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 ROBINSON-MC GILL, MICHELE A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $54,376.12 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, GLORIA J | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $54,376.08 | Date 07/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, SUSAN J | Employer name Beacon City School Dist | Amount $54,375.63 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, MICHAEL R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $54,375.09 | Date 08/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRCHENOUGH, KATHY M | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $54,375.07 | Date 07/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, KRISTIN E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $54,374.97 | Date 04/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $54,374.79 | Date 05/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINDLEY, MARVIN A | Employer name Port Chester Housing Authority | Amount $54,374.48 | Date 01/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARMELS, PAMELA L | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $54,374.37 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCURIO, MARK R | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $54,374.15 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENZ, MARK J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,374.12 | Date 10/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, JOHN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $54,374.02 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOO, RODNEY | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $54,373.96 | Date 04/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATIMORE, LAKIESHA D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,373.71 | Date 08/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KEVIN S | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $54,373.44 | Date 04/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERDALE, STEVEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $54,373.29 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULA, CATHY L | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $54,373.28 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSLOWSKI, EILEEN | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $54,373.28 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGUS, ROBERT G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $54,373.17 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, WILLIAM M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $54,373.00 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, LINDA C | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $54,372.81 | Date 08/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREBS, LORI L | Employer name Sandy Creek CSD | Amount $54,372.52 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, JEFFREY M | Employer name Village of Wellsville | Amount $54,372.39 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINZ, FELICIA M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $54,372.37 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGHTMIER, KARL E | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $54,372.28 | Date 08/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JAMES F | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $54,371.74 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, RANDY S | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $54,371.68 | Date 10/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THATCHER, MARY E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $54,371.67 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, LAURIE ANN | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $54,371.41 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKHALTER, DAVID L | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $54,371.29 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREL, HECTOR M | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $54,371.00 | Date 03/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLELLAND, JUNE E | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $54,370.64 | Date 12/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDEN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $54,370.42 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTANEDA, ELIZABETH | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $54,370.32 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINMAN, BRIAN B | Employer name Randolph CSD | Amount $54,370.10 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORE, LISA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $54,369.52 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSENTINO, RUTH | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $54,369.19 | Date 10/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTO, KENNETH S | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $54,369.12 | Date 02/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAACK, CHRISTIAN W | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $54,368.55 | Date 05/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPO, RICHARD A | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $54,368.47 | Date 09/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARROW, ANGELA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $54,368.37 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVALLES, BIENVENIDO | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $54,368.35 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIDMORE, ASHLEY A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $54,368.03 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $54,367.99 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTELS, KELLY R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $54,367.76 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEFFER, DAVID H | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $54,367.57 | Date 08/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEMBERTON, JACQUELINE B | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,367.27 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REASE, DEBORAH P | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $54,366.64 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, KEISHA-LOU A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $54,366.48 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERGENDAHL, CHRISTINA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $54,366.37 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, DONALD J | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $54,366.33 | Date 10/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATEO, WILSON | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $54,366.12 | Date 02/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMNITZ, JERAME | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $54,365.94 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, MARIANNE | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $54,365.77 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERVICE, NATHAN W | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $54,365.47 | Date 03/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, MICHAEL A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $54,365.32 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, CHERYL M | Employer name Millbrook CSD | Amount $54,365.27 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGTIN, NATHAN E | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $54,365.14 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ALAN E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $54,364.79 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADFORD, ELIZABETH G | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $54,364.63 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARANTINO, LYNDA M | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $54,364.50 | Date 10/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWORTHY, LOUISE A | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $54,364.47 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, MICHAEL K | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $54,364.15 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, WILLIAM S | Employer name Jamestown Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $54,364.13 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRICK, ALAN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $54,364.04 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMMERFORD, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $54,363.96 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMMONS, THOMAS L | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $54,363.94 | Date 12/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAGAN, RONALD A | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $54,363.80 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINAN, PHILIP D, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $54,363.51 | Date 02/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FRANCESCA, ROSS | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $54,363.47 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWUSU, ABENA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $54,363.47 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPORING, JAMES C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $54,363.45 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIFFIN, JAMES J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $54,362.98 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, CHARLES G | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $54,362.90 | Date 11/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENTER, SARAH E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $54,362.78 | Date 08/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BARBARA R | Employer name Amherst CSD | Amount $54,362.77 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, JEFFREY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $54,362.46 | Date 06/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, JOSEPH W | Employer name Town of Greenville | Amount $54,362.46 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, SANDEE L | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $54,361.97 | Date 12/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINKOWSKI, JAMES J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $54,361.96 | Date 03/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GIVERON, LYNETTE M, MRS | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $54,361.54 | Date 01/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O CALLAGHAN, DONNA M | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $54,361.24 | Date 01/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMISZKO, JANE P | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $54,361.07 | Date 06/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBBE, BARRY L | Employer name Town of Lockport | Amount $54,361.06 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTALEK, MARY P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $54,360.89 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEGEL, MARY T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $54,360.60 | Date 03/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFROM, WILLIAM L | Employer name Onteora CSD at Boiceville | Amount $54,360.42 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEVACK, SUSAN C | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $54,360.10 | Date 04/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, ALICE A | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $54,360.06 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSEY, PATRICIA A | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $54,360.06 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, SUSAN M, MRS | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $54,359.91 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEISCHER, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $54,359.21 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPPER, WAYNE R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,359.03 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVE, ELLIOTT J | Employer name Village of Brockport | Amount $54,358.91 | Date 09/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRUCK, FREDERICK J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,358.56 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, AMANDA M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $54,358.40 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ADOO, TIARA C | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $54,358.37 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLE, JOSEPH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $54,358.01 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVERHILL, KIMBERLY L | Employer name Malone CSD | Amount $54,358.00 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, PAUL A | Employer name Town of Moreau | Amount $54,357.94 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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