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 MELANSON, STACY L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $53,645.28 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACHMAN, ARLENE | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $53,644.85 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKER, GREGORY H | Employer name Town of Watson | Amount $53,644.72 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMO, VELDINA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,644.70 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINDER, ANITA L | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $53,644.51 | Date 10/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, KENNETH J | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $53,644.23 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC IVER, THELMA D | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $53,644.21 | Date 04/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, DEREK P | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $53,643.89 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, JUAN A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $53,643.78 | Date 09/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURDIE, SCOTT R | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $53,643.64 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEROULD, BRUCE A | Employer name Town of Batavia | Amount $53,643.52 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDFIELD, JENNIFER L | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $53,643.11 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNBAR, DOREEN | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $53,642.99 | Date 01/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBELIS, RITA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $53,642.98 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLGATE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $53,642.89 | Date 06/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFEL, MATTHEW J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $53,642.69 | Date 12/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERT, LISA M | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $53,642.59 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, APRIL L | Employer name Greene County Ida | Amount $53,642.56 | Date 01/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURER, JASON D | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $53,642.44 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBE, RONI D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $53,642.42 | Date 06/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUOMO, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $53,642.24 | Date 01/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHE, THOMAS A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $53,641.22 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALPOLE, DANIEL O | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,641.16 | Date 09/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENTO, FRANCIS A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $53,641.08 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBACH, THOMAS H | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $53,641.08 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINO, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $53,641.01 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name South Jefferson CSD | Amount $53,640.56 | Date 07/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEAHAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $53,640.45 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYATT, KARLENE P | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $53,640.34 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISTER, BETHANY A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $53,640.11 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODGORSKI, BARBARA J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $53,639.54 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLARY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,639.07 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, MICHELE C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $53,638.96 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELL, KAREN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $53,638.71 | Date 10/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MAURICE J | Employer name Phoenix CSD | Amount $53,638.61 | Date 08/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELISSAINT, JACKSON | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $53,638.19 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATFORD, TARA S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $53,638.00 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEICHTER, JENNIFER M | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $53,637.86 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, STEVEN L | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $53,637.84 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, DAVID W | Employer name Trumansburg CSD | Amount $53,637.35 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $53,637.14 | Date 10/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILC, CINDY A | Employer name Pavilion CSD | Amount $53,636.70 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VALKENBURG, JOHN R | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $53,636.63 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUMAER, LANE R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $53,636.43 | Date 03/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAUVELT, CHELISE M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $53,636.42 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELAK, SANTINA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $53,636.28 | Date 06/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALIK, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $53,635.97 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, LARRY J | Employer name Olean City School Dist | Amount $53,635.78 | Date 07/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLS, KORIE J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $53,635.58 | Date 05/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLY, JAMES E | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $53,635.43 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, ALEYAMMA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $53,635.40 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYCKMAN, CHARLES F | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $53,634.91 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARAVELLI, ANDREA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $53,634.85 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGER, KEITH G, II | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $53,634.78 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTOVER, DENNIS E | Employer name Town of Westport | Amount $53,634.58 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOWERS, GARY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $53,634.50 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMICK, KEVIN E | Employer name Town of Angelica | Amount $53,634.50 | Date 05/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, KYLE J | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $53,634.23 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, ROBERT I, JR | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $53,633.62 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICRONI, GREG M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $53,633.56 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, EVELYN E | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $53,633.42 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALISE, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Jamestown Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $53,633.12 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINCOSKI, JUSTIN B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $53,633.05 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEDZINA, FRANK S, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $53,632.65 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODDINGTON, FLOYD | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $53,632.62 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCUTT, MARIANNE | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $53,632.53 | Date 11/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURCK, RICKY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $53,632.43 | Date 10/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LOOY, SARA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $53,632.27 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, ELAINE C | Employer name Town of Palmyra | Amount $53,632.06 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLHAUSER, KELLY A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $53,631.80 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSIN, MATTHEW T | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $53,631.70 | Date 05/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HMIEL, DANIEL J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $53,631.18 | Date 05/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOSEPH R | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $53,631.11 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, ERIC W | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $53,631.11 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN-GONZALEZ, STACEY | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $53,630.89 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, RISE F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $53,630.62 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCHILL, JESSICA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $53,630.56 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, VICKEY S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $53,630.43 | Date 12/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINK, HOLLY B | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $53,630.40 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, MICHAEL W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $53,630.10 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, DAVID F | Employer name Town of Royalton | Amount $53,630.06 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, KARLEN L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $53,630.03 | Date 08/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, GERALD T | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $53,629.92 | Date 12/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHMIELESKI, PAULA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $53,629.91 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNOWSKI, RICHARD A | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $53,629.85 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSTASH, SHANNON L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $53,629.81 | Date 06/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWITZER, KELLEY A | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $53,629.49 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREUSS, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $53,628.78 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIPPEN, JASON C | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $53,628.67 | Date 06/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WIENER, JEFF S | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $53,628.55 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCAN, KAREN D | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $53,628.50 | Date 10/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOWRON-MOTA, DOREEN H | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $53,628.34 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPULLA, JEAN A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $53,628.20 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA RATTA, JOHN A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $53,627.84 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARUFI, LYNN F | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $53,627.72 | Date 02/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, DERRICK J | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $53,627.51 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUES, EDUARDO D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $53,627.43 | Date 05/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $53,627.42 | Date 01/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, FRANCIS C | Employer name Parishville-Hopkinton CSD | Amount $53,627.35 | Date 09/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUALLY, JANET L | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $53,626.76 | Date 10/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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