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 PHILLIPS, GARRETT A | Employer name Town of Marbletown | Amount $47,025.12 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, PATRICK J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $47,025.09 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PAGLIA, RACHEL A | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $47,024.87 | Date 09/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, HYJALEN C | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $47,024.68 | Date 06/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ELAINE M | Employer name Village of Dannemora | Amount $47,024.59 | Date 11/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHAD J | Employer name Town of Cuba | Amount $47,024.55 | Date 06/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEAFLA, DAVID S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $47,024.15 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, MALLORY E | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $47,023.76 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCONNOR, SALLY | Employer name Department of State | Amount $47,023.57 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLASURDO, CLAUDIA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $47,023.07 | Date 05/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORST, PETER L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $47,022.38 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUNSE, NATHAN F | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $47,022.22 | Date 11/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNEY, KELLY L | Employer name Greene County | Amount $47,021.59 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON-CODY, SATONYA | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $47,021.58 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE COLA, JOSEPH L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $47,021.02 | Date 06/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACERONI, NANCY | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $47,020.99 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAYE, ARDEN C | Employer name Finkelstein Memorial Library | Amount $47,020.73 | Date 05/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINK, WILLIAM R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $47,020.72 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEKAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $47,020.66 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GDANSKI, WENDY A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $47,020.08 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, THERESA L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $47,019.87 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, RICHARD | Employer name Poughkeepsie City School Dist | Amount $47,019.42 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURAKOWSKI, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $47,019.27 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DAWN E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $47,019.26 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, VILMA A | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $47,019.10 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARREN, DONNA M | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $47,019.00 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEIGLER, SCOTT K | Employer name Adirondack CSD | Amount $47,018.93 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DULISSE, CAMILLE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $47,018.83 | Date 05/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFINSKY, VICTORIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $47,018.77 | Date 09/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUETRUMPF, ROBERT J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $47,018.70 | Date 02/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, RICHARD D | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $47,017.72 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSEN, WILLIAM S | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $47,017.66 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, EMMANUEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $47,017.62 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, ERNEST T, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $47,017.46 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, SEAN P | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $47,017.35 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARR, JOAN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $47,017.33 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUTELLE, JEFFREY J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $47,017.28 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SHANNON M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $47,017.12 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, ALICIA N | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $47,016.89 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNDY, DEBORAH J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $47,016.71 | Date 05/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REY, THOMAS M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $47,016.69 | Date 05/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUNG, RONALD C | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $47,016.51 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JONATHAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $47,016.44 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIAO, YING YING | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $47,016.36 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, JOANNE | Employer name Broome County | Amount $47,016.24 | Date 02/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS-FACEY, LATISHA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $47,016.20 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTEROS, DORA MARIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $47,016.08 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, MARIA E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $47,015.92 | Date 03/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTON, JUDITH L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $47,015.92 | Date 05/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUGLIOTTA, KAREN M | Employer name Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD | Amount $47,015.56 | Date 09/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, PAUNY | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $47,015.36 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTS, KENNETH N | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $47,015.28 | Date 10/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINSELLA, PATRICIA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $47,015.22 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOTI, MAUREEN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $47,015.10 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $47,015.02 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPIN, ALAIN A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $47,014.88 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, PAMELA | Employer name Oswego City School Dist | Amount $47,014.76 | Date 06/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, VERNON | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $47,014.75 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHLING, BRADLEY T | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $47,014.58 | Date 11/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, BRETT J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $47,014.43 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FAUL, LYNN A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $47,014.25 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCELAY-PARRIS, LOURDES | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $47,014.21 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, JEFFREY P | Employer name Village of Cazenovia | Amount $47,014.18 | Date 01/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, CATHLEEN | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $47,014.11 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONUCCI, STEPHANIE | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $47,013.92 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEDRICK, DANA G | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $47,013.06 | Date 01/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, ELAINE P | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $47,012.88 | Date 11/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, COREY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $47,012.65 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGER, MARK A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $47,012.58 | Date 04/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNEER, BRADLEY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $47,012.50 | Date 06/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CONOR M | Employer name Warren County | Amount $47,012.49 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, JOHN F | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $47,012.43 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECLERC, TIMOTHY M | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $47,012.37 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAILEY, BERT L | Employer name Penn Yan CSD | Amount $47,012.28 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, NICHOLAS Y | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $47,011.99 | Date 02/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONTZ, JENNIFER R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $47,011.92 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, MELANIE A | Employer name Madison County | Amount $47,011.43 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RITA N | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $47,011.39 | Date 09/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFENDLER, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $47,011.04 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LYNN L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $47,010.87 | Date 11/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, AISHA L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $47,010.85 | Date 11/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTROFELD, ROGER M, JR | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $47,010.48 | Date 06/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENZFEIER, KYLE L | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $47,010.44 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADZINSKI, MARK H | Employer name Town of Gaines | Amount $47,010.38 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, YOLANDA M | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $47,010.09 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, RICHARD C | Employer name Village of Saugerties | Amount $47,010.03 | Date 10/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUGH, LEO W, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $47,009.60 | Date 11/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTENBERGER, SUSAN M | Employer name Lansing Community Library | Amount $47,009.32 | Date 10/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, ALISON W | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $47,009.05 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARNER, WAYNE E | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $47,009.04 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, DELIA S | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $47,008.95 | Date 01/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, SAMUEL A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $47,008.94 | Date 10/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BRIAN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $47,008.85 | Date 11/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHNK, CHRISTAL C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $47,008.67 | Date 02/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMMETT, GARY R | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $47,008.67 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, JAMES D | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $47,008.48 | Date 08/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, ROD A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $47,008.32 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOOT, JASON P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $47,008.18 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINRICHS, MICHAEL V | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $47,008.17 | Date 12/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEFF, JOYCE A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $47,007.99 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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