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 HICKEY, LYNDA M | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $31,458.45 | Date 10/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEIM, NANCY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $31,457.57 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWDEN, DENNIS F, SR | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $31,457.45 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMELLO, MARISSA M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $31,457.16 | Date 04/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIER, DAVID E | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $31,457.02 | Date 01/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIRNHOFER, PAMELA J | Employer name Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD | Amount $31,456.93 | Date 05/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONOVAN, JENNIFER K | Employer name Orange County | Amount $31,456.59 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, LORI A | Employer name Cheektowaga-Maryvale UFSD | Amount $31,456.34 | Date 11/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, MARILYN M | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $31,456.29 | Date 05/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JULIE A | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $31,456.26 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Village of Frankfort | Amount $31,455.80 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORGES, LINDA D | Employer name Niskayuna CSD | Amount $31,455.31 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAITRE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $31,455.27 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA DUE, JOHN R | Employer name Watertown City School District | Amount $31,454.70 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, VALERIE J | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $31,454.61 | Date 02/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARDZALA, ROBERT P | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $31,454.35 | Date 07/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, JAMIE D | Employer name Adirondack CSD | Amount $31,454.14 | Date 09/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFREY, TERRY A | Employer name Schoharie Central School | Amount $31,454.03 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DIAN J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $31,453.98 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELLE, JOSEPH R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $31,453.85 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, TAMMY | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $31,453.67 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELKINS, MARLEY | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $31,453.52 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STODDARD, BREANNA M | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $31,452.93 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, LINDSEY C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $31,452.84 | Date 03/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, KILA T | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $31,452.71 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, JONATHAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $31,452.68 | Date 06/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VEITH-VRAHIMIS, KATHERINE E | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $31,452.56 | Date 03/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRBANKS, SHARON J | Employer name Hudson Falls CSD | Amount $31,452.41 | Date 09/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAJDAS, KRISTINE M | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $31,452.40 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, CHRIS J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $31,452.39 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAYNOR, SUSAN M | Employer name Boces-Franklin Essex Hamilton | Amount $31,452.29 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT-BANDA, CHERIE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $31,452.16 | Date 05/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, SUSAN H | Employer name Lackawanna City School Dist | Amount $31,452.04 | Date 12/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNON, JALA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $31,451.68 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIDER, MELISSA A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $31,451.66 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYGERT, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Auburn City School Dist | Amount $31,451.55 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, LINDA B | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $31,451.09 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEEG, STEFAN F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $31,451.08 | Date 07/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRERAS, CLAUDIA V | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $31,451.04 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDZIELEK, TRACY A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $31,450.78 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAESIDE, SUSAN J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $31,450.75 | Date 07/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, CHRISTINA P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $31,450.46 | Date 08/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPOLO, RICHARD M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $31,450.00 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, KELLY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $31,449.49 | Date 01/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CHRISTINA V | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $31,449.36 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIERA, SALLY A | Employer name Court of Claims | Amount $31,449.31 | Date 01/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEHLERT, MAUREEN G | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $31,448.97 | Date 02/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMES, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $31,448.96 | Date 05/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, ARLINE L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $31,448.80 | Date 01/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENWOOD, LORIE J | Employer name Cortland City School Dist | Amount $31,448.78 | Date 09/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLGREN, TINA R | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $31,448.68 | Date 03/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES RIVERA, KAREN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $31,448.64 | Date 04/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, TAMARA A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $31,448.43 | Date 11/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGNARD, MARY | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $31,448.42 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, NORA A | Employer name Boces-Tompkins Seneca Tioga | Amount $31,448.06 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHBUN, LESLIE E | Employer name Whitehall CSD | Amount $31,447.90 | Date 10/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, BRIAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $31,447.68 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANZILLOTTI, DENISE M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $31,447.57 | Date 08/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIRT, ALISHA D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $31,446.12 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERHALT-LEVESQUE, AMIEE E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $31,445.91 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, BRYON L | Employer name Authorities Budget Office | Amount $31,445.47 | Date 07/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, VITA R | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $31,445.46 | Date 11/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFF, LISA | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $31,445.46 | Date 06/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYDE, RICHARD W | Employer name Palmyra-Macedon CSD | Amount $31,445.00 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMEELKE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $31,444.73 | Date 05/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLADY, REGINA M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $31,444.52 | Date 10/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEANEY, CHARLOTTE M | Employer name Binghamton City School Dist | Amount $31,444.11 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, PETER D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $31,443.34 | Date 12/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDE, NATALIE E | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $31,443.00 | Date 09/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, JEFFREY F | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $31,442.90 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERENTHAL, KEVIN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $31,442.74 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GINN, DANIEL C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $31,442.62 | Date 06/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICOINE, GAREE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $31,442.00 | Date 06/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, TRACEY A | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $31,441.96 | Date 12/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, ANDREW M | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $31,441.69 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, LARRY C | Employer name Lyons CSD | Amount $31,441.10 | Date 07/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACQUISTO, JACQUELINE | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $31,441.09 | Date 01/18/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATHAN, SONYA R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $31,440.61 | Date 03/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANIS, HEATHER R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $31,440.25 | Date 07/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOTT, LISA | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $31,440.12 | Date 11/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, KAREN S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $31,440.02 | Date 11/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEERATUNGA, ASELA T | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $31,440.01 | Date 06/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BRENDAN I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $31,439.95 | Date 07/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLAND, MADELEINE E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $31,439.90 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORRIDGE, ELIZABETH S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $31,438.98 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILOTTA, SUSAN | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $31,438.02 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNINGER, STEVEN G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $31,437.84 | Date 06/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKOLSKI, BRITTANY N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $31,437.75 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of Royalton | Amount $31,437.35 | Date 01/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETTAU, JO-AL J | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $31,437.02 | Date 02/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOCK, MARY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $31,437.01 | Date 02/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, APRIL A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $31,436.91 | Date 04/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEGLER, STELCIE C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $31,436.85 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEYSEKERA, MENDAKA D | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $31,436.76 | Date 01/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTURA, MICHAEL P | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $31,436.66 | Date 03/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, EVAN J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $31,436.42 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, MICHAEL B | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $31,436.40 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, THERESA M | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $31,436.38 | Date 12/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUM, DE LISA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $31,436.31 | Date 06/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASIEROWSKI, JODY L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $31,436.08 | Date 04/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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