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 MANOR, JANET A | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $48,917.09 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, KEVIN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $48,916.92 | Date 03/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BRIAN M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $48,916.90 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ARTHUR G | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $48,916.86 | Date 09/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, NICOLE M | Employer name West Babylon Public Library | Amount $48,916.77 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMEXANT, IMMACUREE M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $48,916.50 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZERON, ANA L | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $48,916.16 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURROUGHS, RICHARD D | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $48,916.00 | Date 02/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, ZENAIDA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $48,915.98 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, HEATHER L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $48,915.38 | Date 03/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEBUSH, CHRISTIAN M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $48,915.19 | Date 12/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JANET C | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $48,915.14 | Date 12/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITZ, PAMELA S | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $48,914.89 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATCH, JAMES L | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $48,914.52 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, CATHERINE E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $48,914.28 | Date 08/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ROSE | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLSKY, PHILIP N | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADLER, GARY L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 04/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENSEL, ROBERT J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 02/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, FAYE L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 12/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAI, CHRISTINA HSU LEE | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 10/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, CARMEN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPF, NORMA J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 01/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNETTI, BARBARA S | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 08/01/1957 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, RODNEY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 07/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAICS, EVA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $48,914.00 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, BILLY JO | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $48,913.87 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MARY E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $48,913.46 | Date 11/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, DAVID A | Employer name Village of New Hyde Park | Amount $48,913.12 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, NICOLE | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $48,913.07 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIFE, JOSEPH C | Employer name Town of Champion | Amount $48,912.43 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, WAYNE C, JR | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $48,912.42 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONLEAVY, DEBRA A | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $48,912.29 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CALVIN E | Employer name Town of Prattsburg | Amount $48,912.07 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARL, DEBORAH S | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $48,911.88 | Date 05/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, DEBRA A | Employer name Hamburg CSD | Amount $48,911.55 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAHAM, DONALD R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $48,911.38 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUANO, MARGARET A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $48,911.08 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, NICHOLAS C | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $48,910.73 | Date 02/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAEZMARSKI, DARIUSZ M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $48,910.49 | Date 01/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, MARGARET M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $48,910.49 | Date 10/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, DAVID L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $48,910.43 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUTHIER, ROBIN C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $48,910.24 | Date 04/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPECE, ANITA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $48,910.22 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, WILLIAM M | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $48,910.19 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODWAY, NATHANIEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $48,910.02 | Date 09/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASI, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $48,909.96 | Date 07/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RYAN A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $48,909.79 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, TODD F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $48,909.71 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTIN, MARLENE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $48,909.63 | Date 01/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEGLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $48,909.40 | Date 02/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, PATRICIA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $48,909.30 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIETUPSKI, SALLY J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $48,909.14 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, EDWARD D | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $48,909.04 | Date 05/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $48,908.61 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURKE, MARGARET A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $48,908.39 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZADA, JESSICA | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $48,908.38 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTA, FRANK C | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $48,908.22 | Date 06/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGHT, ROSEMARIE | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $48,908.05 | Date 07/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, CASEY L | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $48,907.92 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, NANCY L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $48,907.92 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, NICOLE R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $48,907.83 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, PABLO H | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $48,907.80 | Date 02/15/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTO, JEANETTE L | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $48,907.24 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURNS, PATRICIA N | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $48,907.09 | Date 10/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, JEFFREY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $48,907.05 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSMORE, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Bolton | Amount $48,907.03 | Date 10/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA, NOREEN J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $48,906.99 | Date 02/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Riverhead Sewer District | Amount $48,906.91 | Date 02/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, LON J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $48,906.44 | Date 09/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORENO, STEVEN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $48,906.35 | Date 09/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAVID R | Employer name Lake Placid CSD | Amount $48,906.20 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDBY, KELLY A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $48,906.08 | Date 01/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, LORRAINE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $48,906.01 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, WILLIAM J L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $48,905.38 | Date 12/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERY, DANIEL J | Employer name Newfield CSD | Amount $48,905.23 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANKLE, KEITH D | Employer name Town of North Greenbush | Amount $48,905.19 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODY, NANCY H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $48,904.88 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PASQUALE, DANIEL K | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $48,904.76 | Date 05/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENCHY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $48,904.72 | Date 02/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN-REARDON, MARGARET E | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $48,904.72 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCIO, ROLANDO T | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $48,904.65 | Date 04/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, MARIA E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $48,904.61 | Date 02/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SETH B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $48,904.36 | Date 10/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPECK, SUSAN A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $48,904.29 | Date 03/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASPRZAK, NATHAN R | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $48,904.09 | Date 02/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LICARDO, RYAN L | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $48,903.63 | Date 04/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKE, BRYAN D | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $48,903.33 | Date 08/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ETTEN, THOMAS J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $48,903.14 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUBLE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $48,903.10 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $48,902.74 | Date 10/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUYEUNG, SIUYIM | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $48,902.71 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUBE, DANA J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $48,902.51 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $48,901.81 | Date 10/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, ALLESTER J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $48,901.75 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JAMES E | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $48,901.43 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASCOMBE, REINADA T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $48,901.32 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSTEIN, NATHAN J | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $48,901.29 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEWELL, AMY | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $48,901.10 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, NANCY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $48,901.02 | Date 05/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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