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 FLETCHER, JOSEPH G | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $51,463.26 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGKINS, THOMAS W | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $51,462.83 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASS, DIANE H | Employer name Baldwin Public Library | Amount $51,462.37 | Date 02/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGLE, DIEDRE L | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $51,462.22 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORRICO, SUSAN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,462.22 | Date 07/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, STEFAN J | Employer name Department of State | Amount $51,462.18 | Date 04/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $51,462.10 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONG, YU JIN | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $51,461.96 | Date 02/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFFITT, JAMES A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $51,461.83 | Date 02/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, JOSEPH W | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $51,461.58 | Date 03/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAUGHNESSY, DANIEL | Employer name Albany County | Amount $51,461.52 | Date 09/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, STEPHEN A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $51,461.19 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, NATHAN P | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $51,460.98 | Date 05/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, PATRICIA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,460.80 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JACK J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,460.76 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHNKE, JOANNA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $51,460.51 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUS, MICHELLE A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $51,460.22 | Date 03/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIALA, SUZANNE B | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $51,459.37 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEILUNAS, JAMESON M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $51,459.22 | Date 04/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEREMUGA, MICHAEL R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $51,459.08 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARSICK, CHRISTINE S | Employer name Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD | Amount $51,458.89 | Date 10/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $51,458.25 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPPERT, SHARON A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $51,457.87 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRIOTT, PETER P | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $51,457.64 | Date 09/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, SHELLY J | Employer name Town of Rhinebeck | Amount $51,457.62 | Date 03/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, KATHY M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $51,457.26 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, FRANCES M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $51,457.19 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODOY, SUSAN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $51,457.19 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARMAR, DAXA UMESH | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $51,457.19 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA TOUR, JASON R | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $51,457.10 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UHL, CHARLENE F | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $51,456.60 | Date 01/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEAL, ANNA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $51,456.41 | Date 08/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, REID A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $51,456.33 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDAMONE, LAURI L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $51,455.94 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEDEMUTH, LINDA M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $51,455.92 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNETCHEL, GREGORY J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $51,455.89 | Date 06/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARLIA, ROSA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,455.89 | Date 04/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINTRON, JASMINE N | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $51,455.74 | Date 03/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, DOUGLAS N | Employer name Town of Potsdam | Amount $51,455.52 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINEBRY, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Town of Hamilton | Amount $51,455.40 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMANN, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $51,454.45 | Date 09/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BECKY S | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $51,454.24 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, THOMAS K | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $51,454.17 | Date 10/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, KRISTY J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $51,453.35 | Date 08/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, VIRGINIA R | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $51,452.65 | Date 10/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOJBA, JOHN C | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $51,452.62 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, EMILIO L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $51,452.34 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARAFA, STEVEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $51,451.75 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, DIEDRE R | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $51,451.57 | Date 05/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, PAULINE B | Employer name Hampton Bays UFSD | Amount $51,451.52 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, STEPHEN | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $51,451.13 | Date 11/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAEGI, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $51,451.00 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, CEFENG | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,450.44 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANG, BARRON | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,450.44 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARQUEZ, JONATHAN K | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,450.44 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAUBER, KRISTINA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,450.44 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, WALLACE E | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $51,450.12 | Date 08/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASMAJIAN, ANN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 07/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANHEUSEN, JACKIE M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 03/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSON, J A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 09/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, GAIL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLTON, PATRICIA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 09/30/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEREK J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 10/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, MARK G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 06/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, MARY S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNOPOLLO, DEBBIE L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, KIMBERLY A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTTLE, APRIL G | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNO, DEBRA R | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $51,449.96 | Date 08/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTEN, JEFFREY D | Employer name Portville CSD | Amount $51,449.17 | Date 10/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, REGINALD D | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $51,448.91 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHARAJ, RUDY | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $51,448.66 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNNING, TODD R | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $51,448.59 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSINSKI, BENJAMIN H | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $51,448.02 | Date 05/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, MARK E | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $51,447.82 | Date 12/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JANET G | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $51,447.80 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSON, CARL T | Employer name Village of Tupper Lake | Amount $51,447.75 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHN, SHANNON J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $51,447.53 | Date 04/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREETER, DANIELLE M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $51,447.32 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERGENHAGEN, ERIC J | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $51,447.31 | Date 06/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, CYNTHIA E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $51,446.94 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, RANDY C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $51,446.83 | Date 08/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, EDGAR E | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $51,446.78 | Date 12/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, ANGEL M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $51,446.77 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARROWS, DENISE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $51,446.29 | Date 11/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, KATIE L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $51,446.05 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSER, KENNETH G | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $51,445.89 | Date 09/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, PAUL | Employer name Village of Williston Park | Amount $51,445.88 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANTINI, GINA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $51,445.76 | Date 04/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAIN, GEORGE R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $51,445.67 | Date 10/12/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAILES, VIRGINIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $51,445.61 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRINGTON, ALVIN R, SR | Employer name Town of Palermo | Amount $51,445.28 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PIETRO, MARY E | Employer name Greenwood Lake UFSD | Amount $51,445.26 | Date 11/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREANI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $51,444.94 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASQUE, JANICE | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $51,444.67 | Date 12/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, NANCY A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $51,444.67 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JAMES J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $51,444.64 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC IVER, MARRISSA D | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $51,444.59 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTHMAN, VIANNE | Employer name Erie County | Amount $51,444.44 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENSLADE, NATASHA | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $51,444.39 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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