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 KUSHNER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $55,619.82 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, SHAUN | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $55,619.68 | Date 07/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, SHERIFA N | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $55,619.59 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEFF, WILLIAM H | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $55,619.32 | Date 01/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLEY, JEFFREY G | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $55,618.98 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRASTO, DIANE | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $55,618.87 | Date 07/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, DAJENE S | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $55,618.85 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, CRYSTAL M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $55,618.51 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MARYELLEN | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $55,618.28 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, PAMELA N | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $55,618.10 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANNING, PETER G | Employer name Madison County | Amount $55,618.00 | Date 04/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, TALLY N | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $55,617.82 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWATCH, RAY J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $55,617.81 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBERT, DEBORAH E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $55,617.80 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIM, HYESOOK | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,617.67 | Date 04/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERXHALLI, MICHAEL C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $55,617.65 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, SYLVIA I | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $55,617.41 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, DANIEL L | Employer name La Fayette CSD | Amount $55,617.33 | Date 07/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, MICHELE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,617.20 | Date 04/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLER, WILLIAM P | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $55,617.01 | Date 10/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBENASI-KARAS, HEATHER M | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $55,616.94 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JETT, MONALISA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,616.73 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FEE, ALAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $55,616.60 | Date 11/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, LINDA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,616.60 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNEAD, LETICHIA A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $55,616.54 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, JOHN D | Employer name Essex County | Amount $55,616.44 | Date 11/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, RAYNIECE | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $55,616.41 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIEL LEANDRE, ROSE A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $55,616.18 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, NANCY | Employer name Long Beach Public Library | Amount $55,616.11 | Date 02/03/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATINA, JOSEPH R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $55,615.72 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMP, ADRIENE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $55,615.40 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, BONNIE R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $55,615.33 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAZAWI, DAUD | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $55,615.16 | Date 12/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, CATHERINE M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $55,614.81 | Date 08/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, DENNIS J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $55,614.64 | Date 09/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARGARET M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $55,614.49 | Date 06/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, PHYLLIS B | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $55,614.39 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONHAUSER, ERIN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $55,614.26 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIZANDIETA, ELENA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $55,614.07 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODOCK, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $55,613.49 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, JESUS | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $55,613.25 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $55,613.23 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTANASIO, FRANK E | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $55,612.95 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEED, MICHAEL T | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $55,612.85 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHROP, JOHN S | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $55,612.74 | Date 07/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN, HEIDI M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,612.39 | Date 06/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOLEY, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $55,612.36 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRON, JENNIFER A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $55,612.35 | Date 11/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, JENNIFER S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,612.14 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIG, MICHAEL S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $55,611.92 | Date 02/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNN, RICHARD P | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $55,611.78 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, CHRISTINA A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $55,611.37 | Date 06/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, THOMAS F | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $55,611.25 | Date 02/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $55,610.92 | Date 10/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES-WILSON, JOANIE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,610.86 | Date 11/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIEDEMA, HARM J | Employer name Town of Rochester | Amount $55,610.52 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALEISNIK, SCOTT | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $55,610.22 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENT, THERESA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $55,610.12 | Date 11/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ALEXIS C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $55,609.78 | Date 06/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, THERESA A | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $55,609.70 | Date 10/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENDETTI, JULIE M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $55,609.69 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ISMAEL D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $55,609.64 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGIRT, HORACE GERARD | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $55,609.43 | Date 01/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, GARY D | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $55,609.41 | Date 05/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINZER, AMY L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $55,609.16 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, DANIEL R | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $55,609.13 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUS, JENNIFER L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $55,608.79 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCHADEL, JOHN | Employer name Hamburg CSD | Amount $55,608.62 | Date 09/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARONE, NICHOLAS E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,608.54 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCUTT, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $55,608.49 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $55,608.20 | Date 12/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALLINGER, STEPHEN K | Employer name Albany County | Amount $55,607.84 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, CAROLINE E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $55,607.79 | Date 08/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LEE S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $55,607.79 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRANTZ, MATTHEW J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $55,607.78 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DIANE E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $55,607.66 | Date 04/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABESSAR, FERN V | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $55,607.58 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, SHAYLA M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $55,607.49 | Date 12/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORELAND, LEONIE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $55,607.49 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURNER, EMILY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $55,607.40 | Date 08/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARROS, CARLOS A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $55,607.40 | Date 03/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, RANDOLPH B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,607.40 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMER, JOHN G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $55,607.38 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ORVILLE S | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $55,607.24 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, JORGE L | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $55,607.05 | Date 01/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $55,606.79 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSER, JORDAN A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $55,606.09 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BAR, JACK W | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $55,606.08 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, JOHN | Employer name Onondaga Co Res Rec Agcy | Amount $55,605.87 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IP, CONNIE KIMHA CHAN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $55,605.63 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, GARY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $55,605.63 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPANI, MARIA F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $55,605.63 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHARLES J | Employer name Watkins Glen-CSD | Amount $55,605.60 | Date 01/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINDENHOFER, JODI L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $55,605.33 | Date 10/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, JOSEPH R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $55,605.33 | Date 09/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENIST, MARTIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $55,605.33 | Date 07/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARE, KRISTY E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $55,605.16 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVALOS, GUILLERMO | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $55,604.76 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOAN M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $55,604.76 | Date 11/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ROBERT W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $55,604.67 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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