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 THAKER, HITESH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,601.78 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, WAYNE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,601.54 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, SCOTT A, SR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,601.01 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, SUSAN I | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $79,600.90 | Date 03/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, AUDREY E | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $79,600.86 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, VANESSA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,599.32 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISSENBERTH, JACK W | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,599.12 | Date 07/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, REBECCA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $79,598.41 | Date 12/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FOREST, DEBORAH | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $79,598.13 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, RANDI M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,598.07 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAMBA, SARAH M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,598.04 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELL, WILLIAM C | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $79,597.96 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, RICHARD A | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $79,597.40 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AHMED, SAJAA S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,597.40 | Date 08/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRODENTZIK, LAUREN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,597.40 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, JOEL D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,597.40 | Date 09/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GENNARO, BONNIE J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,597.26 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERRY, JONATHAN D | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $79,597.05 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,596.89 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, CHESTERFIELD O | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $79,596.70 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEWELL, MARCIA K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,595.41 | Date 06/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, SCOTT C | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $79,595.07 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASSI, SHANNA N | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,595.01 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MARGARET F | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $79,594.77 | Date 09/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLDENHOUER, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $79,593.87 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, HOLLY H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,593.23 | Date 02/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWDER, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,593.10 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, THOMAS M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,593.04 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANIRI, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $79,592.61 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSELLI, ANTHONY L | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,592.58 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOSER, ROBERT T | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $79,592.51 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAMBRELLA, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $79,592.41 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALLS, ADAM M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,591.86 | Date 04/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $79,591.49 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKENSON, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $79,591.48 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULLRICH, WILLIAM L | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,591.30 | Date 10/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HODGE, ROBERT C | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $79,591.06 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, BETTE A | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $79,591.00 | Date 01/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROMSTEAD, SHILOH E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,590.07 | Date 09/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, ELIZABETH P | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,589.34 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRETTA, MARY C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,589.20 | Date 03/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAYSHTUT, ALEKSANDR | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,589.13 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JOHN R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $79,588.57 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ARDLE, DANIEL J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $79,588.15 | Date 01/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLETTE, CLAIRE A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,586.96 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMIDGE, JAMES D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,586.93 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIEDRA, MARK K | Employer name Village of Westhampton Beach | Amount $79,586.45 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCK, SHAUN P | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $79,585.99 | Date 09/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOTTERER, KOREY R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,585.71 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILAK, STEPHEN W | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $79,585.09 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL H | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $79,584.75 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLEY, DAVID B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,584.14 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ARNETTA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $79,583.89 | Date 03/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNWELL, JOHN D | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $79,583.57 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTLEY, STEVEN D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,583.07 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KELLY R | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $79,583.01 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESZCZYNSKI, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,582.26 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTE, RALPH F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $79,581.83 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, JINU | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,581.59 | Date 04/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JAMES A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,581.38 | Date 01/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTUCCI, GERALYN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,580.98 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, GEORGE P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,580.86 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMCOTT, BRADLEY A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,580.57 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, ANNE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,580.48 | Date 01/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESKEW, KELLY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,580.09 | Date 09/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, ANA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $79,580.08 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEETS, MARIE E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,580.08 | Date 05/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, DONALD J | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $79,579.75 | Date 07/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZARYCHTA, RICHARD M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,579.43 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, KENNETH S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,579.10 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, RICHARD S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,579.02 | Date 07/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HOVE, ANN S | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $79,579.00 | Date 10/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURAKOWSKI, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $79,579.00 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEN, GREGORY R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,578.45 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANISH, JAMES H | Employer name Warren County | Amount $79,578.43 | Date 01/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARAMUZZINO, MARYANGELA | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,577.05 | Date 08/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARNIERI, PAUL J, JR | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $79,576.40 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARKMAN, AMY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,576.30 | Date 10/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MITCHELL J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,576.15 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMSLEY, CURTIS D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,575.40 | Date 09/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, WILLIAM A | Employer name Village of Lakewood | Amount $79,575.26 | Date 04/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOTTEGA, JESSICA J | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $79,575.07 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORDARO, SCOTT J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,574.53 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS, JAMES N, III | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,574.51 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,574.45 | Date 05/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POOLE, FRANCES E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $79,574.12 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTORIA, KIMMARIE | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $79,574.07 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $79,574.04 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLANSY, DIANN | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,574.02 | Date 07/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANSHEL, ROBERT B | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,574.01 | Date 08/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLVEY, JAMES M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,573.94 | Date 01/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, CHRISTINA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,573.84 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNANT, DIANNE D | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $79,573.13 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FIEBRE, DEBORAH R | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $79,572.74 | Date 01/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHEINHEIMER, RICHARD H | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,572.20 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, ALBERT R | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $79,572.18 | Date 02/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINTNER, JON D | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $79,571.79 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEBEL, MARY ELLEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,571.69 | Date 04/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CARYN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,571.22 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GODEK, LYNN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $79,570.89 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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