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 ZAKRZEWSKI, KURT | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $50,046.88 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, MALCOLM M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $50,046.44 | Date 11/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUCHE, MARIA E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $50,046.23 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUECKERT, TREVOR C | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $50,046.22 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBO, ROGER S | Employer name Carthage CSD | Amount $50,046.06 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $50,045.76 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZZI, KATHERINE R | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $50,045.52 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, RAVETTE N | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,045.45 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEL, ERIC J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $50,045.35 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXIS, CHRISTINA P | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $50,045.33 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEN, LAWRENCE D | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $50,045.24 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISTRITTO, RANDY J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $50,045.22 | Date 09/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, THOMAS L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $50,045.19 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXAM, EDWARD E | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $50,044.53 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALVO, VICTOR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $50,044.28 | Date 11/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLILAND, MICHAEL S | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $50,044.13 | Date 02/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $50,044.02 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPP, PATRICIA S | Employer name Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD | Amount $50,043.79 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARAVIA, MARTA L | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $50,043.44 | Date 06/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSTAS, LISA M | Employer name Boces-Ham'Tn Fulton Montgomery | Amount $50,043.34 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLOR, MARY LEE | Employer name Riverhead Free Library | Amount $50,043.31 | Date 03/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, LEROY D | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $50,043.08 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARESCO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $50,043.04 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARKOS, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Liberty | Amount $50,042.40 | Date 06/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAPNER, MINDI | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $50,042.26 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPCRAFT, DANIEL L | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $50,042.11 | Date 02/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KEVIN E | Employer name Village of Wellsville | Amount $50,041.94 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, EMILY D | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $50,041.76 | Date 02/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUTERMOUT, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Volney | Amount $50,041.54 | Date 02/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, ROBERT J | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $50,041.39 | Date 08/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JESSICA C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $50,040.85 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, CARRIE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $50,040.55 | Date 08/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, RONEE Y | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $50,040.45 | Date 01/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, THOMAS M | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $50,040.44 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLNIAK, JUSTIN R | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $50,040.40 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHURKOO, RAQUEL A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $50,040.03 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAKEMAN, NEIL R | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $50,039.55 | Date 01/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, KAREN A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $50,039.46 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSIGLIERE, CAROLE C | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $50,039.02 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, MARK S | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $50,039.00 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEA, DANIEL V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $50,038.90 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LEONARD L | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $50,038.69 | Date 12/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOLSKI, JOSEPH F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $50,038.49 | Date 10/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLITS, BRENDA A | Employer name Waterford-Halfmoon UFSD | Amount $50,038.29 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLESS, MICHAEL P | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $50,038.20 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MICHELE L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $50,037.86 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSERSCHMITT, STEVEN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $50,037.64 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSLEY, KATHY ANN | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $50,037.34 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, JEAN M | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $50,037.30 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, MARIE A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $50,037.16 | Date 07/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMOSFAKIDIS, GINA | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $50,037.00 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANNA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $50,036.73 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARROW, MARK J | Employer name Fort Ann CSD | Amount $50,036.36 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, SHARON M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $50,036.25 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMERANO, ANNE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $50,036.11 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNER, HERBERT J | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $50,036.10 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, CORVAIR A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $50,036.05 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSON, LEONARD J | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $50,036.00 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, RONALD M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $50,035.84 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILES, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $50,035.77 | Date 07/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, GREGORY R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $50,035.37 | Date 06/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, RUTHANN L | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $50,035.35 | Date 07/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, PAMELA K | Employer name Department of State | Amount $50,035.16 | Date 12/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRICELLI, VIRGINIA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $50,035.03 | Date 02/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, GAIL | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $50,034.95 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MYRA J | Employer name Village of Woodridge | Amount $50,034.58 | Date 07/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPIONE, THOMAS | Employer name City of Little Falls | Amount $50,034.41 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS-PEREZ, MARTA I | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $50,034.21 | Date 07/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZZARDI, GINA | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $50,034.11 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANERI, VICTORIA | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $50,034.06 | Date 10/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, AMY L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $50,033.77 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIL, JEAN MARIO | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $50,033.75 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REUSS, RONALD J | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $50,033.19 | Date 10/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, BRENDA D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $50,032.84 | Date 08/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, HAROLD D | Employer name Village of Ellicottville | Amount $50,032.79 | Date 01/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IPPOLITO, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $50,032.63 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLACOSE, MICHELLE L | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $50,032.28 | Date 10/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Hyde Park CSD | Amount $50,032.13 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MONICA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $50,031.79 | Date 07/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, ROBERTA L | Employer name Niagara-Wheatfield CSD | Amount $50,031.76 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, PATRICIA S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $50,031.68 | Date 04/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIRD, SCOTT I | Employer name Village of Clifton Springs | Amount $50,031.62 | Date 10/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, ELOISE | Employer name Albany County | Amount $50,031.46 | Date 02/08/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, SANDRA M | Employer name Warren County | Amount $50,031.45 | Date 07/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDER, MICHELLE L | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $50,031.35 | Date 04/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, DEREK J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $50,031.01 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAIGHT, ERIC S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $50,030.90 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, JESSICA E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $50,030.76 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, EILEEN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $50,030.76 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIPANO, SAMUEL J, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $50,030.61 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST PIERRE, MARC A | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $50,030.48 | Date 12/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSEN, DEREK M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $50,030.43 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYMOND, RUTHANN L | Employer name Tri-Valley CSD at Grahamsville | Amount $50,030.38 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOPFI, JAY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $50,030.21 | Date 05/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, JULIE L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $50,030.19 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NED, DORINDA M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $50,030.13 | Date 03/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZUCA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $50,030.09 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, JEFFERY V | Employer name Town of Moreau | Amount $50,029.90 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, SCOTT J | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $50,029.82 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDGES, REBECCA L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $50,029.74 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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