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 EDWARDS, JEFFERY N | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $51,250.44 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONABELLA, FREDERICK J | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $51,250.23 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOMB, RAY W | Employer name Town of Dansville | Amount $51,250.08 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, RUSSELL E | Employer name Town of Long Lake | Amount $51,250.02 | Date 07/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANDASAPUTRA, YVONNE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $51,250.01 | Date 06/23/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOUTANT, NATHAN T | Employer name Town of Le Ray | Amount $51,249.91 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOODGOOD, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $51,249.83 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, JOHN S | Employer name Town of Alfred | Amount $51,249.80 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUY, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $51,249.47 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, KATHY M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $51,249.44 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, PATRICIA A | Employer name Onondaga CSD | Amount $51,249.37 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROLAND D | Employer name Village of Middleport | Amount $51,249.20 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, KELLY A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $51,249.12 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KOY, BEVERLY D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $51,248.63 | Date 02/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, DOROTHY A | Employer name Onondaga CSD | Amount $51,248.59 | Date 12/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMES, HEIDI J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $51,248.46 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELTON, GLORIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,248.46 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDEL, SCOTT M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,248.46 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMAN, GARY R | Employer name Town of Bainbridge | Amount $51,248.37 | Date 12/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, FREDERICK B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $51,248.36 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVERNOIS, SHANA L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $51,248.18 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YONKERS, GREGORY M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $51,248.14 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, TERRY | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $51,248.09 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIANI, PAMELA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $51,247.40 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AERY, LAURA | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $51,247.23 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, FLORENCE D | Employer name Ramapo Housing Authority | Amount $51,247.16 | Date 03/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALAWENDER, VALERIE A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $51,247.08 | Date 03/31/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUVER, DEBORAH S | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $51,246.79 | Date 09/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, SHALIMAR L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,246.48 | Date 04/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $51,246.42 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, MARTIN H | Employer name Warren County | Amount $51,246.35 | Date 08/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ROSEMARY | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $51,246.30 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, REBECCA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,246.27 | Date 11/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MELISSA B | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $51,246.22 | Date 10/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, ADAM J | Employer name Fishers Fire District | Amount $51,246.20 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, FREDERICK A | Employer name Rochester Housing Authority | Amount $51,246.18 | Date 10/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CASSE, CELESTE M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $51,246.03 | Date 06/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYLAN, RICHARD M | Employer name Utica Mun Housing Authority | Amount $51,245.71 | Date 07/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEHR, MARIANN | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $51,245.68 | Date 09/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSON, PAUL D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $51,245.08 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, RENEE T | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $51,244.98 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, MARK A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $51,244.71 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $51,244.65 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, THOMAS F | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $51,244.28 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOWINSKI, MICHAEL G | Employer name Islip Fire District | Amount $51,243.86 | Date 10/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLIN, JUNE S | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $51,243.81 | Date 01/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, JACLYN M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,243.72 | Date 12/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, DEBORAH L | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $51,243.64 | Date 10/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, KYLE E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,243.19 | Date 07/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFFIA, UTONNE E | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $51,243.18 | Date 01/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALI, JOANNE | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $51,243.13 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKER, BENJAMIN W | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $51,242.83 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MATHEW J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $51,242.74 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, DERRICK W | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $51,242.60 | Date 08/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, RANDY J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $51,242.54 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLACK, WILLIAM M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $51,242.37 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORE, JOHNNY L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $51,242.34 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOSSER, LAUREN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $51,242.15 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, JAMES M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $51,242.04 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGARD, MICHAEL A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $51,241.88 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLA, JOHN H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $51,241.80 | Date 11/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, SANDRA E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,241.62 | Date 09/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JAMES V | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $51,241.54 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTILLO, AUDRA M | Employer name Liberty CSD | Amount $51,241.44 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANUSZ, JULIE M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $51,241.38 | Date 11/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, JUSTIN J | Employer name Ballston Spa-Csd | Amount $51,241.15 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLENKER, SCOTT D | Employer name Town of Rush | Amount $51,240.95 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $51,240.92 | Date 07/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRO, VICTORIA | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $51,240.77 | Date 03/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, LORELYN D | Employer name Sharon Springs CSD | Amount $51,240.66 | Date 10/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESAW, KEVIN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $51,240.43 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, LAURIE J | Employer name Albany Public Library | Amount $51,239.85 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUGER, KAREN M | Employer name Clarence CSD | Amount $51,239.66 | Date 11/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONES, RICHARD V | Employer name Town of Pike | Amount $51,239.44 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSH, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of Big Flats | Amount $51,238.81 | Date 01/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHLOAN, NAGHMANA T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $51,238.72 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWIN, THOMAS C | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $51,238.55 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURGEOIS, MARK L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $51,238.48 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBURN, JILL P | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $51,238.41 | Date 06/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MAUREEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $51,238.21 | Date 04/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANTLEBURY, CHYNA S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,237.23 | Date 11/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALICE, CHERYL A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $51,237.17 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULTON, JOANNE | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $51,237.12 | Date 06/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, JOAN C | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $51,237.00 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULEO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $51,236.91 | Date 08/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMER, LARRY J | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $51,236.90 | Date 04/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKLITSCH, VALERIE J | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $51,236.78 | Date 05/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORPORA, PASQUALE J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $51,236.50 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, JAMES P | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $51,236.49 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THUNDATHIL, ZACHARIAS JOHN | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $51,236.48 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARTIN W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $51,236.31 | Date 02/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, LAURIE J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $51,236.10 | Date 07/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUNGIER, BRADLEY P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $51,235.58 | Date 12/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUIGNAN, STEPHANY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $51,235.57 | Date 09/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, BRETT W | Employer name Village of East Rochester | Amount $51,235.50 | Date 07/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COWAN, CARYN E | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,235.48 | Date 07/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, DANIEL O | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $51,235.40 | Date 05/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRE, LAURA L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $51,235.35 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, GAIL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $51,235.28 | Date 12/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAJACIC, MICHAEL C | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $51,234.91 | Date 07/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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