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 THORPE-RUCKER, DEBRA A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $65,090.56 | Date 06/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONIK, DEBORAH | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $65,090.11 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $65,090.05 | Date 09/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $65,089.78 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKARD, MEGAN L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $65,089.67 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOZZI, ANTHONY G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $65,088.83 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, AUBREY S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $65,088.13 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARTUP, KENNETH J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $65,087.62 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOOSE, BARBARA L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $65,086.94 | Date 07/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUZA, THERESA L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $65,086.80 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUREK, KAREN | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $65,086.78 | Date 07/28/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JESEL | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $65,086.33 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, JUAN J | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $65,086.04 | Date 08/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, DONNA M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $65,085.87 | Date 07/27/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBERT, PATRICK J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $65,085.86 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, BRIDGET M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $65,085.52 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, HOLLY F | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $65,085.31 | Date 03/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, SAINTANA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $65,085.10 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $65,084.88 | Date 03/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, ANNE M | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $65,084.76 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS V I, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Elmira | Amount $65,084.58 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN COTT, DANIEL R | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $65,084.48 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NESPAL, JOHN S | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $65,084.45 | Date 03/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEGL, JOSEPH E | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $65,084.24 | Date 11/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISCHERATH, SUZANNE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $65,083.72 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Coram Fire District | Amount $65,082.91 | Date 01/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYK, DAVID M | Employer name Niskayuna CSD | Amount $65,082.57 | Date 04/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKAN, JENNIFER E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $65,082.51 | Date 11/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGGER, JAMES M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $65,082.51 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUE, BERT D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $65,082.51 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPASSO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $65,082.51 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNI, TARA L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $65,082.51 | Date 04/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SHAWANDA L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $65,082.51 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TASTOR, JAMIE R | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $65,082.51 | Date 05/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLK, DIANE C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $65,082.38 | Date 03/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, TARA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $65,082.04 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POLLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $65,081.92 | Date 07/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, SCOTT A | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $65,081.74 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, STEPHEN P | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $65,081.73 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABAS, JAMES W | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $65,081.60 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUEHL, KRISTIN J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $65,081.37 | Date 01/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEMIA, ANITA M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $65,081.00 | Date 08/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWARKA, CAROL E | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $65,081.00 | Date 08/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZARD, BONNIE J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $65,080.82 | Date 12/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BOMBARD, TODD W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $65,080.73 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATOS-KARL, GINA M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $65,080.61 | Date 05/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, NAOMI | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $65,080.41 | Date 11/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTAGNIER, SCOTT G | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $65,080.26 | Date 01/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRACANI, PETRINA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $65,079.46 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPLE, WESLEY M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $65,079.37 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADDOCK, JACOB S | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $65,079.10 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CYNTHIA D | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $65,078.75 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $65,078.66 | Date 02/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHEL, FREDERICK | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $65,078.61 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNAH, TARRAH N | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $65,077.65 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, SONIA | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $65,077.25 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVO, DINA M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $65,077.24 | Date 01/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, SHARRON | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $65,077.22 | Date 02/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESEL, MELISSA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $65,077.21 | Date 06/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS, MADRID | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $65,076.61 | Date 01/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRA, SUSAN C | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $65,076.42 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DAVID W | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $65,076.37 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, ADAM L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $65,076.23 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMPONE, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $65,076.18 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DEBORAH A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $65,076.13 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $65,075.38 | Date 02/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINN, BRIAN M | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $65,075.12 | Date 05/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESSLER, KENNETH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $65,074.95 | Date 12/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $65,074.79 | Date 12/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETZLAFF-HURTGAM, HARMONY K | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $65,074.73 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETTINGS, PATRICIA M | Employer name NYS Association of Counties | Amount $65,074.58 | Date 11/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONARDI, ALDO C | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $65,073.44 | Date 12/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURI, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $65,073.43 | Date 01/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCICHILONE, ROSARIA | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $65,073.43 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVILLE, VALDA | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $65,073.42 | Date 03/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOY, ESTHER | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $65,072.96 | Date 03/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPROMALLA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $65,072.78 | Date 08/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERSTNER, PAULETTE P | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $65,072.74 | Date 02/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTERSEN, LINDA | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $65,072.72 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNIGLE, KYLE S | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $65,072.48 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCATO, ELAINE | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $65,072.16 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEITZ, EDMUND M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $65,072.15 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALOI, KEVIN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $65,072.08 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, VANESSA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $65,072.02 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, DALE R | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $65,071.91 | Date 08/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, LEE | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $65,071.68 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Bolton CSD | Amount $65,071.33 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBLISS, YOLANDA L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $65,070.93 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, VERONICA L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $65,070.76 | Date 01/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, JESSICA B | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $65,070.43 | Date 12/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, PATRICIA W | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $65,070.01 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYK, KRISTA L | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $65,069.98 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOSHUA T | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $65,069.87 | Date 01/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA SCALA, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $65,069.42 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUL, CARY B | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $65,069.21 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO-PARKER, ANN | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $65,069.19 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGENER, KURT R | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $65,068.73 | Date 02/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, JACQUELINE K | Employer name Education Department | Amount $65,068.64 | Date 12/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MARIE NANCY | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $65,068.60 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZOG, MELINDA J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $65,068.59 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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