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 EMERSON, PATRICK B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $64,617.07 | Date 05/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNER, KATHY J | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $64,616.29 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETTER, HELEN | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $64,616.11 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, JEFFREY R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $64,616.09 | Date 02/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLO, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $64,615.92 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANERI, VINCENT J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $64,615.84 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRICH, OLESYA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,615.72 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOHN PATRICK | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $64,615.37 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRAIOLI, JUSTIN S | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $64,615.30 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, HEATHER L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,615.25 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $64,615.19 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, JENNIFER A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $64,614.91 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, KEVIN M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $64,614.66 | Date 10/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRYE, JOSHUA T | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $64,614.11 | Date 03/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $64,613.82 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN-HARRIS, VANESSA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $64,613.03 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGNONE, PHYLLIS | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $64,612.91 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELEN-COPELAND, JESSICA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $64,612.58 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, BRIAN C | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $64,612.50 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLSON, JANET L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $64,612.44 | Date 06/22/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $64,612.37 | Date 08/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JEFFREY M | Employer name Village of Greene | Amount $64,611.67 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZSIROS, JUSTIN L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $64,611.40 | Date 01/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, ROBERT G | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $64,610.79 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, ERIK C | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $64,610.77 | Date 05/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KWET, MARGARET E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $64,610.73 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, CATHERINE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $64,610.08 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIGHMEY, FRANK E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $64,609.77 | Date 10/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, IRVIN L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $64,609.47 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $64,609.14 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOYER, ANDREW D | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $64,608.99 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASSIAH, INGRID P | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $64,608.71 | Date 12/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAQUETTE-MONTHIE, ROBERTA | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $64,608.64 | Date 01/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOONER, SHERRY A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $64,608.49 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDULLAHI, JAMAL H | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $64,608.48 | Date 12/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERMANN, THOMAS | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $64,608.43 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNING, BONNIE M | Employer name Altmar-Parish-Williamstown CSD | Amount $64,607.43 | Date 04/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, AVERRICIA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $64,607.26 | Date 02/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDENBRANDT, DAVID R | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $64,607.19 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUFF, FLORENCE M | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $64,607.18 | Date 07/07/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINZINGER, WILLIAM D | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $64,606.42 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELT, JAMES A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $64,606.18 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKARIUS, JAMES L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $64,605.91 | Date 01/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINKLE, RONALD L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $64,605.81 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, PERCIVAL L | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $64,605.67 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, PATRICIA E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $64,604.72 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, JENNIFER E | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $64,604.59 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, CHARLES A, II | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $64,604.52 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, EARL J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $64,604.40 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOKER, ELAINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,604.30 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, MATTHEW C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $64,604.04 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMERSON, RODNEY S, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $64,603.88 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAEL, MICHAEL G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $64,603.53 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, SANDRA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $64,603.37 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANDY, CAROL A | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $64,602.94 | Date 07/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOZOIS, RICKEY L | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $64,602.81 | Date 03/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKLU, GEORGE E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $64,602.45 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, SOPHIA D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $64,601.94 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALINENKO, ALLYSON B | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $64,601.77 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, SUSAN | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $64,601.56 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMMISSO, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $64,601.45 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, THANKAMMA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $64,601.14 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALKER, JAMES A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $64,601.12 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRER, MILAGRO | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $64,600.82 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROBITS, SHARON L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $64,600.74 | Date 05/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERGOLIZZI, ANTHONY C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $64,600.59 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, MARYANN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $64,600.42 | Date 05/22/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, CORY R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $64,600.21 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTELLA, JODI | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $64,600.12 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, STEVEN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $64,599.90 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIANO, KURT D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $64,599.64 | Date 03/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISH, JANET M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $64,599.44 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, SUN HEE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $64,599.00 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHAN, JOHN M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $64,598.43 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPLACA, LORI | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $64,598.26 | Date 02/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THYRRING, RICHARD P | Employer name Town of Waterford | Amount $64,596.90 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, MICHAEL S | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $64,596.78 | Date 02/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTCH, PAUL C | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $64,596.70 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, MARILYN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $64,596.68 | Date 02/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTNOV, DMITRIY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $64,596.68 | Date 01/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, SALVATORE, IV | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $64,596.56 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKLEY, ANNETTE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $64,596.55 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KABOT, BARBARA J | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $64,596.26 | Date 09/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKOWSKI, KRISTIN J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $64,596.13 | Date 04/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, MARIE T | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $64,595.60 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARGER, FRANK N, JR | Employer name Albany County | Amount $64,595.57 | Date 09/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, STEVEN L | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $64,594.92 | Date 12/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORN, JOANNE M | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $64,594.77 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, EDWARD F, JR | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $64,593.75 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBOT, FRANCISCO | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $64,593.74 | Date 02/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYT, CINDY L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $64,593.41 | Date 11/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURANDISSE, ANTONY | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $64,593.35 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTUSKA, DAWN R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $64,593.24 | Date 09/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CANDICE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $64,593.10 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID-HATTON, DEBORAH J | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $64,592.95 | Date 06/02/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, VINCENT | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $64,592.81 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBOTKA, VICTORIA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $64,592.59 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZEL, MARK E | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $64,592.18 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMOGAN, KENNETH S | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $64,591.69 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKOLEVSKI, JIMMY | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $64,591.18 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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