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 SCHWOB, WILLIAM L | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $55,730.12 | Date 04/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALET, SARAH L | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $55,729.96 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAZARD, HAROLD M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $55,729.88 | Date 07/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GENNARO, JAMES | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $55,729.61 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDERHAN, DONALD A | Employer name Village of Menands | Amount $55,728.71 | Date 11/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONSERRATE, CASSIE E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,728.56 | Date 11/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTANAVIGE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $55,728.42 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $55,728.34 | Date 06/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BULGER, JAMES P, JR | Employer name Town of Colesville | Amount $55,728.34 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAR, ALFRED T | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $55,728.31 | Date 03/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARSFIELD, GERALD E | Employer name Depew UFSD | Amount $55,727.37 | Date 04/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMENGUAL, MICHAEL S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $55,727.31 | Date 02/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARION | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $55,727.22 | Date 04/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDISON, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $55,727.19 | Date 07/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLBACH, RICHARD R | Employer name Town of Windsor | Amount $55,726.96 | Date 01/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNES, GLORIA E | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $55,726.61 | Date 01/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRIAN L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,726.53 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZABAIA, NAOMI | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $55,726.45 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOBIANCO, BEVERLY N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,726.42 | Date 07/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUGRUE, AMELIA H | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $55,726.15 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSE, JOAN E | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $55,725.96 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMARELLI, RHONDA C | Employer name Port Jervis Free Library | Amount $55,725.60 | Date 12/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEY, MAXINE | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $55,725.35 | Date 03/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, ARTHUR P, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $55,725.25 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, ROBERT D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $55,725.06 | Date 11/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, RONALD P | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $55,724.86 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESCHENES, DIANE R | Employer name Town of New Scotland | Amount $55,724.63 | Date 03/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTIN, KATHY A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $55,724.35 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, TONYA L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $55,724.02 | Date 11/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTACROCE, FRANK A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $55,723.90 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRACUSE, MATHEW C | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,723.72 | Date 02/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Sweden | Amount $55,723.59 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBERT, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $55,723.56 | Date 04/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY-SANTANGELO, RONALD C | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $55,723.51 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSINI, AARON P | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $55,723.50 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORREST, LINDA A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $55,723.47 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, EDWARD L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $55,723.43 | Date 02/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELINSKI, JOSEPH J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $55,722.57 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLER, KAREN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $55,722.44 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARS, RACHEL M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $55,722.42 | Date 04/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBOY, JESSALYN A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $55,722.17 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRESP, JANICE L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $55,721.74 | Date 11/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, DEAN M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $55,721.38 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWLIS, JEFFREY A | Employer name Haldane CSD - Philipstown | Amount $55,721.31 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, JIMMY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,721.21 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Troy City School Dist | Amount $55,720.95 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, JOANNE | Employer name Beacon City School Dist | Amount $55,720.86 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOL, JAMES T | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $55,720.75 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, JOHN R | Employer name Averill Park CSD | Amount $55,720.60 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, CATINA M | Employer name Averill Park CSD | Amount $55,720.60 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, PHILIP | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $55,720.37 | Date 06/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KIMBERLY R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $55,720.20 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, DIANA | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $55,720.14 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIPIONE, THERESA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,719.92 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, HEATHER E | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $55,719.87 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNIGAN, ANDREW G | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $55,719.60 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANISZEWSKI, DAVID J | Employer name Lackawanna City School Dist | Amount $55,719.36 | Date 08/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUM, MARILYN E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $55,719.32 | Date 06/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIER, KRISTINA M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $55,719.24 | Date 02/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAUTELS, JACLYN M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $55,719.01 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHANT, RENEE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,718.63 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, JOSHUA F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $55,718.41 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $55,717.84 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, JOE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,717.57 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUYNH, WENDY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,717.53 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEUNEMAN, SHANNON L | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $55,717.49 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, ANGELA | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $55,717.34 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENG, JING SI | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $55,717.34 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPRAL, SUSAN I | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $55,717.12 | Date 01/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, PAUL M | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $55,717.00 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, JULIE A | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $55,717.00 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESCHKE, BERNARD J | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $55,716.77 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, STEVEN M | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $55,716.71 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JENNIFER LYNN | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $55,716.60 | Date 02/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DWAIN K | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $55,716.57 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, JACQUELINE | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,716.11 | Date 07/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, RITA C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $55,715.95 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, LEANORA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $55,715.70 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAUTMAN, PHILIP D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $55,715.50 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLICA, ANDREW R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $55,715.27 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSES, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $55,714.75 | Date 07/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO VERDE, THOMAS N | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $55,714.70 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, KRYSTAL N | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $55,714.19 | Date 06/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKE, RACHEL A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $55,714.05 | Date 02/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, MELANIE D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $55,713.86 | Date 04/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, GAIUS W, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $55,713.33 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, ERIN M | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $55,712.67 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUME, JAMES T, JR | Employer name Albany County | Amount $55,712.60 | Date 08/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACEY, JOSH L | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $55,712.38 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLANO, JILL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,712.29 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, TYRICE N | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $55,712.09 | Date 11/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLTON, RYAN S | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $55,711.61 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLERA, DANIEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $55,711.48 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACEY, AMANDA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $55,711.26 | Date 10/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, LAURIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,711.15 | Date 07/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGLE, RICHARD J | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $55,711.12 | Date 05/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, DORIS C | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $55,710.75 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAIN, JANET J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $55,710.72 | Date 01/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI VIGNI, GABRIEL E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $55,710.25 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATONS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $55,710.24 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
Please choose a filter above to display results or
DISPLAY ALLNo results for your selection
RESET