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 FOWLER, WENDY T | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $46,089.30 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, ANDREW W | Employer name Town of Italy | Amount $46,089.12 | Date 02/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELKO, WENKE M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $46,089.12 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITT, NICOLE L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $46,088.88 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $46,088.58 | Date 02/10/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JASON J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $46,088.16 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEKRANS, MEAGAN L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $46,087.80 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAZELTON, EDITH M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $46,087.77 | Date 12/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINA-JACK, JOANN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $46,087.72 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, JANICE L | Employer name Otsego County | Amount $46,087.43 | Date 09/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, TRAVIS L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $46,087.42 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, DAWN T | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $46,087.34 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTA, SHERIL L | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $46,087.10 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRK, CHARLES F | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $46,086.98 | Date 12/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRACOS, JOHN F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $46,086.76 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEJA, JOHN W, JR | Employer name NYS School For The Blind | Amount $46,086.72 | Date 09/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNING, BRANT D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $46,086.57 | Date 06/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, RICHARD H | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $46,086.47 | Date 08/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILT, CHRISTY L | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $46,086.39 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, LISA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,086.36 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEROO, CINDY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,086.35 | Date 04/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARGARET A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $46,086.15 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, LORRAINE J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $46,086.15 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, AMANDA S | Employer name Town of Geddes | Amount $46,085.93 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOOP, JAMES D | Employer name Forestville CSD | Amount $46,085.92 | Date 09/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORWICH, DARLENE M | Employer name Town of Lewiston | Amount $46,085.90 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, EVELYN M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,085.74 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, PATRICIA | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $46,085.63 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, MATTIE M | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $46,085.49 | Date 05/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERANTE, BERNADINE | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $46,085.49 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANETTA, LISA M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $46,085.45 | Date 09/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLECK, SOMMER G | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $46,085.31 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POGORZELSKI, DAVID G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $46,085.04 | Date 01/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, ROBERT C | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $46,084.84 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYKUS, CASSANDRA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $46,084.70 | Date 05/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERUSO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $46,084.46 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, KIMBERLEY J S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,084.36 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, ROBERTA F | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $46,084.16 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSTAFSON, VINCENT P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $46,083.62 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYOU, JENNIFER A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,083.45 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGNELL, HENRY D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $46,083.44 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVERMORE, BASIL A | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $46,083.44 | Date 06/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, ALLEN Z | Employer name Town of Queensbury | Amount $46,083.41 | Date 06/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, PATRICIA N | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,083.39 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, JANINE M | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $46,083.37 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIENAIME, JEANNE H | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $46,083.06 | Date 03/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JOSHUA D | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $46,082.53 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, MICHAEL W, II | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $46,082.42 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGILLETTA, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $46,082.33 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAREN, REED | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $46,082.29 | Date 06/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCKTON, FRED J | Employer name Rochester Housing Authority | Amount $46,082.22 | Date 09/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYSON, NIKKARA A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $46,082.14 | Date 07/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, AYLEEN M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,082.03 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUB, JEFFREY M | Employer name Brockport CSD | Amount $46,082.01 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPONE, KAREN F | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $46,081.88 | Date 06/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, LUIS F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $46,081.70 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTYK, JACQUELYN A | Employer name Cheektowaga-Sloan UFSD | Amount $46,081.65 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWHIG, MICHAEL | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $46,081.25 | Date 11/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUGEHOER, THOMAS E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $46,081.24 | Date 09/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE COSTA, JOHN A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $46,081.21 | Date 10/08/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRITTON, PAUL W | Employer name Altmar-Parish-Williamstown CSD | Amount $46,081.17 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, ALICE E | Employer name Town of Cornwall | Amount $46,081.03 | Date 05/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESTLEROAD, MEAGAN M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $46,080.98 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $46,080.94 | Date 08/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALPIN, ROBERT W | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $46,080.91 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLTENBURG, SCOTT W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $46,080.78 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, DANIEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $46,080.73 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFOHL, MARY K | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $46,080.23 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATLIFF, DAVID W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $46,080.22 | Date 12/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, KEITH F | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $46,080.21 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTUORO, LORNA P | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $46,080.14 | Date 05/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, MARY J | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $46,080.06 | Date 03/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREISCH, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $46,079.49 | Date 03/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFCUT, ROBERT L, SR | Employer name Town of Mamakating | Amount $46,079.45 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-HARRIS, DONNA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,079.42 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMES, PATRICIA S | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $46,079.12 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, SHAE M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $46,079.05 | Date 04/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, MISTY D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,078.22 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILPIN, SHANA A | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $46,078.08 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, CAITLIN M | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $46,078.07 | Date 06/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIAPPERINI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $46,077.91 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARHART, DANIELLE E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,077.78 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOUSSAINT-FRANCIS, LUCIA V | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $46,077.52 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBITAILLE, ANTHONY B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $46,077.34 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUJSCE, JOSEPH J | Employer name Hampton Bays UFSD | Amount $46,076.87 | Date 10/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSNER, EDWARD J | Employer name Oswego School Dist Pub Library | Amount $46,076.86 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, ANDREW D | Employer name Town of Duanesburg | Amount $46,076.64 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEUER, ADAM M | Employer name Pioneer Library System | Amount $46,076.52 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIMETZ, RORY F | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $46,076.22 | Date 10/12/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDEL, DIANE | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $46,076.12 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSEL, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $46,076.00 | Date 02/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU PILKA, KATHY M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $46,076.00 | Date 11/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARASZTI, SARAH K | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $46,076.00 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMO, ANDRE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $46,075.99 | Date 12/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIER, TYLER J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $46,075.84 | Date 08/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKHAM, GREGORY C | Employer name Village of Carthage | Amount $46,075.23 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, JEFFREY S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $46,075.21 | Date 03/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVER, SUSAN A | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $46,074.92 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLS, MIGUEL A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $46,074.79 | Date 12/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOPKO, CRYSTAL | Employer name Springville-Griffith Inst CSD | Amount $46,074.50 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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