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 KULPA, TODD R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,871.47 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, CATHERINE A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $81,870.81 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UBLACKER, MICHELLE M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $81,870.71 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERKIN, GARY R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,870.67 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, SEAN D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,870.64 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, TYRELL A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,870.18 | Date 09/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MARY M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,869.68 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERALTA, FRANK | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $81,869.54 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZHER-UDDIN, MOHD | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,869.53 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACS, PAUL F | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,869.09 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JUSTIN D | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $81,869.07 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLENBECK, RITA E | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $81,868.80 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNUPP, PATRICIA A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $81,868.50 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUJAN, CARMELA U | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $81,868.30 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHDE, CHERIE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,867.55 | Date 08/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, JEFFREY W | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $81,867.50 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALMADGE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $81,867.34 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALENSKI, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $81,867.34 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKHART, EDWARD J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,866.84 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEGER, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $81,866.70 | Date 05/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETTER, CHARLENE J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $81,866.68 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, JOHN R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,866.50 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLUNG, JESSICA A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,866.50 | Date 10/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, DELANO W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,866.06 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETTIERE, JAMES V, JR | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $81,865.61 | Date 05/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANQUINHO, ANNA N | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $81,865.56 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAS, HORTENSE O | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $81,865.35 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPIA, KYLE J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,864.99 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $81,864.50 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAZZI, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $81,864.44 | Date 09/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, ELEONORE V | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $81,863.97 | Date 11/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICKELHAUPT, ROBYN J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $81,863.54 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, DENNIS P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,863.50 | Date 11/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMONSTON, CHERIE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,863.50 | Date 11/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARASCH-GIEDT, FELICE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,863.44 | Date 08/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENNATO, MARIA | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $81,863.36 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLEGEER, CLAYTON J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,863.18 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, RYAN A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $81,863.12 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, SHARON L | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,863.04 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONDS, NANCY B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,862.92 | Date 10/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, DONNA L N | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,862.17 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKHART, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,861.99 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUKE, MAUREEN | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $81,861.85 | Date 02/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDNICK, JOSHUA S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,861.26 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHTER, DEBRA J | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $81,861.22 | Date 09/25/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POBLOCKI, JEFFREY A, SR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,861.21 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZON, YVES F | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $81,861.04 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC GREGOR, ELLEN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 01/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNEBURG, LAURIE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 09/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, MELISSA A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGROLA, MARK | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAPER, COLLEEN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 05/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 11/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORKINS, DEBORRAH K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELISLE, LISA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 03/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, DIANE L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATMAN, CHERYL A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, MARY B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 09/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUMLEY, CHERYL A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 01/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKLEY, ROBERT L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 07/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, MARY J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $81,860.84 | Date 01/18/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, KEVIN L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $81,860.36 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDELL, DION S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,860.24 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHATTUCK, RICHARD L | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $81,859.69 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, DORI ANNE | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $81,858.31 | Date 10/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVELLA, PASQUALE M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $81,858.21 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSGELLER, CHERYL A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,857.94 | Date 03/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, HEATHER A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,857.92 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANZANO, LAURA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,857.69 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNODLE, THOMAS | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $81,856.49 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLEO, SEAN P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,856.20 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $81,855.06 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $81,854.38 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANACORE, RICHARD D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,853.47 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFARB, SARA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,852.84 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYNOCH, DENISE D | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $81,852.70 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIANDRA, ANDREW M | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $81,852.62 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, AYOCLA F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,852.62 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GERRY T | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,852.31 | Date 09/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGIOTTI, ANGELA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,852.10 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERLI, PHYLLIS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,852.10 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHLMANN, KATHRYN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,852.10 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, JOSEPHINE MELTON | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,852.10 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, JAMI A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,852.10 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, GENE B | Employer name Village of New Paltz | Amount $81,852.00 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, PAULETTE | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $81,851.50 | Date 05/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDOIN, MATTHEW D | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $81,851.35 | Date 01/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLKOWSKI, DIANE L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,850.95 | Date 04/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,850.83 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, MARK C | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $81,850.70 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICKERT, JONATHAN E | Employer name Town of Schodack | Amount $81,850.51 | Date 05/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILVAROLI, JO A | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $81,850.12 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULBERT, BECKY WOOD | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,850.10 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, THOMAS H, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $81,850.07 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDER, JOHN T | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,850.06 | Date 12/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,849.95 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, KEVIN P | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $81,849.50 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDBERG, SHERI M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,849.45 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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