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 MESSENGER, MICHELE E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $52,585.41 | Date 06/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $52,585.40 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFFER, JOHN M | Employer name Village of Manlius | Amount $52,585.17 | Date 09/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN AKEN, WILLIAM C | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $52,585.02 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JESSICA L | Employer name Delaware Co Soil Water Con Dis | Amount $52,585.00 | Date 05/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNER, TERRY D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $52,584.88 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUANO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $52,584.82 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEROLD, MATTHEW S | Employer name South Country CSD - Brookhaven | Amount $52,584.67 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, RICHARD D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $52,584.66 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, APRIL R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $52,584.66 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMINGTON, MARK D | Employer name Village of Barker | Amount $52,584.58 | Date 06/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIMECA, MADELAINE E | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $52,584.34 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKHARDT, MARY C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $52,584.22 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLABOUGH, ROBERT J | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $52,584.05 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRITTEN, CHARLES E | Employer name Village of Whitesboro | Amount $52,583.94 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACKL, ASHLEY N | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $52,583.86 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGART, DEBRA D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $52,583.48 | Date 04/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHDE, SARAH N | Employer name Charter School Applied Tech | Amount $52,583.26 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIVICICH, MICHAEL F | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $52,583.17 | Date 12/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELL, SHANNON M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $52,583.14 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APP, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $52,582.78 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUM-MARTINEZ, CHARIN A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $52,582.70 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LOAN, WENDY S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $52,582.69 | Date 01/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINAERT-WEISHEW, LAURA M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $52,582.13 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLASSBERG MILICH, ADRIENNE | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $52,581.96 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $52,581.86 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLOVACH, CODY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $52,581.71 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MOTT, JARED A | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $52,581.69 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, KENNETH J, JR | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $52,581.57 | Date 07/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCTOR, ADAM M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $52,581.52 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, JASON C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $52,581.49 | Date 05/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTZ, DEBORA L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $52,581.32 | Date 04/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, KIRK D | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $52,580.91 | Date 06/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAPLES, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $52,580.82 | Date 10/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, LORRI L | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $52,580.55 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, RUTH E | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $52,580.55 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILATO, JOHN R | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $52,580.45 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKEL, LAURA M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $52,580.41 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCH, PHILLIP M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $52,580.40 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KATHLEEN J | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $52,580.28 | Date 08/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JOHN F, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $52,580.08 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERETYK, JOHN W | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $52,579.85 | Date 03/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, JESSICA L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $52,579.44 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, LINDA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $52,579.43 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, TINA M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $52,579.36 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, WILLIAM P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $52,579.33 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPATHELF, JERE J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $52,579.24 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CHERYL | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $52,579.23 | Date 12/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, MICHELE M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $52,578.84 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KOSKY, DONNA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $52,578.36 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, WAYNE J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $52,578.14 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, KAREN | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $52,578.10 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAILLON, JOHN S | Employer name Village of Canton | Amount $52,577.90 | Date 07/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, EUGENE M | Employer name Dalton-Nunda CSD | Amount $52,577.67 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANZALONE-WIMMER, FRAN M | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $52,577.62 | Date 05/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPATA, DEBORAH E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $52,577.57 | Date 04/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOSKEY, KATHERINE J | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $52,577.14 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ROBERT A | Employer name Mt Sinai UFSD | Amount $52,577.04 | Date 08/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRALAVORO, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $52,576.98 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN, ANN M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $52,576.94 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, YANTZE G | Employer name Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Auth | Amount $52,576.86 | Date 10/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEFTIC, GEORGE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $52,576.59 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, EVELYN | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $52,576.52 | Date 11/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, JOSEPH N | Employer name Port Jervis City School Dist | Amount $52,576.43 | Date 08/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATUM, KATHY J, MS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $52,576.41 | Date 06/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITCH, HERBERT D, JR | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $52,576.21 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTOR, MARLYVESKA S | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $52,576.10 | Date 07/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, STEPHEN M | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $52,576.08 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, CHERYL E | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $52,575.97 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EARLS, BENJAMIN T | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $52,575.89 | Date 10/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, JULIAN A | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $52,575.61 | Date 09/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIZZARI, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $52,575.49 | Date 04/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, JEAN A | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $52,575.28 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATROUS, DENNIS E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $52,575.26 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, ROBERT R | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $52,575.04 | Date 07/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUIMETTE, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $52,574.98 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, STEVEN P | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $52,574.89 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, ELLEN | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $52,574.89 | Date 11/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDOTA, MARY ANN | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $52,574.36 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZABLOCKY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $52,574.26 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECHENE, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Tupper Lake | Amount $52,573.69 | Date 02/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEREMIA, BARBARA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $52,573.65 | Date 02/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRONE, LISA | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $52,573.60 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLBACH, RICHARD R | Employer name Town of Windsor | Amount $52,573.06 | Date 01/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BRIAN T | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $52,572.84 | Date 07/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, WAYNE D | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $52,572.56 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLBERT, GREGORY | Employer name Islip Resource Recovery Agcy | Amount $52,572.53 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOERNER, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $52,572.45 | Date 05/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAUVELT, VINCENZA M | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $52,572.43 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRUCE R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $52,572.04 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, MARIAN C | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $52,571.73 | Date 02/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRONCZAK, DAVID A | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $52,571.53 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAWOJSKI, KENNETH J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $52,571.34 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIDDLE, MELISSA P | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $52,571.31 | Date 12/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, SHARON | Employer name Baldwin Public Library | Amount $52,571.22 | Date 03/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GRADY U | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $52,571.21 | Date 05/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLUM, ARTHUR P | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $52,571.09 | Date 08/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHALSKI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $52,570.98 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, ZORIA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $52,570.92 | Date 07/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINGO, NADYA B | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $52,570.92 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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