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 REARDON, SCOTT T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,889.12 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, KUNJUMOL | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $79,888.79 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLELLAN, MARY | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,888.76 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL CIELO, MARC | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,888.74 | Date 07/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALKA, RICHARD S, JR | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $79,888.72 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, FRANK | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,888.27 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLAY, DAVID J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $79,887.99 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CASEY M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,887.99 | Date 08/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLUSKEY, LINDA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,887.99 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAREFOOT, SARA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,887.99 | Date 07/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZADO, JOSE J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,887.99 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, ROBIN S | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,887.99 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BELLO, PETER A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,887.94 | Date 02/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGRAW, JEREMY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,887.79 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RICHARD E | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $79,887.50 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHANIEL, ROBERT L, JR | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $79,887.36 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAIGE, TROY H | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $79,886.72 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $79,886.60 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINI, ANGEL A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,886.57 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTER, ERIK J | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $79,886.35 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $79,886.35 | Date 04/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROL, JOHN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $79,885.69 | Date 05/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRISWOLD, CHARLES L | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $79,885.30 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLETTA, LOUIS J, JR | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $79,885.16 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, LAUREN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,884.92 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINEA, JESSICA E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,884.57 | Date 03/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, J MICHAEL | Employer name Cazenovia CSD | Amount $79,884.32 | Date 08/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, TERRENCE P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,884.16 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACKO, VITA M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $79,883.89 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIPLING, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $79,883.89 | Date 10/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLOCK, STEPHEN T | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $79,883.76 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, MATTHEW R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,883.50 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, LULA | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $79,883.07 | Date 01/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODLUCKY, CARLA J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,882.81 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, CAITLIN R | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $79,882.46 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZDARSKY, THOMAS C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $79,882.38 | Date 05/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARK J | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $79,881.64 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADU-KYEI, DIANA B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,881.14 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ANITA L | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $79,880.65 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCAULIFFE, CHARLES R | Employer name Village of Baldwinsville | Amount $79,880.50 | Date 10/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, KATHERINE M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,880.28 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWXHURST, BRENT R | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $79,880.28 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, JEANNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,880.19 | Date 12/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CANIO, GREGORY A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $79,880.06 | Date 09/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTARELLI, SUSAN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,879.98 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, FRANCIS J, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,879.57 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACK, PAUL M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,879.21 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AULEY-GITIN, NORA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,878.96 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORACK, BRIAN J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,878.79 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERY, MARTIN D | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $79,878.76 | Date 12/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGAN, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Ellenville CSD | Amount $79,878.16 | Date 09/05/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMPSON, MARY SUSAN E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,877.65 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, RAYMOND J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,877.28 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINEEN, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $79,877.04 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ROWELL H | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,876.94 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULZER, MARK A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,876.92 | Date 06/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENANTI, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $79,876.35 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEDUMTHAKADY, JACOB Z | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $79,875.65 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, JUSTIN D | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,875.50 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABATURA, WALTER M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,875.19 | Date 04/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, MICHAEL A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,874.25 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CHERYL M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,874.25 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALAIMO, ELISA | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $79,873.22 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JOHN, SCOTT P | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $79,872.56 | Date 01/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COX, ANDREW J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $79,872.45 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERTON, THOMAS N | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,871.67 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, RONALD W, III | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $79,871.58 | Date 01/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, LIONEL | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $79,870.68 | Date 09/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIMMS, MICHELLE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,870.51 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINI, PETER A | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $79,870.35 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVEY, VIRGINIA E | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $79,870.34 | Date 11/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYOE, DAVID M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,870.08 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MARY | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $79,869.86 | Date 07/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMERNIK, MICHAEL L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,869.25 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, PETER J | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $79,867.94 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABLE, JEFFREY G | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,867.83 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMSA, EDWARD M | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,867.82 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAUER, JUSTIN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,867.71 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, DANIELLE | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,867.45 | Date 10/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, DONALD L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $79,867.37 | Date 11/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINALE, MARLENE S | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,867.22 | Date 05/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATH, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $79,866.36 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDMON, SYLVIA P | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $79,865.73 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIUMARA, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name Fulton Community Dev Agcy | Amount $79,865.66 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENT, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $79,865.61 | Date 05/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATORE, ANTHONY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,864.51 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMPA, ROBERT S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,864.14 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWIATKOWSKI, DAWN M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $79,863.79 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINK, VALERIE M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,863.77 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILBIN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $79,863.24 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGE, ALEXIS W | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $79,863.19 | Date 09/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTE, STEVEN R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,862.56 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, RYAN O | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $79,861.80 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, DANIEL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,861.59 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $79,860.19 | Date 09/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDNEY, DEBRA J | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $79,859.71 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, COLLEEN M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $79,859.00 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MARTINO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,858.61 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,858.60 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, ERNEST W | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $79,858.52 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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