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 SIMS YORK, BELINDA E | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $79,409.61 | Date 08/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOGAS, ALEXANDER | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,409.53 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRELL, RICHARD H | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,409.10 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, SAMANTHA K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,408.97 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BURNIE, CHARLES J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,408.90 | Date 02/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, ROGER E, JR | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,408.87 | Date 06/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABIN, ROBERT M | Employer name Ridge Culver Fire District | Amount $79,408.73 | Date 12/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOMBARDIERI, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,408.27 | Date 10/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKSTEAD, PAUL D | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $79,408.24 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, THOMAS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,408.07 | Date 06/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, AUTUMN R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,407.72 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KALVAITIS, AIDAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,407.07 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALFANO, ANTHONY A | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $79,407.02 | Date 09/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, SCOTT C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,406.85 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, VIKTORIA A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,406.46 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, TANESHA N | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $79,406.21 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MICHELLE N | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $79,406.03 | Date 11/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTIGA, JOSE N | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $79,405.77 | Date 04/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSE, SHAWN D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,405.68 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVINGER, JEFFREY S | Employer name Letchworth CSD at Gainesville | Amount $79,405.47 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTON, GREGORY D | Employer name Town of Gorham | Amount $79,405.24 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANK, GEORGE W | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $79,404.72 | Date 04/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTT, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,404.71 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, THOMAS T | Employer name Village of North Syracuse | Amount $79,403.76 | Date 04/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, PATRICK S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,403.56 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KARIN C | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $79,403.32 | Date 08/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APONTE, MALISSA MARIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,402.85 | Date 05/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POREBSKI, PENELOPE A | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $79,402.68 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, KELVIN J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,402.25 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEI, RINO B | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,401.74 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANDER, KEITH G | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $79,401.72 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,401.59 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, ESTHER L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,401.51 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, ROBERT B, JR | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $79,401.38 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACIGALUPO, TAMI L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,401.36 | Date 08/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NULTY, TIMOTHY I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,401.20 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANKEL, CHARLES A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,400.42 | Date 12/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITTELSTADT, NANCY M | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $79,400.32 | Date 09/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHOMB, MARC A | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $79,400.31 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONA, HEATHER A | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $79,400.25 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CURDY, JIMMIE C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,400.09 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, CATHERINE T | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $79,399.33 | Date 11/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, NICHOLAS W | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,398.42 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEACORD, PHILLIP | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $79,398.10 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKI, ANDREW P | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $79,398.03 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KISZKA, JENNIFER L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,397.86 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BARR, RONALD M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,397.69 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MATTHEW T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,397.69 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDOLPH, STEPHEN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,397.69 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL MARTER, SARA K | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $79,397.69 | Date 06/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAWRZONEK, JUSTIN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,397.69 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAHBAZIAN, DAVID K | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $79,397.69 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGARLATA, JOHN M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,397.58 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, SUSAN R | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $79,397.03 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDMER, DIANE | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $79,396.61 | Date 08/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, JODI L | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $79,396.10 | Date 08/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEL COSTELLO, LORRAINE A | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $79,395.96 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGARLATA, KAREN R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,395.83 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZONE, MICHELLE L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,395.76 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALISE, ANN MARIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,395.76 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIFILIPPO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,395.76 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOCHMAN, JANET D | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,395.76 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSE, MATTHEW T | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $79,395.63 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAN, MY-NGHI I | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,395.59 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, LLOYD A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,395.40 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JANET M | Employer name Suffolk Coop Library System | Amount $79,395.33 | Date 07/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAN, ALTON C | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $79,395.01 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOW, STEPHEN C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,393.96 | Date 11/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYNE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $79,393.85 | Date 01/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTARY, JAMES S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,393.74 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, THOMAS A | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $79,393.03 | Date 04/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACCAGNINO, DOMINICK R | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,392.96 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, HOWARD D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,392.83 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARLARO, ALFONSO J, II | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,392.01 | Date 08/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WONG, KEVIN K | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $79,391.75 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, STEPHEN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $79,390.69 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAIRIE, MARTIN F | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,390.60 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FRANCE, DANIEL D | Employer name Warren County | Amount $79,390.52 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINN, DANIEL C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,390.10 | Date 06/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, KEVIN M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,390.06 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HARKEN, CHERYL J | Employer name Newark CSD | Amount $79,390.00 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLEMAN, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Mechanicville | Amount $79,389.98 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELGRAVE, IVOR R | Employer name Village of Great Neck Plaza | Amount $79,389.95 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENA, FERNANDO | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,389.66 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAINGE, MATTHEW P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $79,389.16 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHN, ROBERT W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,388.74 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDERMAN, STEVEN H | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $79,388.73 | Date 01/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MARIAN H | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $79,388.60 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, DAVID F | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,388.38 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANDOIAN, NANCY A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,388.07 | Date 03/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, THOMAS | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $79,388.00 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIS, ANDRE M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,387.65 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, MICHELLE R | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $79,387.25 | Date 02/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, JULIO C | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $79,386.07 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWADZKI, SETH S | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,385.90 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICHARD, KRISTENE | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $79,385.80 | Date 10/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MATTEO, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $79,385.67 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BITTS, EDWARD W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $79,385.58 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESTENHEIDER, DAVID M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $79,385.20 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, GEORGE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $79,385.14 | Date 12/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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