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 ARTESSA, GARY M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $54,551.58 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHHOLZ, MARY R | Employer name Monticello CSD | Amount $54,551.47 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, JOYCE R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $54,551.44 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTS, LAURA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $54,551.40 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBB, DONNA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $54,551.28 | Date 02/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUMBLE, RODNEY F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $54,551.00 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASTETTER, KRISTY E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $54,550.88 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNDEGE, ERIC S | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $54,550.80 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYOTTE, JOSHUA R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $54,549.92 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERO, NAEEMAH D | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $54,549.68 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUFFER, JUDY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $54,549.21 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADIZ, REBECCA M | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $54,549.17 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, AUDIE A | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $54,548.95 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATES, GREGORY S | Employer name Little Flower UFSD | Amount $54,548.80 | Date 05/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALA, RICARDO L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $54,548.79 | Date 07/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, GINA M | Employer name Village of Honeoye Falls | Amount $54,548.65 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNWELL, JOHN C, II | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $54,548.40 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGREGO, LARRY S | Employer name Village of Ilion | Amount $54,548.28 | Date 12/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, ARICSIDES | Employer name Mastics Moriches Shirley Libr | Amount $54,548.22 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, ZHENG | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $54,547.96 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FRIEST, DAVID S | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $54,547.92 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKHAM, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $54,547.67 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANOWITZ, ROSANNE | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $54,547.60 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRD, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $54,547.46 | Date 04/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZO-BREWINGTON, JILLIAN C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $54,547.39 | Date 06/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITCHCOCK, AMY E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $54,547.32 | Date 08/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRASQUILLO, IMANI T | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $54,547.30 | Date 10/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, MARJORIE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $54,547.13 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, SHEENA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,546.93 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVELLO, ANGELA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $54,546.87 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, JEREMY R | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $54,546.68 | Date 12/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $54,546.41 | Date 03/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SHERRY | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $54,546.19 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, SHEILA S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,546.14 | Date 01/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, MELINDA S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $54,546.14 | Date 06/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDEN, WAYNE D | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $54,545.81 | Date 03/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENING, PHILIP W | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,545.42 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, JAMES W | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $54,545.42 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, LENA M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $54,545.15 | Date 09/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $54,545.00 | Date 03/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSIER, KELLY A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $54,544.88 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, BRANDON L | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $54,544.43 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNOOY, RICHARD D | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $54,544.18 | Date 05/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUHR, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $54,544.16 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, CHAD T | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $54,544.13 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALDUTTO, MICHAEL A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $54,543.83 | Date 12/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWMAN, TRACI M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $54,543.34 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REANDEAU, DAVID GLEN | Employer name Tupper Lake CSD | Amount $54,543.16 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEISING, LINDA M | Employer name Frontier CSD | Amount $54,543.08 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHALOS, MARIA T | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $54,542.91 | Date 10/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOWY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Granby | Amount $54,542.89 | Date 01/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, HEATHER K | Employer name Ilion Housing Authority | Amount $54,542.80 | Date 03/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANNA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $54,542.78 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDFORD, JEFFREY J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $54,542.53 | Date 07/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAVENELL-CARR, REGINA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $54,542.47 | Date 02/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNER, RUTH L | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $54,542.30 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLE, KEVIN B | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $54,542.28 | Date 03/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOOG-HARVEY, JENNIFER L | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $54,542.11 | Date 10/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, BARBARA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $54,541.77 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CLIFFORD W | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $54,541.70 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLANE, SHATEIK | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $54,541.32 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, HECTOR V | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $54,541.22 | Date 12/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONIENTZ, ROSEMARY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $54,541.20 | Date 05/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, KRISTINE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $54,540.84 | Date 02/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, DARCIA A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $54,540.78 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITER, DEVON WAYNE | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $54,540.51 | Date 08/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTILLI, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,540.40 | Date 05/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JOHN F, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $54,540.39 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTON, JOHN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $54,540.38 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, KRISTIN D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $54,539.98 | Date 05/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, JULIE L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $54,539.96 | Date 11/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSTICK, CYNTHIA | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $54,539.78 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, DYLAN T | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $54,539.63 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUZZO, TIFFANY L | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $54,539.58 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGLIORE, RYAN P | Employer name Spencerport CSD | Amount $54,539.57 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINI, DIANNE | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $54,539.45 | Date 11/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMO, LOUIS | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $54,539.25 | Date 12/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $54,539.21 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, VINCENT | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $54,539.09 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYSER, DALE R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,539.08 | Date 11/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, MARTIN | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $54,538.67 | Date 06/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROWBRIDGE, KENNETH E | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $54,538.52 | Date 11/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMANN, MATTHEW E | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $54,538.44 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWLAND, KRISTA M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $54,538.43 | Date 11/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNIS, CRAIG J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $54,538.28 | Date 10/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, RAMONA L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $54,537.98 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAFLIN, DIANNA L | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $54,537.97 | Date 02/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, DEVON | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $54,537.94 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, KAREN V | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $54,537.86 | Date 01/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATENAUDE, REBECCA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $54,537.69 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUREY, GREGORY W | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $54,537.64 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, JOSEPH N | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $54,537.62 | Date 05/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, WILLIAM F | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $54,537.50 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOFTEGAARD, ADAM G | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $54,537.30 | Date 02/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ECKER, JODIE S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,537.23 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SISON, RALPH M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $54,537.11 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUTHIER, KEVIN R | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $54,536.93 | Date 11/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, JOHN D | Employer name Village of Fishkill | Amount $54,536.91 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, TERRY A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $54,536.74 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FLORIO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,536.52 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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