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 CARDONE, JOSEPH V | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $180,911.64 | Date 07/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBITT, CHARLES H | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $108,312.27 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVIS, DEAN W | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $106,461.95 | Date 07/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCH, SANFORD A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $93,125.35 | Date 06/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, PAUL A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $91,630.30 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARANO, THOMAS C | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $91,081.81 | Date 04/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MARK F | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $88,987.30 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARBURGH, JOSHUA S | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $87,274.41 | Date 01/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEARD, SUSAN MARTIN | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $86,524.33 | Date 03/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, GERALD R, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $86,100.60 | Date 10/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUBEL, DAVID C | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $85,615.69 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURYLA, THOMAS D | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $84,380.10 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, JOHN C, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $82,557.65 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETT, SHANNON E | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $81,486.84 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFALDI, JEFFREY A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $81,061.47 | Date 12/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPURSO, MICHELLE A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $81,009.38 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, JEFFREY J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $80,101.48 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, JAMES R | Employer name Orleans County Ind Dev Agcy | Amount $80,037.72 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ALLEN M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $79,292.84 | Date 10/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE-MAYNARD, KAREN A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $78,704.65 | Date 05/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, GABRIELLE L | Employer name Orleans County Ind Dev Agcy | Amount $78,397.18 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRICKLAND, KENNETH M, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $77,557.63 | Date 06/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, THEODORE J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $77,435.40 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, BRENDEN A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $76,754.04 | Date 03/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOELLER, DAVID E, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $76,063.62 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $75,767.80 | Date 04/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICK, TAMMY M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $75,585.36 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FILIPPS, JAMES A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $74,565.68 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, LUCILLE A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $73,825.65 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, LAWRENCE H | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $73,464.00 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOLEY, TORRY N | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $73,220.61 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWER, RANDALL G | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $72,951.10 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NENNI, MARY G | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $72,485.85 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCISZEWSKI, JEFFREY M, SR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $71,958.79 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIRK, MARTIN J, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $71,481.45 | Date 07/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGURN, PATRICK J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $71,303.33 | Date 01/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, DAWN M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $71,064.29 | Date 01/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHABAZZ, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $69,357.05 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCISZEWSKI, JEFFREY M, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $68,696.08 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLONNA, KEVIN J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $68,559.55 | Date 03/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMBITO, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $68,302.42 | Date 05/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAHUTA, DEVON J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $68,302.16 | Date 09/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ADOO, KENNETH L | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $68,150.32 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSLEY, JAMES R | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $67,959.50 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFF, MICHAEL L | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $67,159.00 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, NANCY K | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $66,803.85 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $66,771.81 | Date 06/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SCOTT D | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $66,188.00 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, TERRY L | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $66,131.27 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREUILLY, ALEX A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $65,706.50 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETT, ERIC D | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $65,496.80 | Date 03/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPONETTI, MERIDITH J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $65,380.95 | Date 04/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUBACHER, CARL J, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $64,471.60 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGURA, DANIELLE L | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $64,281.00 | Date 07/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNUM, JASON D | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $64,068.53 | Date 05/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLOCK, DAVID J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $63,811.73 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAPER, DONALD E, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $62,542.93 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, JEANNINE M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $62,208.68 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEARBY, LYNN R | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $61,939.10 | Date 08/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADERLI, KEVIN F, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $61,887.33 | Date 12/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, DIONE M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $61,354.10 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARPENTINE, KIM A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $61,292.97 | Date 02/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, MARLENE M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $61,186.95 | Date 04/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSTON, RYAN S | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $61,064.02 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIEBALA, KELLY M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $60,802.70 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, NORA M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $60,636.95 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVENDA, JOHN C | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $60,439.05 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JAMES D | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $60,437.72 | Date 01/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, SUSAN M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $60,436.95 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, MARTY L | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $60,345.54 | Date 03/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, RYAN M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $59,916.06 | Date 01/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGNANO, JOHN A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $59,313.13 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEMER, TODD M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $59,261.57 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANAR, MELISSA S | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $59,131.10 | Date 02/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASINAIT, DAWN M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $58,697.83 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHBERY, THOMAS K | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $58,651.60 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, GREG R | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $58,479.94 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $58,451.05 | Date 01/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $58,013.43 | Date 03/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLMAN, DEREK T | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $57,827.80 | Date 08/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, DAVID M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $57,600.96 | Date 01/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASINO, JOSEPH T | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $57,070.68 | Date 08/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORECK, JAMES J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $57,055.65 | Date 02/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKS, AMY L | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $56,874.83 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, PAULA A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $56,824.89 | Date 06/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PSZYK, SANDRA J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $56,717.77 | Date 09/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGNANO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $56,337.94 | Date 02/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENDETTI, JULIE M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $55,869.46 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLON, NADINE P | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $55,805.20 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSMER, MARYELLEN | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $55,553.23 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATON, RICHARD J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $55,113.89 | Date 08/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVATORE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,840.41 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, JANET H | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,829.71 | Date 09/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, LAURA M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,726.19 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENING, PHILIP W | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,545.42 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, DIANA E | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,399.80 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, DANNY P, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,247.47 | Date 01/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANGER, SHANNYN C | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $54,052.52 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUARANTO, DAVID M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $53,570.65 | Date 01/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, DIANE L | Employer name Orleans County Ind Dev Agcy | Amount $53,499.24 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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