive | Amount $58,018.32 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMINGHAM, JOHN P | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $58,017.82 | Date 09/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZUTO, CARMEN J | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $58,017.58 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTESE, JEAN M | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $58,017.38 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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