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 AUGUST, DENNIS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $50,634.10 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, WAYNE D | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $50,633.78 | Date 03/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, JEAN E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $50,633.66 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVENPECK, KEVIN R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 12/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTNETT, DANIEL L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 03/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMS, DIANE E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 03/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEATTIE, RAYMOND M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFT, THOMAS R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPASADI, JEFFREY D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 08/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELYEA, DAVID R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVINS, ELAINE J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 01/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 04/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHEAD, JOHN P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 02/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, TIMOTHY V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 01/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, JEFFREY D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUCS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 03/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, GREGORY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUTON, JAMES S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIERA, JOHN J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTLEDGE, GEORGE F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, MICHAEL G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 05/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERMAN, JOSEPH F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEPLINGER, KEVIN E | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIER, DAN C | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 10/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNERKNECHT, ERIC J | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPELLICY, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JAMES S | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, PAUL J | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, JAMES T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 06/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIES, WILLIAM J | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIK, DAVID L | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 03/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, LARRY J | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, SEAN C | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, RICHARD R | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 06/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, HUNTER F, IV | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $50,633.41 | Date 06/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWLEY, BRIAN R | Employer name Yates County | Amount $50,633.37 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $50,633.29 | Date 10/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGDA, LORRAINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $50,633.26 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLAY, LEE A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $50,633.21 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERULLO, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $50,632.99 | Date 02/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLUCCI, PATRICK V | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $50,632.86 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYDORN, GEORGE A, III | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $50,632.66 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASKETT, SUSAN M | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $50,632.23 | Date 10/31/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERKOVITZ, VICKI A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $50,632.02 | Date 10/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, JOAN A | Employer name Schalmont CSD | Amount $50,631.62 | Date 09/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, MELODY I | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $50,631.50 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAAMAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $50,631.16 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDNEY, ANNA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $50,630.94 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULIAFICO, MICHELE A | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $50,630.90 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKELTON, SUZANNE R | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $50,630.65 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRY, KARIN A | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $50,630.36 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMER, CATHY R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $50,630.17 | Date 06/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, JASON D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $50,629.80 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, KENNETH L, JR | Employer name Greene County | Amount $50,629.13 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM C, SR | Employer name Greene County | Amount $50,629.05 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODING, BERNADETTE | Employer name Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv | Amount $50,628.60 | Date 08/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILLUFFO, MICHELE H | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $50,628.60 | Date 04/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANKERSON, ANDREA D | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $50,628.60 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MATTHEW | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $50,628.46 | Date 06/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ANTHONY D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $50,628.34 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTE, PAULA M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $50,628.14 | Date 01/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, QUENTIN R | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $50,628.05 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, BRADFORD R | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $50,628.00 | Date 05/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZI, JAROD D | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $50,627.80 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OROLOGIO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $50,627.75 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, ZACHARY E | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $50,627.73 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAGORSKI, AIMEE L | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $50,627.52 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVELLO, CHARLES | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $50,627.40 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMPSTEAD, JEFF R | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $50,627.23 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMMED, NAZIMA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $50,627.20 | Date 08/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLLETTE, AMANDA N | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $50,627.04 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PABON, LUIS F | Employer name Albany County | Amount $50,626.84 | Date 11/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JESSIE, SHEILA R | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $50,626.68 | Date 11/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISSOT, JAMES E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $50,626.60 | Date 01/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREMO, PENNY A | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $50,626.59 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTSCH-BRUSTMAN, LORI A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $50,626.39 | Date 09/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMPF, KATHLEEN | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $50,626.33 | Date 03/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORN, JESSICA D | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $50,626.09 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEN, PATRICK E | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $50,626.00 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCOTTE, STEPHANIE | Employer name Essex County | Amount $50,625.93 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMANIA, KATHLEEN | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $50,625.66 | Date 10/04/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, KENNETH J | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $50,625.03 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLLBRECHT, ANDREA J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $50,624.31 | Date 01/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCEY, KATHLEEN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $50,624.26 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENTZ, AMY J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $50,624.25 | Date 03/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, BRENDAN G | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $50,624.23 | Date 05/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONAGH, FRANK A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $50,624.06 | Date 11/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRICKLAND, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Newfane | Amount $50,624.01 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AROCHO, DANIEL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $50,623.83 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOUGH, LYNN | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, MALCOLM R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 10/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELIVEAU, HEIDI A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 09/28/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAULAC, PAUL J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 10/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABOISSIERE, MARY E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 01/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUBSCH, GLORIA J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 10/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PATRICIA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 03/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHRENKOPF, LAURIE J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDBETTER, MARY E | Employer name Department of State | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, EVERSLEY W | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $50,623.59 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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