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 BARRY, LAURA A-M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $44,451.25 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WACHOWIAK, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $44,451.20 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, JACQUELINE P | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $44,450.97 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, ANDREA J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $44,450.79 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODAK, DAVID J | Employer name Wayne Co Water & Sewer Auth | Amount $44,450.67 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARDA, SHEILA A | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $44,450.57 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCK, RAYMONDE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $44,450.44 | Date 03/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATNODE, JOBY M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $44,450.35 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHEIMER, SUSAN E | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $44,450.31 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BRIEN P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $44,450.27 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, MICHELE L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $44,450.26 | Date 09/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINK, ROBERTA A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $44,450.21 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATNER, ILENE | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $44,450.01 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JEFFREY C | Employer name Village of Homer | Amount $44,449.90 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRATIEN, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $44,449.69 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANN M | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $44,449.27 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTOLLINI, GEOFFREY A | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $44,449.16 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESAW, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $44,449.16 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, PHILIP M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $44,449.16 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, AMY L | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $44,449.16 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, KAREN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $44,449.16 | Date 07/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKINSON, LISA M | Employer name Sullivan West CSD | Amount $44,449.06 | Date 03/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRESSEL, DAWN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $44,449.05 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCHINI, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $44,448.81 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPP, DANA L | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $44,448.71 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYT, JANENE A, MS | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $44,448.70 | Date 01/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGUE, KIMBERLY F | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $44,448.70 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEGAS, CANDI A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $44,448.61 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUMP, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Perry | Amount $44,448.57 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, JULIET M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $44,448.56 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, LESLIE D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $44,448.45 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENIER, JOSHUA A | Employer name Essex County | Amount $44,447.83 | Date 08/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERZI-NOVICK, ROSEMARY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $44,447.73 | Date 08/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBE, JOSHUA F | Employer name Town of Berne | Amount $44,447.64 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINACORE, SHEILA | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $44,447.45 | Date 12/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISHLANIE, BRIAN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $44,447.42 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISSON, MARION | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $44,447.35 | Date 11/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, TINA M | Employer name Ballston Spa-CSD | Amount $44,447.32 | Date 06/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLOGG, DONALD J | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $44,446.98 | Date 05/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAMP, RONALD P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $44,446.71 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPERS, DEBRA J | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $44,446.49 | Date 10/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBIN, WAYNE N, JR | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $44,446.08 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, SHANNON L | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $44,445.92 | Date 05/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, FRANKLIN S M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $44,445.31 | Date 02/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, KAREN K | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $44,445.19 | Date 08/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENE, MICHELLE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $44,445.08 | Date 07/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWAY, ALEXANDER A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $44,444.87 | Date 12/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALINOWSKI, JEANNINE C | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $44,444.85 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISDITH, FRANCIA E | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $44,444.49 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSTE, KAREN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $44,444.41 | Date 05/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, MARY LOU T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $44,444.27 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $44,444.12 | Date 08/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LAWRENCE A | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $44,444.11 | Date 04/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JOI A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $44,444.11 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNESEN, DOREEN | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $44,443.96 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFTER, ANDREA J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $44,443.81 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMBERRY, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $44,443.68 | Date 02/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIROSO, ANDREW L | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $44,443.47 | Date 05/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEOMANS, ERIKA L | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $44,443.30 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICK, BRENDAN B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $44,443.28 | Date 09/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, KURT P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $44,442.78 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, AMANDA L | Employer name De Ruyter CSD | Amount $44,442.77 | Date 09/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAFFEO, GABRIELLA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $44,442.61 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIEL, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $44,442.52 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITOLO, STEVEN J | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $44,442.49 | Date 07/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANSOR-POLITO, KAREN J | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $44,442.47 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILOGENE, CAROLE B | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $44,442.40 | Date 02/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, KATHY J | Employer name Penn Yan CSD | Amount $44,442.39 | Date 10/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, MARK W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $44,442.02 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCASIO, RAFAEL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $44,441.94 | Date 07/31/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPINELLO, MELISSA A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $44,441.87 | Date 02/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEIT, MICHAEL A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $44,441.87 | Date 12/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, DIANA H | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $44,441.76 | Date 09/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, JEANNE M | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $44,441.65 | Date 10/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, DAWN M | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $44,441.50 | Date 09/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VERA, EDUARDO O | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $44,441.38 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUBIA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $44,440.78 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, MAUREEN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $44,440.73 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDORE, MARY C | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $44,440.48 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARROQUIN, EVELYN I | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $44,440.42 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOYD, LAMAR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $44,440.00 | Date 04/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, TANYA M | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $44,440.00 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEZON, JESSICA C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $44,439.56 | Date 12/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN-ALFANO, REBECCA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $44,439.15 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $44,439.15 | Date 02/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEBO, TIMOTHY S | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $44,438.87 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSMANO, THOMAS R | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $44,438.81 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELC, WILLIAM F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $44,438.73 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARSHAD, NAVEED | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $44,438.55 | Date 04/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROM, MARK E | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $44,438.46 | Date 10/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIST, DEBRA A | Employer name Town of Alden | Amount $44,438.43 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVER, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Spencer Van Etten CSD | Amount $44,438.35 | Date 09/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, ADAM F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $44,438.29 | Date 08/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, CHAD H | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $44,438.01 | Date 02/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILLS, DARLENE D | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $44,437.68 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINKENS, YOLANDA | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $44,437.66 | Date 02/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Heuvelton | Amount $44,437.49 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLACKOVSKY, ELISSA N | Employer name Franklin Square UFSD | Amount $44,437.41 | Date 09/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEPFER, CHARLES F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $44,437.17 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, DIANA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $44,436.98 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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