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 BEHRENS, JONATHAN E | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $57,010.37 | Date 10/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, PATRICIA L | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $57,010.25 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ANNEY, JAMES B | Employer name Spackenkill UFSD | Amount $57,010.10 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LANEY, BONNIE E | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $57,009.98 | Date 09/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, BRANDON A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $57,009.91 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESTLE, CHRYS P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $57,009.72 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARWELL, CHARLES J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $57,009.66 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERKMEISTER, MARK K | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $57,009.65 | Date 07/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOUTENBURGH, DAVID W | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $57,009.56 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, PETER K | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $57,009.01 | Date 07/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAMOLARO, ANTHONY A | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $57,008.83 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, JOSE L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $57,008.78 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, KOREY S | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $57,008.64 | Date 03/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, DAMION A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $57,008.63 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, GREGORY J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $57,008.62 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, HEATHER L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $57,008.61 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLARSKI, PETER J | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $57,008.58 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALESTRIERI, CHRISTINE | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $57,008.57 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAY, TINA E | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $57,008.57 | Date 09/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRON, SUSAN G | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $57,008.57 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANSEN, GERALDINE A | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $57,008.57 | Date 08/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIHA, MAUREEN | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $57,008.57 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUOCCO, CANDACE L | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $57,008.57 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, BARBARA A | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $57,008.57 | Date 01/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, CYNTHIA J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $57,008.14 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DARCY C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $57,008.04 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $57,007.67 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DIANTHIO | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $57,007.13 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICKEL, JAMES J, III | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $57,007.05 | Date 10/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINGGOLD, RAYMOND D | Employer name South Country CSD - Brookhaven | Amount $57,006.46 | Date 08/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JULIEN, KARLENE M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $57,006.44 | Date 07/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $57,006.42 | Date 11/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, ELLEN K | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $57,005.78 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, WALTER J | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $57,004.90 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, NATHAN P | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $57,004.85 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BUDA, JACKIE M | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $57,004.81 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, EVELYN M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $57,004.48 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $57,003.80 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIT, JOHN F | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $57,003.64 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KEITH T | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $57,003.62 | Date 04/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEURY, DAVID J | Employer name So Glens Falls CSD | Amount $57,003.59 | Date 01/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORUC, KAMIL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $57,003.51 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, SHAWN D | Employer name Town of Schaghticoke | Amount $57,003.51 | Date 07/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGONESE, PAOLA | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $57,003.48 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOCK, MICHAEL C | Employer name Town of Wheatfield | Amount $57,003.48 | Date 06/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHEY, GORDON L | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $57,003.04 | Date 11/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNIZZO, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Salina | Amount $57,002.88 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGONESE, STEVEN L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $57,002.70 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENZONI, JOEL P | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $57,002.65 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, JAMES E, SR | Employer name Town of Volney | Amount $57,002.55 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, SAUNDERS W | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $57,002.08 | Date 12/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEVERLY, KENNETH A | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $57,001.72 | Date 12/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, STEPHEN M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $57,001.28 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REALE, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $57,001.28 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIURCZAK, DAVID J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $57,001.27 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARKOSKI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $57,000.14 | Date 04/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, JOANNE E | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $56,999.98 | Date 02/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPARI, JOSEPH L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $56,999.80 | Date 05/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPTON, DORESSA L | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $56,999.76 | Date 11/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBURGH, JASON M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $56,999.64 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIANO, MARY A | Employer name Cheektowaga CSD | Amount $56,999.46 | Date 10/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, ABIGAIL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $56,999.41 | Date 09/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACZYNSKI, LARRY J | Employer name Lockport City School Dist | Amount $56,999.28 | Date 09/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, JAMES P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $56,999.28 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DE WALLE, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $56,999.26 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, ARNOLD E | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $56,999.25 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAZER, JEAN A | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $56,998.62 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLINSON, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $56,998.24 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, JOHN P | Employer name Hoosick Falls CSD | Amount $56,998.16 | Date 10/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, BENJAMIN E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $56,998.15 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANIAK, ARTUR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $56,998.01 | Date 05/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC CORMACK, DANIEL J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $56,997.77 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIAZOLU, ABRAHAM B | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $56,997.73 | Date 11/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, DONALD J | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $56,997.56 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, JEFFREY R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $56,996.89 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, MADISON M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $56,996.65 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC VICKER, CECILE E | Employer name Essex County | Amount $56,996.44 | Date 10/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, LAUREN E | Employer name Greene County | Amount $56,996.42 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFMANN, DARRIN L | Employer name Town of La Grange | Amount $56,996.08 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, RICKY | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $56,995.96 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSY, HEATHER K | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $56,995.55 | Date 03/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SARAH L | Employer name Boces-Tompkins Seneca Tioga | Amount $56,995.50 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, MARLENE I | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $56,994.76 | Date 03/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDD, MICHELE M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $56,994.56 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOKAR, GYONGYI | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $56,994.56 | Date 08/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, RENEE E | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $56,994.18 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, AARON J | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $56,993.99 | Date 06/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIKDER, SHOWKAT A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $56,993.95 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVERY, DEARDRA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $56,993.95 | Date 07/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, MICHELLE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $56,993.95 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGACY, RYAN M | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $56,993.88 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINS, VIRGINIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $56,993.70 | Date 01/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLAS, ANNE M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $56,993.57 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MATTHEW M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $56,993.56 | Date 09/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, MEGAN E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $56,993.50 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGISTRO, ANTHONY C | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $56,993.45 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $56,993.12 | Date 07/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORISCO, PATRICE F | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $56,993.02 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLUS, JEAN E | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $56,993.00 | Date 01/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, BRUCE F, JR | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $56,992.81 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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