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 BRYANT, STEPHEN | Employer name Town of Skaneateles | Amount $54,243.90 | Date 08/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ-PARISI, LISANDRA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $54,243.61 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITCHER, DAVID A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $54,243.54 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KEVIN C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $54,243.50 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINNOCK, CLAUDETTE A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $54,243.41 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMMONS, JOSEPH E | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $54,243.20 | Date 07/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, JAIMEE L | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $54,243.00 | Date 06/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDOTTA, JENNIFER L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $54,242.95 | Date 03/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZLETT, ROXANNE M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $54,242.94 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLARD, PAULA K | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $54,242.88 | Date 03/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNING, NANCY J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,242.76 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTED, BEATRIZ E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $54,242.61 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, DENNIS J | Employer name Town of Chili | Amount $54,242.55 | Date 12/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, LARRY D | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $54,242.30 | Date 03/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, ROBERT L | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $54,242.25 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGVILLE-GRAHAM, JOCELYN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $54,242.15 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISHAUPT, RYAN J | Employer name Town of Ulster | Amount $54,242.06 | Date 12/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTIRAKOS, DIMITRI | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $54,241.94 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, TAYLOR V | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $54,241.94 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, ROSALIND | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $54,241.60 | Date 01/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, ANDREW L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $54,241.46 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMKE, RANDY S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $54,241.46 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, WHITNEY A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $54,241.12 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREUNDLICH, BESSIE | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $54,241.01 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODEDINA, DOROTA D | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $54,240.95 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYTON, JOEL B | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $54,240.95 | Date 10/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABOW, DIXIE L | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $54,240.68 | Date 06/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANSOM, MICHELLE L | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $54,240.65 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, TRISHIA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $54,240.42 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, ODESSA L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $54,240.30 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, DEBORAH A | Employer name Town of Lake George | Amount $54,240.28 | Date 06/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTUS, LYNN L | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $54,240.13 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA RUSSO, SUSAN C | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $54,240.00 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREECK, DOREEN C | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $54,240.00 | Date 08/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARCONE, PATRICK P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $54,239.88 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMP, LEI LANI | Employer name Boces-Oswego | Amount $54,239.51 | Date 12/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNIZ, VERONICA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $54,239.19 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROBYSH, ROBERT J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $54,239.15 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, JAMES M, II | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $54,238.75 | Date 10/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, STEPHANIE E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $54,238.68 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFER, MARK J, JR | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $54,238.58 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOSEWORTHY, RHEA LYNN | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $54,238.56 | Date 12/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESLIE, LISHA L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $54,238.15 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZEMORE, PATRICK J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $54,238.10 | Date 09/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, ROBERT M | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $54,237.73 | Date 10/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, THERESA M | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $54,237.21 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSEY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $54,237.19 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, ROBERT M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $54,236.96 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI LAURO, ANTHONY V | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $54,236.94 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $54,236.92 | Date 04/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGER, MATTHEW T | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $54,236.87 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERINI, DEBRA A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $54,236.86 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, LISA A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $54,236.44 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST LOUIS, SHAYNE R | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $54,236.34 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATHROP, CAYLA | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $54,235.94 | Date 07/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, BARBARA A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $54,235.90 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERLMAN, CARYN F | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $54,235.90 | Date 10/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCES, ARLENE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $54,235.90 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIVITELLO, EUGENE A, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $54,235.87 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDNER, ANGELA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $54,235.70 | Date 10/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCH, MATTHEW S | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $54,235.47 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDLON, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $54,235.17 | Date 01/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEVA, MICHAEL S | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $54,235.09 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALLON, ABDULLAH N | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $54,235.04 | Date 12/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIS, PAUL | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $54,235.02 | Date 06/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, MARK J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $54,234.78 | Date 02/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DANIEL O | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $54,234.77 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERLO, NOE | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $54,234.76 | Date 05/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNER, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $54,234.75 | Date 01/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLSINELLI, CAROL L | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $54,234.65 | Date 07/13/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, RAYMOND J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $54,234.54 | Date 05/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZEN, BRETT W | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $54,233.66 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAEVA, FRANK A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $54,233.61 | Date 03/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAILOR, DANIEL J, JR | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $54,233.61 | Date 06/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, GREGG E | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $54,233.60 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, HEATHER E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $54,233.47 | Date 12/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDNEY, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Porter | Amount $54,233.36 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARUSZKIEWICZ, JOSEPH A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $54,233.35 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMELT, BRIAN T | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $54,233.28 | Date 04/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARS, CARISSA D | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $54,233.08 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYLVESTER, LORRAINE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $54,232.86 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEPF, STEPHEN L | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $54,232.81 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHWINGER, RANDY L | Employer name Town of Berne | Amount $54,232.61 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUS, RYAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $54,232.36 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, KIM M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $54,232.36 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILDER, NICOLE M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $54,232.30 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, ROCHELLE F | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $54,232.20 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGALE, KEVIN P | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $54,231.93 | Date 04/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADASZEWSKI, DONALD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $54,231.69 | Date 12/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, JEFFREY S | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $54,231.64 | Date 09/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, LOUISE E | Employer name Assembly: Annual Legislative | Amount $54,231.43 | Date 09/14/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGARDUS, CECILIA A | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $54,231.40 | Date 09/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, KENNETH L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $54,231.30 | Date 05/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODDEN, JEANINE K | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $54,231.15 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JOSEPH E | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $54,231.10 | Date 10/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, SCOTT W | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $54,230.98 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAIMO, STEPHEN P | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $54,230.97 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN-SMITH, JOANNE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $54,230.82 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROPPER, CATHERINE M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $54,230.80 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CROSSEN, SHERRY A | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $54,229.65 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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