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 KOMNICK, PETER A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,610.30 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, BRANDON M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $81,610.09 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DONALD P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,609.99 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, GAVIN E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,609.52 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTINA, VINCENT | Employer name Town of Wappinger | Amount $81,608.26 | Date 09/08/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMPE, DEBORAH | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $81,608.19 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,607.55 | Date 07/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTILLA, MARIA JULIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,607.38 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, GREGORY T | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $81,606.97 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MINDY E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,606.75 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $81,606.46 | Date 09/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASPER, SCOTT E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,606.44 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, VICKI L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $81,605.15 | Date 09/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRARY, MARIANNE D | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $81,604.38 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, KEVIN P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,603.72 | Date 07/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRANVILLE, RYAN P | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,603.49 | Date 04/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIN, JAMES C, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $81,602.97 | Date 01/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURHAM, SCOTT T | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $81,602.38 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAGGOTT, THERESA ANNE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,602.09 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELSCHOW, ROBERT J, III | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,601.20 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELLAPENNA, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,600.89 | Date 05/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUPPELLI, DAVID M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,600.23 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBAN, THOMAS A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,600.23 | Date 12/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, MELISSA F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,600.12 | Date 10/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CASSANDRA M | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $81,599.56 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEITZ, DONALD M | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $81,598.92 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEXTON, ERIKA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,598.29 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, BRIAN A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,598.22 | Date 01/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILGALLON, KELLY K | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $81,597.93 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODALL, ANDREW J, SR | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $81,597.62 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERK, KEVIN | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $81,597.51 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGART, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $81,597.35 | Date 07/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINOR, FIDEL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $81,597.34 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, LINDEL L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $81,596.45 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LEWIS R | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $81,595.72 | Date 07/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, MERCEDES C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,595.35 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, WAYNE M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $81,595.10 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCZMARSKI, WIESLAW | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $81,593.22 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNSTER, DEBORAH | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,592.78 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEKHAR, SONIA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,592.28 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, GERALD G | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,592.10 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, MIGUEL A | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $81,591.74 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAF, THOMAS | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,591.37 | Date 09/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, JULIE A | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $81,591.32 | Date 09/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLA, SALVATORE M | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $81,591.18 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKARD, JAMES N | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,591.16 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGHORN, EDWARD K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,590.98 | Date 04/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHATIGAN, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,590.94 | Date 06/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORSZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,590.89 | Date 01/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, FREDERICK W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $81,590.77 | Date 03/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBLENTZ, KATHIE L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $81,590.76 | Date 07/01/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, CATHERINE Y | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,590.61 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIETO, JUAN C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,590.31 | Date 03/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORLISH, JOHN R | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $81,589.98 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARING, SCOTT P | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $81,589.78 | Date 09/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $81,589.34 | Date 11/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUM, ROBERT H | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $81,588.68 | Date 01/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTINI, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $81,587.83 | Date 06/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CISZEK, TERRANCE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,587.81 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOMMEL, CRAIG M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,587.79 | Date 12/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARKOWITZ, BONNIE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,587.71 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISSON, DOREEN L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,587.27 | Date 07/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ROBERT L | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $81,587.14 | Date 09/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZEWC, DANIEL F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,587.07 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVEY, JASON E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $81,587.05 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARLOW, PAULA F | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $81,586.76 | Date 01/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTACAVOLI, KAREN M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $81,586.73 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIALE, JAMES R | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $81,586.51 | Date 11/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZABLEWSKI, LEAH A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,586.50 | Date 04/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETZER, MELANIE C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,585.96 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAWEC, BRUCE W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $81,585.68 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUBY, JOHN J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $81,585.32 | Date 01/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, TRACY C | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,585.09 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACH, MATTHEW A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,584.45 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBOY, DIANE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,584.13 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMIGH, GREGORY T | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,584.07 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSERNIA, AURORA G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,583.47 | Date 08/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICOLI, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Village of Lattingtown | Amount $81,583.30 | Date 06/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOL, JOY A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $81,583.11 | Date 04/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, DENNIS C | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $81,583.02 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKHASOV, ALEKSANDR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,581.88 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON-TORRE, RACHEL | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $81,581.70 | Date 12/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIROLI, ANDREW P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,581.53 | Date 08/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUO, QINGQI | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,581.13 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON ESCHEN, JAMES P | Employer name Village of Bellport | Amount $81,580.16 | Date 03/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, JASON B | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $81,580.10 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEROUIN, ERIN J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $81,579.72 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, DANIEL J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,579.69 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAPLETON, ROSANNE | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $81,579.41 | Date 03/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADE-HOLT, SIMONE A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,579.29 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, CLAUDIA NG | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,579.06 | Date 11/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIECUCH, STEVEN J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $81,578.74 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRETER, CHARLES A, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,578.63 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, HEATHER M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $81,578.28 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, IRENE M | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $81,578.15 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEFINGER, EVELINE U | Employer name Boces-Ham'Tn Fulton Montgomery | Amount $81,577.97 | Date 09/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MAURO, JOE | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $81,577.88 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTER, DENNIS C | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $81,576.48 | Date 05/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIMILESKI, ROBERT W | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,576.23 | Date 07/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSER, SANDRA B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $81,575.28 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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