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 SWIFT, DEAN M | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $53,858.60 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, LORRAINE M | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $53,858.41 | Date 11/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, ERIC J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $53,858.41 | Date 09/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGDON, HEIDI C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $53,858.15 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, JUSTIN K | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $53,858.15 | Date 05/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTI, ANDREW JAMES, III | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $53,857.44 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETSCH, EDWARD J | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $53,857.28 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Greenville | Amount $53,857.25 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANIGA, BRIAN A | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $53,857.05 | Date 02/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MODAFFERI, DENNIS | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $53,856.64 | Date 12/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWYER, KIM F | Employer name Middleburgh CSD | Amount $53,856.62 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIENCIOL, NOREEN A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $53,856.10 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JO-ANN M | Employer name Town of Halfmoon | Amount $53,855.81 | Date 11/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, FANNIE M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $53,855.74 | Date 09/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSTEN, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,855.69 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHFORD, FONZE R | Employer name Town of Plattsburgh | Amount $53,855.59 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHRMANN, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $53,855.55 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELMACH, SPENCER E | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $53,855.29 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENFROW, RUSSELL E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $53,855.26 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VESPRO, ANTHONY W | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $53,855.13 | Date 04/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURGAN, BONITA A | Employer name Peru CSD | Amount $53,854.93 | Date 10/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTIEN, LINDA J | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $53,854.80 | Date 12/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, JOSEPH T | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $53,854.73 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, DEVON R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $53,854.63 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELYEA, SUSAN L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $53,854.52 | Date 08/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVELLI, KENNETH J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $53,854.01 | Date 02/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLIFKIN, SHANNON D | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $53,853.99 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $53,853.96 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, CHRISTY J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,853.88 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $53,853.87 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, DENISE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $53,853.26 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, YVONNE | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,853.25 | Date 05/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DONALD R | Employer name Madison County | Amount $53,853.13 | Date 09/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHI, FLORA E | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $53,852.82 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILOGRANO, ANNE E | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $53,852.62 | Date 07/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGRAVE, JENNIFER R | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $53,852.50 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, ADRIENNE N | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $53,852.50 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEVALIER, MARTIN T | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $53,852.22 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENDESE, DANIELLE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $53,852.17 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTI, ANTHONY P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $53,851.92 | Date 04/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLANE, MICHAEL V | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $53,851.87 | Date 10/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, ALLAN L | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $53,851.72 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOOG-HARVEY, JENNIFER L | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $53,851.72 | Date 10/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONG, YONGJUN | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $53,851.31 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, DEANNA M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $53,851.24 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO RUSSO, DOREEN A | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $53,850.76 | Date 03/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, SIZHANG | Employer name Education Department | Amount $53,850.68 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, CAROLE | Employer name Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD | Amount $53,850.53 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHNAIDER, NELLYA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $53,850.42 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name READ, DAISY E | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $53,850.32 | Date 03/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKWORTH, JENNA C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $53,850.10 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, DAVID J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,849.65 | Date 05/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, JESSICA K | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $53,849.23 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFENBURGH, TINA N | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $53,849.22 | Date 10/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, BARBARA C | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $53,848.74 | Date 06/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACEY, CLYDE J | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $53,848.34 | Date 05/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLARO, JOHN V | Employer name Auburn City School Dist | Amount $53,848.21 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVOE, MEAGAN N | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $53,848.20 | Date 07/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, PAUL M | Employer name Whitesboro CSD | Amount $53,848.01 | Date 01/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, BRENDA J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $53,848.00 | Date 04/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLAND, CIARRA E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $53,847.99 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, FINELLA P | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $53,847.55 | Date 08/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, MARTINA S | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $53,847.38 | Date 08/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POST, KORI L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $53,847.21 | Date 11/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADLEMIRE, JAMES T | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $53,846.83 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, HANSON M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $53,846.80 | Date 02/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORRS, SHERIE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $53,846.69 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASKO, JOHN L | Employer name Town of Mamakating | Amount $53,846.60 | Date 01/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, SHANTESE Q | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $53,846.56 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRIVAS, GEORGE P | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $53,846.55 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELITO, MARTIN R | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $53,846.33 | Date 08/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINOL, ANNALICIA P | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $53,846.28 | Date 03/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, JOSEPH E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $53,846.12 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, ANNE S | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $53,845.99 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORCHIA, CHARLOTTE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,845.95 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $53,845.75 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVIELLO, NICHOLAS, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $53,845.73 | Date 07/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, JOAN M | Employer name Bath CSD | Amount $53,845.72 | Date 08/16/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKOLETOS, LAUREN | Employer name Tuckahoe UFSD | Amount $53,845.53 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGRISANO, JOSEPH M, JR | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $53,845.49 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, ROBERT M | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $53,845.29 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GARVEY, LINDA M | Employer name Babylon UFSD | Amount $53,845.11 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, NANCY M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $53,845.02 | Date 01/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, KIMBERLY | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $53,844.93 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAUL, CAROLE E | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $53,844.88 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERTLE, MARY E | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $53,844.20 | Date 05/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOROST, KEVIN J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,843.43 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, BRIAN W | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,843.43 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVEY, KEVIN S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,843.43 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, KENNETH M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,843.43 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, NICOLE M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $53,843.43 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMM, ROBERT L, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,843.33 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DAVID A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $53,843.23 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, DELBERT E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,843.03 | Date 04/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCIVENGO, ROCCO | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $53,843.02 | Date 05/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA GREGA, GREGG A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $53,842.87 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUES, MARIE P | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $53,842.84 | Date 04/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINCKNEY, ROBERT L | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $53,842.42 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITCHIE, MITCHELL S | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $53,842.29 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, SHAWN T | Employer name Spencerport CSD | Amount $53,841.55 | Date 10/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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