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 HARTSON, JOHN C | Employer name Bronxville UFSD | Amount $45,429.53 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, HEATHER N | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $45,429.44 | Date 08/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARUQUI, SHABNAM | Employer name Amityville Public Library | Amount $45,429.04 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, LYN A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $45,429.00 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, LANE H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $45,428.73 | Date 11/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ELYSE M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $45,428.64 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, CHARLES E | Employer name Town of Fenton | Amount $45,428.63 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKS, NATHANIEL R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $45,428.42 | Date 02/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, BARBARA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $45,428.23 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARUCH, WALTER V | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $45,427.94 | Date 12/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDENBROOK, JASON P | Employer name Town of Kendall | Amount $45,427.92 | Date 03/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERAN, MARIE M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,427.67 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, LINDA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,427.67 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKSON, SHARON C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,427.67 | Date 02/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURIEL, SARAH I | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,427.67 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, LUIS A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,427.67 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, KESHA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,427.65 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELORENZO, MARIE P | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $45,427.34 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFEY, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Gloversville Housing Authority | Amount $45,427.26 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, ISMAEL | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $45,427.09 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORSOLA, JOANN L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,427.04 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRERO, RAYMOND | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $45,426.48 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEMBHARD, JUDITH A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $45,426.32 | Date 01/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLENTANTIE, LENROY A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $45,426.30 | Date 03/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CHERYL L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $45,426.20 | Date 04/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, JONATHAN R | Employer name Town of Stamford | Amount $45,426.02 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, ROBERT G, JR | Employer name Town of Elbridge | Amount $45,426.02 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH PRATT, HEATHER D M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $45,426.01 | Date 04/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, JULIA A | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $45,425.73 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, JEFFREY C | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $45,425.72 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, ADRIAN M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $45,425.72 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOSHUA D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $45,425.71 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFLAND, GUSTAV J, III | Employer name Village of Colonie | Amount $45,425.61 | Date 10/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CYNTHIA J | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $45,425.56 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, KAREN A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $45,425.48 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRADINGER, SUSAN J | Employer name Town of Hoosick | Amount $45,425.00 | Date 12/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JULIE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $45,424.70 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, STEPHEN G | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $45,424.70 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSMITH, HOWARD | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $45,424.68 | Date 07/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWAN, KELSEY U | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $45,424.65 | Date 08/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDGES, DEVON | Employer name The Comm Libr of Cobleskill | Amount $45,424.55 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, ERIC P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $45,423.95 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, DIANA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $45,423.88 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVAS, JEANETTE M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $45,423.57 | Date 01/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREYER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $45,423.53 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, MATTHEW L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $45,423.37 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUADAGNO, KRISTIN M | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $45,423.35 | Date 12/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUYNH, CYNDIE V | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $45,423.34 | Date 12/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KEITH J | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $45,423.01 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVOLACCI, FRANK J | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $45,423.00 | Date 08/26/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, VALERIE A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $45,422.97 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDONATO, FIFI A | Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth | Amount $45,422.63 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, ROBIN L | Employer name Riverhead Water District | Amount $45,422.57 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHURANAYAGAM, ROVEENA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $45,422.41 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JUDITH M | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $45,422.24 | Date 10/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITSOS, MARK C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $45,421.99 | Date 07/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, MARY M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $45,421.87 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, CATHERINE A | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $45,421.69 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAY DRAPKIN, PAULA E | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $45,421.66 | Date 01/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURBALA, MARY K | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $45,421.60 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLICHIO, LAUREN C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $45,421.53 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, PATRICIA M | Employer name Clarence CSD | Amount $45,421.46 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SILVA, MARIA E | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $45,421.34 | Date 07/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINFIELD, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $45,421.27 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSZA, PAUL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $45,421.18 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUTHIER, MARJORIE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $45,420.77 | Date 11/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, JEFFREY J | Employer name Lowville CSD | Amount $45,420.73 | Date 06/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, LORI R | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $45,420.70 | Date 08/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLOSBERG, BRITTANY M | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $45,420.68 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEBESTA, FRED W | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $45,420.60 | Date 07/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSINI, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $45,420.31 | Date 09/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, VALERIE L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $45,420.26 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPALAU, ANTHONY K | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $45,419.86 | Date 03/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, AVONDALE J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,419.57 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, LARISSA J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $45,419.55 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDROSE, TAMMY E | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $45,419.40 | Date 10/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUKOWSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $45,419.29 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'GRADY, KEVIN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $45,419.05 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, CHARLES W | Employer name Peninsula Public Library | Amount $45,419.04 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD-WITTMAN, MARIANNE E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $45,418.97 | Date 11/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNAY, MARYANN | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $45,418.88 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MELISSA R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $45,418.00 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, KIMBERLY A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $45,417.96 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNROE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $45,417.94 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTVANIK, JOANNE M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $45,417.60 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARAUJO, MARC P | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $45,417.25 | Date 09/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, MICHAEL P, JR | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $45,417.25 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAMSEN, DOREEN R | Employer name Essex County | Amount $45,417.13 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZONI, AMANDA R | Employer name Central NY Regn Plan & Dev Bd | Amount $45,416.66 | Date 06/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, CYNTHIA P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $45,416.65 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY-CLARK, KELLY M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $45,416.64 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, PAUL E, JR | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $45,416.62 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MROZOWSKI, JENNIFER L | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $45,416.61 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZK, JUDITH R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $45,416.47 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDA, VINCENT L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $45,416.38 | Date 07/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE PLATO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $45,416.13 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHINNEY, SHAWN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $45,415.64 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, GERALD J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $45,415.55 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSER, MARGARET A | Employer name Niagara-Wheatfield CSD | Amount $45,415.51 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAFTON, DEBORAH J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $45,415.44 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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