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 SMUTZ, TRAVIS M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $71,569.21 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, SCOTT G | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $71,568.61 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, PATRICIA H | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,568.35 | Date 01/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAREWOOD, SONJA J | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,568.09 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDOH, BARBARA O | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,567.97 | Date 04/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINNETTE, KADIJAH | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,567.82 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRENTINI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $71,567.72 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSHAY, POLLY A | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $71,567.63 | Date 07/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNIE, BRUCE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,567.55 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANONICO, GUY, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,567.38 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANS, THOMAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,567.09 | Date 12/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, RICHARD L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $71,566.99 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORWIN, ERIC L | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $71,566.86 | Date 01/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ETUK, MARY E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $71,566.85 | Date 05/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, MARK R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,566.49 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVEN, DANIEL B | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,566.20 | Date 05/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, LOUISE M | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $71,566.14 | Date 08/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, JOHN C | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $71,565.40 | Date 10/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, MEGHAN C | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $71,564.99 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, LISA L | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $71,564.69 | Date 02/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAY, JULIE A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROFF, LORI A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENTI, FRANK W | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, ANDREW R | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLA, BONITA A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMERHODZIC, HALIM, JR | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, DANIEL J | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRZYNA, DANIEL V | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,564.55 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSALLEY, ALEXANDRA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,564.14 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDLER, PAUL H | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $71,564.08 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERALTA, BRAULIO E | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,564.02 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,563.85 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEIGLAND, GUNNAR K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $71,563.72 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, JOHN F | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $71,563.20 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESLOW, BETH A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,562.69 | Date 01/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, LISA MARIE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,562.59 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERECKA, ANDREW C | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $71,562.12 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEWITT, TANYA L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,561.94 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILIBERTO, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $71,561.49 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALVORSEN, DAVID C | Employer name Village of Cornwall | Amount $71,561.34 | Date 09/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNING, WILLIAM L | Employer name Sag Harbor UFSD | Amount $71,561.05 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, ANN E | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $71,560.86 | Date 02/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PETER G | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $71,560.84 | Date 02/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSIPOVITCH, KARA N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $71,560.50 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINO, ANNE C | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $71,560.06 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIRENZO, MARY BETH | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $71,560.06 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, THOMAS F | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $71,559.84 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLEN, KATHLEEN S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,559.69 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLICHER, SHERI A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $71,559.62 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAND, NANCY S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,559.29 | Date 01/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, WILLIAM K | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,558.25 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGLE, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Hamilton Co Soil,Water Con Dis | Amount $71,557.92 | Date 09/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLORIO, STEVEN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,557.73 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTZ, THOMAS J | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $71,557.10 | Date 07/26/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, SHERRY | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $71,557.00 | Date 11/16/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISS, MELINDA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,556.99 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, EDWARD J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,556.59 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMANSKI, DANIEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,556.52 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FANNING, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $71,556.25 | Date 11/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, MARK P | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $71,556.22 | Date 04/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUST, BRYAN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $71,556.18 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, ISAAC | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $71,555.86 | Date 06/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, REBECCA F | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,555.63 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, THOMAS P, III | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $71,555.50 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MARKE W | Employer name Town of Hanover | Amount $71,555.42 | Date 05/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMKOWIAK, DEAN J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $71,555.26 | Date 10/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, ANITA R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,554.45 | Date 05/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANDEMER, RONALD M | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $71,554.41 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUTTIG, KARIN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,554.34 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, KATHLEEN | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,554.04 | Date 05/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, AMY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,553.92 | Date 02/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, GEORGE H, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $71,553.74 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, RONALD A | Employer name New Hyde Pk-Garden Cty Pk UFSD | Amount $71,553.69 | Date 04/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESHADRI, LAKSHMI | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,553.41 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, DIRK K | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $71,553.27 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FACIN, BARBARA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $71,552.85 | Date 01/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGELAND, HILLARY A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $71,552.78 | Date 10/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, DALE E | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $71,552.37 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISE, TRICIA A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $71,551.52 | Date 07/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICO, DAVID | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $71,550.92 | Date 06/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINDFLEISCH, PATRICK M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,550.25 | Date 03/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, EDWARD F | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,550.00 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWSON, PARK, IV | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $71,549.99 | Date 11/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, JOSEPH V | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $71,549.92 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, STACEY J | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $71,549.50 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, SHARON H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,549.41 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, JOHNNY | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,549.14 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, THOMAS V | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $71,549.06 | Date 12/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, JOSEPH | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $71,548.93 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENBOW, JOHN L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,548.83 | Date 11/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURCI, DONNA R | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $71,548.80 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, BENJAMIN, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,548.52 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, RAYMOND D | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $71,547.73 | Date 05/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMLAKHAN, STEVE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,546.55 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, FRANK V | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $71,546.40 | Date 02/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUPPLES, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,546.12 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSK, JILL M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $71,545.89 | Date 03/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODENBACH, JOONY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,545.76 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, DAVID J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,545.25 | Date 06/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, LISA M | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $71,544.31 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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