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 GENERAL, WAYNE S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $79,803.93 | Date 02/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, PATRICIA L | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $79,803.75 | Date 04/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANZ, IRA J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,803.48 | Date 01/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, ROSE C | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $79,803.26 | Date 10/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREUSSER, THERESA M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $79,802.93 | Date 11/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUEENER, FONTELLA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,802.35 | Date 02/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JAMES A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $79,802.07 | Date 02/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUNT, PATRICIA E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $79,802.06 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDEOUT, JANICE A | Employer name Bainbridge-Guilford CSD | Amount $79,801.88 | Date 08/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRARO, NINA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $79,801.61 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, JON A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,801.48 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, THOMAS A | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $79,801.43 | Date 04/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOONE, MICHAEL W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,800.88 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, GERALD K | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $79,800.76 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGGIE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $79,800.40 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANGE, MELANIE R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,800.25 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACUTEK, FRANCES J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,800.14 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONDONO, PAUL | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,800.05 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLE, STEPHANIE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,800.00 | Date 09/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, BRYAN J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $79,798.69 | Date 08/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEJA, CHARLES F | Employer name Riverhead Water District | Amount $79,798.61 | Date 12/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JOSHUA T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,797.96 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARR, JONATHAN A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $79,797.90 | Date 04/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIM, DANIEL J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,797.86 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JOSHUA A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,797.69 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, THOMAS A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,797.56 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, IAN H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,797.38 | Date 06/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, KISNA T | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,797.28 | Date 09/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORCHON, SHELLA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $79,797.15 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, STANLEY J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $79,796.60 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, IVETTE T | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $79,795.81 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, NADARIN A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,795.65 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSAKOWICZ, FRANK F, JR | Employer name Uniondale Fire Dist | Amount $79,795.01 | Date 08/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETCHER, MICHAEL R | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $79,794.91 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, JOANNE D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,794.21 | Date 04/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBITTS, SHAWN D | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $79,794.05 | Date 02/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOUSTON, PATRICIA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,793.90 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTIS, NANCY | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,793.90 | Date 06/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JOSEPH F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,793.85 | Date 08/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, TERESA M | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $79,792.97 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOAG, BRIAN E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,792.70 | Date 10/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESHADRI, LAKSHMI | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,792.68 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYES, RICHMOND H | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,792.45 | Date 06/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGLESTON, TRINA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,792.34 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, DANIEL R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,792.27 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTERBURY, CARL E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,792.24 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUETKEN, MICHELLE B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $79,792.14 | Date 11/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, JOSHUA P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,791.77 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODE, SARAH E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,791.74 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, NIKITA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,790.69 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, KELLY M | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $79,790.31 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULEO, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $79,789.87 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEIBOWITZ, ROBERT A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $79,788.80 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANTOR, MICHAEL L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,787.91 | Date 01/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PASQUALE, RICHARD P | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $79,787.02 | Date 03/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, JOSEPH P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,786.62 | Date 08/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZDEK, CHARLES J, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,786.58 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MELISSA S | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $79,786.29 | Date 08/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, SAJI | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $79,785.95 | Date 10/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISANZA, MICHAEL T | Employer name Water Auth of West Nassau Co | Amount $79,785.10 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORLEY, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD | Amount $79,784.67 | Date 09/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LYNN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,784.31 | Date 12/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, GREGORY L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,783.79 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLOU, LISA M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,783.72 | Date 05/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORELLANA, MARCUS E | Employer name Town of Cornwall | Amount $79,783.36 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BETH K | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $79,783.00 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIN, DIONNE | Employer name White Plains Housing Authority | Amount $79,782.64 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SAMANTHA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,782.61 | Date 10/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIROIS, DANIEL S | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $79,782.59 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, RHONDA L | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $79,782.46 | Date 03/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOAL, EMILY R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,782.40 | Date 09/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTO, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,782.38 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KIBBIN, PAUL D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,781.93 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSEY THOMAS, TAMMY M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,781.37 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETZLER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,781.19 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, HOWARD J | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $79,781.15 | Date 03/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, CRISTINA L | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $79,781.02 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, BART H | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,781.01 | Date 11/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, ALLYSON B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,781.00 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, STACEY M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $79,780.91 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIPES, FRANCIS R | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $79,780.72 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,780.49 | Date 11/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, FAYE E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $79,780.45 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,780.41 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGLIANI, DENNIS P | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $79,780.23 | Date 01/04/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,779.50 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGFRIED, JUNE M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $79,779.31 | Date 01/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIMSHER, RICHARD E, JR | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $79,779.11 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLE, ROBERT A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $79,778.69 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, DARYL L | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $79,778.30 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOMLIN, ELIZABETH K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,778.18 | Date 12/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JAMES W C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,778.04 | Date 02/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, AGATHA C | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $79,777.91 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSBROOK, LEE E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,777.68 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARSE, KEISHA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,777.48 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OXLEY, JILL M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $79,777.37 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRUM, THERESA J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $79,777.29 | Date 09/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, STACY N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,777.20 | Date 11/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANI, ROBERT P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,777.01 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, ELAINE D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,777.00 | Date 11/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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