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 RICHARDS, LINDA S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $79,828.41 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTON, KRISTIN E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,828.22 | Date 11/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, WILLIAM E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,828.20 | Date 09/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDALL, DOREEN A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,828.03 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, RICKY R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $79,827.90 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAE, JOHN J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,827.66 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANGEMI, TRICIA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $79,827.38 | Date 07/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, ESAU | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $79,827.18 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECK, JOHN P, II | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $79,827.16 | Date 01/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINHA, INDRANI | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $79,826.43 | Date 06/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JEFFREY G | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $79,826.39 | Date 03/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $79,825.96 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SHARNETT J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $79,825.56 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMER, MARY B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,825.09 | Date 05/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BONIS, MARY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,824.95 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORINO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $79,823.75 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICARIELLO, CHARLES A | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $79,823.43 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBER, JESSICA R | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,822.73 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, CAROL J | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $79,822.43 | Date 04/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRUZZESE, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,822.32 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, KRISTEN A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,822.29 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYERE, SUZANNE B | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $79,821.91 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALZARINE, THOMAS V | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $79,821.88 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTO, RENEE M | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $79,821.72 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, JESSE A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,821.07 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, TAMMI D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,820.56 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUAX, ROBERT J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,819.24 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, ROBERT M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,819.02 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, TRACY L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $79,818.77 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASQUEZ, JOSE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,818.72 | Date 08/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELACE, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $79,818.62 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ELLEN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,818.22 | Date 08/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COOK, PATRICIA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,818.10 | Date 02/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUR, WENDY S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,817.36 | Date 05/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MARK A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $79,817.22 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAVER, DEAN J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,816.98 | Date 08/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIELSON, MATTHEW A | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $79,816.92 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ALEAVEY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,816.67 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLANTYNE, LEWIS B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,816.43 | Date 01/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORKINS, DAWN M | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $79,815.89 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRMAN-HESLIN, LAURA E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,815.88 | Date 04/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $79,815.85 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYFIELD, SHARON T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,815.81 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSTENSEN, MARY L | Employer name North Warren CSD | Amount $79,815.59 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, ADAM J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,815.19 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DAVID E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,814.98 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWENS, CONSTANCE B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,814.55 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALVO, CARLOS O | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,814.54 | Date 09/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAROLA, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $79,814.52 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMER, DANIEL S | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,814.08 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVERNANTI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $79,813.52 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAVIGAN, THOMAS P | Employer name Hilton CSD | Amount $79,813.32 | Date 07/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, RAFAEL | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,813.07 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, MICHAEL W | Employer name Department of State | Amount $79,812.84 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRIGO, CLINTON M | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $79,812.84 | Date 04/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MAR, HOLLY M | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $79,812.52 | Date 07/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, DONALD J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,812.40 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, GERARD J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,812.31 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORTAKOWSKI, JOHN M, JR | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $79,811.73 | Date 10/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, STEPHEN A | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $79,810.60 | Date 02/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, PAMELA L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $79,810.50 | Date 06/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGER, FRANK L | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $79,810.34 | Date 05/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROUT, PATRICIA A | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $79,810.30 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGERTY, JOHN W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,808.87 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, LAVERN A | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $79,808.84 | Date 07/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINS, CAROL M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,808.75 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, JAMES P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,808.65 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, JAMES E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,808.51 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, DIANA J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,808.23 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANALLI, DENO J | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $79,808.11 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, DAWN O | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $79,807.62 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENO, MICHELE | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $79,807.59 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMOYEDNY, DEBORAH A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,807.56 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFILIPPO, KELLY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,807.56 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINTZ, PAUL B | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,807.56 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IWANIW, CHRISTINA I | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,807.15 | Date 05/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, EDNA | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $79,807.09 | Date 02/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ANGELA T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,805.60 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACACE, ALEXANDER J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,805.53 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DENNIS E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,804.86 | Date 10/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, MARIA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 06/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREYER, NOREEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, SHARON S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 05/02/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 06/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, PATRICIA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBBS, WILLIAM W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, KAREN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGENT, MARYANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPINATO, PETER V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STABINSKY, FRANCINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 11/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, HEATHER R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, DAWN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 06/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LAUREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANGHI, JOHN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,804.80 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERENSKI, GWEN L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,804.76 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTINO, LINDA A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $79,804.76 | Date 07/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLA, THOMAS | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,804.30 | Date 05/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMADO, TONY J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,804.03 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, THEODORE R | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $79,804.02 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLEGO, LINDA M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $79,803.98 | Date 03/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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