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 RITCH, BARBARA J | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $45,722.09 | Date 05/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, JUANITA S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $45,722.05 | Date 09/29/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPKINS, LORIE M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $45,722.03 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, TERRY L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $45,721.23 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERIKSON, KAREN A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $45,721.12 | Date 06/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAFFEE, BRIAN M | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $45,721.01 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNER, ROBERT F | Employer name Boces-Oswego | Amount $45,720.92 | Date 12/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNS, NANCY J S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $45,720.75 | Date 06/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZEK, EUGENE E, JR | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $45,720.75 | Date 10/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, WADE P | Employer name Niagara-Wheatfield CSD | Amount $45,720.74 | Date 04/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, IMANI S | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $45,720.51 | Date 03/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ETTEN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $45,720.39 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, EDWARD J, III | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $45,719.96 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, KRISTINE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,719.95 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JASON E | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $45,719.86 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASI, JOHN A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $45,719.74 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, LAUREN M | Employer name Henry Viscardi School | Amount $45,718.92 | Date 05/10/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, RODERICK J | Employer name Town of Croghan | Amount $45,718.81 | Date 05/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZZARD, REBECCA J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $45,718.56 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTON, CHRISTINA N | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $45,718.49 | Date 01/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LYNNETTE S | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $45,718.09 | Date 10/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Stratford | Amount $45,717.83 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, ROCCO E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,717.77 | Date 10/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, JESSIKA | Employer name Greene County | Amount $45,717.15 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOSKE, DIANNE L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $45,717.09 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECHARD, MARIA C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $45,717.03 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSTRAN, NATALIE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $45,716.89 | Date 03/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTIGAN, DONNA L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $45,716.75 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, GAIL C | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $45,716.07 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEMINS, ANDREW E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $45,715.83 | Date 05/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, KEVIN S | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $45,715.80 | Date 07/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, ANJA K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $45,715.61 | Date 06/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMER, LEILANI A | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $45,715.58 | Date 09/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLIE, STEPHEN C | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $45,715.58 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, CHERYL A | Employer name Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD | Amount $45,715.49 | Date 02/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, JOHN W | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $45,715.25 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIMINO, NANCY J | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $45,715.15 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LOUISE T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $45,715.10 | Date 05/23/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, ELIZABETH K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $45,714.82 | Date 02/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOSIA, ANTHONY | Employer name Wheatland-Chili CSD | Amount $45,714.81 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEEL, DOROTHY H | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $45,714.30 | Date 04/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JONATHAN P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $45,714.20 | Date 02/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, COLLEEN S | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $45,714.20 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAXTON, RAYMOND D | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $45,713.82 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, VICTOR H | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $45,713.69 | Date 12/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WITTE, DANIEL N | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $45,713.56 | Date 02/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, BARBARA J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $45,713.46 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, RICHARD J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $45,713.24 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHNER, KYLE C | Employer name Village of Naples | Amount $45,713.18 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LISA A | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $45,712.99 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JAMES T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $45,712.98 | Date 02/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, JO ANNE | Employer name Brushton Moira CSD | Amount $45,712.71 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ALBERT R | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $45,712.60 | Date 09/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, SHAHID | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $45,712.26 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMISTEAD, MICHAEL W | Employer name Town of Pound Ridge | Amount $45,711.98 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREWER, JAMIE B | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $45,711.91 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, DAVID R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $45,711.65 | Date 03/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, BRENDA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,711.54 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, JEANNE M | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $45,711.02 | Date 10/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WILLIAM W | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $45,710.86 | Date 12/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMONDS, TY K | Employer name Town of Adams | Amount $45,710.52 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAGER, DAVID M | Employer name Town of Rose | Amount $45,710.40 | Date 01/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JANET L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $45,710.32 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOINE, ALICIA R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $45,710.31 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGGINS, THEODORE E | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $45,710.15 | Date 07/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOL-VACCARO, JULIE | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $45,710.10 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARFIELD, PAULA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $45,709.99 | Date 08/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTALOSKY, STEVEN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $45,709.86 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IOVINE, GERARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $45,709.79 | Date 04/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEKER, SHANNA A | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $45,709.60 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSEY, MELODY K | Employer name Chittenango CSD | Amount $45,709.38 | Date 07/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULRICH, JOHN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $45,709.36 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, MARCUS J | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $45,709.30 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, NANCY M | Employer name Mechanicville Housing Auth | Amount $45,709.16 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLIEK, JOHN E, JR | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $45,709.10 | Date 10/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTMANN, MICHAEL B, JR | Employer name Village of Piermont | Amount $45,708.70 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVENZANO, DONNA | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $45,708.69 | Date 12/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCHONG-LEEK, JOANNE | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $45,708.60 | Date 12/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCHILL, JOSEPH A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $45,708.59 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWSON, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $45,708.48 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TATYANA | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $45,708.36 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, HESTER A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $45,708.05 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ROBERTA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $45,707.97 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSCHAN, KENNETH E | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $45,707.73 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNS, DENISE J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $45,707.73 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, DEAN P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $45,707.66 | Date 03/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIAS, KARINE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $45,707.64 | Date 07/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, DARLENE A | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $45,707.11 | Date 09/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MEGGAN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $45,707.05 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILES, CHRIS P | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $45,706.73 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNE, ARNDREIA | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTIMORE, MARY J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, BENITA D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, LAVETTE D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONST, LYNNE M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 10/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, LISA M | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATHCART, MARIA D | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOZZI, MARIA M | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $45,706.61 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO VAGLIO, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $45,706.47 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMINO | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $45,706.38 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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