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 HIERL, MICHAEL T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $51,643.00 | Date 07/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLGOSKI, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Village of Ravena | Amount $51,642.92 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATTERSON, DEBORAH L | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $51,642.89 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, STEPHEN J.F. | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $51,642.83 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, LANCE L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $51,642.67 | Date 09/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BRAKE, GARY L | Employer name Brasher Falls CSD | Amount $51,642.00 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEILER, WILLIAM A | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $51,641.61 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDYNCIA, TINA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $51,641.56 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROTHERTON, HELEN E | Employer name Indian River CSD | Amount $51,641.46 | Date 02/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, ANDRA K | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $51,640.71 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADE, ROBERT H | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $51,640.61 | Date 01/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINI, JEANNE L | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $51,640.56 | Date 02/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, JOANNE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,640.36 | Date 05/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, KRISTIN L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $51,640.31 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINAL, ALEXA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $51,640.12 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, JEANNE M | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $51,639.95 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, PAULETTE A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $51,639.87 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIRBEL, STEVEN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $51,639.82 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, DENISE A | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $51,639.58 | Date 05/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLUS, JOHN T | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $51,639.47 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMAN-BEY, ALFRED A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $51,639.39 | Date 05/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CRANN, MAUREEN F | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $51,639.32 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIMENTI, NICOLE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $51,639.26 | Date 05/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRUSO, GABRIELE, JR | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $51,639.12 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAO, XIAOLIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $51,638.97 | Date 05/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARDALES-MENDEZ, ELMER A | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $51,638.72 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRESTINI, F RUSSELL H | Employer name Cohoes City School Dist | Amount $51,638.70 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZINE, JOSHUA L | Employer name Town of Milton | Amount $51,638.42 | Date 01/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJNAS, WALTER | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $51,638.22 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHLMAN, PETER J | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $51,638.03 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, DIANE | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $51,638.02 | Date 10/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOSKEY, ANDREW T | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $51,638.00 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, TERRY L | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $51,637.87 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, ELLEN T | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $51,637.57 | Date 02/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITCHIE, JULIE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $51,637.55 | Date 10/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSKY, SARAH | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $51,637.49 | Date 08/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEREMETA, MARK J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $51,637.47 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERILL, LINDSAY M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $51,637.34 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIL, MALLORY L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $51,637.28 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNER, JOANN L | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $51,637.17 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, LOUIS F | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $51,637.15 | Date 05/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SODERLUND, JASON S | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $51,637.14 | Date 04/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, TERESA R | Employer name Village of North Syracuse | Amount $51,637.11 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKO, MARIA S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $51,637.09 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLE, CARLOS | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $51,636.93 | Date 03/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRINAN, CARMEN T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,636.85 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, DANIEL J | Employer name Copake-Taconic Hills CSD | Amount $51,636.73 | Date 06/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, WILLIAM E | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $51,636.52 | Date 06/06/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCATURRO, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Marlborough | Amount $51,636.30 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRIS, MICHAEL S | Employer name Fayetteville-Manlius CSD | Amount $51,636.21 | Date 06/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, BETH A | Employer name Greenwich CSD | Amount $51,636.13 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSMAN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Dobbs Ferry UFSD | Amount $51,635.94 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANO, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,635.80 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, KAILA J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $51,635.80 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, JEFFREY G | Employer name Village of Middleport | Amount $51,635.64 | Date 10/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, JAMES R | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $51,635.51 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $51,635.35 | Date 04/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACHMANN, SUSAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $51,635.07 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, MELISSA J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,634.96 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, AMANDA L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $51,634.96 | Date 07/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLEJO, JOSE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,634.86 | Date 03/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, MICHAEL C | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $51,634.80 | Date 01/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTHUR, SHIRLEY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $51,634.80 | Date 02/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLB, JUSTIN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $51,634.69 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINA, RHEA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,634.67 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLIS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $51,634.67 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALATI, PETER L | Employer name Town of Montgomery | Amount $51,634.58 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEBA, TRUDY L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,634.28 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KAREN | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,634.05 | Date 11/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVACHKA, MORGAN M | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $51,633.98 | Date 09/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGGETT, STACY L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,633.98 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIESZ, MARGARET M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,633.98 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNIZZARO, ERIN P | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $51,633.59 | Date 01/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCKLER, SCOTT M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,633.59 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, KAREN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,633.59 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $51,633.56 | Date 02/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, STEPHANIE I | Employer name Washington County | Amount $51,633.54 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, CHRISTINA A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $51,633.52 | Date 06/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATIELLO, MARK D | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $51,633.47 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAS, PAUL J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $51,633.39 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGMAN, SARAH E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,633.38 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEKKERING, GENE P | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $51,633.37 | Date 06/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANALDO, BRITTANY | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $51,632.97 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREHER, RYAN D | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $51,632.91 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, MICHAEL W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $51,632.76 | Date 03/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNE, JAMES M | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $51,632.71 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPINSKI, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $51,632.57 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, CHARLES D | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $51,632.14 | Date 04/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, MELANIE D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $51,632.00 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOWELL, KLEVA | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $51,631.89 | Date 01/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ANTHONY | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $51,631.46 | Date 03/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $51,631.29 | Date 05/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, LINDA A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $51,631.15 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLASANTI, JAYME C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $51,631.11 | Date 09/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNOFSKY, REED | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $51,631.03 | Date 04/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZOLO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $51,630.98 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUALLO, PHYLISETA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $51,630.97 | Date 02/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, MONICA M | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $51,630.95 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENAWALT, KOLEEN E | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $51,630.85 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGILVIE, CHERYL L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $51,630.57 | Date 12/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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