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 ZENG, JENNY | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $79,304.48 | Date 02/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNEST, MICHAEL W | Employer name Averill Park CSD | Amount $79,304.41 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TREVOR P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,303.97 | Date 04/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASILE, GREGORY L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,303.96 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, CARMEN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,303.94 | Date 11/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, CRAIG S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,303.73 | Date 09/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, PABLO, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,303.62 | Date 04/27/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIDE, JOEY M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,303.54 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALEWSKI, JESSE J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,303.30 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLEY, LAMAR M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,303.29 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ATTISANO, MARY K | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,303.04 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, SHARON J | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,303.03 | Date 08/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIITTIG, EDWARD, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $79,301.85 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, DENNIS C | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,301.82 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APANPA, OLU I | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $79,301.44 | Date 03/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROFERA, VITO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,301.19 | Date 09/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGRAVES, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,301.16 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALAFIA, CAROLYN M | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $79,301.10 | Date 07/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEESON, JUSTIN R | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,300.93 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, ALEX A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $79,300.93 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIBBETT, JILL A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,300.76 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUGHTON, ROGER P | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $79,299.76 | Date 01/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIZZI, ANN MARIE T | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $79,299.72 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNDIGE, CAROL D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,299.29 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, RANDY A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,298.76 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGIADA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,298.69 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTT, RONALD S | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,298.36 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, KIMBERLY | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,297.90 | Date 07/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, SEAN L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $79,297.47 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, ANTONETTE Y | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $79,297.45 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, CRAIG J | Employer name Perry CSD | Amount $79,297.21 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIANO, GIUSEPPE P | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $79,296.81 | Date 11/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTSEN, ERIC O | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,296.41 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBSON, SHAWN C | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $79,296.38 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARCE, STEPHEN L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,295.50 | Date 10/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOKE, DAVID A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,295.47 | Date 03/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEBUSH, LUKE A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,295.47 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENUAU, KARL L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,295.20 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, KAY M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $79,294.81 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTINARI, ALBERT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,294.78 | Date 04/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOKE, KEVIN B | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $79,294.32 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCANERA, VINCENT G | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $79,294.10 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINURKA, PETER J, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,293.99 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RHINEHART, MICHAEL D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $79,293.80 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,293.71 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUSAW, MARGARET A | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $79,293.52 | Date 09/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, COLLEEN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,293.37 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ALLEN M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $79,292.84 | Date 10/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANDEFER, GALE M | Employer name Depew UFSD | Amount $79,292.75 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCOTTO, JOHNNY | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,292.17 | Date 04/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMBURRI, PETER | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,292.12 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, JANETTE T | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,291.39 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALENZO, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $79,291.33 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, LINDA G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,291.07 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, JODI L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,291.00 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLLMAN, THOMAS A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,290.64 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATERNO, JOSEPH DAVID | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $79,290.29 | Date 01/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O DAY, KELLY E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $79,289.86 | Date 05/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTENUCCI, ANTHONY V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,289.14 | Date 06/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, EDWARD S | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,288.84 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BELL, KAREN E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,288.69 | Date 01/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIOCCA, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,288.05 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, STEVEN F | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,287.80 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JAMES E | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $79,287.52 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEETS, VANESSA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,287.04 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, CHRISTINA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,286.67 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLEY, MARY | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,286.60 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAVID C | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $79,286.45 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANDRE R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,286.16 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, JASON W | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $79,285.55 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ANDREW T | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,285.41 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEOCE, CHRISTINE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,285.32 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID GORDON, SUZETTE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,285.24 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTANZIO, JOHN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,285.11 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARRATTA, JOHN L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $79,284.98 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, GERALD C, II | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $79,284.91 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORIN, ANDREW | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,284.85 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, TIMIKIA S | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $79,283.96 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUESSEN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $79,283.52 | Date 12/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTERFIELD, JOANNA | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $79,283.33 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPLES, PAUL J, JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $79,282.92 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZIERSKI, KENNETH | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $79,282.84 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSEY, KEVIN J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $79,282.06 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SEAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,282.04 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMINS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,281.83 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARELLO, JAMES W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,281.71 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, LAWRENCE K, JR | Employer name Delaware Co Soil Water Con Dis | Amount $79,281.69 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISSON, LESLIE E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,281.55 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITLEY, WILLIAM F | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $79,281.12 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, BATISTE M | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $79,280.85 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PFLAUMER, RUDOLPH E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,280.36 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILBERSTEIN, KALMAN | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $79,280.18 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, JOHN | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,280.10 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMARA, LAMIN | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,280.09 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTA, JENNIFER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,279.61 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMES, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,279.57 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAINTIME, REYNOLD C | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $79,279.41 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHORNSTHEIMER, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $79,279.29 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCK, FRANCIS J | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $79,279.12 | Date 01/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDDIQI, HASEEB | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $79,278.88 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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