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 CHEN, SIZHANG | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $47,748.39 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULL, NATHAN D | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $47,748.31 | Date 06/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JAVIER | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $47,748.25 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, SARAH M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,747.71 | Date 11/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, MARY T | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $47,747.31 | Date 09/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRADA, MARIA | Employer name Village of Great Neck Estates | Amount $47,746.85 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROXAS, GARIZALDO | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $47,746.52 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIABLICK, CHADD R | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $47,746.36 | Date 06/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMS, DAVID M, SR | Employer name Fayetteville-Manlius CSD | Amount $47,746.17 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, MELISSA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $47,746.14 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNTLEY, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Essex County | Amount $47,745.98 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENG, ROBERT C | Employer name Franklin Square UFSD | Amount $47,745.66 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $47,745.62 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, KATHLEEN L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,745.39 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, IRA D | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $47,745.30 | Date 01/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIWARI, MERLYN B | Employer name Town of Big Flats | Amount $47,745.18 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAK, HOLLY A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $47,745.16 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $47,744.97 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, SNEJANA P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,744.80 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ALPIN, DONNA | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $47,744.80 | Date 09/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, DANNY R | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $47,744.79 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, CLIFFORD L | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $47,744.56 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN BAPTISTE, LILAS | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $47,744.44 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHERN, ALICIA D | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,744.36 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURLOW, DORA M | Employer name Boces-Oswego | Amount $47,744.34 | Date 07/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LING, FONG | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $47,744.21 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDDENHAGEN, ANN M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $47,744.14 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADD, SHARON L | Employer name Mexico CSD | Amount $47,743.95 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARVU, NICOLE D | Employer name Grand Island CSD | Amount $47,743.82 | Date 09/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM C, JR | Employer name Greene County | Amount $47,743.65 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, MARK G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $47,743.10 | Date 05/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARAGIANO, PAUL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,743.06 | Date 10/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTZELL, EDWARD | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $47,742.86 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, MICHELE A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,742.61 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY-SWANSTON, AMANDA A | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $47,742.47 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROL, DONNA M | Employer name East Aurora UFSD | Amount $47,742.00 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUAREZ-GARCIA, ALMA I | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,741.81 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKES, BRUCE E | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $47,741.40 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOESSEL, LYNN R | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $47,741.02 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, KEITH G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,740.85 | Date 05/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, MICHELLE A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $47,740.67 | Date 05/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MIKALA G | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $47,740.56 | Date 04/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERSON, COREY L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $47,740.48 | Date 08/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSS, JAMES P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $47,740.09 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Village of Liberty | Amount $47,740.04 | Date 07/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAVO, PATRICIA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $47,739.81 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWAN, ALICIA M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $47,739.69 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENHARDT, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $47,739.47 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Forestport | Amount $47,739.44 | Date 11/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, ZACKERY H | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $47,738.96 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BROCKLIN, MELISSA M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $47,738.61 | Date 02/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, DONALD D, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $47,738.49 | Date 12/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHN, BRYAN A | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $47,738.43 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STERMER, JOSHUA E | Employer name Town of Big Flats | Amount $47,738.20 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLYNN, KEVIN J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $47,738.20 | Date 03/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DONALD J, JR | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $47,738.10 | Date 03/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEKOFF, JANICE L | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $47,737.56 | Date 11/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCOIA, SCOTT A | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $47,737.53 | Date 03/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZABO, DAVID A | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $47,737.38 | Date 05/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDEL, AMY | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $47,737.23 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUZZI, MATHEW J | Employer name Town of Johnstown | Amount $47,737.19 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MARY LOU | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $47,737.12 | Date 09/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMSEN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $47,737.01 | Date 03/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, MARISOL | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $47,736.84 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAM, PAMELA L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,736.75 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARREN, CATHERINE P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $47,736.67 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUCKEMUS, BRIANNA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $47,736.43 | Date 03/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BRIAN N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $47,736.30 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGONA, SUSAN L | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $47,735.90 | Date 11/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, JOSEPH J | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $47,735.77 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILCHRIST, MARTIN J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $47,735.33 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JASON A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,735.24 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, KATHLEEN S | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $47,735.13 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, SUSAN B | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $47,734.89 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREGON, REGINA M | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $47,734.84 | Date 09/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, DENISE M | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $47,734.84 | Date 10/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOAN | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $47,734.84 | Date 07/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAFF, JAMIE D | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $47,734.77 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ANNA M | Employer name Oneida City School Dist | Amount $47,734.58 | Date 03/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNZER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $47,734.55 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, NATALEE L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $47,734.40 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECKER, CAITLIN A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $47,734.23 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAIR, MELISSA R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $47,734.12 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCHILL, BRETT P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $47,733.87 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REFF, MELISSA L | Employer name Little Falls-City School Dist | Amount $47,733.77 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, JOHN W | Employer name Village of Port Henry | Amount $47,733.20 | Date 02/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORLISH-KOVALEC, DEBORAH L | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $47,733.06 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, DEBORAH A | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $47,733.04 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCIERI, LORI | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $47,733.04 | Date 04/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LONARDO, VICTORIA | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $47,733.04 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, SHARON D | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $47,733.04 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGMANN, CHARLES F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $47,732.94 | Date 08/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHECO, LUISA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,732.62 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $47,732.60 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, JOSEPH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $47,732.59 | Date 08/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPONABLE, SHAWN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $47,732.58 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARROWS, JULIE A | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $47,732.57 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINKEL, PRESTON T | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $47,732.53 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, SARAH E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $47,732.52 | Date 06/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SCOTT H | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $47,732.49 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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