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 KYLE, CRAIG W | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $51,524.16 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, LAURA A | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $51,524.02 | Date 03/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, RICHARD J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $51,523.95 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILIBERTO, PETER | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $51,523.88 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLE, INIAH M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $51,523.65 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, DEREK R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,523.59 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILMANSKI, CAROL | Employer name Haldane CSD - Philipstown | Amount $51,523.57 | Date 09/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, PHILIPPE S | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $51,523.42 | Date 11/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPDYKE, DAVID D | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $51,523.37 | Date 01/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAPILIO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $51,523.13 | Date 05/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLEY, JOSEPH D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,522.73 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, KATHY J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,522.30 | Date 02/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLUTE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Madison County | Amount $51,522.02 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Poughkeepsie Publ Library Dis | Amount $51,521.96 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMANTE, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $51,521.95 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTINI, JOHN M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,521.88 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESAW, ANNETTE | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $51,521.78 | Date 05/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANAGIOTAKIS, JOHN | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $51,521.25 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, PATRICK F | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $51,521.00 | Date 06/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, PAUL J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $51,520.66 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URSO, DAVID M | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $51,520.61 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTERIO, MELISSA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $51,520.40 | Date 10/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESEL, BRENDA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,520.31 | Date 01/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARAN, BRUCE E | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $51,520.31 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, BRIAN M | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $51,520.29 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMIGH, RICHARD E, JR | Employer name Town of Providence | Amount $51,519.78 | Date 01/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Town of Cortlandville | Amount $51,519.48 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGIO, CARMEN W | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $51,519.20 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, KENNETH P | Employer name Nassau Library System | Amount $51,519.07 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $51,518.86 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIORE, MARGARET | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $51,518.72 | Date 04/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, TAMMY M | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $51,518.21 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTINI, FLORENCE T | Employer name Town of Deerpark | Amount $51,518.16 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, TARA J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $51,517.88 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,517.87 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRANG, SAMANTHA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $51,517.82 | Date 05/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTACROCE, FRANK A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,517.35 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEUFERT, KENNETH W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $51,517.18 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMARDA, SUSAN D | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $51,516.97 | Date 12/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETTLES, AMOS | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,516.79 | Date 05/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JACQUELINE D | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $51,516.77 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROIANNI, SCOTT D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,516.66 | Date 04/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKETT, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,516.66 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSONE, ANDREW N | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,516.66 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SHAWN J | Employer name Cortland Soil,Water Cons Dist | Amount $51,516.65 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINNER, CHRISTINE | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $51,516.59 | Date 11/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN-ERSBOLL, MARYANN | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $51,516.54 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALEY, DARIN J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $51,516.52 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMM, BEVERLY S | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $51,516.51 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEIZER, BRIAN P | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $51,516.47 | Date 11/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENOIT, KRYSTAL L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,516.44 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LEELAND E | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $51,516.37 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHBOW, HILDA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $51,516.07 | Date 06/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, AVA-DAWN A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $51,515.79 | Date 11/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, ANTHONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,515.78 | Date 06/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLONKA, NATHAN | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $51,515.51 | Date 12/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLL, WILLIAM A, III | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $51,515.34 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, PATRICK G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $51,515.15 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVENE, DONNA L | Employer name Boces-Clint Essx Warr Wash'Ton | Amount $51,515.13 | Date 08/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THANKACHAN, REEBA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $51,515.06 | Date 04/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAGHAN, CANDY L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $51,515.01 | Date 10/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSINO, DARREN J | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $51,514.85 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDGERTON, MARGARET M | Employer name Fredonia CSD | Amount $51,514.80 | Date 10/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERTEL, CHARLES J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $51,514.47 | Date 07/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, VICKI L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,514.38 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCH, TODD J | Employer name Town of North Greenbush | Amount $51,514.30 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNY, LEELA J | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $51,513.60 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $51,513.52 | Date 02/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIO, FERNANDO | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,513.39 | Date 10/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSITER, TRISHA A | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $51,513.25 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, TERENCE A | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $51,513.18 | Date 12/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTOIRE, ANGEL M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $51,513.16 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHRISTINE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $51,512.73 | Date 04/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFLEGER, DENNIS L | Employer name Town of Plattekill | Amount $51,512.66 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMINGTON, SCOTT M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $51,512.54 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUKNIGHT, CAROL M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $51,512.19 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAWAY, SARAH A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $51,512.11 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEROSA, KIM MARIE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $51,512.08 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUDSAVAGE, ALLYSON M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $51,511.98 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KEVIN S | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $51,511.88 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, MARGARET | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $51,511.78 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLA, JAMES R | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $51,511.60 | Date 05/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, DONAL J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $51,511.39 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGGE, MARY KAYE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $51,511.29 | Date 10/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL B | Employer name Town of Seneca | Amount $51,510.99 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOAN | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $51,510.63 | Date 09/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CAIRENN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $51,510.61 | Date 03/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSUTTI, FRANCIS M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $51,510.22 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VOE, LINDA D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $51,510.18 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, MICHAEL K | Employer name Town of Cazenovia | Amount $51,509.76 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DELROY E | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $51,509.55 | Date 12/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JOHN W | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $51,509.54 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, ROGER J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $51,509.53 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,509.28 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KNIGHT, DEBRA M | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $51,509.14 | Date 02/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTERO, LUIS F | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $51,508.51 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, DONNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $51,508.50 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, REBECCA I | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $51,508.48 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDEN, MARCIA R | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $51,508.04 | Date 10/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIDAS, BRANDI A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,507.92 | Date 01/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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