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 SMITH, BONNIE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $30,240.09 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, ANN M | Employer name Town of Philipstown | Amount $30,240.00 | Date 09/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINUS, HEATHER M | Employer name Waverly CSD | Amount $30,239.81 | Date 04/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZGODA, RICHARD J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $30,239.80 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, AIQUN | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $30,239.68 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, TAMMY M | Employer name Essex County | Amount $30,239.46 | Date 06/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, STACIE L | Employer name Medina CSD | Amount $30,239.40 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, ADAM M | Employer name Town of Westport | Amount $30,239.39 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, KEVIN T | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $30,239.20 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFER, JULIA C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $30,239.09 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, MEGAN | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $30,239.00 | Date 09/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CHRISTINE ANN | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $30,238.13 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUSE, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $30,237.95 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULGER, DANIEL P | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $30,237.90 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, PEDRO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $30,237.85 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREER, LISA M | Employer name East Irondequoit CSD | Amount $30,237.35 | Date 10/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSTER, JAMES R | Employer name Town of Cuyler | Amount $30,237.03 | Date 12/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $30,236.43 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDEIRO, MANUEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $30,236.16 | Date 05/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAWN M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $30,235.68 | Date 12/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, EVERAL C | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $30,235.62 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, WILLIAM R | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $30,235.60 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JESSICA M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $30,234.85 | Date 02/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, JULIE L | Employer name Medina CSD | Amount $30,234.54 | Date 04/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, HEATHER M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $30,234.09 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TAMMIE E | Employer name Town of Richland | Amount $30,234.04 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CARLA J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $30,233.57 | Date 01/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NOVO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $30,233.45 | Date 02/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POCOBELLO, TYLER M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $30,233.34 | Date 08/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NANCY L | Employer name Byron-Bergen CSD | Amount $30,233.17 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIFERT, DOLORES F | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $30,232.40 | Date 10/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, FELISHA L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $30,231.44 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, MICHELLE R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $30,231.18 | Date 08/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRANGIO, ROSA | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $30,231.06 | Date 01/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURATORE, DONALD D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $30,230.09 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, MICHAEL P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $30,229.99 | Date 01/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $30,229.83 | Date 03/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGE, BEVERLY A | Employer name Southold UFSD | Amount $30,229.57 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, SUSAN H | Employer name Adirondack CSD | Amount $30,229.36 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Frontier CSD | Amount $30,229.36 | Date 08/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, JOHANNY | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $30,228.80 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETALLICK, ALYSE S | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $30,228.55 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Binghamton City School Dist | Amount $30,228.22 | Date 03/13/1967 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, WALLIS A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $30,227.80 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, MICHELE L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $30,227.76 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGUE, MICHELL Y | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $30,227.74 | Date 09/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENIER, DARCY J | Employer name Brasher Falls CSD | Amount $30,227.63 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, JESSE E | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $30,227.46 | Date 03/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, AUSTIN J | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $30,227.45 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURAS, PATRICIA C | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $30,227.28 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRAS, KRISTINA A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $30,227.06 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYALA, IVONNE M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $30,226.85 | Date 11/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RHODESIA A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $30,226.66 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, RICHARD M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $30,226.49 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, CHARLES A | Employer name Oneida Herkimer Sol Wst Mg Aut | Amount $30,225.90 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATON, CHARLENE M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $30,225.69 | Date 03/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIO, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $30,225.54 | Date 12/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, MAC KENZIE L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $30,225.43 | Date 04/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILITELLO, MATTHEW | Employer name Erie County | Amount $30,225.30 | Date 05/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, JOHNI R | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $30,225.25 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULE, PERRY M | Employer name Town of Rosendale | Amount $30,225.13 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GURINA, KAREN | Employer name Beacon City School Dist | Amount $30,225.03 | Date 10/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, REBECCA L | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $30,224.76 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHSE, DONALD A | Employer name Gananda CSD | Amount $30,224.36 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOWSKI, CAPRICE A | Employer name Hamilton CSD | Amount $30,224.34 | Date 03/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOREN, JEFFREY H | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $30,224.27 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTIMER, MICHELE I | Employer name Goshen CSD | Amount $30,223.88 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGWORTHY, NATHAN J | Employer name Charter School Applied Tech | Amount $30,223.28 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSETTA, LOIS H | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $30,223.25 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRUPPO, CHRISTINE C | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $30,223.25 | Date 09/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, ANNA | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $30,223.25 | Date 10/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, KAREN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $30,222.96 | Date 08/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULIG, JAMES P | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $30,221.61 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, KRISTY J | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $30,220.93 | Date 07/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JULIE E | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $30,220.86 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, LORI A | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $30,220.83 | Date 01/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $30,220.65 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Town of Parma | Amount $30,220.55 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINTZ, MAXWELL A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $30,220.27 | Date 05/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRINGTON, JAMES P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $30,220.27 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHT, KRISTIN M | Employer name Dover UFSD | Amount $30,220.05 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANSTREAM, ANTOINETTE | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $30,220.03 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFIGLIO, ROBIN A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $30,219.98 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTEY, TASHEEN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $30,219.50 | Date 07/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASTIS, LIN MARIE | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $30,219.02 | Date 01/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, DANIELLE M | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $30,218.75 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, LEWIS R, JR | Employer name Indian River CSD | Amount $30,218.71 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, SHIRLEY L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $30,218.71 | Date 08/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBBER, BRIDGET A | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $30,218.66 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYHEE, KAREN M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $30,218.65 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONG, NANCY F | Employer name Assembly: Annual Part Time | Amount $30,218.62 | Date 01/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOLINSKY, TAMMY LYNN | Employer name Broome County | Amount $30,218.49 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETTBERG, THOMAS R | Employer name Salamanca City School Dist | Amount $30,217.40 | Date 09/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, BRENT M | Employer name Horseheads CSD | Amount $30,217.01 | Date 07/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCKETT, DAVID R | Employer name Village of Adams | Amount $30,216.90 | Date 08/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JAMES J | Employer name East Irondequoit CSD | Amount $30,216.75 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, MARIA | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $30,216.50 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $30,216.46 | Date 03/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WOLF, ANDREW E | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $30,216.37 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRO, ROCCO | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $30,216.04 | Date 10/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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