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 MEGIVERN, DAVID J | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $59,797.17 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONBERG, CANDACE L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,797.09 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABYAN, BRIAN M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $59,796.97 | Date 05/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, ANNA MARIA | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $59,796.85 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, MARIE T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,796.67 | Date 03/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINENFELSER, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $59,796.60 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, DIANE K | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $59,796.59 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYDEN, TIMOTHY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $59,796.49 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, PATRICK M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,796.36 | Date 05/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMPELLA, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $59,795.77 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCTOR, TRACEY A | Employer name Wayland-Cohocton CSD | Amount $59,795.45 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, RYAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,795.05 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASAMENTO, VENUS J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,794.88 | Date 12/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDD, KATHLEEN A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $59,794.87 | Date 09/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIG, CYNTHIA T | Employer name Department of State | Amount $59,794.38 | Date 03/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNUNZIATA, MARISA R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $59,794.23 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINSLEY, ADAM C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,794.03 | Date 03/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESZAROS, KRISTA M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,793.85 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ERIN T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,793.44 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTT, DANIEL P | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $59,793.15 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETZ, ELIZABETH S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,792.65 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSLER, CHARLES T | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 13 | Amount $59,792.63 | Date 12/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARATTINI, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $59,792.29 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DONNA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $59,792.26 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, DANIEL K | Employer name Oyster Bay Public Library | Amount $59,792.23 | Date 07/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITT, DELORES A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,792.17 | Date 07/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHU, SHINIDA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,792.14 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWOK, LING Y | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,792.14 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORCHIA, PETER J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $59,792.07 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN IDERSTINE, ELLEN G R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $59,791.95 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMBERT, KENDRA N | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,791.93 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUADERE, JACQUELINE B | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $59,791.39 | Date 05/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFFE, JOHN M | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $59,791.24 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, ROSANNE M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $59,791.20 | Date 01/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LING, CAREN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $59,791.02 | Date 03/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGEN, KEITH W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $59,791.00 | Date 08/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMANN, DOROTHY E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $59,790.96 | Date 06/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, DANIEL T | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,790.77 | Date 10/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, MATTHEW R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,790.76 | Date 12/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTRAM, DIANE E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $59,790.72 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, GAIRY O | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $59,790.72 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, ROBERT J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $59,790.53 | Date 05/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZ, PEGGY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,790.43 | Date 07/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALL, TYLER B | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,790.39 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Bayport Blue Point Pub Library | Amount $59,790.28 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JAMES W | Employer name Greene County | Amount $59,790.21 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHALEN, ERIN H | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,790.08 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, CHARLES A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $59,789.83 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELCOSTELLO, JOHANNA E | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $59,789.81 | Date 05/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALES, MARTHA | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $59,789.80 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, JOHN M | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $59,789.77 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENGEL, BRYAN P | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $59,789.69 | Date 05/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANDERS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $59,789.65 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, LA VISTA W | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $59,789.64 | Date 10/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, EILEEN L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $59,789.50 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GINA R | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,789.35 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTELLI, MARK | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $59,789.18 | Date 11/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIX, MICHELE P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,789.15 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IWANCZYSZYN, MARTHA | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $59,789.14 | Date 10/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIRD, PATRICIA A | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $59,789.01 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELVIN, LAWANNA M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,788.85 | Date 12/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVGENIKOS, ALYSA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $59,788.84 | Date 01/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, MARYANN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $59,788.69 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUCHELL, LAWRENCE P | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $59,788.68 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYZER, R MICHAEL | Employer name Franklin CSD | Amount $59,788.62 | Date 05/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASILLO, ANDREW | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,788.58 | Date 04/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOCHETTA, LOUISA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,788.58 | Date 06/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWIER, PATRICIA E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $59,788.27 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUBA, VALERIE A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $59,788.13 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, EDNA S | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $59,788.00 | Date 04/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, JASPER J | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,787.93 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATTERFIELD, PHYLLIS D | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $59,787.90 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPITZER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,787.87 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGEN, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $59,787.84 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRIESCI, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $59,787.60 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANTHONY R | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,787.19 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, BRIAN W | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,787.19 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOSKEY, RICHARD N | Employer name Town of Pomfret | Amount $59,786.89 | Date 05/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $59,786.72 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAGER, MICHELE S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $59,786.68 | Date 06/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT-SOARES, CARMEN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,786.33 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, MARGARET Y | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $59,786.26 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEBANE, DARLENE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $59,786.26 | Date 07/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, GARRETT W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $59,786.26 | Date 11/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATES, DAVID F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,785.96 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINDALE, KYLE J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,785.96 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLS, KEENAN L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $59,785.93 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTIE, CECILE A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $59,785.91 | Date 08/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINUTOLI, EILEEN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $59,785.74 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWKINS, CHRISTINE P | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $59,785.69 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBEY, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Dunkirk City-School Dist | Amount $59,785.60 | Date 11/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMKISON, JACQUELINE D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,785.38 | Date 12/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHADE, ADAM J | Employer name Town of Sweden | Amount $59,784.93 | Date 09/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAHR, SCOTT T | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $59,784.87 | Date 08/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREWELL, AMY M | Employer name Schoharie Central School | Amount $59,784.62 | Date 01/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MARIA E | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $59,784.60 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, PASQUALE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,784.60 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKS, AUDREY L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,783.76 | Date 06/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEON, MATTHEW | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,783.76 | Date 03/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANZEY, GREGG H | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $59,783.03 | Date 12/08/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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