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 DO, KIM | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $51,557.60 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, ERIC S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $51,557.42 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBURG, CATLIN F | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $51,557.40 | Date 05/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHELE | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $51,557.40 | Date 11/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VIRGILIO, ADAM | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $51,557.15 | Date 07/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMATHERS, RANDY L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $51,557.09 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, JOYLENE M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $51,557.00 | Date 05/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACKL, ASHLEY N | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $51,556.91 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHORNSTHEIMER, HARRY J | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $51,556.83 | Date 07/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BRIAN T | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,556.81 | Date 12/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTFIN, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $51,556.78 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, STANLEY L | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $51,556.62 | Date 01/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, TERRELL L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,556.59 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, BRUCE | Employer name Town of Johnsburg | Amount $51,556.52 | Date 01/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMMERER, MICHELLE A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $51,556.37 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Shoreham-Wading River CSD | Amount $51,556.37 | Date 11/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIFFEN, NANCY J | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $51,555.88 | Date 12/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUTT, WILLIAM C | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $51,555.86 | Date 08/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWNE, KATHY | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $51,555.41 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROOT, ADAM J | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $51,555.38 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, VERONICA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $51,555.02 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTON, VALERIE | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $51,554.90 | Date 01/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Mexico CSD | Amount $51,554.35 | Date 01/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, STEVEN | Employer name Akron CSD | Amount $51,554.15 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, THERESA M | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $51,553.85 | Date 11/30/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BRIDGET | Employer name Nyack UFSD | Amount $51,553.71 | Date 03/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, JOHN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $51,553.43 | Date 12/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKE, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Hadley | Amount $51,553.14 | Date 06/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANRIQUE, ELVIA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $51,552.92 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELVIN, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $51,552.90 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIAL, KEVIN J | Employer name Unadilla Valley CSD | Amount $51,552.80 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENZ, AMY L | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $51,552.36 | Date 02/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, CHARLES F | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $51,552.29 | Date 05/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROITHMAYR, ALEXANDER E | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $51,551.96 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIHRBERG, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Ilion | Amount $51,551.90 | Date 12/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, LEONARD J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $51,551.74 | Date 11/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, MATTHEW R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $51,551.44 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERT, JAMES I | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,550.70 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ROOSEVELT L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $51,550.30 | Date 02/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEOPLES, GREGORY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $51,550.30 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNELL, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,550.19 | Date 03/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODSIDE, JAMILYN M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $51,550.16 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, VIVIEN S | Employer name Red Hook CSD | Amount $51,549.96 | Date 09/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONOVER, STEVEN C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $51,549.94 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENCK, JUDITH S | Employer name Catskill CSD | Amount $51,549.94 | Date 10/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZOG, DAVID T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $51,549.73 | Date 07/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRIZARRY, MATTHEW R | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $51,549.22 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGARTY, PETER S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $51,548.97 | Date 11/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACE, ETHAN C E | Employer name New Lebanon CSD | Amount $51,548.70 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JOHN A | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $51,548.46 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRALL, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $51,548.38 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERCIBALLI, VICTORIA I | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $51,548.07 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, RICHARD W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $51,548.07 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVEE, RICKY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $51,548.01 | Date 07/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, SHARI A | Employer name Saranac CSD | Amount $51,548.00 | Date 09/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $51,547.90 | Date 10/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, MICHELLE R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,547.86 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SHELLY A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $51,547.38 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, CRYSTAL N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $51,547.21 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLLMER, SHARON E | Employer name Oswego City School Dist | Amount $51,547.20 | Date 06/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, JACK H | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $51,547.15 | Date 08/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECENZO, GEORGE A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $51,547.11 | Date 01/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLAR, RANDY A | Employer name Sackets Harbor CSD | Amount $51,547.10 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POHWAT, THOMAS M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $51,546.90 | Date 09/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, YVONNE M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $51,546.89 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRERA, HUGO | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $51,546.88 | Date 09/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUDETTE, FREDERICK R | Employer name Village of Philadelphia | Amount $51,546.83 | Date 03/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLACCI, DOMENICO G | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $51,546.81 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, PATRICIA M | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $51,546.63 | Date 03/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINK, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $51,546.49 | Date 03/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WURTEMBERGER, RACHEL S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $51,546.47 | Date 06/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, KAREN A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $51,546.41 | Date 09/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, JAMES L | Employer name Town of York | Amount $51,546.38 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, LINDA M | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $51,546.30 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, LAWRENCE K | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $51,546.23 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, LUCUS P | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $51,546.10 | Date 03/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALI, JAMIL M | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $51,545.65 | Date 01/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYAN, DIANE | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $51,545.43 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIADINA, PETER J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $51,545.40 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANO, JUDY L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $51,545.15 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name Corning Community College | Amount $51,544.81 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, JEANMARY R | Employer name Brockport CSD | Amount $51,544.76 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRASHER, FRANK P, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $51,544.67 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINS, MANUEL J | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $51,544.52 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, DANIEL P | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $51,544.38 | Date 02/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONIK, DALE | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $51,544.30 | Date 12/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALZAK, DAVID E | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $51,544.20 | Date 09/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENIUK, STEVEN R | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $51,544.16 | Date 05/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CALLION, DOLORES E | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $51,544.10 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOETTEL, PATRICK A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $51,544.09 | Date 06/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOSIA, REBECCA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $51,544.06 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLORD, COURTNEY M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $51,543.84 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $51,543.16 | Date 04/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UETTWILLER, CORAL-LEE | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $51,543.02 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONS, LOU ANNE | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $51,543.00 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSLOW, CINDY S | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $51,542.89 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, JOANNE F | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $51,542.84 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, ALISHA | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $51,542.63 | Date 11/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MAYO, LINDA E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $51,542.40 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFSON, AMANDA E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $51,542.40 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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