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 WILLIAMS, JUSTIN | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $79,776.99 | Date 07/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STERN, KIMBERLY S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,776.77 | Date 06/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMM, STEPHEN A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,776.65 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, SCOTT A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $79,776.63 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELL, ROBERT L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,776.02 | Date 08/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULEO, ANDREW | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $79,775.72 | Date 01/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEIBLE, BERNADETTE E | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $79,774.88 | Date 07/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, ROBERT J | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $79,774.80 | Date 04/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLAZA, ISMAEL M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $79,774.67 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRY, JOYCE V | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $79,774.16 | Date 03/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, GAYLE A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $79,773.97 | Date 01/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPNICK, LAUREN K | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $79,773.66 | Date 11/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, KENNETH | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $79,773.62 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, JEFFREY P | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,773.61 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, BRIAN M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,773.04 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEID, JOHN W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $79,772.97 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATOR, ROXANN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $79,772.93 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, DREW E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,772.88 | Date 03/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINORI, JENNIFER L | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,772.54 | Date 08/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, JEANNE C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,772.49 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEANE, MARGARET A | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $79,772.46 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, DONA M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,772.38 | Date 07/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVENIERE, EILEEN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,771.76 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JOHN K | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,770.94 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, SARA K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,770.12 | Date 08/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADOCAJ, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $79,769.79 | Date 07/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHER, KERRY J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $79,769.74 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, AMIE F | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,769.43 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKELEY, DAMONE | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $79,769.43 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN-WILLIAMS, BRENDA | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $79,769.43 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, DONALD S | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $79,769.37 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUQUETTE, STEVEN A | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $79,769.10 | Date 07/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPHERE, KEVIN L | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $79,767.71 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAZER, PETER J | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $79,767.71 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, MARK R | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $79,767.46 | Date 06/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFO, GREGORIO | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,767.02 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARENA, DOUGLAS J | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $79,766.87 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANTO, JUDY A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,766.80 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALIFANO, MARGARET A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,766.16 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELADY, DEBORAH | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,765.90 | Date 06/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, JOHN W | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $79,765.62 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYDYSH, PETER M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $79,765.62 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIORDAN, JOSEPH P, JR | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $79,765.57 | Date 07/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, EARL | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $79,765.22 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENIOR, KEVIN M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,764.71 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, ERIC J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,764.53 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPACE, DOLORES | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,764.39 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPP, CHRISTINE E | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $79,764.32 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANNESSEN, MELISSA A | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $79,764.11 | Date 01/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAPPATICCI, THOMAS | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $79,764.11 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELAN, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $79,763.90 | Date 01/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $79,763.78 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEN AIME, YONALD | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $79,763.55 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGE-CLARK, ENID | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $79,763.23 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PATRICIA L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,763.22 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, KEITH J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $79,762.49 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MONICA D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $79,762.07 | Date 05/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCKINGHAM, THERESE B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,761.92 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, LANCE M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,761.43 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIREL, BRUNO J | Employer name Mattituck-Cutchogue UFSD | Amount $79,761.21 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELOCK, PETER J, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $79,761.14 | Date 04/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, JOHN T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,760.13 | Date 10/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ-KEEBY, HAYDEE | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,759.85 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSIKA, JASON L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,759.46 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANFREDO, LINDA C | Employer name Mid York Library System | Amount $79,758.72 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTOUGH, MARGARET M | Employer name Half Hollow Hills Comm Library | Amount $79,758.62 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, LOREEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,758.47 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, ANNA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,758.41 | Date 11/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLVIG, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $79,758.40 | Date 12/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, BRAD | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $79,758.23 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NALLY, JAMES E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,758.13 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBISIERO, MARYANN | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $79,757.70 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTA ROSA, GETULIO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,757.66 | Date 02/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEGRETTI, FRANK P | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $79,757.51 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAINOTTO, PASQUALE | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $79,757.30 | Date 03/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPSEY, SAMANTHA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $79,757.23 | Date 11/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DAVID | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,757.11 | Date 09/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LEON, CYNTHIA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,756.47 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, AMIE J | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $79,756.33 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, PABLO A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,756.15 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAO, YU JIAO | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,756.15 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, NYREE D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,755.46 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRVIN, JEFFREY S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,755.34 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKWITH, MICHAEL E | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,755.14 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNEKES, RAYMOND J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,755.11 | Date 01/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHEWKA, MARY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,754.99 | Date 07/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, SU-HUA KO | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $79,754.92 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HORN, VINCE H | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $79,754.81 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTUP, RICHARD M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,754.75 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNNO, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,754.54 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVANIS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $79,754.33 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHAHEEM A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $79,754.12 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIKALY, MAGGIE | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,753.86 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROFE, ADAM Z | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,753.44 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDER, DEAN A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,753.37 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EXNER, MARCIA | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $79,753.10 | Date 08/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARANOFF, KARL M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,752.64 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, SHAWN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $79,752.34 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, JOSEPH E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,752.33 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOJNAR, THOMAS J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,752.07 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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