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 TERRANOVA, ELIZABETH | Employer name Erie County | Amount $35,314.43 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, ANDREW P | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $35,314.37 | Date 10/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VESTA, DONNA M | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $35,314.06 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELAN, JOHN E | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $35,313.91 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DIANE E | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $35,313.63 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, COURTNEY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $35,313.50 | Date 05/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVERIO, HECTOR L | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $35,313.01 | Date 01/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESSIER, SANDRA S | Employer name Cohoes City School Dist | Amount $35,312.90 | Date 10/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, MARK P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $35,311.84 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, SHARON M | Employer name Crawford Library District | Amount $35,311.44 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARLOW, BARBARA L | Employer name Watertown City School District | Amount $35,311.43 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEATOR, DAVID A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $35,311.37 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDERAME, MARILYN | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $35,311.21 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, RHONDA L | Employer name Kendall CSD | Amount $35,310.78 | Date 11/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELSEY-VETTER, GENELLE E | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $35,310.76 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORUSSO, RITA L | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $35,310.39 | Date 09/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, DONNA | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $35,310.36 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUADALUPE, MARGARET A | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $35,309.50 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIGA, STEPHEN D, JR | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $35,309.39 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RACHEL A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $35,309.37 | Date 01/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILBERT, FRANCINE R | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $35,308.92 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, SUSAN J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $35,308.91 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $35,308.66 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, NICOLE M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $35,308.59 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTRZYKOWSKI, ZBIGNIEW | Employer name Bridgehampton UFSD | Amount $35,308.35 | Date 07/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKESSON, JOANNE M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $35,307.79 | Date 08/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAZAR, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $35,307.74 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORANG, JONATHAN D | Employer name Guilderland Public Library | Amount $35,307.72 | Date 09/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, MICHAEL W | Employer name Town of Horseheads | Amount $35,307.69 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTE, DAWN M | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $35,307.69 | Date 10/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGRINO, ROBERT V | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $35,307.63 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, ELIZABETH S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $35,307.49 | Date 11/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, GEORGE M | Employer name New York Mills UFSD | Amount $35,307.45 | Date 04/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ELLIOT S | Employer name Cooperstown CSD | Amount $35,307.26 | Date 07/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, DEVIN S | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $35,307.23 | Date 06/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGER, PAMELA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $35,307.21 | Date 09/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRUEHAUF, KEITH | Employer name Charter School Applied Tech | Amount $35,305.98 | Date 08/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAPRE, R WAYNE | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $35,305.88 | Date 12/28/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVAGHAN, SEAN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $35,305.77 | Date 06/30/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RICHARD L | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $35,305.74 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAGH, KEVIN J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $35,305.69 | Date 03/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUND, ASHLEY M | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $35,305.67 | Date 04/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JILL A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $35,305.62 | Date 09/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNNELL, JOHN R | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $35,305.57 | Date 11/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGAMI, TRISHA A | Employer name Niskayuna CSD | Amount $35,305.57 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKELS, MARGARET M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $35,305.50 | Date 02/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROZZELLA, MARK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $35,305.48 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEREE, CARLA E | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $35,304.75 | Date 09/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELWAIN, MAGHAN M | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $35,304.63 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXIME, EDEN | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $35,304.35 | Date 03/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEATHERALL, JENNY S | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $35,304.33 | Date 09/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMAN, JAIME L | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $35,304.23 | Date 08/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFTS, ANDREW A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $35,304.04 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPAGNIE, VANESSA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $35,304.02 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, LYNN M | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $35,303.71 | Date 02/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIETZ, LAURA L | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $35,303.71 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEGERT, MICHELLE | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $35,303.43 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINKLEPAUGH, MELISSA J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $35,303.37 | Date 10/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBRES, KIM | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $35,303.28 | Date 01/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMIGIERA, JANE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $35,302.76 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, MIRANDA M | Employer name Village of Boonville | Amount $35,302.73 | Date 05/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROW, LARRY T | Employer name Village of Dannemora | Amount $35,301.55 | Date 10/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEELEY, LAURA F | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $35,300.92 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHENBUCHER, DONNA P | Employer name Floral Park-Bellerose UFSD | Amount $35,300.71 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, MICHAEL W | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $35,300.32 | Date 06/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOEBEL, JOHN B | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $35,299.64 | Date 04/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARODE, DONNA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $35,299.38 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, SANDRA E | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $35,299.13 | Date 01/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILOSA, LYNN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $35,298.27 | Date 04/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, REESHEMAY | Employer name Catskill Otb Corp. | Amount $35,298.05 | Date 01/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDEN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Town of Johnsburg | Amount $35,297.87 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CODY C | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $35,297.81 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, TRISHA A | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $35,296.54 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TINA M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $35,296.20 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, DONNA L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $35,296.19 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, JAMES M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $35,296.17 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANITA M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $35,295.93 | Date 03/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, RALPH W | Employer name Hunter-Tannersville CSD | Amount $35,295.88 | Date 08/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, DANIEL M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $35,295.85 | Date 08/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STABLER, NANCY | Employer name Broome County | Amount $35,295.75 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROZZO, KATHERINE I | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $35,295.44 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLBERT, KAREN L | Employer name Madison County | Amount $35,295.41 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONVILLE, CHRISTIE A | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $35,295.39 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRENKLE, SUSAN C | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $35,295.06 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGARTY, SHAWNA L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $35,294.75 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, HEIDI M | Employer name Pioneer Library System | Amount $35,294.47 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIKERT, DAVID S, JR | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $35,294.35 | Date 05/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRITTEN, MARK A | Employer name Whitesboro CSD | Amount $35,294.15 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROTHERS, LAURA M | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $35,294.13 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLPH, ASHLEY J | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $35,293.91 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANGSITYOTHIN, KAJORNSAK | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $35,293.90 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTAK, DOUGLAS R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $35,293.84 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEL, DAVID K, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $35,293.81 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, JOHN A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $35,293.65 | Date 08/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SPENCER D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $35,293.25 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CORY R | Employer name Village of Hoosick Falls | Amount $35,293.02 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASTONE, JEANNE T | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $35,292.28 | Date 07/03/1967 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERIGHTY, DOREEN L | Employer name Lansingburgh CSD at Troy | Amount $35,291.76 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JOANNA M | Employer name Norwood-Norfolk CSD | Amount $35,291.58 | Date 02/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, AMANDA L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $35,291.36 | Date 11/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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