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 DOUGHERTY, JENNIFER A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,543.31 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, JOSHUA D | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $74,543.31 | Date 02/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLNAY, DAVID R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $74,542.99 | Date 06/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMANS, DONALD W, JR | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $74,542.84 | Date 02/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,542.32 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSTER-WESLEY, JILL LORI | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $74,541.92 | Date 01/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEREMY S | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $74,541.54 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARISH, DONNA | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $74,541.48 | Date 09/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $74,541.46 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, ANN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $74,541.11 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 07/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDENMAN, WILLIAM S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACZKOWSKI, DAVID V | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNYSON, SUZANNE R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANPATTEN, PHYLLIS E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 07/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAARI, VANESSA A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOLL, JUDITH M | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, SEAN S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, ANDREW F, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,540.70 | Date 08/28/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, EDWARD D, JR | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $74,540.40 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAUTELS, DANIEL G | Employer name Albany County | Amount $74,540.04 | Date 01/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIOSO, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $74,539.93 | Date 11/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORBELLO, JEREMY B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $74,539.82 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, RALPH B, JR | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $74,539.62 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABOR, MARK D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $74,539.25 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFER, REBECCA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,539.02 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAIT, GREGORY A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $74,538.54 | Date 02/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHANKE, LEAH H | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $74,538.44 | Date 07/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTENA, PATRICIA M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $74,537.26 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, CRAIG D | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $74,537.03 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUIRE, DOUGLAS H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $74,537.02 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, DAVID C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $74,536.80 | Date 12/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARMEL, SAMANTHA B | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $74,536.78 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYNUM, TONISHA | Employer name Albany County | Amount $74,536.51 | Date 11/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAASE, LYNNE B | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $74,536.45 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, IRMA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $74,536.26 | Date 09/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ERICK J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $74,536.01 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, ANNEMARIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $74,535.80 | Date 08/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CRISTO, JAMES G | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $74,535.55 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYER, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $74,535.52 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,535.33 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUJCIC, JASMIN | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $74,534.89 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUTHER, JOHN C, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $74,534.80 | Date 02/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, TODD D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,534.20 | Date 12/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANBOROUGH, DEBORAH J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $74,533.88 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIVITERA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $74,533.81 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLO, JOHANNA L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,533.81 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, JOHN T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,533.80 | Date 10/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARTANOWICZ, JOHN M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $74,533.80 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, DAVID L | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $74,533.04 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, SUZANNE M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $74,532.75 | Date 09/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLIN, WILLIAM G | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $74,532.48 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARTINO, KAREN R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,532.36 | Date 01/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKER, ANDREA J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,532.36 | Date 08/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGOVERN, CAROL A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,532.36 | Date 01/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANK, HOWARD W, JR | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,532.36 | Date 04/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUCS, JEANNE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,532.36 | Date 07/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, WILLIAM H | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,532.36 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWARD, JEFFREY P | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $74,531.91 | Date 11/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOLINSKI, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,531.54 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, MICHELLE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $74,530.76 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, TODD L | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $74,530.65 | Date 04/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UMPORNPUN, DEBORAH D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,530.30 | Date 01/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIMMA, RAVINDER R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,530.13 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREICHER, PAUL M | Employer name Glens Falls City School Dist | Amount $74,529.80 | Date 04/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGER, GERALD H | Employer name Watkins Glen-CSD | Amount $74,529.80 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEERS, TERRI M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICHTEMAN, WILLIAM F, III | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRINGTON, NANCY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASMUSSEN, SUSAN E | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIST, REBECCA S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JONATHAN T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSOYREF, ALEXANDER E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERI, JILL R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $74,529.78 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, TERRENCE M | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $74,529.40 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIER, ELISSA J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $74,528.99 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREIATO, THOMAS M | Employer name Village of Sag Harbor | Amount $74,528.89 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATINO, ANTONIO J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,528.24 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERTEL, PHYLLIS L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,528.23 | Date 11/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JANET C | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $74,527.87 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, LARS E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,527.32 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLABAR, MICHAEL T | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $74,526.87 | Date 02/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVLINA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $74,525.72 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIANA-SMITH, DANIELLE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,525.57 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, TREVOR P | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $74,525.49 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORIA, JUAN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,525.39 | Date 01/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORNFELD, DANIEL | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $74,525.19 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Village of Massapequa Park | Amount $74,525.12 | Date 02/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSZAK, BARBARA G | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $74,525.04 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKES, LORIE J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $74,524.74 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTROY, WAYDE C | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $74,524.10 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAMAN, MARIE E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $74,523.69 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, T'PRENE J | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $74,523.60 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORMAN, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $74,523.48 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLOTTA, JOHN L | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $74,522.96 | Date 06/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MAIO, PAUL | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $74,522.45 | Date 09/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, BONNIE P | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $74,521.92 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, BETH A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $74,521.71 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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