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 GAWRONSKI, MICHAEL W, JR | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $79,218.85 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIMAGLIA, PAUL J | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $79,217.72 | Date 07/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DENET, RICHARD | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $79,217.56 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, DEBRA J | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $79,217.48 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUX, BRIAN C | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $79,217.45 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTRIGHT, BELINDA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,216.94 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNOTTA, ALFONSO G, III | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $79,216.58 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMA, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,216.56 | Date 07/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRERAS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,216.55 | Date 08/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, RASHEEN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,216.38 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, ROBERT J | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $79,216.12 | Date 07/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,216.10 | Date 02/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIEDER, ERIC G | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,216.10 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURST, WALTER M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,215.98 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNSWORTH, HAROLD R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,215.73 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLISANO, FRANK J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,215.39 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JERMAINE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $79,215.32 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMKO, CAROLYN M | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $79,215.13 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, EDWARD J | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $79,215.08 | Date 12/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, LAURA B | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $79,214.90 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROANO, CONSUELO | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,214.18 | Date 10/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUBIN, KENNETH G, JR | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,214.14 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAWGO, JON E | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $79,213.82 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, DAWN C | Employer name Essex County | Amount $79,213.81 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCOMB, DARREN S | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $79,213.74 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN LONIS, KELLY L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,213.38 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLELLAN, JEREMY M | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $79,213.25 | Date 03/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGRAS, GREGORY A | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $79,213.24 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERLIN, ERIK S | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $79,213.17 | Date 09/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORLEAN, JASMINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,212.90 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, MARK J. | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,212.71 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,212.64 | Date 09/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JILLIAN E | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,212.64 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADOUCEUR, MICHELLE H | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,212.64 | Date 01/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADNER, CATHI L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,212.64 | Date 01/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROUD, NANCY E | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,212.64 | Date 01/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, ANN C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,212.64 | Date 02/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEEHAN-MURPHY, EILEEN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $79,212.27 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, MARIE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,212.20 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPLANTE, DANIEL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $79,211.99 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMA, DOUGLAS | Employer name No Hempstead Sol Wst Mgmt Auth | Amount $79,211.95 | Date 10/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, SETH M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,211.88 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, BRIAN P | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,211.83 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALDO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,211.74 | Date 08/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTRAM, STEVEN J | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $79,210.79 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, DOUGLAS | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $79,210.78 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DAVID L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,210.48 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA GROTTA, LISA M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,210.28 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLI, JEFFREY J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,210.15 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURDOCK, JOHN W | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $79,209.99 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASCHEZEN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,209.91 | Date 04/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTBY, WILLIAM F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,208.80 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLAND, PAUL G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,208.65 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $79,208.47 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, PATRICK H | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,208.41 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, JANICE K | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,208.04 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMMANUEL, SUZIE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,207.37 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNARSKYJ, ROMAN J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,207.20 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WING, SHARI A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,207.08 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHABAK, PAUL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,207.04 | Date 07/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBIAN-DELEO, MIRIAM | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,207.04 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CRYSTAL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,207.04 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, ALYSA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,207.04 | Date 09/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSELLA, MARGARET A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,207.04 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORIA-TRAPALIS, KATTERINE I | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,207.04 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLAND, JAMES P | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,206.79 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, SEAN P | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $79,206.66 | Date 03/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YANNUZZI, JOSEPH M, JR | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $79,206.64 | Date 12/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, ADAM L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,206.20 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,205.48 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, DALE M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,205.34 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, LUCAS W | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,205.10 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITO, JOHN J | Employer name Boces Genes Liv'st Stu'Bn Wyom | Amount $79,204.70 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, JEFFREY L | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $79,204.59 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CATHERINE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $79,204.56 | Date 08/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISCONE, TAMMY M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $79,204.55 | Date 09/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DONALD K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,204.50 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTO, GINA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,203.98 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARSONS, PAUL S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,203.89 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPES, HAMILTON | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $79,203.56 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, GLEN R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,203.50 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANELORICH, RICHARD D | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $79,203.22 | Date 08/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CAIN, SASTHENIA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $79,202.83 | Date 11/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, SIMONE A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,202.43 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, EVELYN | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $79,202.33 | Date 12/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, STEVEN P | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $79,202.24 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, ANTHONY | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $79,201.70 | Date 12/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESANTE, DARA D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,201.62 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,201.56 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, THOMAS P | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,201.47 | Date 12/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAMLEY, MARK T | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,200.50 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, JAMES F, JR | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $79,200.30 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDONLOWE, ROSE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,200.23 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGELO, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $79,200.11 | Date 02/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHNER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,199.69 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAM, YVONNE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,199.61 | Date 05/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUGHAN, PATRICK G | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $79,199.47 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JUAN C | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $79,199.44 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBURN, TODD L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,199.22 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, SEAN C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,199.13 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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