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 OUGHTERSON, SHELIA M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,782.74 | Date 02/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMY, TODD S | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $59,782.58 | Date 08/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, DEBBIE C | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $59,782.42 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGLIA, MARK W | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $59,782.20 | Date 02/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, MICHAEL A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,782.17 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORDEN, GEORGE R, JR | Employer name Town of York | Amount $59,781.99 | Date 12/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMSTEAD, EUGENE E | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $59,781.93 | Date 06/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NICOLE J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,781.80 | Date 05/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, GWENDA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $59,781.66 | Date 08/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, MARY W | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $59,781.49 | Date 09/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, KELLY M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,781.46 | Date 05/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN OPDORP, JOSEPH R | Employer name Town of Manchester | Amount $59,781.30 | Date 10/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, CHRISTINE E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,781.20 | Date 07/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, ROSE M | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $59,780.97 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, NATHAN L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $59,780.96 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, JESSE C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,780.95 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, SARAH M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $59,780.87 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, TERESA A | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $59,780.75 | Date 09/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODY, SALLY | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $59,780.27 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, SANTOS | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $59,780.09 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERVASE, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $59,780.03 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, KEVIN T | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $59,779.94 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ANGELA C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $59,779.30 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINI, KENNETH J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $59,779.30 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREIBEL, DAVID T | Employer name Eldred CSD | Amount $59,779.13 | Date 09/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDINGER, ANDREA L | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $59,778.95 | Date 09/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RAYMOND D | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $59,778.90 | Date 04/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $59,778.90 | Date 07/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLORD, LEE F | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $59,778.72 | Date 09/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INTERLICCHIA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,778.61 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, CASTO J, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,778.49 | Date 11/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, MORRIS J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $59,778.25 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, PHILIP J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,777.91 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, LESLIE | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $59,777.88 | Date 03/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDAS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Village of Old Brookville | Amount $59,777.36 | Date 05/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARBOGAST, CHARLES L | Employer name Amherst CSD | Amount $59,777.24 | Date 10/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDT, KELBY J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $59,777.23 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALCOLM, KELLY E | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $59,777.06 | Date 05/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABER, JAMES A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $59,776.68 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOFIA, JOSEPH J, SR | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $59,776.59 | Date 06/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLWOOD, TIMOTHY H | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $59,776.42 | Date 01/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, MELANIE P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,776.42 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANG, PETER | Employer name Department of State | Amount $59,776.28 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JENNIFER A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $59,776.21 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALADO, JOSE P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,776.00 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, VIRGINIA C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $59,775.81 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONGERARD, ANDRISE | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $59,775.59 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMAZENSKI, RENEE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $59,775.56 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERINA, JOHN H | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $59,775.52 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, SANDRA S | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $59,775.46 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLTON, THOMAS B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $59,775.39 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, SHAWN E | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,775.22 | Date 10/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAFFRI, ZULFIGAR A | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $59,774.94 | Date 12/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN-ALFORD, CHAD E | Employer name Silver Creek CSD | Amount $59,774.72 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, MATTHEW | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $59,774.54 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, SEAN P | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $59,774.27 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTERI, PETER, JR | Employer name Town of Cortlandville | Amount $59,774.19 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, ROBERT P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $59,773.99 | Date 03/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREICHER, STEPHEN G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,773.93 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $59,773.75 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, FRANCIS L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $59,773.69 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, LYNETTE R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,773.24 | Date 12/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBENSHINE, SUSAN D | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $59,772.84 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEDLIN, ERIC D | Employer name Town of Chili | Amount $59,772.76 | Date 02/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORCUTT, JUSTIN T | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $59,772.75 | Date 02/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVES, OCTAVIO C | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $59,772.65 | Date 03/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEISTEN, RONALD F, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,772.31 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAILLARD, FRED | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $59,772.22 | Date 11/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, THOMAS P | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,772.20 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSTINI, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,772.09 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, ADDISON J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $59,772.04 | Date 01/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLLICONE, BONNYE J | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $59,771.53 | Date 02/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYATT, RONALD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $59,771.01 | Date 12/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEARBORN, DAVID C | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $59,770.58 | Date 07/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSS, TIOTTIA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,770.44 | Date 01/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACALSKI, JENNIFER J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,770.34 | Date 10/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, WENDY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,770.27 | Date 03/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, DAWN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $59,770.17 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROSNAN, BARBARA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $59,770.10 | Date 11/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRYE, SALLY A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,769.74 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATERA, ALLEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,769.57 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ANTONIO M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $59,769.50 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTENT, JACOB D | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $59,769.43 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, TROY J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,769.39 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODMERKEL, DARREN L | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $59,769.33 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEZ, MARGARITA C | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $59,769.28 | Date 03/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECERE, TERRY J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $59,769.24 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHICK, DAVID C | Employer name Penn Yan Bd of Light Commis | Amount $59,769.06 | Date 12/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUFLER, RICHARD G | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $59,768.72 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUBER, REGINALD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,768.52 | Date 08/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORILLO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $59,768.41 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERT, JOSEPH A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $59,768.38 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCEY, JANE A, II | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $59,768.31 | Date 07/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATON, PAULA ZLATEV | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $59,768.17 | Date 07/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, BRIAN J | Employer name Ronkonkoma Fire District | Amount $59,768.07 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZARONE, JOHN W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,767.36 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNDY, VIRGINIA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,767.18 | Date 07/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEDDEN, LORNA Y | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $59,767.16 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, MICHELLE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $59,766.98 | Date 03/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEOWN, DIANA C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $59,766.89 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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