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 DORATO, ELLEN M | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $46,209.03 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, KATHERINE S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $46,208.85 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, GEORGE | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $46,208.45 | Date 06/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODIN, AMY K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $46,208.30 | Date 06/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, STEPHEN J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $46,208.28 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANAIZA, GISELLE | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $46,208.27 | Date 05/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, MELANIA L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $46,207.91 | Date 04/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, CASSANDRA N | Employer name Town of Macedon | Amount $46,207.68 | Date 06/28/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWES, WILLIAM C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $46,207.38 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEBER, HELEN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $46,206.94 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLINO, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $46,206.78 | Date 01/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTOSH, ANDREA D | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $46,206.69 | Date 06/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, BETTY | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $46,206.63 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZELLE, STEPHEN E, JR | Employer name Town of Berkshire | Amount $46,206.38 | Date 07/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, DENISE | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $46,206.22 | Date 10/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAUDEN, SONIA | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,206.20 | Date 10/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREEN, ALEC R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $46,206.16 | Date 07/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUTON, AMANDA D | Employer name Madison County | Amount $46,206.06 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $46,205.94 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, KARLA M | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $46,205.31 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENDA, PETER, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,205.20 | Date 01/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, ERIN | Employer name Essex County | Amount $46,205.15 | Date 12/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, KATRINA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $46,204.54 | Date 01/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMICO, LINDSAY A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $46,204.49 | Date 06/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $46,204.36 | Date 05/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINSBURG, LINDA A GRIFFIN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $46,204.21 | Date 05/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERGAMINI, THOMAS G | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $46,204.12 | Date 09/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHONG, JAE YON | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $46,204.09 | Date 02/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSAY, KIMBERLY J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $46,204.08 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUSEY, TANIKA L | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $46,204.05 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, KATHY L | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $46,203.77 | Date 09/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, SUZAN M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $46,203.10 | Date 02/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, MARTA L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $46,203.01 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JAMES J | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $46,202.78 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID A | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $46,202.40 | Date 04/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTELLI, ANTHONY M, JR | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $46,202.40 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESCENZI, NICOLE R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $46,202.11 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, MARIA T | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $46,201.99 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERWIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $46,201.64 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JESSICA E | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $46,201.38 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, CARIDAD | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $46,201.32 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHCROFT, PETER J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $46,200.99 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAGG, GREGORY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $46,200.98 | Date 09/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBICK, PAM C | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $46,200.95 | Date 03/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, RANDAL C | Employer name Town of Aurelius | Amount $46,200.56 | Date 09/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINFERY, STANLEY | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $46,200.23 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNAY, KEVIN M | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $46,200.18 | Date 02/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, MICHAEL W | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $46,200.12 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARVIS, DENISE D | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $46,200.05 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, SUSIE C | Employer name Town of Walworth | Amount $46,200.02 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, AMI E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $46,200.00 | Date 02/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETZ, STEVE D | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $46,199.61 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIVELY, HEIDI J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $46,199.59 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, DIANE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $46,199.50 | Date 10/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELIX, TAMARA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $46,199.34 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIGRASS, MATTHEW L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $46,199.01 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIPP, BRENDAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,198.89 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUOID, AMANDA R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,198.87 | Date 02/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, SUZANNE M | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $46,198.80 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MICHAEL, SHEILA A | Employer name Town of Jerusalem | Amount $46,198.76 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, KAREN A | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $46,198.68 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAHAN, JOANNE | Employer name Longwood Public Library | Amount $46,198.59 | Date 12/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, ETHAN M | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $46,198.35 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERVONE, ANDREA MCGEE | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $46,198.23 | Date 11/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUMM, BRIAN A | Employer name Hancock CSD | Amount $46,198.16 | Date 01/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, JUDITH M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $46,197.89 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARASTA, KATHERINE M | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $46,197.80 | Date 06/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, MARIA | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $46,197.79 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, STEPHAN W | Employer name Town of Ledyard | Amount $46,197.66 | Date 11/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGWARDT, ASHLEY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $46,197.66 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PERSIIS, RUDOLPH F | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $46,197.35 | Date 08/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $46,197.25 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CENTRELLA, TONI ANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $46,197.19 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, EMILY M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $46,196.98 | Date 01/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEXTER, LISA R | Employer name Boces-Tompkins Seneca Tioga | Amount $46,196.90 | Date 09/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSON, LISA R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $46,196.87 | Date 11/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEETE, WAYNE R | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $46,196.76 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, NICHOLE Z | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $46,196.74 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITWINIAK, JESSE P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $46,196.40 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, KRISTINA E | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $46,196.30 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, ROSA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $46,196.19 | Date 08/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, JENNIFER T | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $46,196.10 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWS, MAGGIE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,195.96 | Date 03/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMER, GLENN H, II | Employer name Albany County | Amount $46,195.94 | Date 08/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOZWIAK, MARK | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $46,195.81 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINDELL, YVETTE | Employer name Fallsburg CSD | Amount $46,195.12 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, SUSAN A | Employer name Phoenix CSD | Amount $46,194.96 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMMAROTO, DEBORAH A | Employer name Amityville UFSD | Amount $46,194.74 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYS, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Village of Palmyra | Amount $46,194.50 | Date 11/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISMAN, LARA K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $46,194.42 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOUGH, MICHAEL D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $46,194.18 | Date 12/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, NICOLE | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $46,194.08 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JEFFREY M | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $46,193.56 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, VICTOR B | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $46,193.31 | Date 10/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC KRELL, MEGHAN E | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $46,193.29 | Date 05/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRISLEY, KYLE O | Employer name Essex County | Amount $46,193.09 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELELLA, PALMER J | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $46,192.94 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIVAR, JULIO V | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $46,192.58 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINEGAN, DAMON F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $46,192.34 | Date 11/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKOWIAK, CATHERINE A | Employer name Cheektowaga-Sloan UFSD | Amount $46,192.29 | Date 09/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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