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 PETRAS, STEVEN L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $53,052.79 | Date 03/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALLMAN, ASHLEY M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,052.51 | Date 07/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BERNICE M | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $53,052.34 | Date 07/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, ADRIANA A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $53,052.25 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANKENBERG, PATRICIA M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $53,052.08 | Date 04/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, CHRISTEN C | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $53,051.90 | Date 06/29/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUEDE, MICHAEL S, JR | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $53,051.90 | Date 02/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTH, CHARLOTTE R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $53,051.81 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASTOLA, AMY S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $53,051.16 | Date 12/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMKOWIAK, TOBY J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $53,051.04 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOKOR, EVA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $53,050.69 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JASON L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $53,050.63 | Date 12/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMIGH, RICHARD E, JR | Employer name Town of Providence | Amount $53,050.47 | Date 01/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZAPRANSKI, LAURIE BETH | Employer name Town of Wheatland | Amount $53,050.43 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBIT, ERICA J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $53,050.34 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, KEVIN J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $53,050.28 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGGINS, WALTER T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $53,050.28 | Date 05/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, LISA C | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $53,050.28 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RILEY E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $53,050.26 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIARD, MARY E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $53,049.87 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAAKMAN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $53,049.86 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARRETT, RICHARD H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,049.48 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRELL, NIKKI A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,049.09 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMONA, RAFAEL | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $53,049.07 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, RANDY C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,048.93 | Date 08/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTA, SHANNON L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $53,048.87 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, SONNY L | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $53,048.87 | Date 08/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTICOLO, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $53,048.37 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAPSCOTT, MARC Z | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $53,048.18 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Warren County | Amount $53,048.16 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAIN, JEFFREY M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $53,048.08 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINS, JEFFREY A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $53,048.03 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASWELL, JOSHUA A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $53,047.89 | Date 10/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEITLER, HEIDI | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,047.87 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IWANIEC, MICHAEL T | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $53,047.84 | Date 03/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPPERT, SHARON A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,047.80 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGUYEN, THAO N | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $53,047.69 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, CRAIG A, JR | Employer name Town of Saratoga | Amount $53,047.18 | Date 11/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, LEEANN | Employer name Town of Moreau | Amount $53,047.10 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,046.70 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELINO, JANINE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,046.70 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, STEVEN D | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $53,046.39 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCHO, SHARON | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $53,046.06 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKS, MELINDA L | Employer name Greene County | Amount $53,045.99 | Date 06/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of North Elba | Amount $53,045.87 | Date 05/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KERRY M | Employer name Town of Victor | Amount $53,045.76 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGER, LYNETTE C | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $53,045.75 | Date 01/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, MARY L | Employer name Oneida Housing Authority | Amount $53,045.49 | Date 05/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLUTE, KIM M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $53,045.40 | Date 06/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZARA, MICHELE T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,045.10 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLCOTT, GEORGE H | Employer name Town of Mamakating | Amount $53,045.04 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, THERESE M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $53,044.97 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, DHYALMA N | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $53,044.94 | Date 08/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PETER, CARAH C | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $53,044.93 | Date 02/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTOIRE, JOSE M | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $53,044.93 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRATHWAITE, NEVILLE C | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $53,044.92 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERGER, RENEE M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $53,044.79 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESSIERO, BART A | Employer name Town of Amsterdam | Amount $53,044.72 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, WILLIAM E | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $53,044.58 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, STEVEN R | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $53,044.47 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, TROY A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $53,044.34 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISHOLM, ANTHONY | Employer name Goshen CSD | Amount $53,043.91 | Date 12/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTEVEZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,043.56 | Date 07/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKULSKI, DEBORAH J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $53,043.56 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWONSKY, MARK A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $53,043.18 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, ROBERT D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $53,042.87 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAURIN, DAISHON | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $53,042.72 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BLANC, JEFFREY S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,042.39 | Date 02/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $53,042.35 | Date 12/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIST, JAMES L | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $53,042.21 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WILLIAM P | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $53,042.21 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NISSEN, NANCY J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $53,042.08 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, CHEVONNE M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $53,041.90 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, LISA D | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $53,041.90 | Date 09/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, SUSAN R | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $53,041.85 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYGAND, VERONICA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,041.58 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name READ, NICOLE | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $53,041.42 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, SHARON L | Employer name Off Prevent Domestic Violence | Amount $53,041.35 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERLAAN, JOANNE | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $53,041.22 | Date 01/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, BONNIE K | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $53,041.11 | Date 09/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, KAREN L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $53,040.99 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $53,040.94 | Date 03/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, DARLENE A | Employer name Lancaster CSD | Amount $53,040.72 | Date 04/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTOLINO, ANTHONY G | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $53,040.64 | Date 11/16/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, LISA A | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $53,040.63 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, JONATHAN B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,040.60 | Date 05/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHOE, SCOTT M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $53,040.60 | Date 06/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, JERI M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $53,040.56 | Date 07/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRELLI, MARIA R | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $53,040.46 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURAWEL, PAUL M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,040.36 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $53,040.29 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCH, BRIAN R | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $53,040.20 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLUNIS, MAHALIA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $53,040.09 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEFELL, MICHELLE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,039.97 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FONCE, PATSY V | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $53,039.96 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNICKS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $53,039.81 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAWOWY, GEORGE A | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $53,039.52 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORSKI, BRIAN M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $53,039.47 | Date 10/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, LINDA D | Employer name Penfield CSD | Amount $53,039.24 | Date 07/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $53,039.07 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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