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 STEIDEL, MARGIT | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,709.15 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JEANNE MARIE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,708.99 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERNHARDT, OCTAVIA C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,708.95 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, EDNA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,708.60 | Date 03/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, BENJAMIN H | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $79,708.51 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, VANESSA V | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,708.45 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JONAH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,708.26 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJARIKRE, MC DAVIS O | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,707.98 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACUNA, MANUEL J, JR | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $79,707.81 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORTAS, DANIEL F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,707.74 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, JAMES F | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,707.74 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOZMAN-WATSON, ADRIANN | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $79,707.74 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, ANITA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $79,707.60 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTY, JOHN J | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 13 | Amount $79,707.50 | Date 12/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGO, JANICE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,706.96 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLORE, CORY T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,706.83 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, GILBERT J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,706.77 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACERO, ALAIN ARMAND T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,705.61 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, SHIRLEY L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $79,705.38 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENDUSO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $79,705.12 | Date 08/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,704.76 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, TARRAH A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,704.66 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,704.66 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, DAVID E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,704.59 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTEP, RONALD D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,704.41 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIDE, SCOTT A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,704.34 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBERS, GREGORY G | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $79,704.10 | Date 06/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ADDONA, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,703.91 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANCIL, IRA, II | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,703.44 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONOHOE, JAMES P | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $79,703.40 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROADBENT, LEXONA C | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $79,703.35 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALCZYK, HENRY | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $79,703.32 | Date 06/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYNE, RONALD E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $79,702.97 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUOHEY, JEFFREY R | Employer name Village of Medina | Amount $79,702.83 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILL, LINDA A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,702.79 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, CRAIG E | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,702.75 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOROZ, RAYMOND M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,702.72 | Date 11/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, JEANINE M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $79,702.28 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMES, SIDNEY J | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $79,701.91 | Date 07/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICK, KEITH A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,701.90 | Date 04/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOUX, MARK A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $79,701.55 | Date 06/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, PAUL C | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $79,701.37 | Date 09/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, GLENN W | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,700.61 | Date 06/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, CARLOS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,700.40 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMANO, JENNIFER J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $79,699.14 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUHU, JESSICA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,698.78 | Date 07/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSE, DALE | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $79,697.99 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, KAREN J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,697.21 | Date 03/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWING, DONNA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,696.99 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, DAISHA | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,696.56 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, CRAIG G | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $79,696.12 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORREALE, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,694.72 | Date 07/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,694.61 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIAVOLINO, LUIGI | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $79,694.34 | Date 12/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWSE, JOHN G | Employer name Warren County | Amount $79,694.21 | Date 02/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREHER, THOMAS A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $79,694.16 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, ROBERT T | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $79,693.61 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPURBACK, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $79,693.47 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAFUSE, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,693.25 | Date 06/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLINGER, BOBBIE L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,692.98 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COOEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $79,692.71 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXTON, JULIANN | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,692.37 | Date 05/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLLETT, JONATHAN D | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,692.34 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CAROLINE B | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $79,692.25 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGINA, DOMENICO | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $79,692.17 | Date 04/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINOSA, CORY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,691.98 | Date 01/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, GERALD W, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $79,691.65 | Date 10/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTARITA, CHRISTINE T | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $79,691.52 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, KAREN D | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $79,691.40 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEWALD, DIANE R | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $79,691.12 | Date 10/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDHABER, MARK H | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,690.96 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEOTOKAS, MARIO | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $79,690.74 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, CHRIS E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $79,690.36 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, CHARLES J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,690.35 | Date 01/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTIA, SARA F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,690.02 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FALCO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,689.99 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINSON, RANDY J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,689.73 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONNIN, SHIRLEY A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,689.64 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCH, ROSEMARY C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $79,689.63 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, LU | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $79,689.34 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLI, CHERI A | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $79,688.98 | Date 02/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, TINA M | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $79,687.24 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, NANCY A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $79,687.05 | Date 03/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, DENISE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,686.71 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKFORD, STANLEY | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,686.07 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAROSE, AMENCIA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $79,686.05 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENTE, JOEL M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,685.74 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACIOPPO, ANDREW M | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $79,685.72 | Date 12/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBECKI, NICHOLAS M | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $79,685.21 | Date 01/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTINO, MARTIN J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,685.16 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLARES, DANIEL | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $79,684.92 | Date 09/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, SEAN V | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $79,684.73 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUBA, EDWARD J, JR | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $79,684.65 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, CHARLOTTE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,684.35 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, PETER A, JR | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $79,684.01 | Date 03/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISSELL, DAVID P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,683.76 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FADDEN, MARY M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,683.42 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADIGAN, ERIC P | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $79,683.39 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL-MILLER, YOLANDA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,683.04 | Date 04/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMITRIOUS, GEORGE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $79,682.70 | Date 11/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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