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 YANIS, RICHARD L | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $79,999.34 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGBERG, KEVIN N | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,999.32 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCO, DOREEN M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,999.32 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIER, JAMES H, JR | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,998.91 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFORD, RHONDA A | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $79,998.50 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPIO, LORRAINE E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $79,998.32 | Date 11/08/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, DONALD L, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,998.05 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, VINORA M | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,997.76 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, TERRI E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,997.67 | Date 09/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARGILA, RUSSELL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,997.57 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THERRIEN, JOSEPH E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,997.27 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, KELLY A | Employer name Bronxville UFSD | Amount $79,997.27 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRNEY, ROBERT S | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $79,996.98 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNHILL, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $79,996.86 | Date 11/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEININGER, BRIAN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,996.83 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ONOFRIO, RICHARD A | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $79,996.53 | Date 08/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAYAS, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $79,996.37 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAEL, DESMOND L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,995.40 | Date 04/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDBOOM-DORT, LAURA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $79,995.15 | Date 05/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULVER, BARBARA A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,994.95 | Date 06/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, VIOSANNY C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $79,994.27 | Date 02/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEILMAN, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $79,994.20 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, STEVEN L | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $79,994.17 | Date 06/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STENGER, WILLIAM | Employer name Bay Shore Fire District | Amount $79,994.08 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLGATE, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,993.55 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DER BOGART, WENDY M H | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $79,993.52 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVRINADIS, DANIELLE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,993.00 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MAUREEN | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $79,992.80 | Date 02/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASKEY, ROGER C | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,992.46 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, JOSCELYN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,991.83 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARAVIA, JOSE O | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $79,990.71 | Date 04/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATEWOOD, CYNTHIA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,990.27 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOY, KARRY N | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,989.63 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, HOLLICE E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,989.24 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, NANCY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,989.15 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, BRENDAN M | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $79,988.71 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLUCCI, ERIKA A | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $79,988.44 | Date 06/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCHSTEIN, ANNA M | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $79,988.44 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $79,988.03 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISTOW, LEON | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,987.78 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GENNA L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,987.39 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVATI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $79,987.26 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, CARLTON E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $79,987.18 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, THOMAS C, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,986.91 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEBOUHIAN, GARETH O | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,984.99 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEHLMEYER, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $79,984.91 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUIGI, TRACY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,984.83 | Date 07/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDRICK, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $79,984.38 | Date 09/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUARTE, CRISTIANE S | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $79,984.13 | Date 05/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDHEAD, RACHAEL L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,983.77 | Date 07/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLOCKS, TREVOR I | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,983.73 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRANGELO, RYAN P | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,983.24 | Date 06/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, CHARLES K | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,982.87 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPINGER, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $79,982.16 | Date 05/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVILLS, THEODORE T | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,981.83 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, XIAOPING | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,981.35 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICKNEY, LISA A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,980.69 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KURT C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,980.58 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, HAROLD | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $79,980.46 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPICER, DAVID J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,980.17 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGWALL, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,979.91 | Date 04/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKERING, SCOTT E | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,979.63 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, ANNE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,979.61 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELIA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $79,979.46 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELMONTE, MARY E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,979.43 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERNICIARO, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $79,979.39 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSBACH, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,979.04 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSTON, CRYSTAL L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $79,978.86 | Date 11/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNDE, TONI LYNN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,978.82 | Date 08/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIST, MATTHEW R | Employer name Village of Arcade | Amount $79,978.62 | Date 07/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROBERT R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,978.37 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPOTE, AUGUSTINE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,978.36 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $79,978.36 | Date 05/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORFLEET, PATRICK L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,978.27 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOZNA, ROBERT C | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $79,978.16 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNET, YVROSE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $79,977.95 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROMBLY, ARTHUR H | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $79,977.57 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIN, MEREDITH A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,977.53 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, JEFFREY W | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $79,977.40 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, ROBERT M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $79,977.24 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA, DANIELLE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,977.18 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ERDLEY, THOMAS C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,976.99 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEJES, JOSEPH S | Employer name Town of Putnam Valley | Amount $79,976.82 | Date 11/15/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMANUEL, PETER S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,976.66 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, WALTON T | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $79,976.60 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHATTERTON, PATRICK M | Employer name Babylon UFSD | Amount $79,976.49 | Date 07/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,976.28 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESCHINI, NICHOLAS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,976.21 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOK, KEVIN B | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,974.99 | Date 01/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URSILLO, PHILLIP J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $79,974.93 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, CRAIG A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,974.89 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINDLEY, FLORENCE | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $79,974.45 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGIN, MONIQUE N | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $79,974.39 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEISLER, CHARLES B | Employer name Warren County | Amount $79,973.55 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, RICHARD, JR | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $79,973.45 | Date 01/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEBER, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $79,973.34 | Date 01/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,972.88 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BOBES, FRANCIS X | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,972.88 | Date 04/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, LAWRENCE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,972.87 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAWORSKI, MICHAEL F | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,972.48 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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