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 KERSCH, JASON W | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $81,680.37 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARUCCIO, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Boces-Cayuga Onondaga | Amount $81,680.00 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JANICE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,679.82 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALWAN, SUNITA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,679.66 | Date 05/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, JAKELIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,679.57 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,679.30 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARING, JONATHAN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,678.41 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PAUL M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $81,678.16 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONATO, DOMINICK | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $81,677.32 | Date 06/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $81,677.17 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPLER, SANDRA L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,676.80 | Date 04/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, TONY J | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $81,676.54 | Date 09/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACKMAN, JESSICA S | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $81,676.04 | Date 09/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTIN, DENIS C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,675.62 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINEE, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $81,675.53 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL FAVERO, THOMAS J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,675.50 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANKS, FREDERICK J, III | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,674.51 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIA, REGINALD W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,674.51 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, BASIL C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,674.25 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, FELIX L, JR | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $81,674.24 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, LORENCE, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,673.32 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name NYS Association of Towns | Amount $81,673.19 | Date 02/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKELVEY, THOMAS W, JR | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $81,673.15 | Date 06/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETZEL, MARY E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $81,673.05 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, RELIINA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,672.69 | Date 07/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOFI, MARK J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,672.47 | Date 10/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, KATHLEEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,672.35 | Date 06/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIUS, TROY S | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,671.96 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANTONIO, ARTHUR M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $81,671.37 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONETTE, CRAIG O | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $81,671.16 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLACE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,670.84 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGHAM-NESMITH, VEATRICE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,670.70 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINGER, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name Village of Manlius | Amount $81,670.63 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOBBINS-CHARLTON, LENA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,670.50 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPLOWSKI, FRANKLIN J, JR | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $81,670.08 | Date 04/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANLAN, RYAN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,669.67 | Date 06/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA, VICTOR H | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $81,669.25 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREY, JOSEPH M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,669.02 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, STEPHEN M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $81,668.99 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, STEVEN J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $81,668.31 | Date 10/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALLA, MARIA RHODA J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,667.53 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, HEATHER M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,667.50 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,667.14 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINI, FRANK L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,667.02 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOELTZ, RICHARD L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $81,665.52 | Date 02/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, SYLVIA I | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $81,665.44 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, BRIAN S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,665.43 | Date 02/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, DEREK M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,665.40 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, JAMES S | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $81,664.99 | Date 02/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NADROWSKI, THOMAS G | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,664.68 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAQUISH, STEVEN E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,664.56 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTEN, JEFFREY R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,664.54 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, JOHN H | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $81,663.58 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $81,663.50 | Date 07/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, FLORENCE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,663.02 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOAG, JEANNIE E | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $81,663.00 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCINTYRE, KATHY JO | Employer name Washington County | Amount $81,662.96 | Date 06/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMBARAN, JAIWANTI D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,662.68 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLLARO, VINCENT | Employer name Education Department | Amount $81,662.17 | Date 02/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANA, MICHAEL R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,660.36 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLISON, JAMES C | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $81,659.34 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARVAT, ANDREW J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,659.09 | Date 05/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKROK, MACIEJ | Employer name Hyde Park CSD | Amount $81,658.94 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BELLA, JOSEPH | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,658.92 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, TARA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,658.88 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BRAKE, JEFFREY B | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $81,658.86 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTE-CAMPBELL, LESLIE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,658.79 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACEDONIO, JOHN C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,658.63 | Date 02/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADLIFF, KENNETH A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $81,658.32 | Date 11/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, CAROLYN | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $81,658.23 | Date 09/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUFF, JAMES C | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $81,657.50 | Date 07/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOW, RICHARD W | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,657.13 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENGEL, JENNIFER M | Employer name Warwick Valley CSD | Amount $81,657.10 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, JENNIFER L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $81,656.50 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANZAFAME, MARK R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,656.19 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, MARK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,655.62 | Date 02/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGINO, JOSEPH J, JR | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $81,655.35 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODIA, EVELYN I | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $81,655.29 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETER, SHIBU | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,655.06 | Date 05/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEZIO, KOREY S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,653.47 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIGNER, RENEE B | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $81,653.32 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONEN, LAURIE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,653.10 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, SHANE D | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $81,652.00 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROPF, MICHAEL J | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $81,651.73 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, WALTER | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,651.63 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONFORTI, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $81,651.61 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTRAMSKAS, BETH A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $81,651.59 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, WAYNE D | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $81,651.36 | Date 11/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JAMES | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,650.76 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODSON, TAHESHA L | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $81,650.40 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DANIELS, ALLEN R | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $81,649.96 | Date 01/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDEK, JOAN M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $81,649.90 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, SANDRA A | Employer name Beacon City School Dist | Amount $81,648.42 | Date 08/12/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALDO, LISA A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $81,648.17 | Date 06/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, PEDRO, JR | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $81,647.65 | Date 01/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTIN, JAMES R | Employer name Laurelton Fire District | Amount $81,647.40 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, EARL L | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,647.36 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTTLIEB, GREG L | Employer name Hauppauge Fire District | Amount $81,646.64 | Date 07/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHRING, NANCY L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,646.50 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCK, DAVID W | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,646.20 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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