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 HATCHER-TOUSSAINT, TONYA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,440.37 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, IRENE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,440.36 | Date 02/11/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, BRIAN L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,439.51 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAHERTY, MAUREEN E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,439.33 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROECKER, KARL B | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $81,439.19 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARANDA, BRITTANY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,438.37 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZABLICKI, JAN F, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,438.27 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, LAURIE K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,437.98 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANEY, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $81,437.55 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, GREGORY S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,437.38 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBDON, JODIE K | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $81,436.57 | Date 09/26/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMO, TODD A | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $81,436.31 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERNER, JARED T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,435.34 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLS, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $81,435.14 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTINE-FARNETT, KATHLEEN | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $81,435.14 | Date 10/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEASER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,434.85 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIEBER, DAVID J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,434.40 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKKER JOHNSON, ELISABETH A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $81,434.31 | Date 07/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHREIBER, ROGER T | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $81,433.77 | Date 02/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LINDA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $81,433.20 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANESSA, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,433.11 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASKOFF, MICHAEL V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,432.90 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUOCO, JENNIFER L | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $81,432.60 | Date 03/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARF, EMILY A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $81,432.54 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEACHAM, BRIEANNA | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,432.54 | Date 07/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARUQ, A HALIM | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,432.38 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORETTI, LUKE H | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $81,431.97 | Date 01/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUCHERA, CHARLES J | Employer name Town of Putnam Valley | Amount $81,431.80 | Date 11/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULISON, KENNETH R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $81,431.67 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, CARLOS | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $81,431.42 | Date 09/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JOHN P | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $81,431.04 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRONS, ROBIN L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $81,430.36 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAM, DAVID D | Employer name Village of Liberty | Amount $81,430.05 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EBELING, TRACY A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $81,430.04 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, HAROLD E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $81,429.35 | Date 04/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HLAVATY, CARLENE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,429.07 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, MARIE G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,428.86 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, JACLYN R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,428.68 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERGEN, ROBERT A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,428.68 | Date 02/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, MICHELLE R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $81,428.60 | Date 08/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUU, THANH K | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,428.50 | Date 06/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, CARVER | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,428.05 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, KELLY | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $81,427.61 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, TROY M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $81,426.81 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKS, GEORGE F, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,426.73 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CAROLYN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,426.49 | Date 03/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAMSNYDER, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,426.39 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTIGLIA, JENNIFER L | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $81,426.09 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASKINS, KEISHA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,425.46 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, PATRICIA M | Employer name Lancaster CSD | Amount $81,425.40 | Date 12/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEROLA, JEREMY A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,425.38 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, RICHARD E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $81,424.52 | Date 02/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEPP, THOMAS R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,424.07 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, AMELIE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,424.02 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSETT, DAVID J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,423.92 | Date 06/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, JOHN P | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $81,423.89 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERSHOWITZ, BETH S | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $81,423.45 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINGS, WENDY R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $81,422.65 | Date 09/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, ADAM S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $81,420.84 | Date 02/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HACK, KRISTIE J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,420.68 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN, HEATHER M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $81,420.58 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMDER, ASHLEY N | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,420.33 | Date 09/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, JAMES M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,420.16 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERBY, ANITA G | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $81,419.65 | Date 09/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENAR, RALPH L | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $81,419.24 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRYER, KATRINA L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $81,418.83 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, MARYANNE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,418.65 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, JOHN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,418.63 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTIA, GUS P, JR | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $81,418.11 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROPHY, MATTHEW M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,417.86 | Date 07/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITSON, THOMAS B, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $81,417.54 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TORRES-VILLEGAS, VIRGINIA A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $81,417.41 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAISER, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,416.74 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, KRISTEN L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,415.75 | Date 11/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHAEL F | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $81,415.40 | Date 09/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTO, MARK A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,414.55 | Date 09/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALBURN, DAVID A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $81,414.05 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, WILLIAM A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,414.03 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPELAND, GAIL W | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,413.86 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLCHINSKI, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $81,413.86 | Date 12/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCK, JERROLD S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,413.83 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, ELLEN F | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $81,413.80 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, PAUL D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $81,413.73 | Date 06/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, SARAH L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,413.62 | Date 01/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAPLE, PETER A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $81,413.50 | Date 02/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEITZER, MARK A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,413.35 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINO, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $81,413.24 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT-BIGG, DEBORAH | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $81,413.23 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERSON, CRYSTAL L | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $81,413.15 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDDY, MAUREEN A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $81,412.89 | Date 06/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, RICHARD F | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $81,412.88 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOIAN, CORINA N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,412.13 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, CHRISTINA H | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,411.96 | Date 07/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREY, KIM E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $81,411.72 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIERI-QUINN, SUZANNE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,411.45 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, UGO | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,410.85 | Date 03/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINSON, LORI J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $81,410.70 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMOUNTAIN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,410.37 | Date 07/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, ERNEST P | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,410.19 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALOISIO, JOHN A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $81,410.12 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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