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 CRATER, ERIC S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,921.94 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEASE, DANIEL J | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $79,921.75 | Date 12/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOLEY, MARA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,921.32 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $79,921.32 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLON, MARISSOL M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $79,921.14 | Date 06/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARRATORI, DANIEL J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,920.68 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, YVETTE | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,920.62 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESCH, DEBRA M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,920.15 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCOY, ANGELA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,919.98 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WULFORST, TERRY A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,919.84 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEEPER, GAGE R | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $79,919.80 | Date 04/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASOWSKI, HEATHER E | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $79,919.08 | Date 12/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, ROBERT J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,918.99 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASIMIR, CYNTHIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,918.78 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, MARIA VICTORIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,918.61 | Date 06/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, GAIL C | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $79,917.43 | Date 11/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, FRANK P | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,917.20 | Date 02/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLINGO, BRIAN D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $79,916.71 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AURIGEMA, ALAN J | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $79,916.60 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUADAMUZ, MARTHA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,916.43 | Date 07/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDLOWITZ, MIRIAM | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $79,916.16 | Date 02/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLOSI, PATRICIA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,915.47 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMLIN, JACOB A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $79,914.72 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARBER, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $79,914.68 | Date 03/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REAGAN, JEFFREY A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $79,914.11 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEMMINELLA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,913.86 | Date 04/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCHALA, CHAD E | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $79,913.61 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POSNER, CARON J | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $79,913.51 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $79,913.04 | Date 03/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POTENZA, PATRICK M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,912.84 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, KEVIN H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,912.60 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENT, VICTORIA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $79,912.52 | Date 05/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANKIN, CHARLES V | Employer name Village of Groton | Amount $79,912.50 | Date 06/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOS, TERRY A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,912.25 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, HELENE | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $79,912.23 | Date 10/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURTILL, WILLIAM M | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $79,912.15 | Date 05/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTOWSKI, JOZEF | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $79,911.92 | Date 12/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, SUSAN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,911.39 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, NATHAN J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $79,911.22 | Date 01/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SVENJAK, MARK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,910.81 | Date 10/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAYSHULER, SUSANNA | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $79,910.36 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, TIMOTHY R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $79,910.27 | Date 01/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORMOSA, DEBORAH A | Employer name Northport E Northport Pub Lib | Amount $79,908.90 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TIENYA B | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,908.81 | Date 04/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELL, DANA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,907.74 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, LAURIE H | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,907.21 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARA, MARK C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,906.12 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELLIS, JESSICA L | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $79,903.92 | Date 10/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHABSES, MARC P | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $79,903.73 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORYK, DENNIS M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,903.68 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANIERI, MICHELLE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,903.62 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERS, ALBERT J, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,903.41 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODD, JANINE R | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $79,903.22 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICCI, JOSEPH E | Employer name So Farmingdale Water District | Amount $79,903.04 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEEK, JANICE Y | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $79,902.63 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, BRENNA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,902.63 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, KATHLEEN | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $79,902.26 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, LAURIE J | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $79,902.06 | Date 08/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DESMOND S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,901.97 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANELLA, STEVEN C | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $79,901.68 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, GARY L | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,901.58 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,901.54 | Date 04/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGLETON-MENDEZ, DENISE D | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $79,901.30 | Date 11/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JESSICA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,899.72 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRING, MICHAEL L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,899.56 | Date 01/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, CHARLES A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $79,899.52 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRERO, SEAN | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $79,899.44 | Date 04/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, LISA B | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $79,899.15 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $79,898.86 | Date 03/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, SHANNAN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,898.56 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, JAMES M | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $79,898.36 | Date 01/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, RICHARD M | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $79,897.97 | Date 05/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, DAVID M, JR | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $79,897.60 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, SEAN B | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $79,897.03 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YENUSONIS, KEVIN E | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $79,896.89 | Date 01/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKEY, MITCHELL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $79,896.38 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAIN, AARON | Employer name Fayetteville-Manlius CSD | Amount $79,896.30 | Date 03/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, WILLIAM D | Employer name Warren County | Amount $79,896.17 | Date 04/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSEY, SIOBHAN B | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,895.65 | Date 08/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKELEER, GERIANNE M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $79,895.54 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERNATT, JEAN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $79,895.04 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICHHORN, BRIAN K | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $79,894.61 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, ANDREA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,894.28 | Date 09/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALIOTO, THOMAS A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,893.48 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAMPALONE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,893.25 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRAKOS, JAMES P | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,893.09 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, MIGUEL | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $79,892.92 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, GEORGE E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,892.66 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORSDALE, SCOTT W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,892.20 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, CORRY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,891.90 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITUS, ALAN H | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $79,891.75 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, KEVIN W | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $79,891.63 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIMMIRRI, SIRISHA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,891.55 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAULETTE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $79,891.44 | Date 07/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERTEL, ARLENE F | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,891.06 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLIDAY, DON H | Employer name Ballston Spa-Csd | Amount $79,890.81 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, ANDREW B | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $79,890.47 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSCIELNY, ANDREA S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $79,889.96 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CARLTON L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,889.67 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIACENTE, ANTHONY V | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,889.38 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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