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 SAAS, AMY K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $54,834.15 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARLES, SCOTT D | Employer name Town of Coeymans | Amount $54,834.00 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNEMANN, CHRISTINA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $54,833.95 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, GLADYS R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,833.20 | Date 06/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRENT, SAM M | Employer name South Country CSD - Brookhaven | Amount $54,833.10 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GARY D | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $54,832.93 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, STACY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $54,832.84 | Date 06/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRANTE, MARK | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,832.41 | Date 06/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANOVA, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,832.28 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLE, NEIKEISHA R | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $54,832.19 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERTHA, MALCOLMA | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $54,832.19 | Date 08/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MARCO A | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $54,832.12 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKPATRICK, TARA P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $54,832.09 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCKUS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $54,832.09 | Date 06/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $54,831.98 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ERIK O | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $54,831.93 | Date 07/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, CAROLINE E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $54,831.79 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWS, ROBERT A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $54,831.76 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN FONDA, KATHLEEN P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $54,831.68 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,831.40 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGERMAN, NAN M | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $54,831.06 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODELL, BARBARA A | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $54,831.05 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IBSEN, MELANIE T | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $54,831.01 | Date 12/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LARE, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Town of Walworth | Amount $54,830.92 | Date 02/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, VERA J | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $54,830.92 | Date 08/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, RHONDA L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $54,830.89 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, DAVID J | Employer name Copake-Taconic Hills CSD | Amount $54,830.81 | Date 08/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, LORI B | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $54,830.64 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORIAKHI, FRANK | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $54,830.55 | Date 11/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSTER, FELICIA A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $54,830.49 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, HELENA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $54,829.73 | Date 01/09/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, JANET H | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,829.71 | Date 09/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, ANTHONY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $54,829.70 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, LORELL H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $54,829.67 | Date 11/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNER, RUSSELL H | Employer name Town of Sullivan | Amount $54,829.64 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSETT, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $54,829.35 | Date 10/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $54,829.06 | Date 07/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTONE, GAIL | Employer name Broome County | Amount $54,828.61 | Date 05/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUERO, JOSE F | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $54,828.51 | Date 12/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, VICKI L | Employer name Clifton Pk-Halfmn Pub Libr Dis | Amount $54,828.51 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, CASSANDRA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $54,828.39 | Date 07/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, JEFFREY SCOTT | Employer name Town of La Grange | Amount $54,828.22 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOGAR, MEECHEHNE L | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $54,828.20 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAUD, CRAIG A | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $54,828.16 | Date 02/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALLY, MICHAEL L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $54,827.95 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULA, CATHY L | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $54,827.94 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERITHEW, SAMANTHA M | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $54,827.55 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRENNELL, PATRICK M, II | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $54,827.53 | Date 09/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRYS, JESSICA L | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $54,827.35 | Date 04/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, MARIA A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,826.91 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVNICK, ROBERT A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $54,826.71 | Date 02/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JEREMY R | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $54,826.70 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODMANSEE, TERESA | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $54,826.60 | Date 03/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODYARD, MARY J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $54,826.60 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DEVON R | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $54,826.50 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCATIELLO, GINGER A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,826.12 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUGHNEY, JAMES M, III | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $54,826.00 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PALMA, NIKKI JO | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $54,825.97 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMAN, LYNDA R | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $54,825.79 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNDL, FRED W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,825.77 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHENK, DAVID J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $54,825.69 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Oneida City School Dist | Amount $54,825.47 | Date 07/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KENDRA M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $54,825.16 | Date 08/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CRISTYNE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $54,825.14 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANIPINTO, JANINE A | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $54,825.13 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVERHILL, SETH D | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $54,824.97 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANELLI, LEONARD L, JR | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $54,824.85 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GRADY U | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $54,824.61 | Date 05/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, ELEANOR A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $54,824.49 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, THOMAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $54,824.49 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTICO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Elmira Heights | Amount $54,824.31 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIOFFE, HEATHER | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $54,824.11 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEITH, JAMES R | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $54,823.43 | Date 04/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEGER, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $54,822.82 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVATINO, ASHLEY S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $54,822.70 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTT, JOHN M | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $54,822.52 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPPELMANN, EILEEN M | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $54,822.50 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, BRUCE E | Employer name Town of Hastings | Amount $54,822.49 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRRO, KELLY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $54,821.54 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOP, DARRYL J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $54,821.49 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMIEGAL, CYNTHIA B | Employer name Clinton CSD | Amount $54,821.21 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERSTROM, DEREK A | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $54,820.78 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACANTI, LAUREN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $54,820.58 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERFILIPPI, TATUM L | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $54,820.53 | Date 05/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARSTKA, LISA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $54,820.11 | Date 10/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, KELLIE A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $54,819.97 | Date 12/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, MELISSA R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $54,819.65 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JAMIE A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $54,819.53 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOFTALLEN, CRAIG R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $54,819.29 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNAIR, RYAN E H | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $54,819.28 | Date 09/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, JENNIFER H | Employer name Sherrill City School Dist | Amount $54,818.91 | Date 06/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ANDREW C | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $54,818.51 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMANTOPOULOS, MIKE | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $54,818.32 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMBAUT, AARON G | Employer name Rochester Housing Authority | Amount $54,818.31 | Date 05/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRESSLER, RONALD J | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $54,817.89 | Date 05/07/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PAUL F | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $54,817.89 | Date 05/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBALL, PAUL J | Employer name Madison County | Amount $54,817.80 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERY, BAMBI L | Employer name Town of Dryden | Amount $54,817.44 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, PAUL R | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $54,817.43 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAGNON, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $54,817.34 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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