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 BRETTHAUER, FRANK T | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $54,588.58 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHOSKY, MAUREEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $54,588.45 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTZEL, CARA A | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $54,588.25 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPERSTEIN, JODY A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $54,588.15 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCCITTI, MARIA A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $54,588.09 | Date 06/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, RICHARD P, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $54,588.04 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUDDA, GENNA | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $54,587.86 | Date 03/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, LAURIE J | Employer name Fabius-Pompey CSD | Amount $54,587.55 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRILL, JAMES M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $54,587.49 | Date 10/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, AMY E | Employer name Warren County | Amount $54,587.07 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLEN, MARIA | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $54,587.03 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSILLICO, ROSEMARY T | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $54,587.03 | Date 10/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEMAKER, AMANDA M | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $54,587.00 | Date 04/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPIA-SINICROPI, TERESA M | Employer name Spencerport CSD | Amount $54,586.59 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEREM, GLADIS J | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $54,586.13 | Date 02/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNELLI, DAVID R | Employer name Village of Lawrence | Amount $54,585.57 | Date 03/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTH, ROBERT T | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $54,584.92 | Date 11/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNING, ROGER G | Employer name Tonawanda City School Dist | Amount $54,584.72 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, ANDREW J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $54,584.38 | Date 05/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, PETRA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $54,584.35 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAERS, NANCY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $54,584.05 | Date 08/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTI, SALVATORE L, III | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $54,584.04 | Date 10/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, JOSHUA T | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $54,584.03 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, DAWN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $54,583.60 | Date 02/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEMBA, JOSEPH A, SR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $54,583.13 | Date 04/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFF, DEBORAH J | Employer name Massena CSD | Amount $54,582.92 | Date 12/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCIO, JOANNE | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $54,582.87 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINK, PETRA A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $54,582.60 | Date 06/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTON, LESLIE E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $54,582.56 | Date 09/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, BARBARA J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $54,582.48 | Date 01/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCOCK, BRANDON M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $54,582.43 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, STEVEN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $54,581.48 | Date 03/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ROSCOE R | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $54,581.40 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOD, MARK G | Employer name Town of Canton | Amount $54,581.24 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JEAN D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $54,581.20 | Date 10/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONO, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $54,581.17 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DONALD M | Employer name Middle Hope Fire District | Amount $54,581.14 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, RAY W | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $54,581.05 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINGUS, NANCY L | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $54,580.98 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, LAWRENCE J, JR | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $54,580.91 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENTEN, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $54,580.90 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESNER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Mamakating | Amount $54,580.80 | Date 02/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONDS, DAVID | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $54,580.61 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZERA, MICHELE A | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $54,580.36 | Date 12/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWERIS, MARK | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $54,580.33 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARLE, ROSEMARIE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $54,580.03 | Date 07/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGLOIRE, MANFRED | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $54,580.00 | Date 03/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBBO, JOHN M | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $54,579.99 | Date 03/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENDLEWSKI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $54,579.58 | Date 01/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYSON, ANGELA M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $54,579.53 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $54,579.39 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMONEK, JERRY J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,579.24 | Date 07/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETOELLO, SHAWN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $54,579.10 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANGELO, WILLIAM F, III | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $54,578.98 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, JO ANN M | Employer name Pembroke CSD | Amount $54,578.65 | Date 09/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEORGUIEVA, ROZALIA D | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $54,578.57 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARPEY, JOHN M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $54,578.55 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINT-CYR, CARL HENRY | Employer name Roosevelt UFSD | Amount $54,577.51 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, MARYANN | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $54,577.27 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSE, JAMES E | Employer name Village of Marcellus | Amount $54,577.21 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, BARBARA A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $54,577.08 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOBEY, ROBIN V | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $54,577.05 | Date 12/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEK, WENDY R | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $54,577.00 | Date 08/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, JEFFREY S | Employer name Village of Bainbridge | Amount $54,576.96 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD-HOUSTON, SHAQUAN A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $54,576.76 | Date 10/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEMANN, BRENDA L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $54,576.73 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREBITKO, SETH M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $54,576.50 | Date 10/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, AVA-DAWN A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $54,576.42 | Date 11/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZILNICKI, DAVID T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $54,576.36 | Date 08/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMENDOLA, THOMAS C | Employer name Ellenville CSD | Amount $54,576.13 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRAULT, RENEE L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $54,576.07 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, NICOLE L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $54,576.06 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORTELL, DIANA L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $54,575.97 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALK, RAYMOND, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $54,575.91 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEHER, LINDA L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $54,575.90 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, BOSE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $54,575.83 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOORHIES, ELLEN L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $54,575.59 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, LAUREN J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $54,575.52 | Date 12/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, EMILY M | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $54,575.52 | Date 09/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTI, JOHN A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $54,575.34 | Date 05/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHEARN, MARK C | Employer name Village of Canisteo | Amount $54,575.28 | Date 05/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANE, TERESA C | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $54,574.80 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, EMILY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $54,574.48 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBART, MONTE D | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $54,574.29 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SHRILLE C | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $54,574.29 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOUD, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $54,574.07 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERWAY, DANIELLE M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $54,573.77 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACOMBER, KEITH R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $54,573.22 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERDEI, BARBARA V | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $54,572.77 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLEY, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $54,572.51 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, MICHAEL S | Employer name Canton Housing Authority | Amount $54,572.34 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZULLO, BRANDON J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $54,572.12 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWDISH, RAYMOND P | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $54,572.02 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERT, JUSTIN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $54,571.60 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, THOMAS H | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $54,571.41 | Date 03/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, JESSICA | Employer name Albany County | Amount $54,571.05 | Date 02/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONHOTAL, JEAN F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $54,570.68 | Date 07/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLA, STEVEN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $54,570.62 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERSTEIN, PAUL H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $54,570.52 | Date 05/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CSENGE, MICHAEL G | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $54,570.36 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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