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 SMITH, DAREN J | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $79,949.79 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINN, BRIAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,948.92 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAMMO, DANA E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,948.32 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEW, JOYCE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $79,948.19 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOPFER, MICHELLE L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,947.65 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, GARY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $79,947.57 | Date 06/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEROTTA, JOSEPH T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,946.84 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLALOCK, LISA R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,946.64 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAIME M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,946.56 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, JOAN L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $79,946.28 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, MICHELLE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,946.09 | Date 02/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASALE, JO ANN | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $79,946.08 | Date 07/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBUS, KENNETH P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,945.75 | Date 10/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUMP, GERALD E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,945.57 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, LAMONT M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,945.29 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PHILLIP J, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,945.08 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, KEVIN R | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $79,944.84 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALOGUERAKOS, PABLO | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $79,944.81 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, TAMARA A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,944.32 | Date 10/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHMOOD, ZAFAR | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $79,944.29 | Date 08/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPSCOMB, JEANNE M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $79,943.27 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, ERIN C | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $79,941.20 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGAN, KAREN L | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $79,940.98 | Date 05/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYER, SCOTT A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $79,940.82 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ANTHONY E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,940.56 | Date 07/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADALSO, DAVID M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $79,940.33 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWADWO, BRITTNEY N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,939.98 | Date 07/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRETCZKO, SUSAN D | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $79,939.89 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $79,939.50 | Date 05/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JALLOW, MADIANA S | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $79,939.39 | Date 08/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOEPFER, CHRISTINE B | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,939.35 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, FRANKLIN G | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $79,939.06 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORAN, ROBERT G | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,938.96 | Date 07/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, ADAM N | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $79,938.32 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACKNEY, CORWIN J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $79,938.12 | Date 07/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DEBORAH K | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,938.03 | Date 10/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIRNS, TRACY ANN | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,937.93 | Date 01/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIVONA, ALICIA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,937.88 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWINT, ERIK M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,937.85 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, SHELLEY S | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $79,936.82 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IAROSSI, LORI S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,936.71 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANTANEN, SIGRID E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,936.60 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARY, KRISTI L | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $79,936.58 | Date 12/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MICHELE, PATRICK C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,936.34 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAHAM, TAMMY L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $79,936.28 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, ROBERT C | Employer name Merrick UFSD | Amount $79,936.24 | Date 08/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVALARO, JULIAN | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $79,936.03 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, SALVATORE C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,935.90 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATVEYENKO, ALEKSANDR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,935.90 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOFANA, UNISA A | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,935.80 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTESE, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,934.49 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,934.04 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SMIDT, HENDRIK J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $79,934.04 | Date 01/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUCH, BRIAN R | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $79,933.42 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEDRICK, JOSEPH E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,933.23 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIOLLO, LOUIS M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,932.73 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $79,932.11 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHACHA, JOSE S | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $79,932.10 | Date 11/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENNARELLI, FRANK G | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,932.04 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,931.87 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSEN, ANDREA D | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $79,930.99 | Date 04/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKIN, SHARON | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,930.97 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, GINA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $79,930.80 | Date 08/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NESS, RANDY A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $79,930.50 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, JORGE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,930.20 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLETT, SCOTT E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $79,930.08 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARTH, TIMOTHY M | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $79,929.94 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, GRAIG F | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,929.80 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SUSAMMA T | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $79,929.75 | Date 06/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIDGEON, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $79,929.24 | Date 11/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, TINA M | Employer name Eldred CSD | Amount $79,928.78 | Date 09/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERRICO, SUSAN A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,928.64 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTER, DIXIE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,928.25 | Date 11/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLS, MATTIE R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,928.16 | Date 10/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZAKONSKI, JUSTIN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,927.87 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, TERRENCE P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,927.69 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDERMAN, DENISE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,927.57 | Date 03/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENWARD, CHAD D | Employer name Village of Medina | Amount $79,927.50 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAINEY, STUART J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $79,926.98 | Date 03/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, THOMAS L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $79,926.77 | Date 07/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $79,926.70 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITSWORTH, BRIAN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,926.21 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $79,926.05 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEBANE, DARRYL | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,925.84 | Date 02/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUSAK, SANDRA L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,925.61 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINGTON, AARON C | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $79,925.60 | Date 09/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAKS, MELISSA S | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,924.85 | Date 02/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, JEFFREY L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,924.77 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELVIN, KAREN D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,924.55 | Date 10/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHEVEZ, DAWN A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,924.20 | Date 04/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE VASSEUR, DAVID D | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,923.91 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, RONY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,923.41 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLASK, CHERYL A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $79,923.39 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KPOBI, RICHARD O | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $79,923.38 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAINOR, JAMES F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,923.32 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIANO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $79,922.96 | Date 08/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAUMAN, WENDY S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,922.55 | Date 12/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARUOLO, PATRICK | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $79,922.40 | Date 12/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, NEVILLE R | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $79,922.35 | Date 03/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLCOMBE, BRENDA L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,922.02 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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