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 POTENZINO, THOMAS G | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $53,369.86 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASHKO, DENNIS E | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $53,369.86 | Date 02/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDGES, MICHELLE L | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $53,369.71 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMILLARD, MARC H | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $53,369.30 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, GARY | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $53,369.09 | Date 07/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI BRITZ, RENEE A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $53,368.96 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, SANDRA L | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $53,368.76 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, ANITA M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $53,368.66 | Date 05/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERASOLI, LISA | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $53,368.59 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERO, SHANNON | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $53,368.31 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, SANDRA V | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $53,368.20 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLNER, DANIEL F | Employer name N Tonawanda City School Dist | Amount $53,368.20 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERMAN, LAUREN B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $53,368.11 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUMWAY, EUGENE S | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $53,368.04 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JAIME A | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $53,367.71 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNGE, GERTRUD M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $53,367.60 | Date 12/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTMAN, COURTNEY S | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $53,367.25 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, TRICIA L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $53,366.92 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, HAROLD E | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $53,366.92 | Date 09/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ERIC J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $53,366.78 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, NEREIDA | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $53,366.70 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, DEBRA J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $53,366.69 | Date 02/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JULIE M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $53,366.61 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENSLAND, SHANE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,366.54 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS-TYO, ELLEN P | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $53,366.47 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEEK, PATRICIA J | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $53,366.35 | Date 08/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLA, MARYANNE B | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $53,366.32 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHEAUME, MARIA F | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $53,366.22 | Date 06/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERTINO, JOHN | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $53,366.08 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYMONDS, CLIFFORD TODD | Employer name Town of Marcy | Amount $53,365.51 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALL, KEVIN M | Employer name No Tonawanda Public Library | Amount $53,365.47 | Date 06/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, RYAN D | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $53,364.87 | Date 03/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $53,364.76 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA COTTA, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $53,364.68 | Date 10/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALIS, WESLEY | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $53,364.55 | Date 09/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, SHARON L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,364.00 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVE, DANIEL J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $53,363.90 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANICK, FRANCIS | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $53,363.35 | Date 10/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, SUZANNE C | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $53,363.31 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, SHELDON G | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $53,363.21 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CONNIE D | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $53,363.18 | Date 02/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTS, MICHELLE P | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $53,362.99 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAER, MARIE B | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $53,362.87 | Date 05/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARESKI, DEBRA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $53,362.81 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLESKY, KRISTINA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,362.80 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DEREK K | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $53,362.77 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, WILLIE L | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $53,362.54 | Date 07/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINALE, MARC D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $53,362.30 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIDMAN, GLEN J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $53,362.29 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIMKUS, JOSHUA S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,362.26 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEHRLE, LANCE R | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $53,361.98 | Date 11/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHETTINI, RAYMOND | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $53,361.97 | Date 06/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELSINI, ERIN L | Employer name Essex County | Amount $53,361.88 | Date 10/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, DAWN M | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $53,361.62 | Date 11/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, CECILIA F | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $53,361.31 | Date 06/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROBEL, MARJORIE C | Employer name Niagara-Wheatfield CSD | Amount $53,361.26 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINGLE, TERRY P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,361.16 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICA, KAREN M | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $53,361.10 | Date 02/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SHANTELIA R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $53,361.07 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSICO, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Levittown Fire District | Amount $53,361.03 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, SANDRA J | Employer name Town of Broadalbin | Amount $53,360.32 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, LEEANNE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $53,360.29 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISTNER, LISA M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $53,360.23 | Date 01/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BRIAN J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,360.06 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMAN, MICHAEL F | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $53,360.03 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERSON, THOMAS J | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $53,360.03 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTSCH, KATHLEEN H | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $53,360.03 | Date 03/05/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, CODI A | Employer name Town of Bath | Amount $53,359.92 | Date 07/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGHTINGALE, KEVIN P | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $53,359.85 | Date 01/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGG, MICHAEL J | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $53,359.73 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, ELISSA I | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $53,359.50 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLOVCHENA, DOREEN A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $53,359.20 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, CHRIS J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $53,358.93 | Date 02/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMANCIK-TEED, MICHELLE A | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $53,358.81 | Date 05/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOSE, JR | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $53,358.65 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKAS, ALEXANDER R | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $53,358.63 | Date 03/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name APPLEY, TODD P | Employer name Town of Hancock | Amount $53,358.41 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINKMAN, JUSTIN E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $53,357.87 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $53,357.76 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIFFANY, TONY L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $53,357.70 | Date 01/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINTON, JACQUELINE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $53,357.61 | Date 10/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORANO, SCOTT D | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $53,357.58 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WULFF, HAZEL E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $53,357.45 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JAMES H | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $53,356.98 | Date 02/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONCALVES, ISABEL M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $53,356.72 | Date 12/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAGLIONE PAREDES, JANINE M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $53,356.48 | Date 04/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCHOA, CARLA V | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $53,356.45 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEMANN, DEBRA S | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $53,356.45 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, KAREN LOUISE | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $53,356.40 | Date 03/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANDINETTI, FRANCIS | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $53,356.35 | Date 07/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, BRENDA A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $53,356.34 | Date 09/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS-MELVILLE, JENELLE N | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $53,356.25 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENMARK, SHANE D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $53,355.89 | Date 08/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, GLORIA NANCY | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $53,355.69 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, CHRISTOPHER C C | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $53,355.65 | Date 08/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYGA, RHONDA J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $53,355.61 | Date 01/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, BRENDA R | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $53,355.59 | Date 05/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, LORENA B | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $53,355.54 | Date 09/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLINGS, J C | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $53,355.49 | Date 04/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORR, MELISSA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,355.33 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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