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 ROWE, ADRIANNA | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $53,841.32 | Date 03/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROY, RYAN J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,841.22 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIEGER, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $53,840.89 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORO, ANTONIO C | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $53,840.80 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATARO, DOMINIC | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,840.73 | Date 03/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLA, ANTOINETTE M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $53,840.70 | Date 09/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MECHWART, MICHELE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $53,840.67 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, SHARMINE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,840.58 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONCH, RYAN P | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $53,840.27 | Date 10/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCULLY, BRENDAN | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $53,839.77 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, ANNE T | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $53,839.75 | Date 04/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHINNICI-KANE, FRANCES A | Employer name Emma S Clark Memorial Library | Amount $53,839.71 | Date 06/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, MICHAEL G | Employer name Broome County | Amount $53,839.47 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,839.46 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCI, LORRAINE A | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $53,838.65 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFFA, MARGARET | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $53,838.62 | Date 07/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILEY, HERBERT L | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $53,838.43 | Date 10/08/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $53,838.02 | Date 02/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, ELIZABETH S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $53,837.81 | Date 10/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDUSER, TERRY L | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $53,837.64 | Date 05/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLONTZ, JAY B, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $53,837.37 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATEMAN, VIRGINIA M | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $53,836.84 | Date 02/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, JACK | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $53,836.64 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANI, JAMES M | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $53,836.59 | Date 03/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURDEJ, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $53,836.49 | Date 05/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEASTEDT, MICHAEL L | Employer name Southwestern CSD | Amount $53,836.23 | Date 11/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYDEN, CAROLE A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $53,836.19 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORBEE, JAMES C, JR | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $53,836.08 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $53,836.05 | Date 05/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RONALD E | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $53,835.77 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESLEY, TERESA E PAINTER | Employer name Olean City School Dist | Amount $53,835.68 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASGOW, JUSTIN J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,835.55 | Date 09/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASTCHAK, ANDREW T | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $53,835.54 | Date 08/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCI, DAVID W | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $53,835.51 | Date 01/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NORMAN E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $53,835.39 | Date 08/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PATRICK F | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $53,835.19 | Date 09/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORESTIER, MERVIN | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $53,835.18 | Date 06/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAVER, BECKY S | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,835.11 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, TARA A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $53,835.07 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLEMBIEWSKI, CALEB J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $53,834.82 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIFOSO, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $53,834.64 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLINA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,834.61 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRIMAN, MELANIE G | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $53,834.53 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, SUSAN M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $53,834.06 | Date 06/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PEW, ROBERT W | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $53,833.76 | Date 12/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINEFIERD, JOSEPH R | Employer name Town of Clay | Amount $53,833.72 | Date 02/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRANZ, JUSTIN A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,833.61 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLICK, CATHYANN E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,833.52 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMP, TRACEY S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $53,833.52 | Date 01/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, MANDA E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,833.49 | Date 02/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEROUX, HAROLD J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $53,833.47 | Date 01/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, SCOTT R | Employer name Greenburgh North Castle UFSD | Amount $53,833.28 | Date 08/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLENBECK, FRANCIS J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $53,833.16 | Date 11/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKONIEWICZ, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $53,833.16 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRE, TERESA L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $53,832.68 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELIN, KELLY A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $53,832.60 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, LAURIE K | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $53,832.53 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCUCCI, DENISE T | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $53,832.50 | Date 09/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, JENNIFER L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $53,832.17 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARASKEVAS, JANE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $53,832.05 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYGAND, VERONICA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,832.01 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTON, JUNE A | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $53,832.00 | Date 11/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEKNECHT, DOUGLAS C, JR | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $53,831.53 | Date 02/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEER, DEBORAH | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $53,831.40 | Date 09/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, DARLINE M | Employer name Penfield CSD | Amount $53,831.07 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIELLO, KELLY L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $53,830.54 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUERST, CHARLES F | Employer name Village of Lattingtown | Amount $53,830.35 | Date 05/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLTYS, LISA M | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $53,830.30 | Date 11/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMMERSON, BRUCE E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $53,830.12 | Date 05/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE-SCHEUER, JENNIFER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $53,830.09 | Date 09/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, JOSHUA C | Employer name Town of Gorham | Amount $53,830.00 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTY, KATHERINE M | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $53,829.87 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURGANIOUS, DINO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $53,829.81 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ADALBERTO | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $53,829.78 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEITHEIR, ANDREW J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,829.44 | Date 11/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, NAOMI | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $53,829.19 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRIOS, LORI M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $53,829.03 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITBECK, LANCE E | Employer name Oswego City School Dist | Amount $53,828.95 | Date 11/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICIK, ANNETTE | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $53,828.64 | Date 07/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMSTROM, PATRICIA L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $53,828.40 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSALISI, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $53,828.19 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTOON, DAVID G | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $53,828.01 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARKA, MICHAL | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $53,827.94 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASSETTI, TINA M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $53,827.58 | Date 02/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $53,827.49 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, THERON J | Employer name Town of Clinton | Amount $53,827.40 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARRABEE, DAWN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $53,827.16 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGDA, LORRAINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,827.14 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CATHY L | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $53,827.05 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, ROBERT P | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $53,826.97 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, KENNETH S | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $53,826.67 | Date 04/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ESMERALDA | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $53,826.66 | Date 08/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, DERRICK | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $53,826.43 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRIER, KENNETH R | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $53,826.41 | Date 03/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVETTE, LESLIE J | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $53,826.26 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, JOANN | Employer name Essex County | Amount $53,826.00 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICA, MICHAEL | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $53,825.73 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERGIS, ALONZO | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,825.71 | Date 10/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YESKEY, PAUL R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $53,825.32 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNBAR, JO ANN M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $53,825.29 | Date 03/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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