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 SPECHT, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $46,724.71 | Date 06/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTOVANI, DOMINICK F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,724.59 | Date 10/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, SUSAN T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $46,724.36 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FRANCE, RONALD E | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $46,724.31 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMB, MILDRED A | Employer name Town of Richland | Amount $46,724.30 | Date 06/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWDISH, JOHN P, II | Employer name Town of Charleston | Amount $46,724.26 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBINDER, SETH H | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $46,723.92 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, MICHAEL B | Employer name Town of Brunswick | Amount $46,723.48 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEDEGEBUUE, SCOTT A | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $46,723.35 | Date 09/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHOUSE, DARIN M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $46,723.07 | Date 05/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, CATHY L | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $46,723.07 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KELLEY E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $46,722.68 | Date 03/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVIS, GLENN R | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $46,722.65 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, JACQULINE | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $46,722.64 | Date 04/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNN, CARRIE | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $46,722.59 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, JANE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $46,722.34 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, SARAH L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $46,722.25 | Date 12/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, MATTHEW B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $46,722.25 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROO, DANIEL N | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $46,722.20 | Date 06/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANRATTY, SEAN P, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $46,721.93 | Date 04/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, EARL M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $46,721.61 | Date 05/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWER, MEGAN K | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $46,721.35 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE MIEUX, PAMELA M | Employer name Town of Duane | Amount $46,720.55 | Date 04/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, NANCY D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $46,720.45 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, KENNETH S | Employer name Boces-Dutchess | Amount $46,720.33 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, DYISHA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $46,720.14 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONRADT, DANIELLE K | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $46,719.75 | Date 01/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, SARAH J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,719.36 | Date 02/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, DENISE L | Employer name Boces-Oswego | Amount $46,719.00 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEOPLES, PRECIOUS A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $46,718.69 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, MICHELLE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $46,717.90 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVASSA, FRANK A | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $46,717.90 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONCH, RYAN P | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $46,717.89 | Date 10/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAEGERT, JANENE L | Employer name Gowanda CSD | Amount $46,717.71 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GINA A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $46,717.61 | Date 06/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANAGAN, REBECCA L | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $46,717.55 | Date 02/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, SCOTT K | Employer name Town of Enfield | Amount $46,717.55 | Date 05/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINELLI, ROSEMARIE | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $46,717.53 | Date 08/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHROH, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Esperance | Amount $46,717.53 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUKES, LATEESHA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $46,717.49 | Date 07/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANUSAMA, PAUL A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $46,717.28 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATTRAY, MARC L | Employer name Dept Ag & Markets | Amount $46,717.13 | Date 04/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLER, KIMBERLY S | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $46,717.08 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JUAN A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,717.05 | Date 10/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUST, MARY LYNN | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $46,717.04 | Date 06/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARD, LAHMEL | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $46,716.99 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CENTORANI, REBECCA L | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $46,716.91 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESAY CONTEH, ALHAJI | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $46,716.73 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, MELODIE M | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $46,716.71 | Date 10/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WLAZLO, JAMIE L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $46,716.51 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELZNER, RICKI D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $46,716.42 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHNK, CHRISTAL C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,716.22 | Date 02/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, LORETTA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,716.21 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, FELICIA J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $46,716.08 | Date 11/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JENNIFER K | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $46,716.02 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODSPEED, JOSH A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $46,715.97 | Date 01/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROSDOWICH, SUSAN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $46,715.72 | Date 12/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY-QUIMBY, SHEILA A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $46,715.58 | Date 05/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POUNDS, MARIAH M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $46,715.54 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESSITORE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $46,715.35 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANG, BING | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $46,715.26 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, TINA M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $46,715.11 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAY, BRIAN C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $46,715.11 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, WENDY M | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $46,714.77 | Date 10/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DONALD, JAMES A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $46,714.73 | Date 12/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, SANDRA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $46,714.67 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICK, JOEL W | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $46,714.59 | Date 05/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDIEU, VIVIANE C | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $46,714.53 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUNSE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of New Scotland | Amount $46,714.39 | Date 10/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTRAND, PETER G | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $46,714.31 | Date 08/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLACE, MARK J | Employer name Auburn City School Dist | Amount $46,714.23 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $46,714.20 | Date 05/20/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LAWRENCE A | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $46,713.80 | Date 04/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANWAY, PAUL D | Employer name Germantown CSD | Amount $46,713.66 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLETTE, SUZANNE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,713.56 | Date 12/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMMEL, JOHN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,713.56 | Date 12/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JEFFREY J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $46,713.52 | Date 08/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNKER, GAIL A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $46,713.28 | Date 08/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OAKES, SHARON K | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $46,712.96 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARUCCHERI, JONATHAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,712.95 | Date 04/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LESCARBEAU, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $46,712.84 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, ANNE | Employer name Hampton Bays UFSD | Amount $46,712.84 | Date 05/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PIKE, ALICIA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $46,712.62 | Date 06/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAILE, NEWEQUASH C | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $46,712.51 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VERGNE, MICHELLE L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $46,712.34 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVES, WILLIAM R | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $46,712.07 | Date 06/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORLEWSKI, PHILLIP M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $46,711.49 | Date 06/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, TAMMY L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,711.35 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLCZAK, ANNE MARIE T | Employer name Clarence CSD | Amount $46,711.13 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, SEAMUS P | Employer name Schuyler County | Amount $46,711.09 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLANO, TAMARA M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $46,711.06 | Date 10/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CHRISTIANA A | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $46,711.04 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, RICHARD N | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $46,710.86 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YADAV, MANSHA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $46,710.59 | Date 07/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $46,710.15 | Date 06/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMINY, JOCELYNE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $46,709.86 | Date 05/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUTTING, JESSE T | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $46,709.15 | Date 05/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMIDON, ROBERT K, JR | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $46,709.01 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESLA, CHARLENE E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $46,708.82 | Date 05/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AITKEN, YARITZA D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $46,708.80 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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