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 GILLESPIE, SHANNON | Employer name Orange County | Amount $47,501.20 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSSEAU, BUFFY A | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $47,501.14 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODBOURN, SCOTT A | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $47,501.12 | Date 12/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINFORD, PAULETTE A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $47,501.10 | Date 10/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALA-BROWN, ERIN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $47,501.06 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVOIE, ROBIN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $47,501.05 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METLAK, LISA A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $47,500.95 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEEDER, DENNIS L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $47,500.12 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUBREY, SHELLEY A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $47,499.99 | Date 02/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNSWORTH, NATASHA E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $47,499.69 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSSEY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $47,499.52 | Date 10/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, STEPHEN A | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $47,499.52 | Date 12/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNING, DAWN | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $47,499.47 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, ELAINE M | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $47,499.20 | Date 12/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRABBE, SUSAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,499.08 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROMWILLER, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Akron CSD | Amount $47,498.99 | Date 10/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, JOSEPH G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $47,498.68 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAINARD, IVAN C, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $47,498.64 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GYURITS, DAWN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $47,498.58 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIVONA, SUSAN D | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $47,498.42 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVERS, DOUGLAS J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $47,498.25 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLIN, CASEY R | Employer name Poughkeepsie Publ Library Dis | Amount $47,497.83 | Date 04/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, JASON T | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $47,497.82 | Date 01/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKEL, THERESA M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $47,497.80 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JO ANNE | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,497.75 | Date 05/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, CHARLES M | Employer name Town of Queensbury | Amount $47,497.70 | Date 02/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERSMETTE, ANTHONY W | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $47,497.51 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, AARON C | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $47,497.42 | Date 09/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, JANET K | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $47,497.31 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, LINDA | Employer name South Country CSD - Brookhaven | Amount $47,497.27 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, MOLLIE G | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $47,496.94 | Date 02/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTIQUERA, ANGIE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $47,496.84 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DONALD J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $47,496.70 | Date 02/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, DUANE E | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $47,496.49 | Date 12/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PIETRA, JOSEPHINE | Employer name N Tarrytown Housing Authority | Amount $47,496.40 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JARROD P | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $47,496.21 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIULIANI, MARGARET E | Employer name Centereach Fire District | Amount $47,496.21 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGARDO, ELISA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $47,496.02 | Date 04/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JUAN P | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $47,495.95 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAETA, MARK J | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $47,495.73 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, SUSAN M | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $47,495.63 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, RUTA M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $47,495.61 | Date 05/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, MICHELLE M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $47,495.49 | Date 08/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTFALL, RAYMOND L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $47,495.46 | Date 02/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, MARIA I | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $47,495.29 | Date 02/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, JENNIFER | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $47,495.27 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVENS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $47,495.18 | Date 11/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAIDING, LISA J | Employer name Village of Boonville | Amount $47,495.02 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELROY, MICHELLE M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $47,494.45 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ISAIAH J | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $47,494.27 | Date 06/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of Ellisburg | Amount $47,494.26 | Date 11/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSO, ANGELA C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $47,493.90 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MARCY E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $47,493.79 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROXBURGH, JOHN M | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $47,493.55 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILKINS, TIMOTHY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $47,493.46 | Date 01/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEANE, DONNA J | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $47,493.32 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, DANIEL P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,493.30 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, DONALD A | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $47,493.25 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBERCON, SUSAN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $47,493.19 | Date 04/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIGIURI, JEAN B | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $47,492.91 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCENIGO, LYDIA | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $47,492.88 | Date 08/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREY, LISA D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $47,492.74 | Date 04/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES-GAUSSEN, MICHELLE D | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $47,492.65 | Date 04/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, EDWARD M | Employer name Town of Kirkwood | Amount $47,491.87 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMER, ARDIS | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $47,491.86 | Date 08/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, MARIE L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $47,491.80 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, LENORE | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $47,491.79 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBZIAR, IRENE | Employer name Town of Pelham | Amount $47,491.77 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGHTMAN, EMILY E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $47,491.73 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, STACEY M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $47,491.62 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI DOMENICO, LOUIS T | Employer name Cairo-Durham CSD | Amount $47,491.41 | Date 04/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, ROBERT J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $47,491.39 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHANY, VANESSA M | Employer name Madison County | Amount $47,490.54 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAMELING, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $47,490.40 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GLENN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,490.18 | Date 12/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, RONALD F | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $47,490.01 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, LORI L | Employer name Randolph CSD | Amount $47,489.82 | Date 07/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOUT, MICHELLE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $47,489.81 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, TRAVIS JAMES | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $47,489.74 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINCAID, LAURIE L | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $47,489.71 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, BROCK M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $47,489.70 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANOVA, DEBORAH C | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $47,489.51 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUTLEDGE, NATHAN | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $47,489.39 | Date 02/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLEY, LAURIE L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $47,489.22 | Date 11/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANIA, JUDITH ANN | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $47,489.03 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, ANGELA DELORES | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $47,488.82 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, KIMBERLY R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,488.69 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINYARD, VERNA L | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $47,488.42 | Date 12/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLNAR, ANNA | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $47,487.93 | Date 02/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAAL RIVERA, MATHEW D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $47,487.82 | Date 07/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, PIERRE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $47,487.75 | Date 05/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, LYNETTE V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $47,487.75 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYTON, CATHERINE A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $47,487.05 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLENBECK, LAURA B | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $47,487.02 | Date 10/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLINGER, LAURIE A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $47,487.00 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAYEA, TRISHA L | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $47,486.82 | Date 02/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDGES, TERRI | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $47,486.81 | Date 10/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIGLEY, MICHELLE D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,486.45 | Date 09/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALLEYRAND, DJEM | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $47,486.13 | Date 03/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, BRIAN H | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $47,486.00 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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