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 VON PENTZ, BARBARA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $42,254.40 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONO, ANITA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $42,253.93 | Date 05/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHAUGHNESSY, ERIC W | Employer name Carthage CSD | Amount $42,253.81 | Date 04/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $42,253.72 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, MATTHEW E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $42,253.43 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONESSI, MAUREEN E | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $42,253.43 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTIMORE, JANINE M | Employer name Beaver River CSD | Amount $42,253.42 | Date 02/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, JESSICA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $42,253.25 | Date 04/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEILEMANN, EDWARD C | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $42,253.19 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIFFIN, LAILA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $42,253.07 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURIANO, LEE T | Employer name Village of Lloyd Harbor | Amount $42,253.00 | Date 09/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, CHRISTINA | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $42,252.96 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAILOR, MARY J | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $42,252.91 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, JOSHUA C | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $42,252.88 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYNTON, SIMHA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $42,252.60 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EL, SAYYID D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $42,252.47 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIALKOWSKI, BIK | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $42,252.24 | Date 11/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PATRICK L M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $42,252.17 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADRIAN, ASHLEY E | Employer name NYS School For The Blind | Amount $42,252.08 | Date 12/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRECHSLER, JONATHAN E | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $42,251.16 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDHOLM, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $42,251.00 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEWELL, TIFFANY L | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $42,250.86 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, BARBARA A | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $42,250.83 | Date 09/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS EL, ANTHONY B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $42,250.78 | Date 12/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARKAS, JUSTIN A | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $42,250.43 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLL, SUZANNE E | Employer name Village of Airmont | Amount $42,250.39 | Date 08/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, BARBARA D | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $42,250.27 | Date 01/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEITLER, STEPHANIE | Employer name Hewlett Woodmere Pub Library | Amount $42,249.98 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROM, TRACEY J | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $42,249.96 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHARLES P | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $42,249.76 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GILL, DEXTER L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $42,249.42 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, TERESA E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $42,249.42 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBONDANZA, JOANNE | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $42,249.16 | Date 03/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGRETO, DANISE D | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $42,249.16 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLABOUGH, DIANE M | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $42,248.91 | Date 01/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINGLE, KERRIANN L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $42,248.80 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELLENBACK, NANCY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $42,248.20 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, MARY E | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $42,248.16 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECLAIR, AMY J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $42,247.86 | Date 02/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, KERRY L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $42,247.80 | Date 09/12/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, NANCY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $42,247.67 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, LAURIE A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $42,247.19 | Date 01/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, STEPHEN E | Employer name Mayfield CSD | Amount $42,247.01 | Date 04/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $42,246.84 | Date 10/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, ROBERT T | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $42,246.73 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNDSTROM, LORRAINE B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $42,246.72 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORA, JANICE E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $42,246.63 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, JIJI | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $42,246.58 | Date 08/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCE, BARBARA L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $42,246.55 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESSEGUIE, LESLIE B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $42,246.47 | Date 12/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULDBORNE, PATSY D | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $42,246.39 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, SUSAN A | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $42,246.26 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, MARY ANNE G | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $42,246.12 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIES, CHAD M | Employer name Town of Cuba | Amount $42,246.03 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAJAK-ANDERSON, MELISSA A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $42,245.71 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPELL, JAIMEE L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $42,245.65 | Date 03/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAVITT, NIKOLE A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $42,245.58 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZONE, COURTNEY K | Employer name Albany County | Amount $42,244.94 | Date 04/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTEL, ALISON L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $42,244.90 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DUSEN, CAROL A | Employer name Gowanda CSD | Amount $42,244.78 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWA, BARBARA J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $42,244.54 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSANO, RENEE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $42,244.40 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACQUAYS, JANET M | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $42,244.25 | Date 06/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTROSS, LINDA A | Employer name Boces-Cayuga Onondaga | Amount $42,243.88 | Date 05/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BOY, CHERYL A | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $42,243.79 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIDL, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $42,243.79 | Date 12/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAAL, DARLENE KELSEY | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $42,243.62 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, GWENDOLYN R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $42,243.54 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, ANN I | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $42,243.35 | Date 08/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHL, TAMMI R | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $42,243.07 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPAGNE, BRANDY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $42,243.06 | Date 09/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGARIELLO, MARYANN | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $42,242.93 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, MICHAEL M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $42,242.74 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGMAN, TIMOTHY M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $42,242.72 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBERT, DOUGLAS R, II | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $42,242.69 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, STEPHEN E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $42,242.26 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DELORIS L | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $42,241.98 | Date 09/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNEY, BEVERLY J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $42,241.98 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JANNA R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $42,241.98 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEPNER, LISA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $42,241.96 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHLENBACHER, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $42,241.90 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUNDS, BRUCE P | Employer name Adirondack CSD | Amount $42,241.79 | Date 08/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGAR, LEE ANN | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $42,241.76 | Date 02/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRETTA, ARTHUR V | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $42,241.26 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALCYNSKI, KYLE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $42,241.15 | Date 12/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIBLEY, ZACKARY T | Employer name Town of Crawford | Amount $42,241.04 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASTANIS, NINA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $42,241.00 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAW, MARY A | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $42,240.78 | Date 07/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAIS, TAMMY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $42,240.23 | Date 12/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, ALISON | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $42,239.77 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALI, FRANK G | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $42,239.69 | Date 01/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, MARLENE L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $42,239.65 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKETSON, KAREN F | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $42,239.35 | Date 10/20/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNIGAN, ROSARIA E | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $42,239.32 | Date 10/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURNELL, CHARLES A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $42,239.13 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKES, LYNN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $42,239.05 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWRY, REBECCA A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $42,238.95 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISACK, KRISTI J | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $42,238.87 | Date 06/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBLE, JAMAR L | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $42,238.87 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS-LYKE, ESTHER | Employer name Town of Salina | Amount $42,238.74 | Date 08/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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