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 DACH, EVAN W | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $45,621.22 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERKINS, CONNIE A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $45,620.63 | Date 04/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADDOCK, SUZANNE M | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $45,620.44 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, NOREEN LAURA | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $45,620.40 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSUMANO, LUCIAN R | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $45,620.24 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUGH, VIKAASH | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $45,620.04 | Date 08/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANA, ESTHER E | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $45,619.76 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, LINDA J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $45,619.64 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCK, JAMES R | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $45,619.59 | Date 01/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERITT, MICHAEL R | Employer name No Tonawanda Public Library | Amount $45,619.51 | Date 12/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGIN, PAULA K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $45,619.46 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKELLY, RYAN S | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $45,619.40 | Date 05/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABELT, PAUL G | Employer name Village of South Corning | Amount $45,618.93 | Date 01/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARASCO, LINDA M | Employer name Town of Cornwall | Amount $45,618.70 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIGH, JOSEPH D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $45,618.41 | Date 12/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JOHN M | Employer name Spencer Van Etten CSD | Amount $45,617.96 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARSASIAN, DANIEL A | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $45,617.78 | Date 12/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSLIN, ALICIA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $45,617.61 | Date 03/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, BRUCE D | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $45,617.48 | Date 07/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DONNY J | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $45,617.32 | Date 12/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEEN, STEVI R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,617.23 | Date 06/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, CARA | Employer name Albany County | Amount $45,617.18 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-FRANCOIS, GERMAINE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,617.01 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLE, CATHERINE A | Employer name Town of Chili | Amount $45,616.90 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTY, SARAH L | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $45,616.80 | Date 09/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICHEY, MARY E | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $45,616.59 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRIOS, MARIA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $45,616.49 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, ZHONG | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $45,616.32 | Date 01/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLAN, MARIA | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $45,616.28 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, ASHLEY C | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $45,616.09 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANTZAKLIS, THOMAS M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $45,616.07 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYNER, BRADY J | Employer name Village of Mayville | Amount $45,616.07 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINVILLE, TINA M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $45,616.05 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DON VITO, DEBRA L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $45,616.04 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, KRISTEN L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $45,616.04 | Date 11/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, SAMUEL L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $45,615.62 | Date 08/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, SEAN W | Employer name Centereach Fire District | Amount $45,615.36 | Date 02/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PAUL J | Employer name Town of Minisink | Amount $45,615.32 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, AARON S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $45,615.30 | Date 06/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMAKARIS, DANIEL G | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $45,615.28 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIBODEAU, FRANCINE C | Employer name Town of Moreau | Amount $45,615.12 | Date 07/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFRIYIE, ROBERT OWUSU | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $45,614.86 | Date 04/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANHOUSEN, RANDY J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $45,614.53 | Date 04/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, JEFFREY L | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $45,614.51 | Date 04/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODE, REGINA Y | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $45,614.49 | Date 09/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BREANNA C | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $45,614.13 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TYNISHA S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $45,613.96 | Date 06/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPHEAR, JAMES S | Employer name Gloversville City School Dist | Amount $45,613.73 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLANES, ALBERTA B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $45,613.58 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, HAYDEE | Employer name Orange County | Amount $45,613.40 | Date 02/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETHEA, KIWANNA L | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $45,613.25 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, BRENDA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $45,612.87 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, CLIFFORD | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $45,612.77 | Date 10/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNEY, ANTHONY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $45,612.57 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPELLER, NORMA O | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $45,612.40 | Date 06/29/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,612.18 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBURGH, LAURIE L | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $45,612.12 | Date 11/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANKIEWICZ, BERNADETTE A | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $45,612.12 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, BRENDA D | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $45,612.05 | Date 05/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLIN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $45,611.92 | Date 02/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REALE, AARON C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $45,611.68 | Date 12/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLATLEY, THERESA M | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $45,611.62 | Date 09/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILFIGER, KAREN B | Employer name Crandall Library | Amount $45,611.53 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, DONNA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $45,611.42 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLIREN, BARRY S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,611.27 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SODANO, ELIZABETH A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $45,611.14 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, MICHAEL D | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $45,610.98 | Date 10/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEA, FRANCIS L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $45,610.86 | Date 02/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, MELISSA A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,610.54 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALIOTTI, MARK E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,610.18 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANN, MICHAEL W | Employer name Lancaster CSD | Amount $45,610.08 | Date 02/20/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORIA, ROBERT | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $45,610.06 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITZEROTH, ROGER L | Employer name Town of Forestport | Amount $45,609.89 | Date 07/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAFFITTI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $45,609.78 | Date 07/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, CHARMAINE M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $45,609.68 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLINGER, ALISON R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $45,609.66 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, BRITTANY M | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $45,609.40 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, MIGUEL A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $45,609.32 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, HOLLY M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $45,609.24 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYLOR, SOPHIA P | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $45,609.21 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUMEISTER, JENNIFER D | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $45,609.21 | Date 10/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, MARGARET D | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $45,609.08 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAFOE, KIMBERLY J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $45,609.05 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, PRISCILLA M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $45,609.02 | Date 09/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZELLA, VINCENT J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $45,608.89 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAHAN, LISA S | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $45,608.89 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIPE, DANIEL P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $45,608.82 | Date 02/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, GREGORY S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $45,608.78 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $45,608.68 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANARA, DENNIS M | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $45,608.48 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, CORY M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $45,608.17 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Liberty CSD | Amount $45,608.17 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, BRIAN K | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $45,607.76 | Date 07/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PIRRO, DONALD A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $45,607.55 | Date 07/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTMAN, MARTIN P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $45,607.38 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, GRAHAM B | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $45,607.18 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, RORY S C | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $45,607.09 | Date 03/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $45,607.03 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSHEL, NAOMI K | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $45,606.19 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, JAY P | Employer name Village of Nassau | Amount $45,605.88 | Date 01/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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