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 BAUDENDISTEL, BRENDA J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $55,485.22 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, KEVIN W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $55,485.18 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SUSAN L | Employer name Hornell City School Dist | Amount $55,484.88 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASALE, DANIEL F | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $55,484.80 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS R, JR | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $55,484.79 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOMA, GARY S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,484.76 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEED, SENORA L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $55,484.64 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, ALANA D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $55,484.13 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SWEENEY, KAREN A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $55,484.06 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNTZ, KATHERINE E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $55,484.05 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, PAMELA J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $55,484.04 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELL, SHARON Y | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $55,483.76 | Date 06/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITTON, LISA R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,483.70 | Date 06/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MATTIA, JOSEPH | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $55,483.58 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MELISSA H | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $55,483.43 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTO, ROSE MARY | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $55,483.22 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOUSE, KATHY | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,483.12 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADOUCEUR, JAMIE M | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $55,483.00 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, DARLENE M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $55,482.82 | Date 03/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, MARY E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $55,481.90 | Date 07/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JOSE E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $55,481.79 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTE, PAUL F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $55,481.64 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, BOOKER T | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $55,481.55 | Date 12/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISWELL, PAUL M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $55,481.55 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGSDON, RICHARD W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $55,481.32 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COATES, DENISE K | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $55,481.28 | Date 02/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAZIE, PENNY A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $55,481.16 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHEIN, GEORGE T | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $55,481.14 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTURI, ALLISON S | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $55,480.98 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, CHARITA L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $55,480.74 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, WANDA C | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $55,480.71 | Date 11/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDINGTON, CLAIR J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $55,480.68 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERSEN, RENEE ELEANOR | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $55,480.57 | Date 06/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORQUATO, ALBERTO, JR | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $55,480.51 | Date 09/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHRER, DANIELLE H | Employer name Essex County | Amount $55,480.39 | Date 02/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUCCI, JOANN | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $55,480.37 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJAPAKSHA, NANDANA H | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $55,480.25 | Date 06/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEMURRO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 30 | Amount $55,480.04 | Date 01/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDNER, STEVEN V | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $55,479.83 | Date 05/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFHAM, MATTHEW J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $55,479.22 | Date 07/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAKE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $55,479.08 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, LOUISE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 08/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRIAM, SCOTT L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEGER, NEIL D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, WILLIAM V, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROTH, BRIGITTE H | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMBE, ROBERT C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLAS, MYLES A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, ERIN A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEZIOROWSKI, MARIANNE | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCOUX, NICOLE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHELE L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $55,478.80 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $55,478.72 | Date 08/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, WAYNE R | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $55,478.64 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, CLINT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,478.26 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABLINGTON, OPAL D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $55,477.69 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALLARO, LISA | Employer name Commack Public Library | Amount $55,477.68 | Date 01/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTERO, WILLIAM D | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $55,477.64 | Date 11/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ERIC W | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $55,477.22 | Date 05/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBY, RACHEL A | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $55,477.08 | Date 03/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ DIAZ, STEPHANNIE C | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $55,476.79 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCALANTE, CARLOS | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $55,476.72 | Date 06/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRACKNELL, ZACHARY | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $55,476.50 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VONATZSKI, GARY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $55,476.30 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETSUK, SVETLANA | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $55,476.13 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LANCIER D | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $55,476.06 | Date 11/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHELLE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $55,475.80 | Date 03/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERY, ROBERT K, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $55,475.72 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INNELLA, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $55,475.34 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGNENOVSKI, STEVE D | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $55,475.10 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, LIZ A | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $55,474.93 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRIZ-SMITH, ANTONIETTA | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $55,474.73 | Date 09/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHELEMY, JEAN M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $55,474.59 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAPSKI, JAMES A, JR | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $55,473.90 | Date 06/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANS, RONALD E | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $55,473.86 | Date 11/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTLEY, SANDRA J | Employer name Greene County | Amount $55,473.35 | Date 01/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, DEBORAH A | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $55,473.24 | Date 09/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUIDA, MARK P | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $55,473.09 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUILKIN, MARCIA J | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $55,472.83 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRATOCHWILL, CHARLES N | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $55,472.28 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, HENRY | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $55,472.27 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ALICIA M | Employer name Village of Palmyra | Amount $55,472.20 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANALE, GAIL H | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $55,472.14 | Date 05/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINGARTEN, MELISSA M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $55,472.04 | Date 10/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, SAMANTHA R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $55,471.72 | Date 07/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUADERE, CINDY D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $55,471.62 | Date 02/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLA, MATTHEW P | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $55,471.47 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MATTHEW F | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $55,471.36 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANAVAN, LANITA S | Employer name Essex County | Amount $55,471.06 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUELL, GREGORY A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $55,471.04 | Date 10/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, LAURA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $55,470.93 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGANTINO, MARLENE T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $55,470.82 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORIS, ROBERT W | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $55,470.71 | Date 05/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHERELL, BRUCE | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $55,470.54 | Date 08/16/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREELEY, CATHERINE E | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $55,470.42 | Date 09/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAJOR, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Lewiston-Porter CSD | Amount $55,470.33 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSINI, KAREN J | Employer name Geneva Housing Authority | Amount $55,470.28 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWES, JOSEPH W | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $55,470.28 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BRIAN E | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $55,469.86 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARADINE, BETHANY A | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $55,469.75 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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