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 MILLER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,639.83 | Date 02/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOSPE, RYAN M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $53,639.07 | Date 05/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSO, DONALD J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $53,638.91 | Date 05/23/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTMYER, RICHARD J, III | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,638.58 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JONATHAN D | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $53,638.46 | Date 11/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDRICK, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $53,638.45 | Date 12/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICCHIA, JENNIFER A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $53,638.40 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNOCK, ROBERT V, JR | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $53,637.79 | Date 05/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, AVA D | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $53,637.72 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATCHELL, HEATHER D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $53,637.26 | Date 09/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL GROSSO, CORI A | Employer name Schuyler County | Amount $53,636.96 | Date 04/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLE, BERNARD W, JR | Employer name Town of Corinth | Amount $53,636.85 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, VERNALL | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $53,636.75 | Date 04/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNN, TIANA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,636.73 | Date 06/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $53,636.49 | Date 06/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, MARGARET | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $53,636.12 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRIDGE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $53,636.11 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $53,635.90 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYLOR, JANET | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $53,635.46 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DWIGHT W | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $53,635.29 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSS, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Lackawanna City School Dist | Amount $53,635.29 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, MICHELE L | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $53,635.24 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Peru CSD | Amount $53,635.00 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMICK, KEVIN E | Employer name Town of Angelica | Amount $53,634.82 | Date 05/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, MELISSA M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $53,634.75 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEREVICS, RYAN M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $53,634.70 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, MOLLY J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $53,634.36 | Date 09/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, WILLIAM P, III | Employer name Town of Tully | Amount $53,634.23 | Date 04/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLEY-GOYETTE, RENEE C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $53,633.73 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, MARK D | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $53,633.71 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOPHIA, MARILENA T | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $53,633.69 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CLARK R, JR | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $53,633.59 | Date 11/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRO, PATRICIA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $53,633.29 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUKOFF, JEFFREY A | Employer name Dix Hills Fire District | Amount $53,633.27 | Date 05/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLADY, MARIAN C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $53,633.14 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRATTON, MARLON M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $53,632.93 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $53,632.89 | Date 01/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, ELTON L | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $53,632.82 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIN, SCOTT E | Employer name Village of Malone | Amount $53,632.55 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRZOSTOWSKI, RAFAL T | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $53,632.44 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNSWORTH, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $53,632.22 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JAMES | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $53,632.17 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICKY E, JR | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $53,631.96 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODA, RANDOLPH J | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $53,631.93 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDENBRAND, BONNIE J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $53,631.50 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPLAINE, MARY V | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $53,631.06 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUTHENRIETH, JOAN V | Employer name Saugerties CSD | Amount $53,631.00 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, MARY SUSAN | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $53,630.99 | Date 07/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, DONALD L | Employer name Plattsburgh City School Dist | Amount $53,630.98 | Date 09/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, BRIAN T | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $53,630.72 | Date 05/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLARD, NICOLE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $53,630.68 | Date 12/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHOE, SHEILA M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $53,630.63 | Date 10/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PENNY A | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $53,630.60 | Date 12/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOVER, MICHELE R, MRS | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $53,630.55 | Date 08/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, GENA M | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $53,630.40 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEWETT, JEANI M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $53,630.39 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, VINCENT F | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $53,630.27 | Date 06/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, RYAN J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,630.14 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WITT, MATTHEW S | Employer name Town of Liberty | Amount $53,629.96 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDRE, JENISE A | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $53,629.95 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIZZELL, ERIC N | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $53,629.83 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDRAZA, FLORENCIO | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $53,629.71 | Date 03/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, WILLIAM D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $53,629.68 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHEK, HANORAH A | Employer name Poughkeepsie Housing Authority | Amount $53,629.61 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKEN-SHERWOOD, TRACEY | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,629.59 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARSHOW, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $53,629.55 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARNER, STEPHEN L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $53,629.36 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURZYNSKI, JILL M A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $53,629.33 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, JO ANNE I | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $53,629.20 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, RONALD T | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $53,629.03 | Date 05/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPAGNA-KISSANE, LISA M | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $53,629.03 | Date 09/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, KARYN L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $53,629.00 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTANI, JOSEPH R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $53,628.94 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTENSEN, HILDA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,628.66 | Date 10/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EWAN, TERRELL D | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $53,628.61 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PALMO, DEBRA A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $53,628.57 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEOUGH, NICOLE J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $53,628.54 | Date 01/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLENBECK, FRANCIS J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $53,628.46 | Date 11/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSLER, THOMAS R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,628.43 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, GREGORY D | Employer name Town of Wheatfield | Amount $53,628.01 | Date 03/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUBON, RICHARD S | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $53,627.73 | Date 09/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTEROS, SANDRA Y | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $53,627.57 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEHTA, GERALDINE A | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $53,627.29 | Date 03/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSHAID, RYAN A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $53,627.20 | Date 09/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGTRY, LAUREN R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,626.76 | Date 03/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNER, KAREN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $53,626.53 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILBUR, STEVEN J, JR | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $53,626.17 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT-BROCKETT, LORNA F | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $53,626.04 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYALA, LUIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,625.72 | Date 09/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MOUNTAIN, GEORGE J, JR | Employer name Town of Coeymans | Amount $53,625.01 | Date 01/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGLIO, PAMELA J | Employer name So Huntington Public Library | Amount $53,624.82 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYDE, MARY T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,624.76 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRATTON, NANCY | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $53,624.18 | Date 01/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, BINDU S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $53,624.06 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCCIO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $53,624.05 | Date 04/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFRIYIE, BARBARA O | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $53,623.96 | Date 09/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASTER, ANDREW E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,623.81 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKBURN, JIM D | Employer name Town of Granby | Amount $53,623.66 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACEY, JONATHAN L | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $53,623.62 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MELANIA Z | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $53,623.57 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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