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 IRELAND, SHARI L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,682.44 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, WILLIAM D | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,681.99 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBARDELLA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,681.46 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVORD, MARC W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,681.34 | Date 08/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMAND, MARIE FRANTZ | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,680.79 | Date 09/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ANTHONY A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $79,680.77 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOMA, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $79,680.62 | Date 02/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, STEVEN D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $79,680.25 | Date 09/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, PETER J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,680.05 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARNDEN, ROBERT J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,679.78 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJTOWICZ, WARREN T | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $79,679.48 | Date 05/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, EDWARD C | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,679.15 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $79,679.04 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, TIMMY E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,678.95 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, USHA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,677.40 | Date 07/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STECKER, PETER M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $79,677.20 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, LYNN A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,676.39 | Date 11/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELL, GAIL R | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,676.34 | Date 08/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGERT, CAROL L | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,676.32 | Date 10/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLQUITT, KATE A | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,676.30 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIMONE, LAURENCE V | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,676.30 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIRDEN, KATHERINE E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,676.03 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZIES, JOHN E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $79,675.72 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIMIGLIANO, JOHN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,675.65 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENNING, JAMES N | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $79,675.47 | Date 10/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRITY, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,675.43 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASLAM, MICHAEL | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $79,675.34 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALBERG, JORDAN S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,674.46 | Date 09/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITT, ANDREW O | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $79,673.93 | Date 07/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, ADAM H | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,673.90 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAWVER, JEFFREY | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,673.87 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLOY, LAWRENCE F | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,673.83 | Date 07/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINKO, PATRICK A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,673.79 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCUSO, BEVERLY L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $79,673.76 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVADOR, JENNIFER M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,673.51 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, MICHAEL L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,673.40 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUSTANI, ROBERT B | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $79,673.38 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, ADDISON I | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,673.17 | Date 05/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOMENI, FARZANEH | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,673.08 | Date 05/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURGES, PHYLLIS H | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $79,672.86 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASE, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $79,672.39 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,672.31 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTY, MICHELLE L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $79,672.23 | Date 12/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENGTSSON, MARK C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $79,672.16 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, AUGUSTA A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $79,671.00 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,670.83 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEIGH, CAROL | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $79,670.62 | Date 12/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTERT, MARC E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,670.43 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LAURA A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,670.15 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAKHMANOV, RAVSHAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,669.53 | Date 05/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MICHAEL C | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,669.45 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, RAMIREZ C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $79,669.33 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, ONELIA C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,669.00 | Date 03/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, WANDA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,668.44 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,667.32 | Date 08/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEEDLE, RAYMOND J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $79,667.25 | Date 02/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAPPERT, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $79,667.23 | Date 07/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKE, TERRY G | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $79,667.09 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, DENISE L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,666.99 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $79,666.48 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHER, PAUL G | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $79,665.67 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARATORE, ALBERTO D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,665.23 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONKA, JESSICA L | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $79,665.08 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOTEMPIO, THOMAS C | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $79,664.97 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, JUAN PABLO | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $79,664.90 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY-GARCIA, TISHAWN L | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $79,664.88 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, GERALD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,664.45 | Date 04/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, STEPHEN C | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $79,663.34 | Date 02/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELIX, MARIE S | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $79,663.15 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, SANON | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $79,662.59 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, BARBARA S | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $79,662.02 | Date 02/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEYER, DONN C | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,661.94 | Date 05/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTMAN, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,661.80 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARONE, LOUIS J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $79,660.95 | Date 03/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,660.82 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIAS, ROSARIO E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,660.37 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUSER, SARAH K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,660.17 | Date 05/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $79,659.79 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROFF, CHARLES S | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $79,659.33 | Date 08/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVELLO, KRISTEN M | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $79,659.21 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, STEPHEN M | Employer name Smithtown Fire District | Amount $79,659.09 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, PAUL F | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,658.59 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRAY, YVONNE C | Employer name Buffalo Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $79,658.35 | Date 02/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONEGAN, HAROLD C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,658.07 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, LISA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $79,658.03 | Date 02/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCIA, CHARLENE H | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,657.91 | Date 10/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, FRANK L | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $79,657.84 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $79,657.58 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIZZO, JOHN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $79,657.51 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUVAL, YOAD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,656.67 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, RICHARD A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $79,656.09 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,656.05 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JEREMY D | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $79,655.19 | Date 10/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BITTERMAN, DANA S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,655.09 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSSAIN, AREEF | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,655.09 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, EVAN M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,654.59 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JAMIE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,654.30 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERTY, KATHLEEN | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $79,654.19 | Date 10/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $79,654.04 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMENTI, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,654.04 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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