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 RUGAR, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $53,846.34 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLI, WILLIAM A | Employer name Delaware Academy C S D - Delhi | Amount $53,846.20 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCINSKI, MICHAEL R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,846.17 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXINN, DAVID | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $53,846.10 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'TOOLE, JOHN P | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $53,845.88 | Date 04/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN-GARDNER, JO ELLEN | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $53,845.71 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSTAVE, PATRYSE C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $53,845.12 | Date 11/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, SUSAN E | Employer name Town of Wilton | Amount $53,844.96 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ROBIN J | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $53,844.54 | Date 07/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIULIANO, MARYANN F | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $53,844.21 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACANELLI, MARIE A | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $53,844.21 | Date 09/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPE, THERESA M | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $53,844.21 | Date 09/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGNA, DARLENE M | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $53,844.21 | Date 11/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLER, RAMONA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $53,844.18 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOHN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,844.10 | Date 01/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIETEK, ROBERT M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $53,844.05 | Date 02/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSIELAK, MARK D | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $53,843.89 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESUME, MARLENE M | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $53,843.82 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Village of Medina | Amount $53,843.62 | Date 09/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUJASTYK, GREGORY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $53,843.39 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAMON, ANN M | Employer name Sherburne-Earlville CSD | Amount $53,843.36 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, ANTHONY T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $53,843.29 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKARSKY, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $53,842.52 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORLEY, DORIS | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $53,842.52 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, SEAN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $53,842.52 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERBER, MARGARET M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $53,842.52 | Date 02/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, FELICIA M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $53,842.52 | Date 09/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, BETTY ANN | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $53,842.31 | Date 12/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ-THOMPSON, MARIBEL | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $53,842.24 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHUY, BRIAN J | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $53,841.60 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODUTI, ANNUNZIATA M | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $53,841.04 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEACOCK, DEVINE T | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $53,840.94 | Date 08/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVEDAY, RONALD C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $53,840.91 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUERMBERGER, TERRY L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $53,840.59 | Date 05/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMANTATOS, MARCOS N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $53,840.51 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTMAN, COURTNEY L | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $53,840.45 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, JACOB P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $53,840.35 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGO, JOSEPH DARL | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $53,840.17 | Date 07/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, HENRY C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $53,840.15 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRON, TOMAS | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $53,839.87 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULLO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,839.84 | Date 08/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, DAVID S | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $53,839.84 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESAW, ANNETTE | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $53,839.78 | Date 05/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAND, ELIZABETH A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $53,839.15 | Date 08/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDICOTT, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $53,839.14 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JACK L | Employer name Starpoint CSD | Amount $53,838.99 | Date 10/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZOTTE, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,838.95 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLETTE, ROBERT L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $53,838.94 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUFFRONT-SUAREZ, DORA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,838.90 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, WILLIAM R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $53,838.49 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEOWN, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Avon | Amount $53,838.42 | Date 06/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWS, NANCY F | Employer name De Ruyter CSD | Amount $53,838.34 | Date 10/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Minerva | Amount $53,838.20 | Date 01/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JILL M | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $53,838.09 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFSCHILD, LANI J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $53,838.04 | Date 01/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, ERIC M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $53,837.94 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEICHERT, ROBERT H | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $53,837.90 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, MAURA E | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $53,837.86 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUNKETT, SHERRI | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $53,837.76 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PIERRE, MELANIE F | Employer name Red Hook CSD | Amount $53,837.33 | Date 02/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD-WILSON, DIANA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,837.32 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, HOWARD B | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,837.09 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, KURT H | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $53,837.06 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISHEIT, MARIE H | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $53,836.65 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOTTA, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $53,836.28 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIND, SCOTT R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $53,836.07 | Date 11/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEAU, ERIN K | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $53,835.95 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CHARLES W | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $53,835.72 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZZI, ANNE | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $53,835.52 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOUGALL, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Tully | Amount $53,835.38 | Date 01/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, LISA A | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $53,835.33 | Date 03/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLS, LARRY A, JR | Employer name Village of Lewiston | Amount $53,835.11 | Date 02/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILANO, DENISE M | Employer name Pine Plains CSD | Amount $53,834.93 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDICH, ANDREA D | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $53,834.81 | Date 09/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIZUB, ROBERT A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $53,834.76 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDFATHER, THOMAS | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $53,834.66 | Date 06/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, ALICIA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $53,834.56 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, DAWN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $53,834.46 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, MARK | Employer name Boces-Oswego | Amount $53,834.41 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, SCOTT P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $53,834.40 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADEN, SAMUEL T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,834.09 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SHONG, JELANIE | Employer name Lt Governor's Executive Office | Amount $53,834.05 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFIBAUGH, BENJAMIN P | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $53,834.05 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE MAY, CHARLES A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,834.00 | Date 09/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, FRANCESKA | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $53,833.79 | Date 04/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICKNESE, DOROTHY | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $53,833.66 | Date 10/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASILE, ROSE | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $53,833.56 | Date 08/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMPITELLO, CAROL A | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $53,833.38 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONG, JULIE | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,832.87 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUGER, CHELSEA M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $53,832.86 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, JULIE A | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $53,832.86 | Date 06/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGDORF-JUNG, JESSICA A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $53,832.80 | Date 04/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $53,832.74 | Date 07/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABLONSKI, BRIAN F | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $53,832.74 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISKOW, KIRK D | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $53,832.67 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUELL, KEVIN T | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $53,832.65 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALESKI, ALEXANDER D | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $53,832.54 | Date 10/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORGENSEN, MANDI R | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $53,832.38 | Date 04/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, DOUGLAS V | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $53,832.30 | Date 06/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JAMES P | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $53,832.24 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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