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 SWARTHOUT, DAVID W | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $81,169.39 | Date 12/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, KIMBERLY A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,169.38 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, JOHN T | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,168.98 | Date 06/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNOOY, DEBORAH | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $81,168.91 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, TODD M | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $81,168.44 | Date 01/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVENBURGH, HAROLD L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $81,168.05 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEGAR, KATHERINE L | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,167.88 | Date 06/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSSELIN, RUSSELL J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $81,167.81 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, RONALD E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $81,167.29 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, ROGER V, III | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,167.03 | Date 04/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $81,166.89 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, GLENN J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,166.78 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, SHANNA L | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $81,165.63 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZWONKAS, DEAN P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $81,165.15 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, GEORGE E | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $81,164.86 | Date 12/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST FORT, MAAG | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,164.39 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHU, CALEB W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,163.40 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-GILLES, HECTOR V | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,163.02 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, JAMES A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,162.92 | Date 06/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, SHARON | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $81,162.89 | Date 06/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIER, DAWN A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $81,162.67 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKNESS, JOHN C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,162.44 | Date 09/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VERBOCY, JOHN S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $81,162.42 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAGGIANO, KATHLEEN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,162.31 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, THOMAS J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,161.20 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREDRICKS, KELLY J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,161.03 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASARIK, KEVIN | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $81,160.80 | Date 02/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, JILL A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,160.30 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUWER, MICHAEL | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $81,159.87 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, GERALD W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,159.84 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANZENBACH, KARL S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,159.82 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LARM, DONNA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,159.80 | Date 10/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, EDWARD C | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $81,159.79 | Date 12/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALEK, JUDITH A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,159.76 | Date 07/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, BRIAN K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,159.61 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYKIN, BETTY J | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $81,159.59 | Date 09/05/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, WAYNE T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,159.11 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONETTI-ANDERSON, CARA E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,158.89 | Date 06/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANKS, ERIC | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,158.57 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, MASON E | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $81,158.38 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILHELM, DIANE M | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $81,158.38 | Date 12/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUARE, LOUISE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,158.08 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBINO, NATALE S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,158.03 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUGLIUCCI, SEAN | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,157.50 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARTHEN, KATHERINE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,157.44 | Date 02/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $81,157.39 | Date 05/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLEGARDE, LORIE A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,157.37 | Date 05/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERVIAN, ANDREW P | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $81,157.25 | Date 11/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUTON, KEVIN M | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $81,157.25 | Date 04/21/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUPP, CHRISTOPHER GA, SR | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $81,155.75 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESIMONE, JIM | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,155.71 | Date 11/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, MICHAEL G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $81,154.28 | Date 10/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPHS, SHARON | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $81,153.29 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODLAND, PATRICIA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,153.10 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, WILLIAM G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,153.07 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, DAVID C | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $81,152.54 | Date 03/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIOTTI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $81,152.39 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKIE, HENRY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,152.08 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, LORINDA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,151.94 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SHANNON M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,151.72 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, RALPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,151.58 | Date 01/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRAZEN, NICOLE L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,151.31 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMED, KERRY | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,151.21 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FRANCESCO, THOMAS M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,151.08 | Date 05/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENER, KYLE A | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $81,151.00 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KASSEL, JAMES H | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,150.92 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINICK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,150.16 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN BEVEREN, KEVIN M | Employer name Solvay UFSD | Amount $81,150.06 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGDEN, JACOB J | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $81,149.97 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLANE, AMY E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,149.85 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JOHN J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,149.76 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKAITIS, WILLIAM B | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $81,149.67 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVASTANO, ANTHONY III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,149.65 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDERGAST, KATHERINE E | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $81,149.38 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, RUE L, III | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $81,149.15 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERIA, SOCRATES M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $81,148.53 | Date 01/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JEFREY P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,148.50 | Date 10/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRICKOVICH, ANDREA R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,147.67 | Date 03/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MICHAEL V | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $81,147.40 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMILLIERI, JOHN P | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $81,146.75 | Date 07/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHELE J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $81,146.66 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, LIZABETH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,146.36 | Date 11/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, TOMAS G, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,146.28 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANG, PETER | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $81,145.74 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDFORD, RANDAL S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,145.02 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEYNE, JEAN L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $81,145.02 | Date 12/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOSCHER, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $81,145.00 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSEN-SCUDERO, KAREN L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,144.40 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JAVIER | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,144.40 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHACK-RODRIGUEZ, ELAINE R | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,144.40 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINK, PATRICIA A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,144.38 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONTEMPI, PETER J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $81,144.18 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MARY V | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,143.69 | Date 01/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JOSHUA D | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $81,143.43 | Date 03/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TRACY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,143.19 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODDICK, ARTHUR D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $81,142.83 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, LAURIE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,142.39 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANUELAS, MYRNA | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,142.18 | Date 03/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSKOPF, JOHN W | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $81,141.98 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELUCA, MICHELE A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $81,141.75 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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