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 WATTS, ESLYN D | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $47,724.35 | Date 10/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELBY, SHELLYANN | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $47,724.16 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRINGTON, JAMES G | Employer name Amityville UFSD | Amount $47,724.14 | Date 12/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, FRANCES L | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $47,724.02 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWISZA, DEBBIE M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $47,723.88 | Date 11/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, KAREN L | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $47,723.88 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYRTLE, JASON M | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $47,723.72 | Date 06/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, EDWARD H | Employer name Tuxedo UFSD | Amount $47,723.51 | Date 09/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBATE, ADRIA J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $47,723.49 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, DANIELLE L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $47,723.45 | Date 11/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, MARIA T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $47,723.27 | Date 07/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, WILLIAM F | Employer name Albany County | Amount $47,723.22 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEESEMAN, ANNE E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $47,723.10 | Date 04/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, BRUCE | Employer name Town of Johnsburg | Amount $47,723.10 | Date 01/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLINI, ADAM G | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $47,722.90 | Date 11/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUIPIS, ELIZABETH | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $47,722.67 | Date 07/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDKA, LIDIYA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $47,722.33 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MICHAEL D, II | Employer name Terryville Fire District | Amount $47,722.18 | Date 03/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DEREK | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $47,722.02 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, GREGORY E | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $47,721.70 | Date 08/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ANGELA R | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $47,721.59 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LARRY J | Employer name Plattsburgh City School Dist | Amount $47,721.56 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAJIANI, SELENA K | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $47,721.38 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOUP, RHONDA H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $47,721.31 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ALLAN L | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $47,721.06 | Date 04/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONELLI, BRIAN J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $47,720.64 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, LISA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $47,720.63 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZAK, DAVID L | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $47,720.38 | Date 09/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVILE, MARY F | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $47,720.00 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, MAGALY M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $47,719.96 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDS, LORRIE E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $47,719.86 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Philadelphia | Amount $47,719.59 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GREGORY W | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,719.42 | Date 05/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, MINERVA | Employer name Nyack Library | Amount $47,719.32 | Date 11/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, HAYLEIGH R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $47,719.30 | Date 11/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, SCOTT M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $47,719.13 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, STEVEN T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $47,719.12 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARHAM, ARTHUR M | Employer name Port Chester Public Library | Amount $47,719.02 | Date 10/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERR, ADAM L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,718.96 | Date 03/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIMONTE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Lloyd Harbor | Amount $47,718.55 | Date 03/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULL, CAROL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $47,718.35 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELKER, LOUISE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $47,718.19 | Date 10/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYZNER, GERALDINE | Employer name Greene County | Amount $47,718.13 | Date 02/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTSMAN, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $47,717.83 | Date 03/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTZ, STEPHEN G | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $47,717.74 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, BRISTIE L | Employer name So Glens Falls CSD | Amount $47,717.72 | Date 07/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTAR, PATRICIA L | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $47,716.66 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, DARNELL | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $47,716.60 | Date 07/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOTT, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $47,716.60 | Date 04/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, RACHEL R | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $47,716.51 | Date 08/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNEY, LORIANN | Employer name Wallkill CSD | Amount $47,716.29 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONK, ROGER L | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $47,716.28 | Date 03/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, DENIS J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,715.99 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMES, ANDREW V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $47,715.97 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, ALISON S | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $47,715.73 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VORIS, RANDY | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $47,715.59 | Date 02/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSEN, KRISTINE M | Employer name Boces Genes Liv'st Stu'Bn Wyom | Amount $47,715.56 | Date 02/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERTY, KAREN L | Employer name Department of State | Amount $47,715.35 | Date 01/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, LISA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $47,715.20 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNZIKER, AMY M | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $47,714.87 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYLE, KENNETH J | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $47,714.75 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWRIE, LAURIE C | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $47,714.73 | Date 03/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $47,714.45 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, THOMAS P | Employer name Massena Housing Authority | Amount $47,714.44 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA-PADRON, FERNANDO L | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $47,714.36 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGNESS, KYLE R | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $47,714.32 | Date 01/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, DEBORAH A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $47,714.12 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARD, STEPHEN R | Employer name Town of Dryden | Amount $47,713.96 | Date 08/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKLIN, CATHY L | Employer name Port Jervis City School Dist | Amount $47,713.81 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHALKO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $47,713.74 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, PAUL J | Employer name Eldred CSD | Amount $47,713.59 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, TAMMY R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $47,713.42 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFORD, MAXA L | Employer name Corning Community College | Amount $47,713.10 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPPAPORT, KAREN E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $47,712.49 | Date 09/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURIONE, TRACY R | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $47,712.45 | Date 12/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWSON, CLAUDINE N | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $47,711.48 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSTLETHWAITE, JENNY M | Employer name Warren County | Amount $47,711.40 | Date 12/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ELIZABETH M | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $47,711.37 | Date 11/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, DAVID J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $47,711.24 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMI, TAD J | Employer name Ogdensburg City School Dist | Amount $47,711.15 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIND, VALERIE B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,711.14 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSLEY, PAUL D | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $47,711.11 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULKOWSKI, HELEN E | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,710.99 | Date 04/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNKER, DONNIE G | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $47,710.90 | Date 01/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, LORI J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $47,710.75 | Date 04/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERBY, DOMINIE J | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $47,710.71 | Date 11/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSLEY, BRYAN A | Employer name Massena CSD | Amount $47,710.55 | Date 01/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNESE, BARBARA A | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $47,710.49 | Date 08/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, RHINA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,710.32 | Date 12/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYSKI, LESTER | Employer name Chatham CSD | Amount $47,709.74 | Date 07/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $47,709.65 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, MICHELLE C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $47,709.57 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JENNIFER J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $47,709.57 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUHAS, KENNETH J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $47,709.57 | Date 02/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERG, DOROTHYLEE C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $47,709.54 | Date 01/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUILBAULT, RICHARD B, JR | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $47,709.42 | Date 12/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRONIK, EDWARD P | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,709.35 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROESBECK, ADAM J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $47,709.22 | Date 09/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, ANGELENE C | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $47,709.15 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $47,708.96 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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