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 RATON, MARIE L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,539.77 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, PAUL E, JR | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,538.93 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRANI, FLORENCE J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,538.83 | Date 03/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, KENNETH C | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $81,538.44 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCOCK, GREGORY S | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $81,538.41 | Date 02/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY HEALY, LUCILLE R | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $81,538.41 | Date 07/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITNAUER, JUSTIN P | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $81,538.32 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYCHACK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $81,538.05 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAEBER, WILLIAM P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,537.39 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAIR, BARBARA S | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $81,536.82 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAKHSHON, IRAIDA S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,536.65 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMBACH, VAUGHN S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,536.55 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, DAVID A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,536.05 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTELLS, JOHN J | Employer name New Paltz CSD | Amount $81,535.87 | Date 04/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABALLERO-LI, ROSA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $81,535.83 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELNICK, ALEXANDER C | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $81,535.46 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA DUKE, KRISTINA M | Employer name Plattsburgh City School Dist | Amount $81,535.07 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARZA, BEVERLY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,534.50 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYOR, BRIAN E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $81,533.60 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYNER, YOLANDA D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,533.13 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAATZ, TOBY T | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,532.75 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, AMY L | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $81,532.29 | Date 01/12/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, KEITH R | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $81,532.26 | Date 03/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, MIN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,532.20 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $81,531.93 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PACELLA, MARY | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,531.82 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, DENNIS C | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $81,531.77 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARD, GREGORY D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,531.75 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, MATTHEW E | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $81,531.65 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DARCY, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $81,531.41 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA GREGA, DONNA | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $81,531.34 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLIS, JILLIAN | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,530.94 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINTNER, STACE L | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $81,530.81 | Date 05/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RYAN T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $81,530.49 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFER, ALBERT A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $81,530.43 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, DENNIS J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,529.75 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNSKEY, DONNA K | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,529.74 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARROWMAN, MIREILLE A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $81,529.65 | Date 11/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, DANA D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,529.62 | Date 02/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, ROBERT T | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,529.28 | Date 05/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, WAYNE A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,529.04 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYLER, LEON E | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $81,528.74 | Date 06/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSBAND, MATTHEW E | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $81,527.71 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, ERIN S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,527.56 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUM, KATHLEEN O | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,527.08 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERRY-EDWARDS, VENITA | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $81,527.03 | Date 04/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, ABDUR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,527.01 | Date 04/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHARIAS, SEBASTIAN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,527.01 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,527.00 | Date 06/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUENAUER, THOMAS J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $81,526.59 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRACI, SAMUEL J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $81,526.24 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARDO, NICHOLAS J, JR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $81,525.68 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, ERIC L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,523.27 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACCHI, GREGORY | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $81,523.25 | Date 09/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANO, BRENDA M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,523.05 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURACO, FREDERICK | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $81,522.83 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, KEVIN G | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,522.35 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ANGEL H | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $81,522.32 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMBS, TIMOTHY | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $81,522.11 | Date 08/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ASTRA | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $81,520.56 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBLATT, SANDRA G | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $81,520.53 | Date 09/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUMBS, MARJORIE B | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,520.31 | Date 04/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DWAIN M | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $81,519.84 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFFE, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $81,519.83 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, KEVIN J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,519.77 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM H | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,518.79 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLETTE, YVETTE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,518.25 | Date 11/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCAL, DOMINIC C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,517.92 | Date 08/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, RICHARD C | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $81,517.83 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, ANDREW T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,517.71 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLSTEIN, DIANA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,517.19 | Date 11/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LONGIS, JEANNE C | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $81,516.94 | Date 11/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMANSKI, DANIEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,516.69 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEDERN, THOMAS R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $81,516.15 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICKES, MARLEE E | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $81,516.15 | Date 06/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSEILLE, CARL | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $81,516.15 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANHAM, BRIAN C | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $81,516.08 | Date 12/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWLEY, KEVIN F | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $81,516.04 | Date 01/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, DEBRA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,515.91 | Date 05/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAVE, RICKY J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $81,515.68 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESSLER, NANCY B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,515.63 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERVASE, VICTOR N | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,515.42 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DALE D | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $81,515.31 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUCCI, CONCETTA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,515.14 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRO, HEATHER R | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $81,515.09 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JAMES C | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $81,514.25 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKEY, KAREN P | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $81,514.22 | Date 11/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, TAMMY J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,514.07 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRLEY, RYAN H D | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,513.65 | Date 11/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVEE, JAMES K, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $81,513.13 | Date 08/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,512.68 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, EDGAR C, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,512.29 | Date 02/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANO, MICHAEL E | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $81,512.24 | Date 04/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,512.18 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASELLI, GENNARO F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,511.86 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGLOPPER, PETER J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $81,511.51 | Date 08/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, MONICA E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,510.60 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENRIGHT, MICHAEL P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,510.57 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINELLI, MICHAEL H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,510.19 | Date 09/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, THEODORE | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $81,509.46 | Date 03/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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