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 THOMAS, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Lansingburgh CSD at Troy | Amount $61,445.73 | Date 08/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, MICHAEL W | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $61,445.65 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, GREG R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $61,445.55 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, RICHARD D, III | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $61,445.26 | Date 03/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COWER, PRISCILLA E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $61,444.99 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCI, MICHAEL N | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $61,444.90 | Date 05/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, HEATHER E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,444.88 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONHEADY, KEVIN D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $61,444.85 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTINO, LISA A | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $61,444.43 | Date 10/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK-GOLDSTON, LILA D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $61,444.16 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIEPIELA, PATRICIA A. | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $61,443.58 | Date 06/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ELMER K, JR | Employer name Highlnd Falls-Ft Mntgomery CSD | Amount $61,443.54 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DALE | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $61,443.54 | Date 04/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $61,443.34 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEVINE, DEBRA R | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $61,443.24 | Date 06/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDNER, LOUIS M | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $61,442.85 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHAM, STEPHEN A, III | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $61,442.72 | Date 02/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTOSO, MICHEAL S | Employer name Village of Farmingdale | Amount $61,442.72 | Date 09/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHER, MARTHA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $61,442.60 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BERNADETTE A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $61,441.74 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, CAITLIN J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $61,441.72 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYHURST, DANIEL D | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $61,441.33 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPPLE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $61,441.03 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, CHARLES | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $61,440.82 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURBELO, JONATHAN | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $61,440.78 | Date 02/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $61,440.66 | Date 05/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASH, PATRICIA W | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $61,440.65 | Date 09/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAULO, ERNEST J, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $61,440.42 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDNY, MARY ANN | Employer name Erie County | Amount $61,439.76 | Date 08/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, GALE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $61,439.50 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBSAM, BEATRICE | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $61,439.41 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCURI, THOMAS P | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $61,439.15 | Date 05/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOIA, SAMUEL D | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $61,438.75 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDAPPARAYIL, CYRIAC MATHEW | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $61,438.30 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEKNECHT, ERIC D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $61,438.05 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, ARLETT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $61,438.00 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, PAUL D | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $61,437.80 | Date 08/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITA, LYNNE A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $61,437.58 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLOSE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Niskayuna CSD | Amount $61,437.50 | Date 01/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, MARIO A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $61,437.48 | Date 12/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISGULA, LIAN M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $61,437.29 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFORD, SAMUEL W | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $61,437.21 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERELI, JOHN T | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $61,437.18 | Date 02/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, MARK J | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $61,437.09 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, TONYA L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $61,436.81 | Date 11/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAGER, ANNA E | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $61,436.40 | Date 12/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, MARY E | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $61,436.36 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICHON, GREGORY P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $61,436.12 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREYETTE, MARY P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $61,436.04 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTE, JAMIN E | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $61,436.02 | Date 09/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, THOMAS R | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $61,435.77 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURTEVANT, MATTHEW E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $61,435.63 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCA, MATILDE M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $61,435.34 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKETT, DENESE E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $61,434.92 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAGAN, ROSEMARIE C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $61,434.90 | Date 09/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LAURIE | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $61,433.87 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHAN-DUNCAN, JOAN A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $61,433.29 | Date 03/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, NANCY C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $61,432.62 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, SHERRY L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $61,432.55 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILAIRE, ROSELAINE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $61,431.96 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, NICOLE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $61,431.91 | Date 11/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $61,431.83 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMAGO, ABBY N | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $61,431.49 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, ERIN M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $61,431.26 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRICE, JEAN ROBERT | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $61,431.21 | Date 05/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECORE, RICHARD L, III | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $61,430.71 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAN DOMENICO, MICHAEL C | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $61,430.58 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GREGORY, TERRY | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $61,430.08 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHALKER, DOROTHY | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $61,429.98 | Date 03/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMIDA, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $61,429.62 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEFENDORF, PAUL A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $61,429.01 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, JANICE A N | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $61,428.87 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, JOHN P | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $61,428.80 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRICE, COLLEEN G | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $61,428.77 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, JEANNE-MARIE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $61,428.38 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERHUNE, ALBERT E, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $61,428.12 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLEY-MOSES, SANDRA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $61,428.08 | Date 12/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARACUENTE, JASON | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $61,427.82 | Date 08/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTCH-LE BLANC, JESSIE A | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $61,427.69 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIORE, CHARLES K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $61,427.47 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMOS, FELICIA A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $61,427.35 | Date 11/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, HEDDA I | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $61,427.25 | Date 07/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIR, LOVETT J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $61,427.18 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, MAUREEN G | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $61,427.09 | Date 06/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, WILLIAM T, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $61,426.74 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSILAMA, MARY O | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $61,426.60 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JOANNE | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $61,426.48 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBITT, EVELYN | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $61,426.42 | Date 12/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILKWORTH, BRIAN J | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $61,426.36 | Date 07/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERGATA, SAMUEL, JR | Employer name Village of Upper Brookville | Amount $61,425.60 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAJACIC, LYNN M | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $61,425.40 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNSON, STACEY L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $61,425.13 | Date 07/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLALI, SAPNA M | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $61,425.11 | Date 08/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELIZAIRE, JIMMY B | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $61,424.90 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DONALD V | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $61,424.83 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBURGH, DEBRA | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $61,424.80 | Date 09/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, SOL M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $61,424.79 | Date 02/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDDER, STEVEN T | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $61,424.59 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEFFERS, KATHRYN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $61,424.56 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JAMES C, III | Employer name Town of Canandaigua | Amount $61,424.51 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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