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 ARNOLD, JOHN T | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $80,251.75 | Date 05/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, RODNEY E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $80,250.90 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMEIKS, PAMELA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $80,250.76 | Date 06/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $80,250.75 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, DAVID A | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $80,250.35 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, PAMELA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $80,250.12 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, SHANNEN N | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $80,250.12 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, NANCY J | Employer name Port Jervis City School Dist | Amount $80,249.80 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ-MICHEL, DIANA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,248.58 | Date 06/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOREY, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $80,248.57 | Date 10/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARR, WILLIAM J | Employer name Village of East Rochester | Amount $80,248.34 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, JEFFREY J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $80,247.04 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAO, QING X | Employer name Education Department | Amount $80,246.49 | Date 03/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATO, EVIS J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $80,246.49 | Date 06/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINOVIC, SONIJA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $80,246.49 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTERNAK, JEAN P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $80,246.49 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGA, DAVID A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $80,246.41 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARMER, STEVEN P | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $80,246.35 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOPER, HEATHER R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $80,246.30 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, CARLTON E | Employer name Longwood Public Library | Amount $80,246.18 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE PORE, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,246.04 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABIB, PETER H | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $80,245.77 | Date 05/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURER, REBECCA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $80,245.75 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ANGEL, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $80,245.75 | Date 03/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, ROBERT J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $80,245.75 | Date 06/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, CHARLES A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $80,245.75 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUX, REJEAN W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $80,245.75 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DAVID S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $80,245.75 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, ROBERT P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $80,245.75 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, PATRICIA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $80,245.72 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANG, HONGBING | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $80,245.36 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, FABIOLA W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,245.12 | Date 03/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROMAN, ROBERT W | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $80,244.80 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REISER, DIANE | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $80,244.63 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLO, JOHN J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $80,243.97 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, PATRICIA M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $80,243.80 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTHIRST, NAKEISHA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,243.64 | Date 12/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TIMOTHY W | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $80,243.45 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, PETER D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,243.33 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAVE-FABIANI, ENJOLI A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $80,242.89 | Date 01/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, KACEY L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $80,242.54 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGNI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $80,242.41 | Date 09/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOUREDDINE, NOUREDDINE C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $80,242.40 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADDEN, DANIELLE L | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $80,242.34 | Date 10/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCA, ANTHONY S | Employer name Sag Harbor UFSD | Amount $80,242.24 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCARELLI, PATRICK | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $80,242.08 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMPARETTO, VINCENT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,241.72 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, PATRICIA K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,241.66 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY-SMITH, ANNETTE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,241.62 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTOMANELLI, DINA A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $80,241.61 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTH, BLAKE P | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $80,241.17 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMILO, LESLIE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,240.88 | Date 09/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIN, SCOTT | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $80,240.67 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $80,240.63 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, MARK D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $80,240.53 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, RENETA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $80,240.50 | Date 08/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLER, ANDREW P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $80,240.33 | Date 10/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAE, HYON J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,240.14 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAHAGUN, ANTONIO R, JR | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,239.95 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODDEAU, STEVEN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,239.84 | Date 11/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, KISHON | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $80,239.60 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMBO, JESSICA L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $80,239.18 | Date 05/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POITRAS, KARIN M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $80,239.16 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCINAK, JANICE C | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $80,239.15 | Date 07/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLBA, CHRISTIAN J | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $80,238.78 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BUONO, LAURA | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $80,238.54 | Date 08/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, KEITH K | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $80,238.48 | Date 12/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROW, KITTY L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $80,238.47 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRAY, SHARON A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $80,238.41 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER-BROWN, CAROLYN L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $80,238.29 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARIAN, VAROOSH | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $80,238.15 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYES, JENNY | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $80,237.96 | Date 04/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVES, RONALD L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $80,237.86 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOICE, DENISHA S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $80,237.85 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESCHLER, CHAD D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $80,237.72 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGARIN, KAREN | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $80,236.49 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES DE MADERA, AGUSTINA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $80,236.04 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURENCE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $80,235.84 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREINLINGER, DIANE | Employer name Islip Public Library | Amount $80,235.76 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $80,235.68 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLOBOJUN, WALTER J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $80,235.44 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUGHTON, MEGAN H | Employer name Essex County | Amount $80,234.83 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADDOCK, NANCY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,234.50 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELOSH, JOSEPH M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $80,233.89 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULROE, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $80,232.86 | Date 10/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARDSLEY, BRENDAN J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $80,232.80 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORZECHOWSKI, JOSEPH S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $80,232.08 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, REGINA L | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $80,231.60 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDY, JOHN M | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 30 | Amount $80,231.37 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERERE, NEDJE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,231.28 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMBA, TRACI M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $80,231.02 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDERER, LAWRENCE E | Employer name Manhasset Public Library | Amount $80,230.89 | Date 01/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, STEVEN M | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $80,230.84 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, NATHANIEL N | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $80,230.69 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEEDER, WILLIAM F | Employer name Norwood-Norfolk CSD | Amount $80,230.50 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEARD, JAMES F | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $80,230.41 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATUSZEWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $80,230.30 | Date 12/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS P | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $80,229.53 | Date 09/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAINER, RYAN R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,229.37 | Date 07/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESENDES, GRETCHEN E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $80,228.96 | Date 10/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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