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 SCHMATZ, KAREN B | Employer name Greene County | Amount $31,654.93 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, LAURIE M | Employer name Harpursville CSD | Amount $31,654.89 | Date 09/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHANJI, SABERA G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $31,654.85 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELYEA, STEVEN J, JR | Employer name Hyde Park CSD | Amount $31,654.68 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SODEMAN, JOHN E | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $31,654.45 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, MYRA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 09/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAPAK, ANNA C | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 10/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRINGTON, JAMES P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEW, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BRACCIO, STEVEN V | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODSON, TAHESHA L | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, STEFFON M | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 09/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, NECKEYDA N | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $31,653.67 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRI-TOPLANAJ, SHPRESA | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $31,653.55 | Date 01/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYS, ROSALIND V | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $31,653.34 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAGHAN, LINDSAY A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $31,652.91 | Date 11/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOENIG, KARIN E | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $31,652.66 | Date 08/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, JANICE A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $31,652.65 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, PENNY M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $31,652.39 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZINET, TAMMY L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $31,652.35 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLES, SUZANNE M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $31,652.21 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, PAUL N | Employer name Binghamton City School Dist | Amount $31,651.90 | Date 03/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAHAM, MARTIN S | Employer name Town of Middlefield | Amount $31,651.90 | Date 03/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, HAROLD J | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $31,651.86 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, KIMBERLEY M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $31,651.59 | Date 07/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, CHELCEY E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $31,651.31 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREGOE, KENNETH R | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $31,650.56 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANOUE, MARGARET A | Employer name Guilderland Public Library | Amount $31,650.03 | Date 08/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHEY, LINDA M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $31,649.79 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, DENISE R | Employer name Genesee Valley CSD Angelica-Be | Amount $31,649.68 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, LORI L | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $31,649.58 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERILLO, JEAN L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $31,649.53 | Date 09/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEINFELD, JUDITH S | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $31,649.31 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYTON, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $31,649.11 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, DOLORES C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $31,648.82 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, SASHA D | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $31,648.81 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNOF, JOHN C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $31,648.80 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, OSCAR C | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $31,648.68 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, ALICE M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $31,648.50 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTESI-LAURIA, MARIA | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $31,648.08 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENETTE, DEBRA D | Employer name Warren County | Amount $31,647.96 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $31,647.73 | Date 10/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRECKFUSS, LAURA R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $31,647.57 | Date 10/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERY, PAMELA K | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $31,647.07 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, REGINA A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $31,646.84 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, LISA A | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $31,645.93 | Date 06/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, LAURA L | Employer name Essex County | Amount $31,645.57 | Date 09/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKEL, ERIC P | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $31,644.92 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JOHN G | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $31,644.78 | Date 05/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRASHUNE, ANGELINE | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $31,644.42 | Date 08/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITTON, EILEEN M | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $31,644.34 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCKER, MICHAEL F | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $31,644.12 | Date 10/30/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEVOR, TERRI L | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $31,643.98 | Date 04/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAGG, PAUL JOHN | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $31,643.82 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, ANN P | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $31,643.82 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROBST, LISA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $31,643.74 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENKO, KIMBERLY ANNE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $31,643.74 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLASCO, JASON J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $31,643.64 | Date 02/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGHORN, ERIN L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $31,643.64 | Date 02/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, JACQUELINE K | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $31,643.56 | Date 02/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, BRANDON M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $31,643.48 | Date 03/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINS, BRUCE G | Employer name Town of Thurston | Amount $31,643.37 | Date 01/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERCULES, KEISHA C | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $31,643.19 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESEMER, IDA E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $31,642.88 | Date 04/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARNER, CAROLYN T | Employer name Town of Middleburgh | Amount $31,642.70 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELAYA, BLANCA M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $31,642.62 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFAFFENBACH, JANE M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $31,642.56 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, CASSAUNDRA J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $31,642.44 | Date 11/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, CAROLYN | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $31,642.06 | Date 10/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLOWSKI, MARK J | Employer name Broadalbin-Perth CSD | Amount $31,641.97 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BIRE, NANCY K | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $31,641.95 | Date 05/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEKA, SHPRESA | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $31,641.91 | Date 04/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAINARD, KATHY A | Employer name Binghamton City School Dist | Amount $31,641.26 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMON, ROBIN E | Employer name Cherry Valley-Springfield CSD | Amount $31,641.03 | Date 10/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, WALTER D | Employer name Opp/Ephr-St.John CSD | Amount $31,640.79 | Date 04/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD | Amount $31,640.56 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIGEL, MARGARET M | Employer name Village of Pulaski | Amount $31,640.51 | Date 03/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATTORRE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $31,640.43 | Date 10/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KELVEY, MARK A | Employer name Wayland-Cohocton CSD | Amount $31,639.97 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GURTY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $31,639.57 | Date 11/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHIE, FRANK J | Employer name Colton-Pierrepont CSD | Amount $31,639.50 | Date 12/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MICHELLE | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $31,639.33 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENANT, ROBERT E | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $31,639.15 | Date 11/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, JAMES M | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $31,639.15 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONEY, MICHAELA E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $31,639.12 | Date 12/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOUDI, RACHEL | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $31,639.00 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JOHN, JR | Employer name Camden CSD | Amount $31,638.97 | Date 12/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, LYNNE | Employer name West Islip Fire District | Amount $31,638.88 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPERIN, KAREN R | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $31,638.18 | Date 04/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, ISAAC A | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $31,638.10 | Date 07/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, PHILIP L, JR | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $31,638.00 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEALON, CHERYL A | Employer name Margaretville CSD | Amount $31,637.82 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAY, JOAN | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $31,637.50 | Date 06/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNDIECK, ANNICK H | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $31,637.50 | Date 06/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, VIVIAN A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $31,637.50 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, ALEX | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $31,637.40 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, GRAHAM W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $31,637.22 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $31,637.22 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, NATASHA M | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $31,636.98 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGGS, RUBY | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $31,636.71 | Date 11/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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