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 BARRETT, GORDON S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $46,038.37 | Date 02/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, SANDRA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $46,038.34 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIGNE, JOSEPH B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $46,038.15 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONECKER, JARED J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,038.14 | Date 03/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSYTH, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Byron | Amount $46,037.79 | Date 04/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACRI, SAVINA | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $46,037.76 | Date 04/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, JACLYN A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $46,037.68 | Date 05/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRZEJEWSKI, AMY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $46,037.60 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VORDEM-THOREN, EDWARD R | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $46,037.58 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUCH, LAURIE A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $46,037.34 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTTS, SCOTT D | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $46,037.29 | Date 10/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LISA A | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $46,037.11 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, MURIEL U | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $46,036.46 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWENS, EDWINA | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $46,036.45 | Date 03/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERPOOL, ANDREW R | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $46,036.45 | Date 02/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALD, JACLYN M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $46,036.14 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LYNDSEY N | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $46,036.13 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERLE, GEORGE C | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $46,035.97 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, VIRGEN | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $46,035.59 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KAREN S | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $46,035.18 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASLOSKI, JOHN H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $46,035.15 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIR, STEPHANIE B | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $46,035.03 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, PAUL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $46,034.96 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARRAH, ROBERT S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $46,034.78 | Date 10/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COITINO, SONIA M | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $46,034.75 | Date 08/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELTHORP, DANIEL L | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $46,034.59 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, KRISTEN A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $46,034.56 | Date 06/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MARTHA JEAN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $46,034.32 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BILLY F, JR | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $46,034.10 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABOWSKI, SHERRIE L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $46,033.78 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSATO, GREGORY W | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $46,033.71 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, TRACEY L | Employer name Whitesville CSD | Amount $46,033.46 | Date 07/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLO, PHILIP J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $46,033.31 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTONE, LYNDA | Employer name Wallkill CSD | Amount $46,033.26 | Date 10/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ELLEN C | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $46,032.96 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDD, CHERYL L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $46,032.79 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSEN, MARIANNE | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $46,032.45 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CYNTHIA J | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $46,032.27 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURKEE, PATRICK E | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $46,032.18 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGANTI, DIANE S | Employer name Upper Hudson Library System | Amount $46,032.18 | Date 09/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRECHT, BRYONNA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $46,032.11 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISAENO, BELLA H | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $46,032.03 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIETZ, TRACY L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,031.43 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIFE, JOSEPH C | Employer name Town of Champion | Amount $46,031.41 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULPA, MARY A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $46,031.25 | Date 10/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, ANTONY C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $46,030.89 | Date 12/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, SHAWNA M | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $46,030.78 | Date 04/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, KATHLEEN | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $46,030.75 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, NONA B | Employer name Buffalo Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $46,030.47 | Date 09/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERDIN, JULIE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $46,030.45 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROGER A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,030.40 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTENSEN, EARL R, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $46,030.26 | Date 12/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNARE, DALE A | Employer name Town of Coxsackie | Amount $46,030.26 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, EMILY C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $46,030.14 | Date 07/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TYNISHA S | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $46,029.93 | Date 06/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, JEANETTE M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $46,029.91 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATONA, JOHNATHAN R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $46,029.84 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEZAMA, LISA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $46,029.83 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCARELLA, LORI A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $46,029.60 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $46,029.18 | Date 06/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, KOREY W | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $46,028.85 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACH, MAUREEN T | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $46,028.69 | Date 03/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, ELTON C | Employer name Medina CSD | Amount $46,028.50 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, CELIA F | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $46,028.22 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNN, RAHIMAH | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,027.94 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, CRYSTAL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $46,027.93 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, CLAUDIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $46,027.89 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENK, DANIEL W | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $46,027.85 | Date 12/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGER, KATHLEEN | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $46,027.50 | Date 01/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, ALEXANDER P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $46,027.48 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, MARJORIE S | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $46,027.44 | Date 11/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUZDZINSKI, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Town of Geddes | Amount $46,027.40 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIATO, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $46,027.28 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTIS, JAMES P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $46,027.28 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASZEWSKI, ROMUALD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $46,027.06 | Date 01/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, DEIDRE J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $46,026.86 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEON, VALERIE A | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $46,026.72 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISJAK, LAURA C | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $46,026.50 | Date 05/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJAROVSKY, EDWARD W | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $46,026.44 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMO, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $46,026.31 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BARGE, PEGGY J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $46,025.81 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS, BRANDON T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $46,025.79 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCHAM, DAVID M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $46,025.76 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $46,025.54 | Date 05/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $46,025.44 | Date 09/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, BARBARA M | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $46,025.33 | Date 09/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $46,025.26 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, PAUL J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $46,024.92 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Elizabethtown-Lewis CSD | Amount $46,024.61 | Date 07/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, SHANE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $46,024.49 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, ANN G | Employer name Iroquois CSD | Amount $46,024.18 | Date 09/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JOLENE R | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $46,024.06 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESSITORE, MICHAEL W | Employer name Village of West Hampton Dunes | Amount $46,024.00 | Date 05/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALIGH, MOHAMED G | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $46,023.88 | Date 03/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYRES, DANIELLE M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $46,022.91 | Date 11/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDNER, SUSAN A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $46,022.90 | Date 11/18/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUSCH, DAVIA L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $46,022.38 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, GEOFFREY J | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $46,022.35 | Date 01/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, RICHARD R | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $46,022.28 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRY, JENNIFER L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $46,022.00 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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