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 GONZALEZ, LORENA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,887.00 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, LEONARD T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $59,886.31 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISSLER, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $59,886.04 | Date 06/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, JAMES R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $59,885.93 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, RONDA | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $59,885.69 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIGLEY, WILLIAM C | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $59,885.68 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCANO, MICHAEL F | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,885.66 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEXLER, MARK S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $59,885.41 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APREA, KRISTA A | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $59,885.18 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHCOTE, LAURENCE C | Employer name Halesite Fire District | Amount $59,885.15 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEERING, MELINDA L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,884.47 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLDRON, GILBERT | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $59,883.61 | Date 03/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOE, KWANGJOO | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $59,883.31 | Date 12/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURATORE, ANTHONY E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $59,883.15 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTCHMER, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $59,882.72 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, DAVID G | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $59,882.63 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, RONALD G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $59,882.36 | Date 09/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALONZO, LAURIE L | Employer name Ballston Spa-CSD | Amount $59,882.19 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESCOTT, MIRANDA E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $59,881.98 | Date 03/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PETER C | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $59,881.95 | Date 07/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, LAWRENCE E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $59,881.87 | Date 10/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANT, BRIAN T | Employer name Boces-Dutchess | Amount $59,881.82 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOWELL, JOHN M | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $59,881.31 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, SEAN M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $59,881.10 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEANEY, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Comsewogue Public Library | Amount $59,881.09 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MARY K | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $59,880.94 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, WILLIAM J | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $59,880.91 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINKOFF, TAMMY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,880.64 | Date 12/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, SCOTT P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $59,880.14 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINBOW, KIPP J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $59,880.14 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURACE, JOSEPH R, JR | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $59,880.06 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, ALYSSA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,880.03 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DAVID A | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $59,879.70 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, HEATHER | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,879.54 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, MARY BETH | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $59,879.40 | Date 01/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDSLEY, MARGARET S | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $59,879.30 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILAIRE JOISEUS, CLAIRE F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $59,879.07 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIPPINGER, JACOB S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $59,878.73 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENYAK, SANDRA L | Employer name Connetquot Public Library | Amount $59,878.51 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRELL, CHRISTINE | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $59,878.30 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TAKIYAH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,878.00 | Date 11/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, DAVID J | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $59,877.62 | Date 01/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPPER, HAROLD | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,877.59 | Date 02/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, JOSEPH J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $59,877.58 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCOTTE, PAMELA J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $59,877.55 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, KYLE S | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $59,877.16 | Date 05/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIPPLE, CINDY L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $59,877.03 | Date 05/15/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRONS, SANDRA M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $59,876.82 | Date 08/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, BRYAN D | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $59,876.81 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLENSKI, SHAWN F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $59,876.80 | Date 05/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGUE, DANIEL S, III | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $59,876.78 | Date 12/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, COREY L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,875.77 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $59,875.70 | Date 09/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, GERALD P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,875.57 | Date 04/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, ANDREW J | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $59,875.56 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEATING, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $59,875.56 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLICKINGER, THOMAS W | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $59,875.53 | Date 03/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONATHAN, VALERIE G | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,875.43 | Date 10/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, TERRANCE J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $59,875.18 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOGLIORMELLA, PAOLA | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $59,875.05 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTNOY, BRUCE | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $59,874.93 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALARICO, FRANCESCA D | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $59,874.56 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, WALTER E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,874.31 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERT, GLENN E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,874.22 | Date 12/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, NICOLE H | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $59,873.52 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREIHOF, ERIC M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $59,873.47 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODDEN, DENNIS A | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $59,873.44 | Date 05/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURETTE, JULIA A | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $59,873.44 | Date 05/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, JENNIFER M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $59,873.44 | Date 05/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORZONO, JAMES M, III | Employer name Town of StoNY Point | Amount $59,873.37 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, ANDREW G | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $59,873.23 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KENT W | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $59,873.04 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JOY F | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $59,872.83 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLYLE, ANN MARIE | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $59,872.78 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BARBARA J | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $59,872.78 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, ERIC J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $59,872.43 | Date 05/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALARZA, DAVID | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $59,872.38 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVAR, WENDY A, MS | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $59,871.60 | Date 06/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, MICHAEL T | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $59,871.34 | Date 03/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMERY, PETER E | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $59,871.32 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MARIO | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $59,871.23 | Date 01/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINOIA, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,870.74 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, BRIAN M | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $59,870.62 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,870.53 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLMAN, KRISTEN E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,870.17 | Date 12/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPINSKI, PETER | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,870.15 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIARMONTE, BRANDON S | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $59,869.97 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, SHEILA A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $59,869.71 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTY, KEVIN T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $59,869.69 | Date 04/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE FEVRE, CATHY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,869.39 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, FRANK D | Employer name Town of Oswego | Amount $59,869.17 | Date 02/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE IESO, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $59,869.12 | Date 08/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CELLE, KAREN T | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $59,869.11 | Date 08/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUTHOUSE, LARRY J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $59,868.94 | Date 12/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTANOVA, ANGELA A | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $59,868.83 | Date 09/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALVERIC, MATTHEW G | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $59,868.72 | Date 02/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GREGORY D, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $59,868.69 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, SHERRI A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $59,868.60 | Date 02/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAUREGUI, MARIA T | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $59,868.39 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARINO, PAUL V | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $59,868.38 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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