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 DALESSIO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $58,847.55 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $58,847.55 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUSLEY, LANE M | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $58,847.26 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHI, OLGA N | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $58,847.01 | Date 12/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELO, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $58,846.67 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, JORGE A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $58,846.65 | Date 01/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFINA, ALFIYA F | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $58,846.27 | Date 01/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LA CHAPELLE, ANNE | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $58,846.20 | Date 04/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, PAMELA S | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $58,846.14 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN AMBURGH, TERA A | Employer name Highland CSD | Amount $58,846.10 | Date 03/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, GERALD T | Employer name Bayport Blue Point Pub Library | Amount $58,846.08 | Date 02/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABERNICK, RONALD F, III | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $58,845.97 | Date 02/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEESTADT, FREDERICK J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $58,845.69 | Date 01/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKAWIK, RICHARD A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $58,845.48 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULAND, MATTHEW D | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $58,845.19 | Date 08/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS-GARRET, OTELIA D | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $58,844.53 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, LINDSAY A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $58,844.53 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINGER, DEBRA E | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $58,844.42 | Date 12/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRESHWATER, CAITLIN A | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $58,844.41 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SINES, ROBERT L | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $58,844.37 | Date 10/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, KEVIN M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $58,844.26 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOKE, DEAN M | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $58,844.18 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUTNER, ROBERT A | Employer name Oneida Herkimer Sol Wst Mg Aut | Amount $58,843.80 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMAN, JOSHUA E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $58,843.79 | Date 10/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STULL, MICHELLE P | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $58,843.73 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTEN, WILLIAM L, JR | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $58,843.49 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RONALD C, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,843.40 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, SHAWN M | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $58,843.40 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLORD, FRANCIS M | Employer name Holley CSD | Amount $58,843.34 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZULO, ERIN E | Employer name Ballston Spa-CSD | Amount $58,843.13 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMM, MARY M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $58,843.05 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URIBE, CARLOS F | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $58,843.04 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BLANC, CHANTAL F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $58,842.54 | Date 03/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, KARIN K | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $58,842.52 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, ALFRED | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $58,841.95 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NARDI, MARIA D | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $58,841.87 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, OKSANA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,841.81 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGETT, JOSHUA J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $58,841.69 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURDEY, CARINE M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $58,841.51 | Date 09/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, RONNIE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $58,841.44 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGERSBERGER, PATRYCK | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $58,841.36 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, ROBERT W | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $58,841.12 | Date 01/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCIA, ANTOINETTE | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $58,841.10 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, LIELLE S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $58,840.96 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, BENJAMIN T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $58,840.87 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CENTENO, JOAQUIN, JR | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $58,840.87 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDERON, HUGO M | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $58,840.73 | Date 06/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNDHENK, JO ANN R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $58,840.70 | Date 03/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANIS, LAURA D | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $58,840.67 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIA, RICHARD V | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $58,840.64 | Date 12/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRERA, KELLEY J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $58,840.61 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPPLETON, JULIE H | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $58,840.40 | Date 05/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASIL, AMY L, MS | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $58,840.14 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENMEYER, KEVIN W | Employer name Town of New Scotland | Amount $58,839.59 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTONE, REBECCA S | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $58,839.31 | Date 01/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, ASHLEY C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $58,839.04 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASALE, MAUREEN E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $58,839.02 | Date 02/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNELL, HEATHER L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $58,838.93 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABY, SETH D | Employer name Town of Lewiston | Amount $58,838.87 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, SARA J | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $58,838.38 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBDELL, GREGORY L | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $58,838.35 | Date 02/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, PAUL L | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $58,838.34 | Date 11/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CHARLES H | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $58,838.26 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLASKOWITZ, MEGHAN G | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $58,838.24 | Date 04/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUR, KEITH S | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $58,838.09 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUOHY-JONES, COLLEEN M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $58,837.17 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WARREN RAY, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $58,837.09 | Date 09/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOW, FRANK M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $58,836.57 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMSON, RACHEL A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $58,836.02 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, BRUCE K | Employer name Mexico CSD | Amount $58,835.66 | Date 04/20/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KATHLEEN P | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $58,835.32 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURCELL, DAVID D | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $58,835.22 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKE, JEFFREY | Employer name N Tonawanda City School Dist | Amount $58,835.09 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, CLIVA H | Employer name Valley Stream Chsd | Amount $58,834.92 | Date 02/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JOSEPH H | Employer name Town of Union | Amount $58,834.90 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSFIELD, CONSTANCE L | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $58,834.88 | Date 12/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, SHARON E | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $58,834.88 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, STEPHANIE S | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $58,834.56 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPE, MATTHEW L | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $58,834.39 | Date 12/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDFORD, OPAL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $58,834.23 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, SHANEQUA E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $58,834.22 | Date 10/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Skaneateles | Amount $58,833.86 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, MATTHEW R | Employer name Department of State | Amount $58,833.83 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDURA, MICHAEL S | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $58,833.41 | Date 09/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSAROTTI, JOHN M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $58,832.86 | Date 11/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, MARJORIE | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $58,832.76 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, PHALON M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $58,832.51 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLEY, CHRIS J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $58,832.26 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MEGAN P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $58,832.21 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPPING, PETER E | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $58,832.15 | Date 06/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROTHERS, DAVID G | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $58,832.12 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, HUGH W | Employer name Glens Falls City School Dist | Amount $58,832.04 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, LORI L | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $58,831.74 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURMASTER, DAVID P | Employer name Town of Porter | Amount $58,831.66 | Date 11/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIFFERON, BRIAN C | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $58,831.64 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIBEIRO, RAMIRO D | Employer name Beekmantown CSD | Amount $58,831.54 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARCE, JAY E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $58,831.31 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKON, NANCY J | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $58,831.24 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEURY, BRADLEY T | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $58,830.74 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, GREGORY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $58,830.11 | Date 05/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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