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 MERTLIK, FRANK, III | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $50,030.53 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRNCIRIK, JASON A | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $50,030.41 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANGELO, DENISE M | Employer name Highland CSD | Amount $50,030.39 | Date 09/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODOCK, FORREST TED | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $50,030.33 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGLIOTTI, FREDERICK F | Employer name Town of Winfield | Amount $50,029.98 | Date 01/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, PATRICK M | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $50,029.64 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILYEA, MARY W | Employer name Town of Benton | Amount $50,029.61 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGELOW, DEBORAH J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $50,029.58 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JUDITH D | Employer name Phoenix CSD | Amount $50,029.41 | Date 09/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, TAMMY M | Employer name Phoenix CSD | Amount $50,029.41 | Date 08/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LYNDA M | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $50,029.19 | Date 05/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLIJAS, KENNETH C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $50,028.92 | Date 09/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLBURT, LESLEY A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $50,028.82 | Date 09/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELTON, SONYA | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $50,028.81 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADIA, MICHAEL G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $50,028.50 | Date 10/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTES BRITO, LUIS E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $50,028.50 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPOVICH, GINA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $50,028.50 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFLE, KURT J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $50,028.11 | Date 12/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $50,028.09 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODEMOTE, JOAN B | Employer name Gowanda CSD | Amount $50,027.88 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDLETON, SARAH A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,027.64 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DEBRA A | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $50,027.47 | Date 01/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULROONEY, TERRENCE C | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $50,027.31 | Date 04/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLARY, RUBY M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,027.05 | Date 10/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZWED, ROSEMARY B | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $50,027.01 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EALEY, MIKKI A | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $50,026.95 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, TAZMEEN | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $50,026.92 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, CARA M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $50,026.90 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUVAGEAU, SUE A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $50,026.90 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPELYANOVA, YELENA | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $50,026.86 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUTIER, JON E | Employer name Town of Rhinebeck | Amount $50,026.78 | Date 02/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHENG, YUEYI | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $50,026.62 | Date 11/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESLEY, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $50,026.61 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, JOHN H | Employer name Village of Broadalbin | Amount $50,026.15 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEMM-SMITH, KRISTYN E | Employer name East Rockaway UFSD | Amount $50,026.13 | Date 09/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, JENNIFER A | Employer name Lakeview Public Library | Amount $50,025.92 | Date 03/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARGARET A | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $50,025.91 | Date 11/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, JESSIE A | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $50,025.90 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZBYTNIEWSKI, NANCY E | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $50,025.63 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD W, III | Employer name Village of Cornwall | Amount $50,025.62 | Date 01/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, LINDA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $50,025.58 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, LINETTE J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $50,025.38 | Date 01/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, DAVID R | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $50,025.22 | Date 11/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNESE, COURTNEY E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $50,025.15 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALCARA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Chittenango CSD | Amount $50,024.74 | Date 09/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEETER, MICHAEL L, SR | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $50,024.49 | Date 07/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECOX, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $50,024.36 | Date 12/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, TANYA L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $50,024.07 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRING, HELEN L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $50,024.02 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, JOHN P | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $50,024.00 | Date 04/20/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, KATELYN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $50,024.00 | Date 01/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, GLADYS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $50,024.00 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIELSEN, PAUL R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $50,023.99 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORSIN, MARGARET A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $50,023.98 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, PATRICIA | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $50,023.80 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, AMY M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $50,023.38 | Date 04/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $50,022.57 | Date 12/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIALANELLA, MARK A | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $50,022.55 | Date 12/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLITANO, CARMINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $50,022.47 | Date 01/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACHOWICZ, BRENDA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $50,021.99 | Date 01/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGOR, ELISA E | Employer name Lake Placid CSD | Amount $50,021.96 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMILLAN DAVIS, CELESTE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $50,021.71 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRALDO, RAFAEL | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $50,021.66 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, DAVID P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $50,021.62 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESMOND, KYLE D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $50,021.23 | Date 04/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE CARLIS, ERIC P | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $50,021.15 | Date 06/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURBECK, TERRIE L | Employer name Rotterdam Mohonasen CSD | Amount $50,021.15 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, JOAN M | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $50,020.64 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIDDLE, KIP E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $50,020.49 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, JAY B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $50,020.38 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPSON, GLORIA A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $50,020.37 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDSELL, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $50,020.36 | Date 08/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROPHY, ROBERT H | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $50,020.35 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIZEMAN, JOSEPH R | Employer name Wayne Co Water & Sewer Auth | Amount $50,020.30 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSTETT, JEFFREY A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $50,020.00 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, LYNDSI A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $50,019.83 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, BRUCE P | Employer name Town of Plattsburgh | Amount $50,019.73 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, PATRICK J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $50,019.66 | Date 05/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILO, JASON E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $50,019.58 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELCAREK, ELICIA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $50,019.49 | Date 07/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULESKI, YVONNE A | Employer name Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD | Amount $50,019.31 | Date 11/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUISSEY, ELLIE S | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $50,019.18 | Date 10/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ROBERT A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $50,019.09 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Village of Catskill | Amount $50,019.04 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLADING, ROSE M | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $50,019.00 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTFALL, WILLIAM G | Employer name Town of Rushford | Amount $50,018.77 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN CLEEF, MORGAN | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $50,018.72 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, MELISSA R | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $50,018.66 | Date 06/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALONGI, CAITLIN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $50,018.66 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, CINDY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $50,018.42 | Date 04/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERULLI, VINCENT J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $50,018.22 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWENSZKOWSKI, KRISTEN T | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $50,018.01 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUD, JOSHUA C | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $50,017.85 | Date 10/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFTER, JAMES L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $50,017.76 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERA, IVELISE | Employer name Amityville UFSD | Amount $50,017.66 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICARICHI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $50,017.59 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYEEN, IRFAN N | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $50,017.41 | Date 10/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOJKA, ANDREW R | Employer name Town of Alden | Amount $50,017.08 | Date 06/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAKEFIELD, MICHAEL R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $50,017.00 | Date 08/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, CYNTHIA D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $50,016.97 | Date 07/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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