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 HUNTER, KEVIN E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,508.82 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, JOSEPH J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,508.41 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNILLE, NOEL H S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,508.30 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMCZYK, MARY E | Employer name Sag Harbor UFSD | Amount $81,508.17 | Date 09/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, LISA A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $81,507.92 | Date 09/15/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMCZAK, JULIE R | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,506.64 | Date 11/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNER, FLORENCE O | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $81,505.85 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DONALD M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,505.75 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRANO, JOSEPH | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $81,505.70 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHEWICZ, MICHAEL S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,505.50 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYALA, VICTOR M | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $81,505.47 | Date 10/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERS, PATRICK J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $81,505.10 | Date 03/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, PATRICIA E | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $81,505.00 | Date 09/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHAREL, MYRLINE MP | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $81,504.07 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, IRENE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,503.95 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VORST, WILLIAM J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,503.95 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, SARA L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $81,503.57 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUBINIEC, THOMAS D | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $81,503.51 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATHER, KRISTY L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,502.78 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEDITA, BRIAN C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,502.61 | Date 11/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANIGAN, SUSAN A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $81,502.27 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,501.72 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DURLING, ANDREW M | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $81,501.69 | Date 03/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, MARILYN M | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $81,501.16 | Date 11/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JETER, SOPHIA R | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $81,500.89 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILVENTO, DAVID R | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,500.78 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, JOHN D | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $81,500.07 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHART, ALYSSA L | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $81,500.04 | Date 12/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, EILEEN M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,499.85 | Date 09/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRESSWELL, LAURIE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,499.67 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, MARK A | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $81,499.63 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, SEAN M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $81,499.22 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUROWIEC, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,498.88 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOZIER, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $81,498.84 | Date 04/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, JOANNE N | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,498.56 | Date 09/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $81,498.37 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORRELL, SONIA Y | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $81,498.34 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, RYAN P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,497.55 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISK, JONATHAN | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $81,497.21 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, ANITA E | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,496.81 | Date 03/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, DEBORAH B | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $81,496.81 | Date 01/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIANG, FENG | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,496.81 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, CELESTINA G | Employer name Horseheads CSD | Amount $81,496.70 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, JUDITH L | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $81,496.67 | Date 11/19/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZ, ADAM H | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,496.40 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, LAURA | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $81,496.27 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKI, DIANE K | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $81,495.90 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYOR, PAUL W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHNIK, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 09/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAY, KEITH J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILES, WARREN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDERS, DANIEL F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKERSON, MARTIN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 04/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, NIMISH R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARRINER, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, BARBARA S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $81,495.75 | Date 11/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRATURE, ELIZABETH G | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $81,495.65 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ELAINE S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,495.20 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRICKEY, KEVIN T | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $81,495.03 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, HECTOR E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,494.78 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKOLAIENKO, YEVHENII | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,494.70 | Date 08/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVERY, JANICE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,494.40 | Date 08/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURTZ, ADELE M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $81,494.04 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, RACHAEL W | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $81,494.04 | Date 03/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, GORDON W | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $81,494.02 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POON, YU-CHUN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,493.71 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAKWE, VERONICA N | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $81,493.51 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOSEK, WALTER A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,493.34 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUDET, PETER | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,493.14 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, DAVID L | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $81,492.86 | Date 06/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAMP, SARA J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,492.43 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIFU, RENATO J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,492.39 | Date 03/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GREGORY J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,492.17 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEOHARY, KATHERINE J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,492.04 | Date 03/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TRINA R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,491.78 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, MIGUEL | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $81,491.75 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAIR, DEEPA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $81,491.39 | Date 03/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, AMY C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,491.27 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSTON, KEVIN M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $81,490.92 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOPELLE, EDWIN C | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $81,490.82 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, JACKIE D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,490.66 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, MATTHEW E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,490.66 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONER, JOSEPH | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,490.66 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, DALE K | Employer name Education Department | Amount $81,490.66 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCOSO, ROSALIE | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $81,490.61 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, WILLIAM R | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,490.48 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDINO, FRANCIS | Employer name Elmont Fire District | Amount $81,490.16 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSAN, EDWARD | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,490.08 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEARY, SUZANNE E | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $81,489.33 | Date 12/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPDEVIELLE, GERARD M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,488.61 | Date 01/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERBUKH, MIKHAIL | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,487.91 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, OWEN P, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,487.91 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAVOROKHIN, VASILIY | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,487.91 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, ERIC M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,487.76 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAGATA, RICHARD E, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,487.26 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKLIN, BRUCE A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,486.96 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETT, SHANNON E | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $81,486.84 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAM, WAYNE J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,486.45 | Date 07/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINGOIA, ANNAMARIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,486.25 | Date 06/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAM, ROBERT D | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $81,486.17 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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