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 SMITH, TONY L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,645.89 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSLEY, FRANCES R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,645.42 | Date 03/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, JERAMEL C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,645.10 | Date 11/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, ARTHUR D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,644.68 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDEN, SHAVONE M | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $81,644.32 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHER, WAYNE T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,644.28 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, DIANE M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $81,644.04 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUKSA, RICHARD | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $81,643.48 | Date 04/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, EDDIE P | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,643.26 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRETTA, MARK E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,643.22 | Date 02/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURSO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $81,643.09 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TERRY E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $81,642.86 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NALLY, LYNN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,641.82 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETTER, CHRISTIAN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,641.57 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC ENTEE, DANIEL | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $81,640.00 | Date 12/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI DOMENICO, RYAN C | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $81,639.58 | Date 12/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WIEGAND, PETER J | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $81,639.47 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, ANTOINETTE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,639.12 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLLIVER, SEAN L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,638.63 | Date 12/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENOCH, MARK D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,638.60 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAILA, KAREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,638.60 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PAMELA M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $81,638.23 | Date 05/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ RODRIGUEZ, NORMA L | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $81,638.12 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICHESTER, GENE E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $81,637.82 | Date 05/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, DIANA K | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $81,637.75 | Date 02/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWER, RYAN A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,637.62 | Date 03/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELICHER, JENNIFER | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,636.33 | Date 10/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, CHONG | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,636.04 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HU, QIANG | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,635.99 | Date 02/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTENSEN, THOMAS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,635.88 | Date 12/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIHL, SARAH A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,635.59 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, NANCY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,635.10 | Date 01/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, ELAINE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,634.87 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICINBOTHEM, RICHARD D | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $81,634.81 | Date 12/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, PENNY L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $81,634.71 | Date 02/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIN, APRIL L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,634.63 | Date 11/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $81,633.87 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMARAZIO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,633.15 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, NOREEN A | Employer name Marlboro CSD | Amount $81,632.90 | Date 10/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDO, DANA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,632.26 | Date 06/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, CARL F | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $81,631.58 | Date 10/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN-EISLER, JANEEN | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $81,631.58 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, DAVID | Employer name Town of Pound Ridge | Amount $81,630.92 | Date 04/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHR, DANIELLE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,630.62 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APRONTI, OSCAR | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,630.12 | Date 06/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENDRIZZI, MAURA B | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,629.95 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, JOHN H | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,629.64 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, JACQUELINE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $81,629.26 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTE, JAMES J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $81,629.09 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEXTON, JAMES J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,628.50 | Date 05/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITSKO, JOHN P | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $81,628.39 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHR, RICHARD W | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $81,628.05 | Date 01/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONACIK, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $81,627.55 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESLEY, JASON E | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,627.40 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTO, MICHELE M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $81,626.77 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, PATRICK F | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $81,625.73 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, PHILLIP J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,624.77 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDE, ELIZABETH | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,623.90 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGANDZIC, MICHAEL J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,622.55 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $81,622.52 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGGREN, KEVIN C | Employer name Town of Newfield | Amount $81,622.32 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMM, MARY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,622.15 | Date 01/04/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN AUKEN, DONNA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,621.93 | Date 08/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRECKENGOST, MERLE N | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $81,621.67 | Date 08/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMMED, KEITH M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,621.67 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, WILLIAM G | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $81,620.88 | Date 09/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ALISHA B | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $81,620.75 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DONALD, BARRY S | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $81,620.57 | Date 02/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEH, MICHAEL C | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $81,620.07 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPDYKE, WILLIAM J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $81,619.99 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUCCO, AMALFIS J | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $81,619.00 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLIHER, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Penn Yan Bd of Light Commis | Amount $81,618.55 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, KIMBERLY H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,618.37 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROM, WILLIAM E | Employer name Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD | Amount $81,617.80 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MARK A | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $81,617.34 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, TODD F | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,617.32 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, LAWRENCE E, JR | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $81,617.28 | Date 01/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, JAMES T | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $81,616.95 | Date 06/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIDD, ERROL M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $81,616.94 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, CARLTON T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,616.62 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACIELLO, DANIEL, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,616.45 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHNKEN, BARBARA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,615.32 | Date 04/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAU, DANA E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $81,614.63 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEDD, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $81,614.37 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, STEPHEN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $81,614.22 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASON, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $81,614.16 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, RYAN A | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $81,613.59 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAXBY, ALLEN E | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $81,613.42 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, MARGARET E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,613.34 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLIO, CELIE J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,613.03 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKETT, ANTOINETTE E | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $81,612.94 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORKIN, MIKHAIL | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,612.59 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, JOHN K | Employer name Town of Owasco | Amount $81,612.53 | Date 08/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNACCHIO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $81,612.19 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, KAMRUL A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,611.69 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTO, FELIX D | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $81,611.61 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,611.45 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, BRIAN T | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,611.31 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIENIK, RAYMOND D, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $81,611.28 | Date 01/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, WILLIE J, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,610.40 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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