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 TWARDY, GARY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $50,743.24 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUKO, GERALD M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $50,743.13 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RONALD J | Employer name Addison CSD | Amount $50,742.93 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVET, SHERI L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $50,742.91 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRBIGLIA, MICHAEL V | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $50,742.79 | Date 04/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, RICHARD H | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $50,742.65 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, JEAN M | Employer name Syracuse Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $50,742.64 | Date 03/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZIO, TIMOTHY | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $50,742.56 | Date 02/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, WAYNE S | Employer name Town of Barre | Amount $50,742.56 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYKES, ANTHONY | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $50,742.46 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORT, JACOB C | Employer name Saratoga County Water Auth | Amount $50,742.13 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRST, RONALD G | Employer name Broome County | Amount $50,742.12 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEREEN, JOHNNY S, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $50,742.00 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGNESTAD, PAUL C, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $50,741.49 | Date 02/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $50,741.18 | Date 10/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYKYTYN, JOANNE | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $50,741.18 | Date 08/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYPIJ, MICHELLE K | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $50,741.18 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, GWENDOLYN D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,740.94 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, DOROTHEA J | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $50,740.75 | Date 04/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, CHRISTINE A | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $50,740.45 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, LYNN M | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $50,740.39 | Date 08/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JESSICA | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $50,739.66 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGNESTAD, SEAN P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $50,739.50 | Date 02/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLI, LEO M | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $50,739.38 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JAICY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $50,739.32 | Date 10/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCIO, SUSAN | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $50,739.32 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTERLING, KAITLYN M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $50,739.30 | Date 02/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, BRIAN S | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $50,739.17 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUBURGER, ILENE | Employer name Orange County | Amount $50,738.97 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELANGER, PAULINE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,738.72 | Date 10/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINOCCIA, CHAD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $50,738.70 | Date 11/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAWAY, ROBERT E, II | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $50,738.67 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOWRONSKI, DENISE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $50,738.48 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDIE, BRANDI C | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $50,738.42 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDUF, SARAH R | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $50,738.41 | Date 05/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ELIA, MARY E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $50,738.37 | Date 02/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, DAWN M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $50,738.02 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARTNER, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $50,737.93 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, JANICE K | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $50,737.86 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLETT, COREY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $50,737.52 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESSENLOHR, KAITLYN M | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $50,737.43 | Date 01/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, MARYANNE | Employer name Erie County | Amount $50,737.32 | Date 01/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSON, PAUL C | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $50,737.23 | Date 09/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERARIO, ROSANNE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $50,737.13 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $50,737.07 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORT, KATHRYN J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $50,736.87 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, STEVEN G | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $50,736.84 | Date 08/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT M | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $50,736.73 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, JANIS L | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $50,736.69 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAKER, SHANE D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $50,736.62 | Date 10/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMUDEZ, JARED R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $50,736.55 | Date 09/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, JUNE M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $50,736.39 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, SALLY M | Employer name Greenville CSD | Amount $50,736.34 | Date 02/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKINOFF, JAMES N | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $50,736.00 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEHASE, DANIELLE I | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $50,735.99 | Date 11/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, JOANNE P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $50,735.98 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUOZZO, DIANE L | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $50,735.75 | Date 09/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREBENDIS, EILEEN | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $50,735.28 | Date 09/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, MATTHEW P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $50,735.01 | Date 09/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHLOFF, RICHARD L | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $50,734.89 | Date 03/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOKE, PATRICK J, JR | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $50,734.64 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, TIMMIE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $50,734.57 | Date 12/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORE, JOHN J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $50,734.51 | Date 02/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIESTERVELD, GERALD G | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $50,734.45 | Date 08/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DIANNE K | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,734.43 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONESTEEL, PAMELA K | Employer name Schuylerville CSD | Amount $50,734.38 | Date 09/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBICHAUD, SARAH-ANN M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $50,734.23 | Date 02/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSE, KARL C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $50,733.91 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASKER, LYNN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $50,733.88 | Date 01/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHOWICZ, ANNETTE M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $50,733.74 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JANE E | Employer name Hempstead Library | Amount $50,733.71 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMAN, CRAIG L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $50,733.63 | Date 09/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCIA, DANIELLE | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $50,733.44 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOHRD, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $50,733.33 | Date 10/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, SARA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $50,733.33 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDSTEIN, MAURY L | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $50,733.21 | Date 03/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, PAMELA K | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,732.50 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, WADE R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $50,732.31 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOTO, CARLOS E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $50,731.88 | Date 04/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAINES, CURTIS | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $50,731.86 | Date 09/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NODECKER, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $50,731.83 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEBASTIANO, TEENA M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $50,731.81 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIELLO, DAWN MARIE | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $50,731.80 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, ALLISON M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $50,731.42 | Date 10/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, GUY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $50,730.77 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, DENICE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,730.58 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NURSEY, MARIA A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $50,730.39 | Date 06/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, TONYA J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $50,730.06 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAIN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Boces-Sullivan | Amount $50,730.05 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESQUIERDO, LINDA N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $50,729.99 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCK, MICHAEL G | Employer name Phoenix CSD | Amount $50,729.57 | Date 08/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, KENNETH J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $50,729.41 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLEJOHN, MARY K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $50,729.25 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, LUKE S | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $50,729.14 | Date 02/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURLOW, JENNIFER J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $50,729.02 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATARI, TAPAS | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $50,728.92 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JASON W | Employer name Town of Milton | Amount $50,728.87 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, ARTHUR | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $50,728.76 | Date 09/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, PAULA L | Employer name Cornwall CSD | Amount $50,728.72 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLLOY, CATHERINE A | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $50,728.63 | Date 10/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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