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 ABATE, ARNOLD M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,357.42 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $81,356.79 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAMONACO, FRANK M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $81,356.28 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, KERI L BOYD | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $81,355.96 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLYDEN-JETER, EDITH K | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $81,355.94 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSMITH, ALYSSA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,355.49 | Date 09/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, EDWARD R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,355.30 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICATONE, JOHN JAMES | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,355.21 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHWAY, DENNIS F | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,354.20 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICALIZZI, DONALD | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $81,354.11 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERROW, DAMIEN | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $81,353.22 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, LAUREN A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,352.35 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANGOG THEOBALD, EVANGELINE F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,352.10 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE, BRYAN W | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $81,352.06 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, DECLAN P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,351.99 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTERHOUDT, STEVEN L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,351.99 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWLEY, VERONICA E | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $81,351.88 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVAL, JOHN B | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $81,351.88 | Date 02/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHARRON, REGIS A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $81,351.83 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UDICIOUS, LAUREN R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,351.78 | Date 10/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, CRAIG S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,351.06 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMA, JEFFREY P | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $81,350.31 | Date 01/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINSON, DEBORAH J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,350.28 | Date 06/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMETANKA, KEVIN M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $81,350.04 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KENNETH L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,350.00 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREY, NEVILLE W, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $81,349.23 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, ANTONIO E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,349.17 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, ANTHONY D | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,349.08 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENN, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,348.92 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCO, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,348.90 | Date 07/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBREUIL, KENNETH J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,348.88 | Date 06/30/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITA, LAWRENCE C | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $81,348.64 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASIOROWSKI, RICHARD | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,348.61 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUITOR, HAROLD J | Employer name Town of Niagara | Amount $81,347.54 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASPRIS, ELEANOR A | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $81,347.45 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, BARBARA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,347.24 | Date 04/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZAN, ANDRE L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,346.87 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSLEY, RICHARD G, II | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,346.28 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSWORTH, SCOTT F | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $81,346.17 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, JOSEPH D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,345.27 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACOTTI, FRANK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,345.17 | Date 02/24/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILES, LINDSEY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,345.14 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVOURAS, CHRISTINA C | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $81,344.98 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYS, KAREN A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $81,344.98 | Date 02/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, JOEL P | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $81,344.98 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, OWEN G, II | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,343.66 | Date 01/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OREFICE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,343.47 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COSMANO, DONNA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $81,342.85 | Date 05/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPLER, THOMAS M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $81,342.77 | Date 04/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITCH, JAMES B | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,342.71 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, RUTH E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $81,342.71 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, CHUNWAI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,342.69 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTON, CHARLES Z | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $81,342.44 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, JASON C | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,342.39 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ-BROWN, CLAIRE E | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $81,342.02 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CHET | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $81,341.42 | Date 02/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALOR, BRITTANY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,341.39 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLITANO, BARBARA J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $81,340.54 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ELIZABETH ANN | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $81,340.26 | Date 01/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, MEGHAN C | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $81,339.86 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARBINGER, JUSTIN R | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $81,339.84 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKS, GARETT E | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,339.77 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARY M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $81,339.41 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, GARY M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $81,339.38 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, LAUREL A | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $81,339.08 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCABES, JOANNE | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $81,338.56 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTICI, JOSEPH C | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,338.45 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLADO, FEDERICO A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,337.73 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, DARRYL D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,337.53 | Date 06/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHLER, JEFFREY C, JR | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $81,337.38 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKERING, PRESTON E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,336.37 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMAIN, FREDERICK L, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,336.30 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUKKI, LEONARD | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $81,336.08 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTESEN, CODY A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,335.76 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALDIVIA, ROBERT | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $81,335.70 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASZEWSKI, ROMUALD | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,335.69 | Date 01/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANTONIO M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $81,335.55 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRIS, JANE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,335.45 | Date 03/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINVILLE, MICHELE C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,335.39 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZMROCZEK, ANNISA A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,334.58 | Date 04/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, STEVEN, SR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,334.30 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, JOHN W, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,334.17 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, EDWARD R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,334.01 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCCOLI, THOMAS G | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $81,333.29 | Date 04/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, HELEN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,332.70 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIXSON, ARCHIE E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,332.70 | Date 06/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPERI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,332.68 | Date 12/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, THERESA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $81,332.38 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVOURS, PHIL J | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $81,332.14 | Date 12/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIDL, LINDA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,331.76 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHANINGER, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $81,331.46 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SUSANNA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,331.34 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTON, JOSHUA S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,331.16 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOSIAK, ROBERT J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,330.79 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASKINS, STEVEN D | Employer name Washington County | Amount $81,330.75 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $81,330.58 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, CRAIG R | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,330.43 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVALLEY, LYNDON A, JR | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $81,330.37 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHADALAVADA, DIVYA | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $81,330.10 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCAFFERTY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,328.73 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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