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 ENEA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $81,900.15 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRINO, THEODORE J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $81,899.62 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYERSON, ANGELINA N | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $81,899.58 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMAREST, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $81,899.14 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUDDENHAGEN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $81,899.13 | Date 08/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLUM, PETER A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $81,899.11 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, ANDREW S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,898.82 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUECKER, TYSON E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,898.74 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANNIX, DANIEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,898.22 | Date 07/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, RUSSELL J E, II | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $81,898.16 | Date 08/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, THERESA S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,897.96 | Date 08/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, ROSEMARY J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,897.80 | Date 03/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $81,897.77 | Date 06/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGLIOTTI, CYNTHIA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,897.23 | Date 08/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRANIS, SCOTT P | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $81,897.10 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLB, THEODORE G, II | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $81,896.78 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLES, PAUL V, JR | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $81,896.39 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEARS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,896.35 | Date 11/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTINIS, MARGARET L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,896.04 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIAUD, PIERRE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,895.81 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERROTTY MC LAUGHLIN, MELISSA | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $81,895.80 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITTNER, ROBERT A | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $81,894.97 | Date 01/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, EDWARD A | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $81,894.79 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE VINCENTIS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $81,894.64 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, DAISY T | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $81,894.48 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGBY, SHAWN G | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $81,893.97 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, PAUL E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,893.67 | Date 12/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCHAN, JEFFREY L | Employer name Waterloo CSD | Amount $81,893.20 | Date 09/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILBERSTEIN, MORDECHAI | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,892.61 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, NICHOLAS | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $81,892.34 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, SCOTT M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,892.07 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, SUSAN M | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $81,891.04 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYCE, SUSAN N | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $81,890.90 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADSWORTH, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $81,889.88 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, RICHARD M | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $81,889.27 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GSELL, EUGENE W, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,888.65 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, RAINA-LYNN K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,888.51 | Date 12/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHIEU, FRANTZ R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,888.21 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, RONALD W | Employer name Wantagh UFSD | Amount $81,887.70 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISTLE, BRIAN M | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $81,886.92 | Date 12/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATEMAN, NANCI E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,886.85 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELETICHE, LORRAINE C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $81,886.81 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTEAD, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,886.61 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, CHARLENE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,885.89 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, RANDY J | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $81,885.17 | Date 10/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNARD, BRANDY M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $81,885.16 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, MATTHEW C | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,885.06 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU PONT, MARK J | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $81,884.81 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAVERS, ERIC A | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $81,884.53 | Date 05/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGE, MELANIE S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $81,884.48 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAWSKI, KIM A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,883.61 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, THOMAS L | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $81,883.44 | Date 08/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, CARLIESE | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $81,883.38 | Date 01/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABBERT, NATHAN T | Employer name Town of Henrietta | Amount $81,883.20 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, RAYMOND K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,883.14 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCK, WALLACE F | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,883.13 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIALDO, SCOTT A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,882.95 | Date 06/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JEAN T | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 02/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNET, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, JENNIFER A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, BRYAN C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LURIE, MELISSA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGERT, JASON W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 09/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, NAVJOT K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, LEITH C | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MICHAEL G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 02/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, ADAM L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 05/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, KATHLEEN H | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 09/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILSTEIN, SUSAN B | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 10/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, JOSHUA D | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,882.76 | Date 02/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOIS, ERNST | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $81,882.58 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JAMES M | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $81,881.58 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, RACHEL A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,881.35 | Date 03/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, CECILLE A | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $81,881.22 | Date 02/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSALL, KEVIN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,881.06 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, JENNIFER | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $81,880.74 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATCHORN, JOHN | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $81,880.66 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMARTT, WENDY N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,880.12 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIEFERSTINE, MARGARET J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $81,878.69 | Date 07/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTON, ROBERT | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $81,878.67 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLOGG, KAREN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,878.56 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,878.53 | Date 09/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MAURICIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,878.34 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDES, ANGELA M | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $81,878.19 | Date 11/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAGLE, MARY F | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,878.04 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DORA S | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $81,877.96 | Date 08/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAPWALD, MAURICE B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $81,877.50 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROXANNE R | Employer name Jordan-Elbridge CSD | Amount $81,877.48 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, JOHN W | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $81,877.02 | Date 07/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAGEORGE, BASIL A | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $81,876.35 | Date 03/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY-HUTCHINSON, DOROTHY S | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $81,875.63 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO BIONDO, KELLY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,874.13 | Date 12/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $81,873.81 | Date 06/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, RUSSELL A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,873.60 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKHAUSER, CRAIG W | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $81,873.41 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,873.37 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAHR, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,873.24 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLATT, DANIEL | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $81,873.23 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURTER, CYNTHIA D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $81,872.39 | Date 12/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLER, JAMES S | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $81,871.76 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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