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 TURNER, RANDY G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $47,246.53 | Date 10/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLESPIE, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $47,246.52 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, TASZDEN S | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $47,246.49 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, THOMAS | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $47,246.34 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND-AMEDURE, ANNE E H | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $47,246.24 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFAFF, DAVID B | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $47,246.23 | Date 06/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS-JEAN, SOLETTE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $47,246.18 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERSON, SHELLY M | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $47,245.88 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, GREGORY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $47,245.64 | Date 09/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, KATRINA L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $47,245.59 | Date 12/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, CASSANDRA | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $47,245.46 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKWOOD, KATHRYN J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,245.39 | Date 08/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KENNETH | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $47,245.37 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, DOREEN H | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $47,245.19 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLBANKS, ALLISON M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $47,244.88 | Date 07/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BERTILIA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $47,244.73 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, BRIDGET N | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $47,244.58 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DENNIS | Employer name Fulton City School Dist | Amount $47,244.58 | Date 08/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASIAK, DAVID C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,244.55 | Date 11/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, TAMARA D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,244.35 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEESLEY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $47,244.25 | Date 12/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIMONE, CHARLOTTE M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $47,244.00 | Date 02/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHA, MARY E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $47,243.95 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, CHARLOTTE J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,243.92 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, NANCY A | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $47,243.57 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIELLO, LAWRENCE J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $47,243.44 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA JOIE, JAMES C E | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $47,243.38 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOVER, CHRISTINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,243.32 | Date 10/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MARTIN K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $47,243.15 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHOE, JONATHAN J | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $47,242.87 | Date 12/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKMON, REBECCA L | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $47,242.85 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZESKI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Cazenovia CSD | Amount $47,242.79 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAURISANI, JOSEPH L | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $47,242.76 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLIA, LINDA A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $47,242.43 | Date 06/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKER, JEFFREY L | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $47,242.32 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJEK, DAVID M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,242.26 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, ALEXANDER P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $47,242.24 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, BRIAN W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $47,241.98 | Date 02/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBBS, MILTON E | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $47,241.79 | Date 10/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY-REED, LORRAINE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $47,241.52 | Date 05/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VADA, JOSEPH F | Employer name Mayfield CSD | Amount $47,241.40 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, RYAN J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $47,241.14 | Date 12/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANCE, LYNN M | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $47,241.05 | Date 08/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, DIANA M | Employer name Spackenkill UFSD | Amount $47,241.01 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UDDIN, AZEEM | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $47,240.41 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHROP, JENNIFER L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $47,240.34 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIZON, JOSE PAULO | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $47,240.19 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, BEVERLEY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $47,240.02 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTRADA, JORGE | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $47,239.98 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGERVILLE, LAURIE A | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $47,239.65 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, EDWARD C, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $47,239.48 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELD, BRYAN R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $47,239.43 | Date 08/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, EILEEN E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,239.32 | Date 09/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, KATHY J | Employer name Penn Yan CSD | Amount $47,239.17 | Date 10/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALYER, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $47,239.05 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUPA, RACHEL F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $47,238.46 | Date 04/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGLIBENE, LYNETTE E | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $47,238.42 | Date 12/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KAREN S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $47,238.20 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, EMILIE L | Employer name SUNY Coll Ceramics Alfred Univ | Amount $47,238.15 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICKLES, DAVID E | Employer name Ausable Valley CSD | Amount $47,238.13 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, CLAUDIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $47,237.95 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, YVONNE T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $47,237.88 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATANZARITE, PAMELA A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $47,237.63 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLADO, RICKEY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $47,237.27 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, NATHANIEL W | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $47,237.25 | Date 02/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRIAN F | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $47,237.18 | Date 04/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEBUNIA, JAMES M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $47,237.18 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, E ANNE | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $47,237.18 | Date 07/18/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCIO, DAWN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $47,237.18 | Date 02/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILES, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $47,237.18 | Date 12/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, MARGARET J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $47,237.18 | Date 05/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDOVER, SUSAN J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $47,237.18 | Date 11/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, CHERYL J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $47,237.14 | Date 03/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELROY, RICHARD A | Employer name Highlnd Falls-Ft Mntgomery CSD | Amount $47,236.99 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODDINGTON, ROBERT C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $47,236.75 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ANTOINETTE | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $47,236.54 | Date 09/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, LAVONDRA D | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $47,236.39 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, DEREK C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $47,235.61 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAUB, DAVID F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $47,235.53 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFF, STEPHEN P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $47,235.50 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREAN, COLLEEN A | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $47,235.28 | Date 12/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, FRED C | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $47,235.06 | Date 10/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTURE, THOMAS J | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $47,234.98 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINE, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $47,234.98 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDDEN, JAMES R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,234.97 | Date 02/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, RANDY | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $47,234.94 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNER, JEFFERY P | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $47,234.86 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILTSEY, MATTHEW P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $47,234.73 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Madison County | Amount $47,234.61 | Date 06/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRLAND, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Geneva Housing Authority | Amount $47,234.16 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIER, JESSICA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,234.14 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILMER, RAYMOND E, JR | Employer name Town of North East | Amount $47,234.14 | Date 05/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTWOOD, BECKY J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,234.04 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, ROBERT J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $47,233.98 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGRATH, LORI | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $47,233.72 | Date 02/15/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMES, MELISSA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $47,233.62 | Date 08/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGIER, GEORGE W | Employer name Pine Plains CSD | Amount $47,233.45 | Date 03/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, TEIHZU S | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $47,233.24 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKLEY, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Madrid | Amount $47,233.19 | Date 01/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $47,233.18 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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