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 KUCHIS, DONALD J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $39,750.73 | Date 10/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, TRACEY L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $39,750.45 | Date 05/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLS, ERIC D | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $39,750.34 | Date 03/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENZEL, BETH A | Employer name NYS School For The Deaf | Amount $39,750.26 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEGANDT-JOHNSON, GUDRUN B | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $39,750.20 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTINI, GILDA B | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $39,750.17 | Date 09/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, MICHELE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $39,750.00 | Date 09/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZBERGER, MARGARET M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $39,749.80 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, REGINA B | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $39,749.78 | Date 09/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOFTUS, PATRICK R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $39,749.77 | Date 01/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, SANDRA D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $39,749.71 | Date 12/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, EDWARD | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $39,749.39 | Date 11/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBING, DEBRA A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $39,749.34 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, VICKY G | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $39,748.96 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEMANN, JAMES P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $39,748.76 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SCOTT S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $39,748.36 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKWELL, CHARLES R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $39,748.32 | Date 03/31/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMBRANO, NORA D | Employer name Village of Wappingers Falls | Amount $39,748.30 | Date 09/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $39,748.04 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, MARSHA L | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $39,747.50 | Date 02/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARQUETTE, FRANK E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $39,747.33 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $39,747.20 | Date 08/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAKEMAN, AMANDA L | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $39,747.05 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICA, DEBRA A | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $39,747.00 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, MICHELLE L | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $39,746.92 | Date 11/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINWALD, STACY M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $39,746.86 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, SHARON M | Employer name Town of Avon | Amount $39,746.70 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAILEY, COURTNEY M | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $39,746.57 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC LEOD, JEAN M | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $39,746.41 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, SUSAN M | Employer name Town of Wappinger | Amount $39,746.35 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDLI, JEFFREY R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $39,746.04 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBEAU, MARGARET M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $39,745.57 | Date 04/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUILLEN, NELSON R | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $39,745.38 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARZONU, SAMUEL K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $39,745.37 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGG, JANE L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $39,745.29 | Date 04/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCH, RHONDA M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $39,744.71 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDOR, JOHN J, III | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $39,744.71 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYSZKA, MARGARET J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $39,744.69 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASHNAW, PAUL G | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $39,744.35 | Date 10/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKER, DENNIS J | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $39,744.01 | Date 04/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOS, MAUREEN T | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $39,743.96 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINIE, CHAD E | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $39,743.96 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESUE, ROBERT S | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $39,743.45 | Date 11/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MASTER, JENNIFER L | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $39,742.80 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, JEFFREY S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $39,742.68 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICINIO, ELLEN L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $39,742.51 | Date 07/05/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZINARO, LYNN M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $39,742.50 | Date 08/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNER, LYNNEMARIE S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $39,742.50 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMFORT, CATHERINE L | Employer name Wayne Co Soil,Wtr Cons Dist | Amount $39,742.44 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JAMES D | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $39,742.27 | Date 05/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $39,741.96 | Date 03/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILS, DALE N | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $39,741.66 | Date 11/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIONE, BRIAN M | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $39,741.65 | Date 03/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, VICTOR | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $39,741.57 | Date 08/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, BARBARA | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $39,741.49 | Date 09/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANER, JAMES R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $39,741.47 | Date 04/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROVETTO, LYNNETTE A | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $39,741.26 | Date 11/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, KENNETH B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $39,741.10 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIELE, CARMELA A | Employer name Deer Park Public Library | Amount $39,741.08 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNDELL, PEGGY J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $39,740.95 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, DEBRA A | Employer name Monticello CSD | Amount $39,740.62 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAMARONE, JOHAO A | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $39,740.56 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINHOLD, ERIC D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $39,740.34 | Date 10/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, LINDA F | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $39,740.32 | Date 06/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKENBECK, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZLOMEK, ALAN R | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 03/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT F | Employer name Education Department | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URAM, LENORA C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASUL, CYNTHIA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERMERHORN, CAROL A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUCHON, KATHLEEN NOVAK | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERY, RHONYE P | Employer name Department of State | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 04/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MAURICE A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPKOWSKI, JEANNETTE | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 12/26/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGALA, CHERYL | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, JANE D | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORBERA, SUSAN L | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 03/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, SHIRLEY M | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 11/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKHAM, PATRICK J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 04/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, EDWARD L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $39,740.08 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SANTO, MARIA T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $39,739.89 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, CHEBYVONNE A | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $39,739.83 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALAN, JACQUELINE X | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $39,739.58 | Date 05/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, MAUREEN T | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $39,739.55 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUSSEAU, DEBORAH M | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $39,739.35 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODDO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cleveland Hill UFSD | Amount $39,738.97 | Date 01/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUANG, LUCAS L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $39,738.70 | Date 09/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIAS, HEATHER A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $39,738.30 | Date 03/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, LORAY A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $39,738.15 | Date 11/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNO, FRANCIS J, JR | Employer name Village of St Johnsville | Amount $39,738.12 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNGERLEIDER, SARAH H | Employer name Fallsburg CSD | Amount $39,738.08 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONER, SAMUEL U | Employer name Town of Lyons | Amount $39,737.92 | Date 05/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANGELISTA, MARLON D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $39,737.71 | Date 07/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTELLI, LAURA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $39,737.70 | Date 02/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERDIGEIN, KARENA S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $39,737.61 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSUKADA, HIROKO | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $39,737.45 | Date 10/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGUNDIMU, OLAMIPEJU E | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $39,737.38 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLITANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $39,737.37 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRCABLE, RUSSELL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $39,737.28 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, SAMUEL T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $39,737.18 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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