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 KARINS, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,478.97 | Date 10/10/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORCZYCA, RICHARD, JR | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $79,478.92 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, CHARLEY V | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $79,478.88 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, GARY C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,478.28 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI FANTE, GRETCHEN L | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $79,478.26 | Date 07/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, RANDY F | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,478.21 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEY, ARIA F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,478.16 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, JANET | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,477.49 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, REBECCA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,477.45 | Date 10/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLAUD, SUSAN | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $79,477.44 | Date 03/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLANOS, RUTH L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,476.58 | Date 04/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ANDREA B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,476.34 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, GEORGE S | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $79,476.24 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUVE, RONALD J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,476.09 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, SARAH C | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $79,475.92 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ARTHUR, KEITH A | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,475.79 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN-DI LEGGE, PHYLLIS A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $79,475.64 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVELLINO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,475.51 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, JEFFREY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,475.51 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, DAVID N | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,475.51 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKELLY, CRAIG L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $79,475.37 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JUDY M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $79,475.15 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, JENNIFER N | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,475.07 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERDI, TAMI M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,475.07 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPITZER, JESSICA S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,474.86 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLCE, YVONNE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,474.65 | Date 12/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALEJA, GERALD T | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $79,474.34 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, ANGELA M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,473.71 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, DTRAECELLE L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,473.27 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBEY, ROBERT E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,472.77 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATU, PAUL N | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,472.33 | Date 03/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLATE, MATTHEW L | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $79,472.25 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $79,470.94 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, MEGAN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,470.40 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, STACY L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,470.12 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JERRY, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,470.12 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DZIALO, CHARLENE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,469.92 | Date 09/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPIETRA, DONNA M LINHARES | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,469.69 | Date 07/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPADACCINI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,469.59 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIACALONE, PAUL R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,469.18 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UYCHIAT, LEONARD IAN S | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $79,468.79 | Date 01/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, JOHN P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,468.39 | Date 05/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, DIANA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,468.13 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGENDRE, NICOLE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $79,468.02 | Date 03/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURON, MICHAEL A | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $79,467.72 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $79,467.59 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CHERESE D | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,467.26 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VULLO, LORI A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,466.85 | Date 08/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $79,466.50 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZINSKI, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $79,466.38 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZICKI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,465.85 | Date 05/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINOTT, LIONEL H | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,465.73 | Date 01/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DANIELLE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,465.52 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDDLE, STEVEN C | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $79,464.80 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCIOPPOLI, GREGORY J | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $79,464.13 | Date 05/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, PAMELA J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $79,463.81 | Date 09/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CHARLES E | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $79,463.64 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEVILACQUA, DAVID A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,463.41 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, WILLIAM M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,463.00 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWROTNIAK, JASON | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,462.65 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREVIL, JEAN ERNST | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,462.56 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESSIG, JAMIE LEE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,462.33 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELTRANI, ROBERT V | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $79,462.13 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, HENRY W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,461.95 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROUDMAN, JOHN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,461.86 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, BRITT E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,461.72 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLOT, LAMAR | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,461.69 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, JASON | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $79,461.49 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMPSEY, DARLENE L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $79,461.29 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, DAVID J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $79,461.29 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADWELL, ERIC D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $79,461.03 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, PATRICIA | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $79,461.01 | Date 11/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DAVID A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,460.97 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANO, BRIAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,460.93 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAL, PATRICK C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,460.74 | Date 01/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARIGLIA, LISA E | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $79,460.74 | Date 05/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AGOSTINO, CINDY L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELETA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 07/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, NISHA E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 09/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, COLLEEN R | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KATHERINE M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CASHION, MARIA C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLERSCHMIDT, WILLIAM W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFOHL, MARTHA N | Employer name Department of State | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, SHAWN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCE, WILLIAM J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $79,460.73 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYBCZYNSKI, CATHERINE A | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $79,460.34 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARINGI, REBECCA D | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,460.06 | Date 02/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYLOR, REGINALD E | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,459.29 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORA, JOSE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,459.17 | Date 08/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, STEVEN L | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,458.79 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, TABITHA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,458.16 | Date 12/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMHI, IAN S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,457.76 | Date 04/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, DAVID M | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $79,457.56 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, CORINNE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,457.55 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, CATHERINE M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $79,457.48 | Date 08/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, MOSES, III | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,457.24 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GLENN A | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $79,456.98 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULEO, JAMES H | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,456.79 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, BRENDA L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,456.38 | Date 04/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
Please choose a filter above to display results or
DISPLAY ALLNo results for your selection
RESET