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 RUCINSKI, GREGORY J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $59,747.81 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDARVIS, DERRICK | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $59,747.77 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURET, ROSANA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $59,747.77 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, PATRICIA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,747.74 | Date 12/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, WILLIAM H | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $59,747.62 | Date 09/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKER, COLLEEN R | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $59,747.55 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CRAIG A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $59,747.41 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTT, JENNIFER | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $59,747.31 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDLOWITZ, MIRIAM | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $59,747.10 | Date 02/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUILLEM, LAUREN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,747.06 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, LAUREN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,747.06 | Date 05/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UGOAGWU, PETER CLAVER C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $59,746.58 | Date 08/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $59,746.56 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, LA SHAUNDA M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $59,746.42 | Date 04/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBACZ, MATTHEW J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,746.40 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILFUS, KELLY J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $59,746.19 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWIE, RICHARD D | Employer name Morrisville-Eaton CSD | Amount $59,746.13 | Date 06/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ALFRED T | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $59,745.61 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREW-MCLEOD, BEATRIX | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $59,745.61 | Date 06/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, JAMIE B | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $59,745.50 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUTCHER, ALFRED D | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $59,745.23 | Date 07/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRHARDT, ANDREW J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,745.15 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOHN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,744.62 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENADETTE, WILLIAM | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $59,744.47 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, DONALD W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,744.36 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, AMY L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $59,744.21 | Date 11/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCESE, MARK | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $59,743.45 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, ERIN L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $59,743.44 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $59,743.26 | Date 09/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JAMEL R | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $59,743.18 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSOULINE, ELAINE E | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $59,742.74 | Date 03/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVAMOSER, CHARLES A | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $59,742.57 | Date 02/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, JOSEPH | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $59,742.35 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, TERRY L | Employer name Town of Adams | Amount $59,742.26 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDYK, STANLEY | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $59,742.17 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JENNIFER C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $59,742.13 | Date 10/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $59,741.73 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, WILLIAM W | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $59,741.72 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $59,741.71 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, THOMAS M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $59,741.63 | Date 05/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSER, JANICE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,741.34 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, MELISSA S | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $59,741.16 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, MICHAEL | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $59,741.03 | Date 09/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, DAWN M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,740.89 | Date 06/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUZZELLI, JAMES | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $59,740.83 | Date 02/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEITT, BRENDA S | Employer name Schalmont CSD | Amount $59,740.48 | Date 07/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINTE, JOHN C, III | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $59,740.11 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATOLI, DENISE A | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $59,739.79 | Date 05/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDDLE, JOAN | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $59,739.78 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, MAUREEN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,739.40 | Date 02/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, GINA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,739.40 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALEY, EILEEN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,739.40 | Date 07/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOTZ, SUSAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,739.40 | Date 02/22/1965 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILSON, KATHY M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,739.18 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MOLLY F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $59,738.90 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COAXUM, ANIKA C | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,738.89 | Date 10/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $59,738.67 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, KATHERINE L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $59,738.62 | Date 11/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ITTERLY, NANCY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,738.44 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, CURWIN E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $59,738.31 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLINGS, KECIA Y | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $59,738.27 | Date 04/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, BRITTANY N | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $59,737.99 | Date 08/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ADRIAN, KAREN M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $59,737.98 | Date 10/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MARCIA E | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $59,737.43 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLS-FIORENTINO, RANAE L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $59,737.12 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONLON, LAURA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $59,737.02 | Date 10/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRASSNER, ARLENE M | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $59,736.93 | Date 09/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMMEL, EDWIN A, JR | Employer name Oneida Herkimer Sol Wst Mg Aut | Amount $59,736.86 | Date 01/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, GREGORY L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $59,736.85 | Date 06/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, CATHY ANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,736.73 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, KATHLEEN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $59,736.16 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOURIE, WILLIAM J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $59,736.06 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENTWORTH, ZACHARY T | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $59,735.60 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, PAUL W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $59,735.33 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILIEN, SOFIA | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $59,735.30 | Date 05/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDGEHILL, BRENDA D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $59,735.02 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENSON, RYAN T | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $59,734.91 | Date 03/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUISTO, JOSEPH C | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $59,734.78 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, BRIDGET R | Employer name Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD | Amount $59,734.71 | Date 09/04/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $59,734.41 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, AMY E | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $59,734.27 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDER, JAMES | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $59,733.98 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIATKOWSKY, ANNE MARIE | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $59,733.62 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANN, GAIL M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $59,733.45 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, SANDRA J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $59,733.44 | Date 11/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUENDORF, LAURA J | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $59,733.35 | Date 05/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLATH, REBECCA L | Employer name General Brown CSD | Amount $59,733.22 | Date 07/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLY, ALFRED B | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $59,733.15 | Date 12/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, THOMAS R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $59,733.14 | Date 04/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, KYLE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $59,732.87 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, RICHARD P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $59,732.79 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, NICOLE M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $59,732.75 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINELLI, MICHAEL H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $59,732.67 | Date 09/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, MICHAEL S | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $59,732.64 | Date 05/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, REBECCA A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $59,732.52 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JENNIFER T | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $59,732.33 | Date 08/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, IMMACULA JEAN | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $59,732.31 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DARRIEN D | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $59,732.12 | Date 03/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOLLAN, GARIN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $59,731.70 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTELIONE, JEANETTE | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $59,731.61 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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