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, JAMES E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $43,084.76 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTERNACK, AMY | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $43,084.74 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, CAMILLE | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $43,084.71 | Date 04/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLIAKOS, DIAN E | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $43,084.71 | Date 02/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JORDAN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $43,084.63 | Date 06/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOOKRAM, KAMLA D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $43,084.61 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIARRINO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $43,084.61 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFEN, KAREN L | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $43,084.61 | Date 07/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, DEAN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $43,084.51 | Date 08/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERES, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $43,084.33 | Date 10/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUILLO, ROBERT J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $43,084.22 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTON, KIP D | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $43,083.99 | Date 02/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWER, IRENE N | Employer name Broome County | Amount $43,083.58 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRBY, EDDIE M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $43,083.52 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRENREICH, WILLIAM G | Employer name Town of Minden | Amount $43,083.30 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHALEK, STEVEN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $43,083.29 | Date 04/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTFIN, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $43,083.24 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BOIS, DANIELLE D | Employer name Sullivan West CSD | Amount $43,083.21 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TODOROV, JACQUELINE E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $43,083.08 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, LINDA J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $43,082.99 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANA, ESTHER E | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $43,082.97 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, MICHELE E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $43,082.78 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMPITELLO, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $43,082.70 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, ROBERT, III | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $43,082.68 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, ELISE J | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $43,082.43 | Date 08/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIDERS, CAROLYN D | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $43,082.16 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, AMBER M | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $43,082.14 | Date 09/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TYLER J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $43,081.88 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, PATRICIA E | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $43,081.83 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULISI, LINDA M | Employer name Schuyler County | Amount $43,081.81 | Date 04/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNNING, EDWARD T | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $43,081.72 | Date 09/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERSON, MARISSA E | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $43,081.68 | Date 12/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAGER, DEE ANN A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $43,081.61 | Date 09/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $43,081.53 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESZYNSKI, THOMAS A | Employer name Amherst CSD | Amount $43,081.21 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, GINA M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $43,080.92 | Date 10/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, CHARLES H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $43,080.62 | Date 01/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONTINO, SUSAN N | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $43,080.52 | Date 04/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, EDWIN S | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $43,080.09 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, DENNIS M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $43,079.87 | Date 11/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, JANE E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $43,079.61 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OH-LEE, MICHELLE MIJA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $43,079.36 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZADA, LILIANA | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $43,079.31 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AU CLAIR, JAMES V | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $43,079.12 | Date 07/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADD, CHARLES W, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $43,078.86 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, ROYCE M | Employer name Lake Placid CSD | Amount $43,078.61 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, DAVID J | Employer name General Brown CSD | Amount $43,078.57 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIONE, LEA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $43,078.42 | Date 05/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACY, JOHN B | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $43,078.35 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WANAKEE D | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $43,078.23 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, AGNES P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $43,077.93 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTAFA, ALICIA H | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $43,077.92 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, LAURIE A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $43,077.66 | Date 01/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC CUE, THERESA E | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $43,077.65 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERTIK, JEFFREY R | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $43,077.46 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, EDWARD A | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $43,077.45 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROBEL, BETH S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $43,077.21 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JEREMY M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $43,076.93 | Date 04/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEIKH, MANSOOR A | Employer name Natural Heritage Trust | Amount $43,076.88 | Date 07/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, CATHERINE A | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $43,076.85 | Date 03/05/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCULLO, JOSEPH | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $43,076.65 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JENNIFER E | Employer name Sherrill City School Dist | Amount $43,076.49 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, SANDRA Y | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $43,076.45 | Date 06/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNS, ROBERT A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $43,076.13 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUDEWIG, SHARON N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $43,075.95 | Date 11/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAY, GLENN J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $43,075.90 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSDELL, TODD R | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $43,075.90 | Date 06/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIDESTER, PHILLIP A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $43,075.66 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAZA, ROSALIE F | Employer name Port Jervis City School Dist | Amount $43,075.37 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAS, BRITTANY N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $43,074.88 | Date 09/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, PAULA A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $43,074.73 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFRON, BARBARA A | Employer name Oneida City School Dist | Amount $43,074.43 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURILLO, IRIS Y | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $43,074.34 | Date 05/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORNICK, ERIN L | Employer name Tonawanda City School Dist | Amount $43,074.22 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESCHENES, JOSEPH T | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $43,073.74 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIVELA, BARBARA J E | Employer name New Hartford CSD | Amount $43,073.64 | Date 11/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOGAN, KATHY M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $43,073.63 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRK, BEVERLY J | Employer name Troy City School Dist | Amount $43,073.53 | Date 10/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARBERO, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $43,073.44 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZOLLBRECHT, ASHLEY M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $43,073.35 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKOGIANNIS, GEORGE | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $43,073.17 | Date 04/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, KELLY A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $43,072.97 | Date 04/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANTKE, JEFFREY W | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $43,072.75 | Date 01/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNE, ROBERT K | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $43,072.70 | Date 07/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, KATHY L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $43,072.64 | Date 06/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARD, LE ROY C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $43,072.39 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSTON, DEREK D | Employer name Town of Madrid | Amount $43,072.32 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERIO, NANCY C | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $43,072.31 | Date 01/25/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPPE-WAGNER, DONNA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $43,072.19 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLKOSKY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $43,072.09 | Date 10/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISCAVAGE, THERESA J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $43,072.08 | Date 01/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAVER, HELEN | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $43,072.05 | Date 01/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $43,071.41 | Date 10/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, SCOTT L | Employer name Copenhagen CSD | Amount $43,071.33 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CARNELL J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $43,071.16 | Date 04/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JALYSSA J | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $43,070.83 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, ANN MARIE | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $43,070.78 | Date 11/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISSMAN, ROSA V | Employer name Malverne UFSD | Amount $43,070.76 | Date 06/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, DAXIN | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $43,070.64 | Date 01/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SUE A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $43,070.48 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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