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 CHERRINGTON, JENNIFER C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $47,895.15 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GAIL J | Employer name Voorheesville CSD | Amount $47,895.06 | Date 01/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $47,894.61 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $47,894.47 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPCZYNSKI, JODI T | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $47,894.45 | Date 11/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINESSEY, JOHN F | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $47,894.44 | Date 01/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, OSCAR O | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $47,894.23 | Date 05/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERCHE, STEPHEN R | Employer name Town of Union | Amount $47,894.18 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTVILLE, ELMER E, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $47,894.01 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILGENBERG, BLAKE A | Employer name Madison County | Amount $47,893.87 | Date 07/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALOVAGE, MEGHAN E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,893.82 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZS, ADELA H | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $47,893.55 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, LESTER W | Employer name Boces-Sullivan | Amount $47,893.53 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEHL, CATHERINE M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $47,893.52 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, STARR R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $47,893.21 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERLY, MELISSA J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $47,893.15 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURK, MICHAEL D | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $47,893.09 | Date 12/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAX, JESSICA A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $47,893.08 | Date 05/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLBRICH, LORRAINE | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,893.06 | Date 02/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, LEAH M | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $47,892.85 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, BRENDAN R | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $47,892.80 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, HEATHER K | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $47,892.13 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATFIELD, JOHN B | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $47,891.31 | Date 03/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART-PALMER, ANGELA B | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $47,891.28 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGGOW, CHAD D | Employer name Town of Bergen | Amount $47,891.22 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESLIN, JOSEPH E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $47,890.93 | Date 01/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Eaton | Amount $47,890.80 | Date 12/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, SHERA | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $47,890.73 | Date 01/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBIE, ANTHONY C | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $47,890.70 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBB, ANNETTA | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $47,890.59 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VOE, ARTHUR L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $47,890.56 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, ANGELA L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $47,890.45 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REXFORD, CARRIE L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $47,890.42 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURHANS, SHANNON J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $47,890.38 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARAMESWARAN, VENKETACHALAM | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $47,889.96 | Date 11/25/1964 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, ANTHONY M | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $47,889.93 | Date 08/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ANTONY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $47,889.86 | Date 06/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCHAK, NAYATI | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,889.70 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGULA, JIMMY J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $47,889.53 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIZUCO, RODNEY P | Employer name Florida UFSD | Amount $47,888.88 | Date 09/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $47,888.82 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNZIATO, JASON D | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $47,888.82 | Date 07/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, RALPH T | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $47,888.62 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, ARMANDA | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $47,888.53 | Date 04/04/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, DIANE S | Employer name Amityville UFSD | Amount $47,888.49 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYOTTE, TAMMI L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $47,888.46 | Date 02/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINDA, LARRY D | Employer name Town of Stony Creek | Amount $47,888.31 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUSLER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $47,888.20 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, WAYNE J | Employer name Salmon River CSD | Amount $47,888.13 | Date 04/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, BRIDGET M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $47,887.74 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATYJEWICZ, MICHAEL J | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $47,887.68 | Date 05/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTIA, DEBORAH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $47,887.49 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JASON T | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $47,887.25 | Date 05/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, BIANCA P | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $47,887.08 | Date 06/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON-MURRAY, MAXINE D | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $47,886.88 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMIAK, ALEXANDER R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $47,886.79 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELS, BEVERLY | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,886.74 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABADIA, YOLANDA M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $47,886.43 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIMENTEL, GABRIEL B | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $47,885.73 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTON, DIANE A | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $47,885.59 | Date 10/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATH, AVERY P | Employer name Town of Ancram | Amount $47,885.58 | Date 06/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRENT, MOLLIE A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $47,885.48 | Date 06/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MEGAN R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $47,885.48 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY PETRINO, UNA | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $47,885.09 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA BELLA, CHRISTIAN G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $47,885.02 | Date 05/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UDELSON, BARRY J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $47,885.01 | Date 01/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TELL, SUZAN A | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $47,884.98 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, PATRICIA R | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $47,884.87 | Date 08/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYER, NANCY E | Employer name Canajoharie CSD | Amount $47,884.63 | Date 10/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOUTEN, HOPE A | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $47,884.34 | Date 08/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROPE, CHARLES L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $47,884.18 | Date 02/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, VIRGINIA P | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $47,884.15 | Date 01/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLAN, THOMAS E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $47,883.99 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, WILLIE MAE M | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $47,883.92 | Date 10/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMON, LAURIE J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $47,883.87 | Date 04/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, SHANA M | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $47,883.46 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARVAEZ, MARIA CRISTINA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $47,883.33 | Date 10/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEHNACKER, STEVEN D | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $47,883.24 | Date 03/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILCHEZ, ARIEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $47,883.13 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLAFANE, MIGUEL A | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $47,883.10 | Date 12/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO, PETER M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,883.06 | Date 09/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKERING, DAVID P | Employer name Town of Bangor | Amount $47,882.98 | Date 12/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETTIERI-MAHONEY, MARIA L | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $47,882.98 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALKOWICZ, ALISON M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $47,882.96 | Date 10/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACIA, RUTH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,882.77 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALSKY, ERIN M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $47,882.69 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUBITZ, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $47,882.38 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENZ, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of East Otto | Amount $47,882.34 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, DORIS J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,882.24 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENSIESKI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Riverhead Sewer District | Amount $47,882.10 | Date 02/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, GEORGE W | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $47,881.85 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAND, JEAN JUNIOR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $47,881.81 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORKO, MAUREEN A | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $47,881.81 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ELAINE | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $47,880.96 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $47,880.78 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRABICK, PENNY L | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $47,880.72 | Date 10/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETRONE, JOSEPH L, JR | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $47,880.67 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLER, STEVEN C | Employer name Lockport Public Library | Amount $47,880.65 | Date 07/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, JULIO | Employer name Orange County | Amount $47,880.62 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $47,880.49 | Date 10/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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