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 RUHLAND, SHARON A | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $45,133.20 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEERE, CAROLYN L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $45,133.13 | Date 07/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CARL A | Employer name Bridgehampton UFSD | Amount $45,132.59 | Date 02/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, PEIHO | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $45,132.52 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERMERHORN, WENDY L | Employer name Chenango Valley CSD | Amount $45,132.29 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, RYAN R | Employer name Village of Fort Plain | Amount $45,132.21 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUHMANN, PAMELA M | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $45,131.96 | Date 06/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMON, CHELSEA M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $45,131.78 | Date 01/10/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, KEVIN H | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $45,131.75 | Date 04/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EUGENE, JAMES R | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $45,131.71 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IAQUEZ-SAMUELSON, ANTOINETTE | Employer name Goshen CSD | Amount $45,131.64 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, BEVERLY R | Employer name Cornwall CSD | Amount $45,131.40 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEBO, RICHARD D | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $45,131.39 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, SONIA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $45,131.21 | Date 06/02/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, SCOTT D | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $45,131.09 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, AMY J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $45,130.69 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHINDON, JUAN P | Employer name Blind Brook-Rye UFSD | Amount $45,130.68 | Date 01/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Town of Boston | Amount $45,130.48 | Date 01/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, RAY A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $45,130.07 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASMAN, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Town of Frankfort | Amount $45,130.01 | Date 05/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENTIS, MICHELLE V.D | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $45,129.82 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERMAN, VLADISLAV | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $45,129.80 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, TAMMY L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $45,129.75 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NATHAN A | Employer name Village of Trumansburg | Amount $45,129.73 | Date 07/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWSWELL, ALAN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $45,129.72 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, JOHN J | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $45,129.60 | Date 12/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILKAS, THOMAS G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $45,129.56 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, LILLIE R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $45,129.37 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFARO, ALISSA | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $45,129.34 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NANCY P | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $45,129.34 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBBERT, BRENDA E | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $45,129.32 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, JAMES M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $45,128.72 | Date 04/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, CARI D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $45,128.53 | Date 10/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, ARACELIS | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $45,128.53 | Date 09/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARSEMA, KRISTINA R | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $45,128.46 | Date 05/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHEVARRIA, ANYOLINA M | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $45,128.42 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELINSKI, BARBARA H | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $45,128.37 | Date 09/29/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROLL, CRAIG D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,128.32 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, RYAN J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $45,128.30 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEXTON, JAY T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $45,127.71 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, MARK W | Employer name Town of Caneadea | Amount $45,127.02 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIERA, FRANK J, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $45,126.98 | Date 07/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $45,126.72 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBROCK, BRUCE K | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $45,126.66 | Date 05/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ZANDT, RACHEL | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $45,126.48 | Date 10/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARPINSKI, CORY M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $45,126.24 | Date 05/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILBUR, TAMMY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $45,126.06 | Date 12/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, ANDREW D | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $45,125.78 | Date 04/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TIFFANY C | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $45,125.56 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, ERIN K | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $45,125.50 | Date 12/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASLER, AMY C | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $45,125.47 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, MICHELLE J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $45,125.36 | Date 04/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUTER, SCOTT J | Employer name Village of Lowville | Amount $45,125.25 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, KAREN E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $45,125.22 | Date 11/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, DAVID A | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $45,124.86 | Date 06/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JAMIE L | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $45,124.83 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMAN, NICHOLAS W | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $45,124.65 | Date 06/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAYSON, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Naples CSD | Amount $45,124.60 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, RETHA A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $45,124.58 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARION, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Ithaca Housing Authority | Amount $45,124.05 | Date 03/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARBANIA, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $45,123.92 | Date 07/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, PAULA S | Employer name La Fayette CSD | Amount $45,123.90 | Date 03/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLEYN, GREGORY S | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $45,123.80 | Date 11/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADEWOLTZ, BRUCE A | Employer name Town of Sheridan | Amount $45,123.71 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONEY, MELODY | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $45,123.54 | Date 07/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FOREST, JEREMY W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $45,123.45 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZAFRAN, PAUL L | Employer name Grand Island CSD | Amount $45,123.20 | Date 04/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAUMBURG, CHARLES H | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $45,123.10 | Date 01/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEKELBURG, EARL J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $45,123.01 | Date 02/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIDDLE, JESSICA | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $45,122.91 | Date 04/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, CLARE A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $45,122.68 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, FRANK, SR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $45,122.23 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWEL, LISA | Employer name Village of Walden | Amount $45,122.00 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEHR, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Rodman | Amount $45,121.92 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGADONE, COURTNEY A | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $45,121.52 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, SHANNON E | Employer name Town of North Elba | Amount $45,121.21 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHULTIS, LYNN C | Employer name Town of Afton | Amount $45,121.17 | Date 11/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RYANN | Employer name Livingston Manor CSD | Amount $45,121.13 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGIAKOS, LINDA | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $45,121.12 | Date 10/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, BRENDA | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $45,121.11 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVETTE, KEITH E | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $45,121.10 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDOLPH, ANNETTE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $45,120.61 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVIS, DORIS T | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $45,120.29 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREXA, KAREN M | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $45,120.24 | Date 03/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, BRANDON J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $45,120.21 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIMINE, CHERYL A | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $45,120.18 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONE, LYNN M | Employer name Jamesville De Witt CSD | Amount $45,120.14 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $45,120.12 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSE, EDWARD D | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $45,119.96 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGRICOLTOSO, ANN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $45,119.92 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, RICHARD M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $45,119.84 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, ALLISON J | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $45,119.76 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAVID P | Employer name Town of Groveland | Amount $45,119.71 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JERMANE D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $45,119.48 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, KIRK M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $45,119.16 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROCCO, PATRICK M | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $45,119.16 | Date 02/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTTILLA, CATERINA | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $45,119.00 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEKTESHI, FARK | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $45,118.94 | Date 06/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPALLANE, WALTER J, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $45,118.89 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTIERI, RICHARD A, III | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $45,118.63 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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