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 BURKE, NANCY J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $80,374.43 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, GLORIA A | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $80,373.94 | Date 02/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENTS, PATRICIA M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $80,373.70 | Date 03/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, JACQUELINE | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $80,373.48 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDQUIST, LONNIE | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $80,373.01 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAD, DEBORAH C | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $80,372.70 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, JENNIFER R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,372.57 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JODI L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,372.57 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, MARK T | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $80,372.19 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, SCOTT T | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $80,372.02 | Date 05/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARADENES, THOMAS A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,371.50 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, CHRISTINA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,371.50 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFORR, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,371.50 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATZNER, SUZANNE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,371.50 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOMACK, LAWRENCE W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,371.50 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROKA, BRUCE M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $80,371.02 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERWIN, DANIEL G | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $80,370.86 | Date 08/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, HAROLD G | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $80,369.38 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCANDREW, LAURA A | Employer name Monticello CSD | Amount $80,369.36 | Date 02/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MANUEL | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $80,368.90 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMER, DAWN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $80,368.85 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROMM, ANDREW Q | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $80,368.16 | Date 04/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENGEL, MARK | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $80,367.54 | Date 12/03/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, GARY W | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $80,367.43 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JOSHUA R | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $80,367.25 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DAVID E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $80,367.22 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STABINSKY, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $80,366.93 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, LINDSAY G | Employer name Sea Breeze Water District | Amount $80,366.87 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENKENBERGER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $80,366.55 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, NANCY B | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $80,366.25 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENNER, JANELLE N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $80,365.89 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LORELEI B | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $80,365.58 | Date 09/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NINA A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $80,365.47 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEINECKE, JOHN C | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $80,365.35 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN-BEATHLEY, STEPHANIE E | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $80,365.16 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUSTINO, ROBERT R | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $80,365.03 | Date 09/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, ERIN N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,364.80 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEEL, GEORGE N | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $80,364.46 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UVENA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $80,364.31 | Date 04/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLINI, PAUL S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $80,363.97 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHA, MICHAEL D | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $80,363.88 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINK, JEFFREY S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $80,363.29 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, RYAN D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $80,363.07 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELDRIM, DIANE S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $80,363.05 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $80,363.03 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, LIAM T | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $80,362.83 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASCO, CARLOS A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,362.67 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRIS, REGINALD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,362.00 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIDINGS, JOHN T | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $80,361.93 | Date 08/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASCONE, JAMES J | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $80,361.77 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRER, JASON M | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $80,361.68 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KELLEY J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $80,361.60 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOROSKI, DIANA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,361.54 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARE, BERTHA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $80,361.41 | Date 11/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, MATTHEW S | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $80,360.85 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUARCINI, LAWRENCE J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $80,360.61 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, DE VON T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $80,360.58 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DELL, JAMIE L | Employer name Boces-Franklin Essex Hamilton | Amount $80,360.08 | Date 04/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, BRENDAN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $80,359.19 | Date 05/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYSNER-PURDY, KERRY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,358.97 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JOHN F | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $80,358.22 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASKIN, WARREN H | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $80,357.89 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCICUTELLA, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,357.63 | Date 07/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLEINFELDER, KENNETH C | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $80,356.59 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, MARGARET M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,356.57 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENSTAT, JOY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $80,355.80 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADIGAN, DEIRDRE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $80,355.47 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWEN, TODD J | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $80,355.05 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTIMORE-YOUNG, MARY JO | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $80,354.84 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFREY, KENSON C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $80,354.84 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $80,354.84 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ALANNAH E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,353.83 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SOUZA, CLIVE W | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $80,353.74 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERIFF, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $80,353.71 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAVATTI, CRISTI J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $80,353.43 | Date 06/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRINGER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $80,353.37 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWADZKI, BRET J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $80,352.93 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCKETT, KATHERINE L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,352.76 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, JULIET N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,352.64 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KEYLA N | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $80,351.95 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARDIBONO, JOSEPH F | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $80,350.53 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGOSIAN, PAUL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,349.93 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATON, STEPHANIE E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $80,349.91 | Date 12/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, SCOTT R | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $80,349.91 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANZA, JOANNE J | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $80,349.00 | Date 04/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VORIS, RICHARD F | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $80,348.12 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, TANIA S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $80,347.99 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEISER, TRACY-LYN | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $80,347.76 | Date 04/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTA MARIA, JOSEPH K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $80,347.50 | Date 04/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,347.45 | Date 08/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSSERT, CAROLYN WHITE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,347.30 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, JUDITH D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,347.04 | Date 12/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, JOSEPH V | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,347.04 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFRANEK, ANGELINE T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,347.04 | Date 08/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIESS, CAROL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,347.04 | Date 07/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, PATRICIA A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $80,346.76 | Date 01/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SRMACK, WILLIAM N | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $80,346.00 | Date 05/23/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEFALO, MARLA S | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $80,345.68 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWLEY, LAURIE | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $80,345.66 | Date 11/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZELEST, PAUL M | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $80,345.63 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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