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 LESMES, KIMBERLY S | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $80,084.18 | Date 12/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, PATRICIA K | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $80,084.12 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEAVEY, BARRY G | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $80,084.02 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRIGHT, LAURA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $80,083.88 | Date 04/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDER, JESSICA L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $80,083.35 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEENDYAL, KUNDANLALL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,083.21 | Date 07/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVITT, BRANDON M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $80,082.88 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUKU, ADAM K | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $80,082.66 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLIGAN, DANIEL W | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,082.17 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, MYRNA L | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $80,082.08 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, JANET E | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $80,082.06 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,081.97 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPP, CORTLAND C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $80,080.92 | Date 07/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORESTAL, REGINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $80,080.58 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENZO, RAYMOND E | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $80,079.63 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MARTIN T | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $80,079.40 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCHS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Town of Henrietta | Amount $80,079.31 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $80,078.52 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAUDE, TIFFANIE A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $80,078.33 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRY, MATTHEW C | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $80,078.14 | Date 01/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYLES, ADRIENNE R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,077.63 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, MARK J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $80,077.46 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, PATRICK J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $80,077.32 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, KATIE D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $80,077.00 | Date 10/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANOLDE, JOHN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $80,077.00 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, ANGELA M | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $80,076.44 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, THOMAS J | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $80,076.29 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, RUTH H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $80,075.99 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, KIRSTEN G | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $80,075.50 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUZ, PHILLIP D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $80,074.96 | Date 01/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZA, KAREN L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $80,074.83 | Date 02/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAPEMAN, JAMES D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $80,074.78 | Date 03/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALSTON, SCOTT M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $80,073.97 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH WILLSEY, PATRICIA S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $80,073.84 | Date 09/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTIGLIANO, VINCENZO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $80,073.81 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, HERIBERTO J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $80,073.67 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORENZA, LAURA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $80,073.66 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $80,073.41 | Date 05/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILMORE, JOHN E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,072.40 | Date 03/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, SCOTT W | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $80,072.22 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZONI, MARC D | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $80,071.55 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALYA, SUSANNE B | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $80,071.23 | Date 02/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRAD M | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $80,071.16 | Date 11/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRENG, KEVIN M | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $80,070.06 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, COREY F | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $80,069.97 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JOSE, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $80,069.82 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIESTER, RICHARD M, JR | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,069.80 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, GREG C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $80,069.79 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, LISA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $80,069.37 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUELS, JAMES E | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $80,068.26 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, CHRISTOPHER A, SR | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $80,067.96 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYER, DONNA | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $80,067.85 | Date 09/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, SEAN R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $80,067.29 | Date 07/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, ABIGAIL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $80,066.99 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BEVERLEY I | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $80,066.52 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORELL, AARON R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $80,066.27 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, STEPHANIE R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $80,066.23 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERENS, ROBERT T | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $80,065.44 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLACK, ANDREW T | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $80,064.18 | Date 10/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAACS, FREDERICK S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $80,063.98 | Date 03/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTONDARO, LAURIE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,063.41 | Date 07/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALDANA, NARCISO A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,063.26 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, STEPHEN M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $80,063.25 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIZBICKI, KEVIN | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $80,063.06 | Date 08/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, DIANE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $80,062.80 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSBURGH, MARI E | Employer name Assembly: Annual Part Time | Amount $80,062.58 | Date 11/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSHEE, MELISSA J | Employer name West Islip Public Library | Amount $80,062.56 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, RYAN P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $80,061.63 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, TARA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,061.08 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, CHARLES K | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $80,060.25 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINAGUGLIA, STEPHEN A | Employer name Laurelton Fire District | Amount $80,060.13 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, THOMAS C | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $80,060.01 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS-URIE, MARITZA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,059.95 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAMS, SALLY ANN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $80,059.90 | Date 10/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUARES, CLYMRIA R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $80,059.47 | Date 07/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFANTE, MICHAEL V | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $80,059.47 | Date 02/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, MICHAEL P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $80,059.04 | Date 08/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANNETTI, DOMINIC R | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $80,058.98 | Date 09/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, PAULETTE | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $80,058.40 | Date 01/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWISOHN, MICHELLE G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,058.05 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTINGLY, LAUREN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,058.05 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVANTIER, JUDITH O | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $80,057.67 | Date 04/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZALDA, DAVID J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $80,056.78 | Date 04/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, BETSY | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $80,056.57 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE-BURNS, KELLY J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $80,056.34 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARENTETTE, MARK D | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $80,056.15 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHOWS, ERIC T | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $80,056.06 | Date 08/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEMANN, AARON C | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $80,055.71 | Date 02/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $80,055.08 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $80,054.86 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUSE, DOUGLAS G | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $80,054.82 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEEKS, ERIC S | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $80,054.75 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $80,054.66 | Date 08/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHEARN, DANIEL G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $80,054.62 | Date 08/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAYSER, JONATHAN C | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $80,054.41 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALESI, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $80,054.30 | Date 06/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, BARBARA J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $80,054.05 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTTELMAN, ANDREW J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,053.88 | Date 08/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, BRIAN J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $80,053.87 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, MATTHEW A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $80,052.32 | Date 04/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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