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 PERRY-SHABETHEA, IVY N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $61,802.00 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHMAN, JAMES O | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $61,801.90 | Date 01/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, JAMES M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,801.59 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OURO-AGOUDA, TAMIMOU | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $61,801.50 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, RICHARD J | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $61,801.40 | Date 03/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMEON, CLARK E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $61,801.08 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, CHERYL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,800.19 | Date 11/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINSBURG, GARY K | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $61,800.18 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLNER, JANET K | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $61,800.00 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, DANIEL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $61,800.00 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELTON, ELAINE D | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $61,799.92 | Date 01/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLAZZO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $61,799.50 | Date 10/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, PETER S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $61,799.27 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZO, CARINA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $61,798.41 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENDITTI, ANTHONY J, II | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $61,798.12 | Date 01/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAC PHERSON, SHARON F | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $61,798.01 | Date 06/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANSON, CHRISTINE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $61,797.15 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, ANTHONY | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $61,797.08 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTT, ROGER C | Employer name Cobleskill Richmondville CSD | Amount $61,797.08 | Date 10/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLER, WAYNE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 06/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHLER, DONALD F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 02/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, RANDY J, SR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODFREY, THOMAS J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, JAMES D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 03/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZELDEN, DOUGLAS G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZACH, WALTER F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTRIDGE, DWIGHT A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLWARD, WARREN W, JR | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, JERRIANNE | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 02/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, THOMAS E | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $61,796.96 | Date 04/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AUDREY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $61,796.83 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, JOSEPH W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,796.82 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEINEIS, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $61,796.79 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $61,796.50 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURT, JAMES B | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $61,796.38 | Date 08/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCARO, KIM D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $61,795.90 | Date 10/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JASON A | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $61,795.70 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, LATIFA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $61,795.47 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BETH B | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $61,795.29 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMERVILLE, DONALD R | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $61,794.30 | Date 04/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNAFORD, LISA D | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $61,794.25 | Date 05/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANSKI-SEYMOUR, MICHELLE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $61,794.18 | Date 11/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRISON, JUDITH A | Employer name Essex County | Amount $61,793.96 | Date 06/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODIN, NICHOLAS L | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $61,793.89 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELESS, ZACHARY C | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $61,793.87 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, WENDY | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $61,793.72 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRONCKOWIAK, JEROME P | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $61,793.50 | Date 02/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, DONALD B, III | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $61,793.49 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEGAN, MARTHA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $61,793.36 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYLE, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $61,792.85 | Date 03/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNER, JENNIFER A | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $61,792.85 | Date 01/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KRISTIN W | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $61,792.85 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DAVID K | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $61,792.85 | Date 05/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELTNER, KEVIN P | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $61,792.75 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDBAUM, ADAM S | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $61,792.10 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ARLINGTON J, JR | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $61,791.71 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMER, AMANDA L | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $61,791.17 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, TANIKA R | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $61,790.93 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, JACQUELINE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $61,790.86 | Date 02/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ANGELA I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,790.80 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAIMOURI, NAVID D | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $61,790.75 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCATI, SUE W | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $61,790.74 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, LAUREN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,790.72 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNESS, ROBERT N | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,790.12 | Date 11/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, CHARLENE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,789.58 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVIN, JOSHUA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $61,789.58 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUVE, BLAIR L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,789.41 | Date 11/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUFT, KENNETH W | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $61,789.39 | Date 06/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARBER, KENNETH G, JR | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $61,788.89 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOTOLA, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $61,788.69 | Date 10/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, BRIAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $61,788.64 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSINNA, JONATHAN L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $61,788.52 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, STEPHEN E | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $61,788.48 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBIN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,788.18 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINDNICH, CAROL G | Employer name Warwick Valley CSD | Amount $61,788.12 | Date 05/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAIR, SONIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $61,787.91 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHARAJ, PARBATIE | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $61,787.80 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $61,787.72 | Date 08/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, LISA W | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $61,786.78 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, KIM R | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $61,786.60 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, BETTY L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $61,786.26 | Date 04/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $61,786.26 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDFORD, AMY C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $61,786.26 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, ADRIENNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $61,786.26 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEUFEL, MARIANNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $61,786.26 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWERS, LIZZIE M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $61,786.26 | Date 07/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, MARGARET P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $61,786.26 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, TRAVIS, SR | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $61,786.11 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, SEAN C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $61,786.09 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MARIO R | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $61,786.07 | Date 12/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLBURT, JAMI | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $61,785.84 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, KIM V | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $61,785.84 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKEY-SMITH, SHERRILYNE C | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $61,785.41 | Date 03/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, TAKIYA S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $61,784.72 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TAMMY M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $61,784.70 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $61,784.67 | Date 05/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROTHRO, CALVIN K | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,784.34 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDAMONE, LINDA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $61,784.25 | Date 06/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARD, ELSIE | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $61,784.14 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLA, JULIANA L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $61,784.06 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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