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.

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Name Employer name Amount Date Fiscal year Pension group
Name SINACORI, VICTORIA L Employer name Suffolk County Amount $81,049.12 Date 05/04/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARASIMOWICZ, MARIA Employer name Off of The State Comptroller Amount $81,048.92 Date 08/13/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NELSON, EDWARD Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center Amount $81,048.92 Date 01/15/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VANORSDALE, KEITH L Employer name Rochester Psych Center Amount $81,048.69 Date 06/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHAW, SCOTT A Employer name Chemung County Amount $81,047.78 Date 08/02/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUDNEY, LAURA F Employer name Livingston County Amount $81,047.43 Date 12/10/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VENDOLA, RICHARD Employer name Town of Harrison Amount $81,047.27 Date 06/11/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WESOLOWSKI, ANNE MARIE Employer name Erie County Amount $81,047.15 Date 12/09/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAPPON, CHARLES D Employer name Barnard Fire District Amount $81,047.06 Date 09/14/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MAYES, KEVIN A Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility Amount $81,045.30 Date 09/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLEMENTE, DANIEL Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $81,044.63 Date 09/13/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURPHY, MARSHA L Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist Amount $81,044.39 Date 10/29/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name INGEGNO, JACKLYN Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist Amount $81,043.30 Date 09/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HASBROUCK, EMERSON C, JR Employer name Cornell University Amount $81,043.20 Date 09/15/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PHILLIPS, DONALD E Employer name Village of Floral Park Amount $81,043.14 Date 08/08/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CURRAN, JOHN F Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $81,042.80 Date 01/23/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLYNN, KEVIN M Employer name City of Albany Amount $81,042.47 Date 01/18/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KUROSKY, AMBER L Employer name Buffalo Psych Center Amount $81,042.06 Date 09/25/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUTKOWSKI, KENNETH M, II Employer name Village of Kenmore Amount $81,041.36 Date 08/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DE GIOVINE, JOSEPH Employer name City of Albany Amount $81,041.34 Date 02/22/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPERRAZZA, JEROME Employer name Niagara County Amount $81,040.80 Date 12/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, JAMES C Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility Amount $81,040.61 Date 08/10/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TELFORD, RICHARD D Employer name Chautauqua County Amount $81,040.48 Date 04/29/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MENDOLA, JO ANN F Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD Amount $81,040.20 Date 11/13/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAMBRANA, VICTOR R Employer name Sag Harbor UFSD Amount $81,040.19 Date 11/07/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALKIN, ERIN M Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute Amount $81,039.79 Date 03/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HIGGINBOTHAM, TRACY L Employer name Hudson Corr Facility Amount $81,039.21 Date 05/01/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KENNER, WILLIAM T Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist Amount $81,038.80 Date 12/05/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LI, XIAOJIANG Employer name Department of Health Amount $81,038.51 Date 04/21/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEELE, ANDREA C Employer name Boces-Del Chenang Madis Otsego Amount $81,038.14 Date 12/13/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANSEN, KEITH A Employer name Albion Corr Facility Amount $81,037.87 Date 08/24/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, QUINTEN I Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist Amount $81,037.68 Date 07/01/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOERGER, MICHAEL P Employer name Ridge Road Fire District Amount $81,037.58 Date 07/19/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RIEDY, SUSAN A Employer name Albany County Amount $81,037.13 Date 04/17/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMART, MARTIN P Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility Amount $81,036.49 Date 11/01/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PATEL, NISHANT R Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $81,036.47 Date 09/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JONES, DENNIS J Employer name Sunmount Dev Center Amount $81,036.13 Date 10/14/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HYDE, BENJAMIN C Employer name Watertown Corr Facility Amount $81,035.98 Date 06/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DECKER, MICHAEL A Employer name City of Buffalo Amount $81,035.53 Date 09/30/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EASTWOOD, MARK E Employer name Central NY Psych Center Amount $81,035.49 Date 12/26/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FEARBY, MARK A Employer name Orleans Corr Facility Amount $81,035.26 Date 12/02/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURVID, THOMAS W Employer name City of Buffalo Amount $81,035.12 Date 04/08/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPITZBERG, HEATHER M Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl Amount $81,035.05 Date 06/20/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOSLET, ALAN J Employer name Town of Oyster Bay Amount $81,034.74 Date 07/30/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARRELL, JENNIFER C Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse Amount $81,034.72 Date 10/22/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUGENHAGEN, DIANA L Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute Amount $81,034.62 Date 09/05/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JUBERT, JOHN G Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $81,034.30 Date 06/08/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOZUB, STANLEY M Employer name Collins Corr Facility Amount $81,033.72 Date 11/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DURSO-GUNES, JEANNE M Employer name Suffolk County Amount $81,033.42 Date 06/16/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRUNZO, LAURA Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial Amount $81,033.41 Date 06/28/1971 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SABATINO, FAUSTO R A Employer name NYC Criminal Court Amount $81,033.41 Date 07/26/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FISCHMAN, MONA L Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc Amount $81,033.41 Date 02/09/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMPSON, REGINALD K Employer name Office of General Services Amount $81,033.38 Date 01/03/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RODRIGUEZ, EMMANUEL Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $81,032.87 Date 08/16/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MANGHAN, ALEXA J Employer name Suffolk County Amount $81,032.60 Date 10/05/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUSSELL, NOREEN Employer name Suffolk County Amount $81,032.60 Date 06/06/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BELLINO, ANTHONY Employer name Town of Hempstead Amount $81,032.58 Date 04/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAUTANIEMI, DANIELLE A Employer name Cornell University Amount $81,032.34 Date 11/16/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REDL, DOREEN Employer name Clinton Corr Facility Amount $81,032.19 Date 08/11/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALLEN-HERRING, NOVLETTE A Employer name Taconic DDSO Amount $81,032.00 Date 11/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUFFO, AMY D Employer name City of Rochester Amount $81,031.87 Date 11/19/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SZCZEPANIAK, KEITH D Employer name Three Village CSD Amount $81,031.36 Date 06/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RHODES, DANIEL C Employer name Saratoga County Amount $81,030.73 Date 09/24/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAGGETT, FREDERICK L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $81,030.59 Date 10/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEXTER, ARLENE A Employer name Brooklyn DDSO Amount $81,030.44 Date 07/07/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOLAN, RITA A Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch Amount $81,029.98 Date 10/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOZIKOWSKI, MARYBETH Employer name Sachem Public Library Amount $81,029.90 Date 09/09/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARPEI, WILLIAM T Employer name City of Saratoga Springs Amount $81,029.74 Date 07/20/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REGIS, SHARON K Employer name New York City Childrens Center Amount $81,029.31 Date 12/18/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DADAMIO, JAMES D Employer name Broome County Amount $81,029.11 Date 01/18/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHARMANT, MARIE A Employer name Rockland Psych Center Amount $81,028.65 Date 06/09/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAIRD, FREDERICK E, JR Employer name Oswego County Amount $81,028.49 Date 11/29/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARR, PATRICIA A Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist Amount $81,028.43 Date 04/20/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOLAN, BRIAN E Employer name City of Poughkeepsie Amount $81,027.92 Date 11/12/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VAN DYKE, JAIME M Employer name Town of Oyster Bay Amount $81,027.82 Date 07/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BILLUPS, MICHAEL W Employer name NYC Family Court Amount $81,027.70 Date 02/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, STEVEN A Employer name Central NY Psych Center Amount $81,027.04 Date 11/09/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BISHOP, SIMONE A Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ Amount $81,026.81 Date 09/08/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRIMES, HAYLEY C Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital Amount $81,026.59 Date 06/06/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALSHEIMER, MICHAEL G Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse Amount $81,026.41 Date 08/30/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAMIREZ, JOAN M Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 Amount $81,025.80 Date 01/21/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, KAREN L Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility Amount $81,025.36 Date 08/06/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, SHIELA G Employer name Department of Health Amount $81,024.96 Date 05/07/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SNELL, PEARL M Employer name Albion Corr Facility Amount $81,024.58 Date 07/19/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VITALE, CHARLES M Employer name City of Rochester Amount $81,023.73 Date 04/05/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUBANO, ALEXANDER Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch Amount $81,023.51 Date 02/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DHALI, ERIC Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility Amount $81,022.53 Date 05/10/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHULZ, DONALD W Employer name Livingston Correction Facility Amount $81,021.72 Date 05/29/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JULIANO, DAWN M Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. Amount $81,021.30 Date 10/20/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FISKE, JAMES W Employer name Rockland County Amount $81,020.61 Date 04/27/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERNARD, BRYAN D Employer name Office of General Services Amount $81,019.74 Date 09/21/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SIFFRINGER, TAMELA D Employer name Dept of Correctional Services Amount $81,019.23 Date 10/14/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIFKO, RODNEY J Employer name Three Village CSD Amount $81,019.13 Date 12/26/1973 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHIERO, WILLIAM J Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt Amount $81,018.75 Date 07/17/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHRADER, MARILYN L Employer name Office of Public Safety Amount $81,018.72 Date 03/22/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIEBERMAN, JEANNE M Employer name Nassau County Amount $81,018.38 Date 12/10/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN DUSEN, KATHRYN MB Employer name NYS Community Supervision Amount $81,017.90 Date 03/16/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIVINGSTON, ROBERT M Employer name Department of Health Amount $81,017.58 Date 12/11/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLLINS, KEVIN Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 Amount $81,017.37 Date 08/09/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JAMISON, JEFFERY V Employer name Albany County Amount $81,017.06 Date 12/19/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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