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 LEWIS, STEPHEN S | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $81,744.09 | Date 11/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYERS, R DARRYL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,744.04 | Date 09/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMAY, ROBERT J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $81,743.56 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARACCIOLO, ANTHONY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,743.29 | Date 12/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETHIN, CAROL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,742.66 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, CYNTHIA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,742.56 | Date 02/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLOOLY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,741.65 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, KATE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,741.19 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, MARK E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,738.08 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JALWAN, SOLY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,738.04 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,738.00 | Date 04/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNAM, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,738.00 | Date 10/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIARDO, BENITO | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $81,737.63 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREGAUDIT, CAROLYNA S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,737.38 | Date 03/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIJAY, DHANYA B | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,736.98 | Date 01/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADRAZO, FRANCES M | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $81,736.24 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $81,735.53 | Date 10/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOOFF, SANDRA L | Employer name Franklin Square UFSD | Amount $81,735.50 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISS, STEPHEN J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,735.28 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO-CARDONA, JAIME C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,735.24 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RETZER, HEIDI A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $81,735.03 | Date 07/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, PETER E, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $81,734.92 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSINO, RICHARD J | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $81,734.85 | Date 09/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUAN, JIONG | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,734.06 | Date 08/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, SULAIMAN | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $81,733.77 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAROFALLOU-HOGAN, JAMES | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,733.38 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINNIEY, VERLAINE D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,733.31 | Date 04/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWISLOSKY, RONALD J | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $81,732.79 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGAS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $81,732.70 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONE, KEVIN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $81,732.70 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUSKA, DALE L | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $81,732.64 | Date 03/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, TARA B | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $81,732.51 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLES, MICHELLE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,732.37 | Date 04/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARROW, PATRICIA A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,732.10 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGDEN, SEAN P | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $81,731.90 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, JAMES C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,731.84 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELPERUTO, PATRICIA J | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $81,731.71 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, MARY E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,730.50 | Date 02/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPIN, JANE | Employer name Hudson Falls CSD | Amount $81,730.38 | Date 09/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, MATTHEW A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,729.62 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERZOG, DEIRDRE A | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $81,729.37 | Date 12/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, LINETTE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,729.17 | Date 07/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, LUGENE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,729.15 | Date 07/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EYTINA, KUREDIN V | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,728.12 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ENROE, NANCY J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,727.55 | Date 07/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLTON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $81,727.24 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENT, PHILIP C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,727.20 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $81,726.80 | Date 04/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHEA, MICHAEL E | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $81,726.61 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCIOTTI, ANGELO J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $81,726.04 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLACK, JOHN G | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $81,725.61 | Date 05/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, CHRISTIAN | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $81,725.36 | Date 01/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROCKNER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,725.18 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABELLA, VICTORIA A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $81,724.80 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPTSEV, DMITRY | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,724.38 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORVELUS, BERTHA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,723.52 | Date 10/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, CANDACE E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $81,723.48 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRESSEL, ERIN | Employer name Attica CSD | Amount $81,723.43 | Date 05/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, BRITTANY L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,723.38 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANNI, ANTHONY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,722.45 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSEN, JEAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,722.40 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, THOMAS H | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,722.04 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $81,721.92 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRO, ROBERT P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,721.50 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORCZYCA, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,721.41 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DONSEL, RICHARD C | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $81,721.22 | Date 02/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIO, ANTHONY D | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,720.74 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLA, JENNIFER M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,720.58 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOMINSKI, KERRY L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,720.55 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALL, JANET M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,720.55 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELOSI, FRANK B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,720.55 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOHN W | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $81,720.52 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINE, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Gowanda CSD | Amount $81,720.32 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, BRUCE A, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,720.09 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREGLIA, JOANNE T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,720.04 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AURIA, JACQUELINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,720.04 | Date 05/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENISON, RICHARD B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,720.04 | Date 02/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, JONATHAN D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,720.04 | Date 10/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, GREGORY E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,719.65 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ARTHUR, JR | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $81,719.18 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLTZEN, LEE ANN | Employer name Freeport Memorial Library | Amount $81,718.99 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALLWOOD, DONALD L | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $81,718.87 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVEL, JUDITH A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,718.42 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, DEBORAH L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,718.40 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, GARY T, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,718.39 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTRILLA, ROBERT | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $81,717.90 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, JOSEPH R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $81,717.66 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORELLO, LARRY D | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $81,717.65 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN SICKLE, JAMES S | Employer name Dalton-Nunda CSD | Amount $81,716.73 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOWATT, JANETTE I | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $81,716.62 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-FRANCOIS, CHANTAL | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,716.46 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAST, SHANE M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $81,716.33 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DECHEN, GARY R | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,716.21 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, PATRICK T | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,716.21 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMASSONE, RYAN | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $81,716.17 | Date 07/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIN, JAMES E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,716.04 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHEVARRIA, JORGE L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $81,715.95 | Date 08/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILBRIDGE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $81,715.66 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITO, AARON G | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $81,715.42 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, PATRICIA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $81,714.98 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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