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 MC DONALD, CHRIS L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $55,892.26 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGLIONE, MARY L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $55,892.20 | Date 06/19/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POIRIER, ERIC R | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $55,892.15 | Date 12/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, RICHARD A | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $55,892.13 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSEN, CATHERINE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $55,891.97 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENON, MEGAN L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $55,891.74 | Date 03/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPCHICK, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $55,891.61 | Date 03/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ROLANDO | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $55,891.59 | Date 07/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTES, JOSEPH D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $55,891.51 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, KA-NESHA M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $55,890.94 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUCINOTTA, DAVID | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $55,890.61 | Date 09/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEULNER, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $55,890.45 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, LEROY H | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $55,890.29 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROTHERS, MICHAELA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,890.23 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, ERASMO F | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $55,889.98 | Date 09/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, BRIAN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $55,889.79 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAST, GREG W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $55,889.79 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMITRANO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $55,889.42 | Date 08/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNEY, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $55,889.39 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTORO, PAULA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,889.08 | Date 08/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUNKETT, JEANNETTE A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $55,888.89 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOWE, BONNIE L | Employer name Unadilla Valley CSD | Amount $55,888.82 | Date 06/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ROBERT L | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $55,888.64 | Date 09/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCARELLI, JENNIFER L | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $55,888.30 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSMAN, SHARON | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $55,888.22 | Date 10/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, KIMBERLIE D | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $55,888.00 | Date 08/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $55,887.89 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORI, STEPHEN M | Employer name Town of Malta | Amount $55,887.87 | Date 01/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINCOLN, RICHARD D | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $55,887.82 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILMAN, LIPA | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $55,887.74 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRVIN, TIMOTHY A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $55,887.65 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, JONATHON | Employer name Village of Catskill | Amount $55,887.52 | Date 01/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STARUNOV, YAROSLAV M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $55,887.29 | Date 01/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURR-TIGGS, RENEE A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $55,887.05 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LARRY T | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $55,886.64 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARRAH, NEIL | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $55,886.53 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORDELET, DANIELLE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $55,886.40 | Date 02/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANNI, DEBRA L | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $55,886.25 | Date 08/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, JENNIFER A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,886.19 | Date 02/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUENHEID, MONICA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,886.15 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, CASEY E | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $55,885.96 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLENBECK, DARIN L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $55,885.88 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, MIGUEL A | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $55,885.69 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECULA, JOHN F, III | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $55,885.68 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNES, EDGAR E | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $55,885.51 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLOCK, TERRY D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $55,885.45 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENCK, STEPHEN T | Employer name Greene County | Amount $55,885.28 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, DOROTHY | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $55,885.24 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERAZA, MANUEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $55,885.16 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $55,885.06 | Date 12/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, RUTH M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $55,884.92 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLENNERT, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $55,884.90 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ISAKSEN, ERIK J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $55,884.89 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUILL, JOSEPH C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $55,884.88 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISIAK, LINDA A | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $55,884.40 | Date 04/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, SHIRLEY J | Employer name Dryden CSD | Amount $55,884.16 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWICK, BARBARA J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $55,883.99 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $55,883.95 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Plattekill | Amount $55,883.49 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELKEY, JERRY W | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $55,883.06 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POGLITSH, WILLIAM J | Employer name Cazenovia CSD | Amount $55,882.75 | Date 01/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STISCIA, KATRINA S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $55,882.61 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, DUSTIN W | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $55,882.32 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RYAN P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $55,882.19 | Date 04/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIFFEN, MICHELE L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $55,882.19 | Date 05/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JOY A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $55,882.17 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, SUSANA E | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $55,881.84 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASZUBOWSKI, DANIEL J, JR | Employer name Hamburg CSD | Amount $55,881.80 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRAFF, THOMAS J | Employer name Hamburg CSD | Amount $55,881.80 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, THERESA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $55,881.75 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEDRICK, RANDOLPH S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $55,881.69 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATHERINE, NICHOLAS F, JR | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $55,881.55 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, TAMIKA | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $55,881.51 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNNS, KERRY L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $55,881.45 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSIGLIA, JUDITH C | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $55,881.42 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEATING, VANESSA M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $55,881.28 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON VOIGT, RICHARD M | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $55,881.21 | Date 01/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDETTE, RONALD J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $55,880.84 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, LANCE E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,880.82 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOSTERMANN, STEPHEN | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $55,880.60 | Date 05/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUGH, YVETTE A | Employer name Peru CSD | Amount $55,880.55 | Date 10/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, RENEE L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $55,880.52 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, LOUIS E | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $55,880.40 | Date 07/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, NICOLE M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $55,880.30 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, COLIN X | Employer name Erie County | Amount $55,880.17 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, MARVALENE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $55,880.01 | Date 07/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIPPO, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Town of Van Etten | Amount $55,879.98 | Date 12/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURKOWSKI, MARSHA A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $55,879.81 | Date 10/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVENY, ERIKA N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,879.30 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCALANTE, XINERET | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,879.30 | Date 05/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNSEL, REBECCA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,879.30 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, ERIN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,879.30 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMOUR, EMILY B | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $55,879.28 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOOR, PETER J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $55,879.22 | Date 09/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIAPPISI, ROBERT G | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $55,879.18 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHYALL-SETTLE, BEVERLY A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $55,878.97 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, THOMAS F | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $55,878.79 | Date 08/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUNNO, EDWARD, JR | Employer name Huntington Manor Fire District | Amount $55,878.60 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBEY, RICHARD W | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,878.43 | Date 06/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLETTA, THOMAS E | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $55,878.42 | Date 04/26/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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