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 VERTEFEUILLE, MICHELLE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,029.57 | Date 02/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAL, TODD A | Employer name Town of Richland | Amount $55,029.47 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNATA, ARIANNA E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $55,029.33 | Date 01/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, REBECCA L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,029.26 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, KENNETH M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $55,029.13 | Date 12/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMSON, HATANGIMANA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $55,029.12 | Date 03/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $55,029.00 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, WENDY A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $55,028.98 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGLEY-LANZA, MELINDA D | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $55,028.81 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, KENNETH P | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $55,028.79 | Date 11/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, JILL | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $55,028.72 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERGHESE, DAGNI L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $55,028.38 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGISMONDO, MARIA A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $55,028.21 | Date 06/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, BRENDEN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,028.20 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLIC, ALMA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $55,028.08 | Date 07/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURKEE, JULIE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,027.94 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHL, LINDA M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $55,027.94 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DAVID G | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $55,027.92 | Date 11/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETCHAM, TERRY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $55,027.75 | Date 03/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, COWAN A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $55,027.65 | Date 04/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, HEATHER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $55,027.35 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, JORGE L | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $55,027.05 | Date 01/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PATRICK H | Employer name South Country CSD - Brookhaven | Amount $55,027.04 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWENDSEN, CLARENCE S | Employer name Town of Tusten | Amount $55,026.23 | Date 11/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABEE, LEIA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $55,026.16 | Date 03/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CHARLES L, SR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $55,026.02 | Date 12/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, HILDA B | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $55,025.96 | Date 05/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILKINS, ALYSSA M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $55,025.54 | Date 09/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACHMAN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $55,025.54 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAFFUTO, KAITLYNN M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $55,025.54 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERSON, THOMAS J | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZZI, BETTY A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIANO, GLORIA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 09/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNER, TAMIARA L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLESTOL, DAWN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, JEANNE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDELL, MICHELLE N | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENSMITH, ARTHUR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOOS, DANIEL C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, BRIAN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $55,025.34 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, DEBRA M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $55,024.87 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALES, MONICA P | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,024.86 | Date 10/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICK, EDWARD H | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $55,024.65 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $55,023.54 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNING, DONNA J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,023.54 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, DONALD L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $55,023.52 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBB, SUSAN M | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $55,023.52 | Date 08/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOFSTAD, STACEY L | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $55,023.07 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCZARYK, CATHY A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $55,023.00 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULI, CATHERINE F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,023.00 | Date 09/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKOY, CAULETTA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $55,022.98 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELL, JEANNE L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $55,022.97 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBRUTTO, GIUSEPPE G | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $55,022.91 | Date 03/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOHN | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $55,022.88 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, TERESA L | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $55,022.55 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, ROCIO | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $55,022.44 | Date 06/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNNE, MARYANN | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $55,021.27 | Date 02/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMBARD, THERESA A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $55,021.24 | Date 11/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, NOELY R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $55,021.09 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, BRIDGET A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $55,021.07 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARCHIDI, JENNIFER A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $55,020.84 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANLEY, JOHN G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $55,020.73 | Date 10/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURIA-HUFFMAN, LISA M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $55,020.66 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINARD, TONYA L | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $55,020.53 | Date 03/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAGISI, FRANK M, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $55,020.24 | Date 07/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, HEATHER L | Employer name Town of Glen | Amount $55,020.03 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTIER, COREY J | Employer name Fulton City School Dist | Amount $55,020.00 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENOS, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Fulton City School Dist | Amount $55,020.00 | Date 04/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOVER, RITA J | Employer name Fulton City School Dist | Amount $55,020.00 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEETSEL, CAROLYN L | Employer name Fulton City School Dist | Amount $55,020.00 | Date 10/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ROSE M | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $55,019.89 | Date 06/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAPLE, STEVEN P | Employer name Newfield CSD | Amount $55,019.40 | Date 07/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEASOCK, MARK R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $55,019.13 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANZONE, THOMAS S | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $55,018.97 | Date 12/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMBRA, ANTHONY N | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $55,018.86 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEDRICK, MARK B | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $55,018.80 | Date 04/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, WENDY E | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $55,018.32 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLARD, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $55,018.32 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, THOMAS F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $55,018.32 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHAN, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $55,018.32 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, PATRICIA L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,018.32 | Date 01/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, STACEY J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,018.32 | Date 05/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, MARK D | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $55,017.94 | Date 04/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOURSE, DARRYL J | Employer name Town of Castile | Amount $55,017.90 | Date 10/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, STEPHEN P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $55,017.80 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, LOUISE V | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $55,017.49 | Date 02/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $55,017.23 | Date 12/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, SARA K | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $55,017.04 | Date 03/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, HEATHER | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $55,016.76 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIOTROWSKI, RADOSLAW | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $55,016.61 | Date 03/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, MARIA J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $55,016.43 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, LARRY J, II | Employer name Town of Eaton | Amount $55,016.25 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FACTEAU, ETHEL M | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $55,016.24 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, KIMBERLY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,016.18 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Town of Oakfield | Amount $55,015.93 | Date 01/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAN, JOSE D | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $55,015.89 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZ, MARIA | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $55,015.87 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARWEG, SUZANNE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $55,015.71 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, JUDITH A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $55,015.63 | Date 05/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, SCOTT M, II | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $55,015.54 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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