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 MESSINA, DAISY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $40,251.65 | Date 11/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, JEANNE M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $40,251.65 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOLENSKI, LEIGH A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $40,251.65 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, ERIN L | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $40,251.27 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIUTA, KIM | Employer name Lackawanna City School Dist | Amount $40,251.11 | Date 10/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, BLANCA J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $40,251.04 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MINNICK M | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $40,250.98 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREITAS, SHERRY L | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $40,250.83 | Date 11/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSARELL, LORRAINE | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $40,250.70 | Date 03/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ-SOTO, EDWIN J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $40,250.45 | Date 02/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIS, BYRON J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $40,250.31 | Date 01/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, AARON B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $40,250.04 | Date 08/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDING, ANDREA M | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $40,249.89 | Date 10/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TYLER G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $40,249.58 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTZMER, LINDA J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $40,249.36 | Date 11/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISOTELLE, CURT N | Employer name Town of Bellmont | Amount $40,248.88 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAIRIS, SHAUN S | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $40,248.82 | Date 09/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILT, LYNN E | Employer name Piseco Common Sd | Amount $40,248.80 | Date 02/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, JANELLA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $40,248.58 | Date 09/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STITH, SUZANN J | Employer name Newcomb CSD | Amount $40,248.56 | Date 03/31/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHLAHET, ADAM D | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $40,248.21 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, RUSHON M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $40,247.90 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEEN, CLIFFORD G | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $40,247.56 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, LEVAR | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $40,247.47 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DA COSTA, TRACEY V | Employer name Dept Corrections Trainee Pr | Amount $40,247.29 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYCHALK, LAURIE | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $40,247.09 | Date 04/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, LINDA S | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $40,246.90 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUGH, BRIAN D | Employer name Town of Lewis | Amount $40,246.89 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNER, GAIL J | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $40,246.82 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERLING, MICHAEL S, JR | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $40,246.61 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, JUSTIN D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $40,246.60 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILBURG, RYAN J | Employer name Village of Shortsville | Amount $40,246.16 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDELL, VICTORIA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $40,246.14 | Date 12/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, CHERRY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $40,246.02 | Date 12/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, DARYL A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $40,245.94 | Date 08/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, JO ANN N | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $40,245.83 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JAMES T | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $40,245.78 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, DONALD L | Employer name Town of New Baltimore | Amount $40,245.70 | Date 02/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMITINA, PETER D | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $40,245.60 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GEORGE | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $40,245.52 | Date 07/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMAN, LOIS N | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $40,245.39 | Date 12/11/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUTKO, DEBORAH S | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $40,245.39 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTER, JASON P | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $40,244.93 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARDONE, SARA A | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $40,244.92 | Date 10/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DACIUS, ANDY F | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $40,244.85 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DARWIN F | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $40,244.79 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASS, STEPHEN W | Employer name Village of Highland Falls | Amount $40,244.42 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, PATRICIA J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $40,244.36 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RZEPA, DOROTA | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $40,244.27 | Date 02/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, GRETCHEN V | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $40,244.17 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERIDER, LISA L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $40,244.08 | Date 09/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, KRISTINE K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $40,244.03 | Date 10/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLEJNICZAK, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $40,244.00 | Date 06/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WIE, GAIL L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $40,243.98 | Date 10/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JORDAN K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $40,243.91 | Date 11/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONN, OLIVIA O | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $40,243.87 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, JESSICA N | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $40,242.81 | Date 03/31/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, BARRY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $40,242.76 | Date 06/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, THEARLE G, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $40,242.76 | Date 10/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, JORGE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $40,242.76 | Date 04/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENSON, DENISE N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $40,242.62 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADIGAN, MATTHEW E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $40,242.46 | Date 12/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, SM SHAMIMUR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $40,242.20 | Date 05/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, JOHN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $40,241.93 | Date 12/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DANIEL | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $40,241.70 | Date 06/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, HEIDI A | Employer name Indian River CSD | Amount $40,241.39 | Date 08/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMBS, STEPHANIE A | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $40,241.11 | Date 11/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHERNS, VICTOR C, III | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $40,240.98 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAITY, MASHARA S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $40,240.93 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRR, BRIAN R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $40,240.85 | Date 12/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVOLSI, DOLY B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $40,240.78 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, MARJORIE E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $40,240.78 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNS, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $40,240.68 | Date 03/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN PELT, JANIS A | Employer name Town of Fishkill | Amount $40,240.59 | Date 08/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, JODY A | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $40,240.52 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KEVIN D | Employer name Roosevelt Island Oper Corp. | Amount $40,240.48 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WROBLEWSKI, SHANNON M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $40,240.30 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLETT, ARTHUR L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $40,240.16 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, HOLLEY M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $40,239.98 | Date 04/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASHOW, MEGHAN M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $40,239.95 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNAUGH, MATTHEW D | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $40,239.87 | Date 05/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRACANE, FRANK | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $40,239.83 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FFRENCH, KRYSTAL D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $40,239.81 | Date 05/19/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, JEANETTE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $40,239.78 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAVEN, LINDA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $40,239.51 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSSELLER, MARK T | Employer name Mexico CSD | Amount $40,239.35 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, COURTNEY J | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $40,239.33 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ELIZABETH K | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $40,238.66 | Date 02/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUTH, SCOTT C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $40,238.65 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDEN, LOSHONA M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $40,238.18 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTLEDGE, MICHAEL S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $40,237.39 | Date 04/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, ROY | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $40,237.25 | Date 08/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATIERNO, CATHERINE L | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $40,237.25 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, SHANNON K | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $40,237.14 | Date 05/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOECKEL, LESLIE S | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $40,237.14 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, KISHAWANA S | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $40,237.07 | Date 10/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROSINSKY, DEBRA | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $40,236.91 | Date 03/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMBINSKI, STEPHEN | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $40,236.66 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, STEVEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $40,236.59 | Date 10/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, AARON J | Employer name Central NY Regn Plan & Dev Bd | Amount $40,236.59 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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