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 JACKSON, WILLIAM F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,849.16 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYCE-LEONARD, EVA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,848.94 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGMAN, SHAWN P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,848.84 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBIERASKI, DENNIS C | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $81,848.52 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANDON, JAMES S | Employer name Village of Cayuga Heights | Amount $81,847.48 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIHOPULOS, ANDREW F | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $81,846.94 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, VALERIE D | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $81,846.90 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSBAUGH, MICHAEL R | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $81,846.62 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $81,846.61 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OAKS, KAITLYN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,846.58 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSMER, BONNIE A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $81,846.56 | Date 01/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,846.27 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, LEAH | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,845.90 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILTSIE, RONALD A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,845.49 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, THELMA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,844.92 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, GARY J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $81,844.89 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSZYNSKI, MARTIN J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,844.55 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JESS, COLLEEN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,844.34 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, MARGARET M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,844.34 | Date 08/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNELLY, KARA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,844.18 | Date 07/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOFOLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,843.42 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, HARRY J, II | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,843.41 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, LARRY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,842.75 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASSNER, STEVEN J | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $81,842.68 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMID, GREGORY R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,842.38 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGNER, SHIRLEY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,842.32 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $81,842.03 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHANY, DAVID J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $81,842.00 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELBER, CATHLEEN L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,841.00 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, SUMA K | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $81,840.93 | Date 04/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORATO, BRENDA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,840.30 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $81,840.27 | Date 08/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYLVESTER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $81,840.12 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, NORA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,839.86 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALBANO, KEVIN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,839.59 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, JOSEPH | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $81,839.58 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARCIA N | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,839.38 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANO, TRACY L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $81,839.36 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOLO, MICHELLE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $81,839.18 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYDON, JOYCE M | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $81,838.74 | Date 09/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDEJAR , SILVIA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,838.36 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARNELL, DUSTIN D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $81,838.16 | Date 07/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTICHEK, DEBRA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,837.92 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, MARY | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,837.92 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUNA-GOMEZ, LUISA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $81,837.92 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINAL, MANUEL A | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $81,837.20 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHAEL W | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $81,837.16 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTER, BRIAN C | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,837.02 | Date 09/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, KENNETH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,837.01 | Date 08/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNNER, HELENA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,836.42 | Date 05/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALUPPI, PHILIP A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,836.07 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, SCOTT W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,835.56 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, GINA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,835.56 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHADY, SEAN P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,835.39 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, CHRISTINE P | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $81,835.32 | Date 07/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNIEWSKI, BRIAN E | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $81,835.09 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEFALONI, ANTHONY M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,834.62 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, ANNE T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $81,834.52 | Date 12/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDURSO, GINA A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $81,834.52 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELIZALDE, MICHAEL | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $81,834.45 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, RICHARD | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $81,834.30 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUHOFF, KRIS C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $81,833.89 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRATZER, JAMES F | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $81,833.48 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MATTHEW W | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $81,833.44 | Date 02/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REID, AARON C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,833.39 | Date 09/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVALLONE, VINCENT, JR | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $81,832.82 | Date 02/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, VICTORIA D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $81,832.43 | Date 03/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSTEN, PAUL C | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $81,832.07 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,831.86 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELEMS, KEVIN L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,831.86 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONIN, KEITH | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $81,831.86 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLADDEN, PHARA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $81,831.75 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTA, TIZIANA | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $81,831.14 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRIS, JOANNE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,830.95 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, DANIAL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,830.55 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTER, DAWN A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $81,830.28 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, STEVEN J | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $81,830.10 | Date 05/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRILL, SHAWN W | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $81,829.35 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSHANS, THOMAS A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,829.31 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, WILLIAM H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,829.21 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, JAMES R | Employer name Greene County Swcd | Amount $81,828.51 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, EDWARD J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,828.31 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, JAMES D | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $81,828.22 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKOWITZ, LESLIE A | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $81,828.03 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JOHN L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,827.45 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, RICHARD B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,827.35 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTER, RICHARD C, JR | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $81,826.88 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ANDREA A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,826.68 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUKASIEWICZ, BRENDA J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,826.04 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, BRADY E | Employer name Central Valley CSD | Amount $81,826.02 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALOMBO, DONNA L | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $81,825.36 | Date 03/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, LISA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,825.34 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, JEFFREY | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,824.42 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADENIJI, ESTHER M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $81,824.30 | Date 03/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDOSO, ABILIO M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,824.26 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIRBEL, KAREN J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $81,824.20 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMENDOLA, JESSICA A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $81,823.98 | Date 09/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUCCOVIA, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $81,823.93 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, ISAAC D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $81,823.67 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARNTS, JOSEPH D | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,823.62 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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