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 VELLOS, ANTHONY | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $57,374.16 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORN, PAUL E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $57,374.10 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JO ELLEN | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $57,373.93 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $57,373.92 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNITTEL, CLAIRE E | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $57,373.71 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MARVIN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $57,373.58 | Date 04/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, SHASTIDY N | Employer name Orange County | Amount $57,373.53 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, DENISE L | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $57,373.51 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINDA, CATHY C | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $57,373.28 | Date 11/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULLBERG, SHARON L | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $57,373.17 | Date 01/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROY, LISA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $57,372.97 | Date 05/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCARELLA, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $57,372.96 | Date 06/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, JACQUES F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $57,372.47 | Date 01/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, ALEXIS C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $57,372.06 | Date 11/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EUGENE THERANCIER, MARIE C | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $57,372.04 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGSTON, TAMIKA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $57,371.81 | Date 11/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACEY, MARY J | Employer name Phoenix CSD | Amount $57,371.60 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUKES, CYNTHIA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $57,371.53 | Date 02/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, TEODOR | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $57,371.51 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAZI, ANTIME | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $57,371.29 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $57,371.08 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELHANNON, JESSE | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $57,371.05 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, JAMES O | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $57,370.98 | Date 04/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETCIE, LAWRENCE M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $57,370.94 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPICER, SANDRA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $57,370.75 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCHRAN, AMEER | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $57,370.74 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, JUSTIN J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $57,370.59 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYKES, DESERIE E | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $57,370.13 | Date 12/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, GEORGE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $57,370.05 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, GEORGE E | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $57,369.93 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, MARY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $57,369.88 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMKO, RICHARD D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $57,369.71 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAFUTO, DAVID B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $57,369.60 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARBUCKLE, ELAINE M | Employer name Rhinebeck CSD | Amount $57,369.57 | Date 06/19/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, CHARLES A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $57,369.57 | Date 12/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTORIA, LUIS T, MR | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $57,369.34 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSBURG, DAVID M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $57,369.20 | Date 09/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUDEAU, RICHARD G | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $57,369.16 | Date 07/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIARD, MARY E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $57,368.87 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISH, MARIE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $57,368.66 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, HANORA M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $57,368.49 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOBRIS, MAUREEN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $57,368.20 | Date 04/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLONTZ, BRENDON C | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $57,368.07 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, BRIAN C | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $57,368.04 | Date 07/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURTA, CAROLYN | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $57,367.80 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALDO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $57,367.68 | Date 03/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLAM, MICHAEL J | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $57,367.65 | Date 02/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAETANO, BARBARA P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $57,367.58 | Date 12/23/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FLORIO, KENNETH | Employer name Village of Williston Park | Amount $57,367.47 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIDD, RODERICK J | Employer name Alexandria CSD | Amount $57,367.41 | Date 03/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWAL, SANDRA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $57,367.31 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEVOLI, BARBARA S | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $57,367.00 | Date 09/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $57,366.40 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWDER, KARIS E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $57,366.14 | Date 04/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFFEY, JOSEPH E | Employer name Ulster Co Resource Recovery Ag | Amount $57,365.85 | Date 04/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, AARON D | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $57,365.64 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZUBELLA, RICHARD R | Employer name Town of Elma | Amount $57,365.52 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFANO-SANSON, DONNA A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $57,365.44 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHE, SONIA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $57,365.28 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, SONIA | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $57,365.07 | Date 04/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Waterford-Halfmoon UFSD | Amount $57,365.00 | Date 07/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALKARAN, KATHERINE A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $57,364.56 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, GARTH P | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $57,364.53 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHEIMER, PAUL | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $57,364.33 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALVANO, LEIGH | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $57,364.29 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIGENLAUB, DINA M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $57,364.25 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAY, ELYSE ANNE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $57,363.85 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, JAMES W | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $57,363.77 | Date 02/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, PATRICIA M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $57,363.57 | Date 07/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, PAUL G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $57,363.57 | Date 07/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, JAMES | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $57,363.57 | Date 07/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLACHTER, ROCHELLE T | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $57,363.17 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUER, KEITH D | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $57,363.14 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARRATANO, NUNZIO | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $57,363.10 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCIA, DOROTHY R | Employer name West Hempstead Public Library | Amount $57,362.59 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVIMEY, MARGARET K | Employer name Essex County | Amount $57,362.37 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $57,362.01 | Date 09/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, KENNETH G | Employer name Town of Bethel | Amount $57,361.96 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, ROBERT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $57,361.69 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEL, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $57,361.66 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVILLE, SHARON | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $57,361.64 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, SHARON M | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $57,361.17 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGRINO, ROBERT V | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $57,361.08 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKETT, CRAIG S | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $57,361.04 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALLING, HELEN S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $57,360.63 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PATRICK L M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $57,360.54 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANEK, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $57,360.40 | Date 10/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, HUGH S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $57,360.39 | Date 12/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNDAKER, JARED D | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $57,360.27 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAREDES, SUSAN R | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $57,360.20 | Date 07/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPIER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $57,359.38 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BENJAMIN R | Employer name Warren County | Amount $57,359.20 | Date 04/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCCIARONE, NANCY J | Employer name Clarence CSD | Amount $57,358.94 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUPER, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $57,358.91 | Date 05/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, CAROL E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $57,358.89 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, DANYELLE R | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $57,358.82 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, ROBIN E | Employer name Voorheesville CSD | Amount $57,358.70 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUES, VERNICE V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $57,358.66 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBIEL, ROMAN M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $57,358.47 | Date 08/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, COLLEEN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $57,358.31 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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