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 WAKEFIELD, ZACHARY R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,759.45 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASCUE, CRAIG A | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $61,759.13 | Date 04/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORTH, DAVID P | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $61,759.05 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OFTEDAL, CHARLES E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $61,758.76 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, EMMA M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $61,758.53 | Date 07/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONROD, PATRICIA D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $61,758.48 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, AMY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $61,758.34 | Date 10/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ACKEN, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $61,758.19 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAZO, ROGER E | Employer name Moravia CSD | Amount $61,758.17 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, SHANICE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $61,757.95 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMEAU, LINDA J | Employer name Averill Park CSD | Amount $61,757.74 | Date 11/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGBAUER, CATHERINE | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $61,757.74 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINS, MARIA FATIMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $61,757.74 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLAYAN, CHRISTIAN K | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $61,757.38 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAMBLE, ULRIC K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $61,757.25 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUMBARGER, JAMES M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $61,756.72 | Date 03/12/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLIDAY, GEORGE J | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $61,756.71 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, KRISTEE M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $61,756.43 | Date 09/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, APRIL L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $61,756.35 | Date 01/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, WENDY N | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $61,755.89 | Date 09/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CLARK E | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $61,755.88 | Date 09/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNKEL, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $61,755.75 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, RONALD P | Employer name Downsville CSD | Amount $61,755.61 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISSE, WILLIAM T | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $61,755.57 | Date 03/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENSTOCK, CATHERINE | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $61,755.41 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZINO, DEBRA A | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $61,755.21 | Date 09/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWE, MICHELLE C | Employer name Albany County | Amount $61,755.06 | Date 09/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, TRACY A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $61,754.73 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, CHARMAINE J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, LIANNE D | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MAYLEEN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 02/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVELOCK, PAUL R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 05/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANLEY, JOSEPH A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 02/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUGEMAN, MARCY F | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 05/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC ARTHUR, SARAH E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 06/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMOWITZ, ANDREW R | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, CATHERINE | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUCHER, CHRISTY B | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLMAN, LETYCIA R | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOPFER, ZACHERY T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, ANITA H | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $61,754.54 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDISON, CALVIN | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $61,754.48 | Date 01/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYERS, DAWN L | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $61,754.45 | Date 09/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLO, ELLEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,754.44 | Date 05/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, DAWN, MRS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,754.42 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, LEIGH E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $61,754.21 | Date 06/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONELLI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,753.88 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALICZEWSKI, ANN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,753.61 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JAMES M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $61,753.30 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKLAUS, DAVID M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $61,753.11 | Date 08/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, HECTOR | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $61,752.93 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, PATRICIA G | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $61,752.81 | Date 11/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, GARY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $61,752.41 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FEDERICO, JOSEPH W | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $61,752.22 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASHEL, ROBIN L | Employer name Sandy Creek CSD | Amount $61,752.00 | Date 09/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, CARLY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,751.99 | Date 09/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KELLY J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $61,751.39 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MAGDALENA N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $61,751.37 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVARESE, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $61,751.18 | Date 03/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GARY S | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $61,750.68 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, TRESSA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $61,750.63 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIERA, NICHOLAS B | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $61,750.55 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, KIRK C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $61,750.43 | Date 12/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEU, JENNIFER | Employer name Erie County | Amount $61,749.88 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARWOOD, MICHAEL R | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $61,749.70 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER-MARTIN, KATHERINE C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $61,749.62 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERASARO, KIP G | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,749.59 | Date 07/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, LEONARD A, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $61,749.43 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, ERIC P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,749.33 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTT, TRACY L, MS | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $61,749.05 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, SHAUN T | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $61,748.87 | Date 11/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPPSTROM, DAVID K | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $61,748.78 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $61,748.41 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALL, THOMAS J | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $61,748.39 | Date 06/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPINO, GERALDINE L | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $61,748.31 | Date 07/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, DARRYL L | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $61,748.30 | Date 04/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JELONEK, EUGENE J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $61,748.23 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESWORTHY, THOMAS R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,748.10 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAKIN, DONNA J | Employer name Brockport CSD | Amount $61,747.80 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, DUSTIN A | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $61,747.03 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNELLY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $61,746.70 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RULAND, SHAUN M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $61,746.48 | Date 10/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIAS, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $61,746.20 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, KYLE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $61,746.11 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, BRIAN T | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $61,746.09 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JODEIT, GILBERT D | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $61,745.85 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFT, JANINE G | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $61,745.76 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUNSE, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $61,745.67 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINDISI, WILLIAM A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $61,745.17 | Date 08/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENG, JINGMIN | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $61,744.88 | Date 03/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDIFORD, ANDREW O | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $61,744.77 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWK, WILLIAM E | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $61,744.59 | Date 10/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNEHY, NOREEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $61,744.26 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SUSAN | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $61,744.25 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, JAMES P | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $61,743.96 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTISTI, MATTHEW K | Employer name Village of Cobleskill | Amount $61,743.89 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCDONALD, DIANA L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $61,743.66 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, HELEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $61,743.54 | Date 03/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, CASEY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $61,743.23 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKETT, JAMES G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $61,743.16 | Date 09/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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