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 ESPIN, ALISON L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $49,952.07 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, DONNA | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $49,951.85 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, JOHN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $49,951.74 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAIN, ALAN R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $49,951.55 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMACHE, TOMILYN M | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $49,951.53 | Date 06/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREHER, EDWARD T | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $49,951.51 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHY, KAREN R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $49,951.48 | Date 09/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERD, GUY | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $49,951.46 | Date 04/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBE RIEGER, HEATHER | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $49,951.38 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, TAMMY L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,951.28 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, DEBORAH H | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,951.17 | Date 04/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $49,950.80 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, CHERYL A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $49,950.52 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LOUGHLIN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $49,950.47 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURST, SHANE M | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $49,950.17 | Date 07/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINSON, AMANDA M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $49,950.08 | Date 12/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, CHARLES D | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $49,950.03 | Date 04/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMAS, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $49,949.94 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, LOUISE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $49,949.90 | Date 03/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIGWARE, RODNEY H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $49,949.88 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, PETER R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $49,949.79 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, DONNA J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $49,949.56 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULER, RONALD E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $49,949.49 | Date 03/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATRACHISIA, JAMES J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $49,949.33 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU MOULIN, JAMES M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $49,949.30 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEALEY, KARA A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $49,949.14 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPOLO, DANIEL G | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $49,949.09 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SUE ANNE E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $49,948.89 | Date 12/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEADLEY, TERRENE V | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $49,948.77 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROAT, JOHN E | Employer name Madison County | Amount $49,948.71 | Date 09/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGSBY, ROBERT S | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $49,948.60 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULICCHIA, ALLYSON E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $49,948.52 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Middletown | Amount $49,948.45 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRANDEL, DANA R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $49,948.00 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZEFC, DOROTHY D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $49,947.85 | Date 07/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGATI, PAULINE L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $49,947.81 | Date 11/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIMER, WILLIAM T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $49,947.58 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, CHARLES W | Employer name Town of Kinderhook | Amount $49,947.41 | Date 11/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEURIMOND, PRADEL | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $49,947.31 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARDI, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $49,947.29 | Date 07/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATT, CHERI L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $49,947.29 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $49,947.17 | Date 04/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERHOLT, JASON R | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $49,947.06 | Date 03/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, TASHEYA T | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $49,946.47 | Date 05/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBALL, KYLE D | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $49,946.30 | Date 08/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SABREE, MAKEDA H | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $49,946.24 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONDS, DAVID | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $49,946.16 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOLACH, MARK S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $49,945.84 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FRANCESCO, ELLEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $49,945.74 | Date 07/17/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, COLLETTE BRIDGET | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $49,945.57 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLO, STEVEN | Employer name Plainview Water District | Amount $49,945.47 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACKERMAN, BRYON G | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACCARI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOULAIS, JEFFREY M | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, CRAIG S | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCCIO, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTESE, JUSTIN M | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 11/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BATH, STEPHEN R | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 08/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, LAURA T | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 01/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNATARO, SABRE A | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.28 | Date 11/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINCHER, KATHLEEN | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,945.18 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHRER, DAVID J | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $49,944.76 | Date 04/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVILA, KAREN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $49,944.75 | Date 11/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, TERRY A | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $49,944.66 | Date 11/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPLASKI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $49,944.23 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGIONE, RICHARD W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $49,944.00 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWOLF, DANIEL R | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $49,943.95 | Date 07/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKLE, CARLY M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $49,943.90 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALKER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $49,943.81 | Date 08/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMICE, LEO J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $49,943.29 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOICE, DENNIS P | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $49,943.26 | Date 01/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHARWOOD, MICHAEL G | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $49,943.20 | Date 01/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLINN, HEATHER M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $49,942.96 | Date 12/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERILL, LEANNE D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $49,942.76 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, LORIE E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $49,942.76 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MARY JANE | Employer name Syracuse Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $49,942.62 | Date 09/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYS, LYNETTE R | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $49,942.56 | Date 07/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, JAVIER M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $49,942.32 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILMER, KRISTEN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $49,942.32 | Date 02/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, MARY POWERS | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $49,942.32 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, LISA M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $49,942.25 | Date 04/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOP, DARRYL J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $49,941.89 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVALZO, DAVID J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $49,941.81 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSTON, DANA G | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $49,941.75 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASILE, TRAVIS J | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $49,941.69 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATOTT, JULIE C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $49,941.51 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, CYNTHIA G | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $49,941.13 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOKE, JACQUELINE C | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $49,941.06 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELWOOD, STEVEN D | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $49,940.93 | Date 02/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLER, CLARE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $49,940.85 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWRY, FRANCA A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $49,940.82 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIJOLA, BRIAN C | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $49,940.66 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDOIN, BRIAN J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $49,940.66 | Date 01/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, LINDA O | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $49,940.50 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANOWICZ, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Hounsfield | Amount $49,940.30 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIWULSKI, KELSEY L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $49,940.25 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENO, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $49,940.20 | Date 03/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, ANNETTE E | Employer name Solvay UFSD | Amount $49,939.88 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARLOW, LAURA LYNN | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $49,939.84 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODDEAU, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $49,939.82 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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