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 STARZYNSKI, GERALD E, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $42,608.18 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOKE, AMY B | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $42,608.16 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINS, CARL W, JR | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $42,608.09 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMSTETTER, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $42,608.00 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRIS, DESIREE | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $42,607.87 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, STEPHEN M | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $42,607.83 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLMES, DAVID A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $42,607.76 | Date 04/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, EMMETT J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $42,607.59 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Spencerport CSD | Amount $42,607.46 | Date 04/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO-FITZGIBBON, ROCIO | Employer name Nyack Housing Authority | Amount $42,607.20 | Date 07/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLINSEY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name N Tonawanda City School Dist | Amount $42,607.19 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEED, KELLY C | Employer name Warren County | Amount $42,607.11 | Date 03/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURKA, ROSEMARY | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $42,606.87 | Date 11/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNIGAN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $42,606.82 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFRAM, RAYMOND F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $42,606.82 | Date 07/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, SAMUEL J | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $42,606.77 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, DAVID R, JR | Employer name Town of Rodman | Amount $42,606.69 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, SEAN P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $42,606.35 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $42,605.95 | Date 04/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, NIA C | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $42,605.06 | Date 06/20/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTI, CHRISTINE J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $42,604.76 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULK, EDYTHE F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $42,604.75 | Date 11/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLARD, BRIAN N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $42,604.53 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, ANDREA P | Employer name Hudson River Park Trust | Amount $42,604.44 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RENEE A | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $42,604.33 | Date 02/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYEA, KRISTIE L | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $42,604.32 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, JACQUELINE P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $42,604.28 | Date 03/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ETTEN, VICTOR S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $42,603.99 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, JIMELLE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $42,603.98 | Date 07/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSTERT, LISA M | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $42,603.94 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, THOMAS L, JR | Employer name Frontier CSD | Amount $42,603.59 | Date 01/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYSZCZYNSKI, CAROLE | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $42,603.54 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUY, LYNDSIE M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $42,603.06 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACKNER, CYNTHIA A | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $42,602.87 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDY, MARY D | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $42,602.60 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ALLISTER, DIANE F | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $42,602.60 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, TERESA A | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $42,602.60 | Date 06/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTON, BERNADETTE D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $42,602.59 | Date 12/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLINE, JANIS M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $42,602.59 | Date 12/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, ERIC G | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $42,602.36 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHAN, JAIME L | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $42,602.16 | Date 12/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, CATHERINE M | Employer name Spackenkill UFSD | Amount $42,602.07 | Date 01/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURRISI, NANCY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $42,602.02 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $42,601.66 | Date 06/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, JAMES J | Employer name Village of Sherman | Amount $42,601.65 | Date 04/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENGEL, CORY W | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $42,601.52 | Date 02/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PAUL M | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $42,601.45 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKSEN, TERI L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $42,601.35 | Date 01/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFLER, RONALD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $42,601.31 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKRIGIANNIS, ALEXIA M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $42,600.98 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, EDWARD L | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $42,600.27 | Date 11/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WLOSINSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $42,600.06 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCKNAL, DONNA L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $42,599.97 | Date 10/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, RYAN D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $42,599.68 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, KELLY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $42,599.50 | Date 05/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARI, JENNIFER A | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $42,599.44 | Date 03/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, DEBORAH A | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $42,599.32 | Date 08/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBIN, JENNIFER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $42,599.25 | Date 10/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ALVIN A | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $42,599.18 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERS, JAMES F | Employer name Village of Union Springs | Amount $42,598.96 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PROSPERO, JENNIFER L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $42,598.34 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODENSTEDT, CLAIRE O | Employer name Erie County | Amount $42,597.69 | Date 02/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, GEORGE D, III | Employer name Town of Madrid | Amount $42,597.66 | Date 06/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUEDASS, HAMLATA | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $42,597.64 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JEANINE L | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $42,597.62 | Date 02/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BRUCE L | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $42,597.48 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, KIM A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $42,597.44 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Delhi | Amount $42,597.22 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, SUSAN A | Employer name Village of Silver Springs | Amount $42,596.75 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALTISCO, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Erie County | Amount $42,596.37 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMARD, ANN M | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $42,595.86 | Date 04/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, DENISE S | Employer name Natural Heritage Trust | Amount $42,595.28 | Date 08/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULINO, HELEN | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $42,595.10 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDON, PATRICIA B | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $42,595.07 | Date 11/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, MARIE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $42,594.97 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $42,594.96 | Date 05/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, RICHARD | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $42,594.64 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILEY, KENNETH R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $42,594.43 | Date 01/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARGARET A | Employer name Lyme CSD | Amount $42,594.40 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCO, BETHANY M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $42,594.17 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADE, ANN M | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $42,594.11 | Date 09/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCARO, TERESA G | Employer name Solvay UFSD | Amount $42,594.03 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BRAKE, KELLY J | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $42,593.96 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZESKOWIAK, SALLY A | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $42,593.90 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLUTSKY, MARTIN W | Employer name Tri-Valley CSD at Grahamsville | Amount $42,593.90 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, LUCRETIA | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $42,593.72 | Date 09/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DENNIS E | Employer name Town of Frankfort | Amount $42,593.42 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEJADA, RAYNIRA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $42,593.40 | Date 05/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORAN, JANET M | Employer name Canton CSD | Amount $42,593.36 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $42,593.21 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POULOS, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $42,593.20 | Date 10/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THIBODEAU, ERIC M | Employer name Town of Champlain | Amount $42,593.20 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARLISS, SUSAN E | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $42,593.15 | Date 02/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULE, MELISSA A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $42,592.97 | Date 11/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEMER, DIEDRIE M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $42,592.87 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $42,592.56 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITTON, JESSIE A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $42,592.28 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLTYS, STEPHEN | Employer name Schodack CSD | Amount $42,591.92 | Date 07/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MELIA, KAREN M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $42,591.90 | Date 02/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARABALLO, ANTONIA | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $42,591.60 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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