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 SHERMAN, PETER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,198.83 | Date 03/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIYADEH, ALEXANDRA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,197.85 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, DAVID | Employer name Buffalo Mun Housing Authority | Amount $79,197.81 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGER, JAY H | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,197.77 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWLETT, CHARLES L, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,197.76 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,197.71 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADI, SUSAN J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $79,197.71 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANSKI, RICHARD L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,197.46 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKANO, SARAH M | Employer name Jericho Public Library | Amount $79,196.76 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MICHELE, PAUL A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,196.35 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ERIC | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,196.06 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTTER, MELISSA A | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $79,195.86 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUMM, PAUL S | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,195.85 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACHTYL, KAREN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,195.69 | Date 09/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGOZALY, KRISTIN L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $79,195.21 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOKES, TAWANNA B | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $79,194.80 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANKS, JOHN P | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,194.12 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEARIN, RICHARD M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,193.66 | Date 11/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $79,193.42 | Date 12/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASEWICZ, THOMAS J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,193.13 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRERA, ALBERTO C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,192.76 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, BARBARA A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $79,192.73 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENARD, RICKY L | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $79,192.00 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPPY, PHILIP J | Employer name Patchogue-Medford Pub Library | Amount $79,191.74 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPPER, TODD G | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,191.58 | Date 04/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, ALAN F | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,191.37 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, TROY D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $79,191.10 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAN, TIANCHEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $79,190.84 | Date 07/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, RICHARD W | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $79,190.78 | Date 07/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, SEAN M | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $79,190.64 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILCHRIST, CATHY D | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $79,190.32 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURIN, NICHOLAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,190.24 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOERSHEIM, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $79,190.08 | Date 02/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, DAVID A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,189.63 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, PATRICK K | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,189.24 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DANIEL J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,189.19 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTILE, TERRY R | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,189.16 | Date 06/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CHRISTIAN L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,188.79 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON-MC SWEENEY, CAROLENE A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,188.57 | Date 09/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EAGEN, VALERIE K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,188.31 | Date 06/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDICI, DENISE D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,188.31 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST GERMAIN, MARY J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $79,188.27 | Date 02/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, DARREL G | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,188.20 | Date 10/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPIA, JONATHAN N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,188.03 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, MARY T | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,187.96 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARO, STEPHEN D | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,187.80 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JACQUELINE J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $79,187.79 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAL, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,187.60 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEKHON, HARMANDEEP S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,187.23 | Date 01/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, KAREN M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $79,187.03 | Date 09/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, MARC J | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $79,187.03 | Date 02/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERIAN, MANJU | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,186.96 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUEMIG, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,186.11 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, SCOTT J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,185.90 | Date 11/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, FRANCES A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $79,185.68 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, PAUL J | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $79,185.57 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHEN, FRANK A | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $79,184.68 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THIES, ANTHONY H | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $79,183.40 | Date 12/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEARY, DARREN S | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $79,183.35 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERS, TRACY L | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $79,183.20 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZULAUF, LISA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,183.05 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPKA, NATHAN L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,182.82 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, JEFFREY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,182.45 | Date 06/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASLER, KEVIN C | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $79,182.18 | Date 06/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARLEY, GAVIN V | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $79,181.92 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, SHERMAN A | Employer name Village of Palmyra | Amount $79,181.87 | Date 05/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLEESATTEL, ROXANNE L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,181.76 | Date 05/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAUER, TYLER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,181.40 | Date 01/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITEK, DAVID E | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,180.91 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, GREGORY P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,180.57 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARLOW, KIMBERLY A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $79,180.06 | Date 05/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PABON, ELIZABETH | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,179.93 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEOUGH, DANIEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,179.72 | Date 06/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNIGAN, WAYNE F | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,179.53 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERLING, SAGE B | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $79,179.50 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CREADY, CARL C | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $79,179.46 | Date 11/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, ROY E, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,179.45 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, WAYNE C, JR | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,179.44 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, JAMES C | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,179.44 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAIDAN, DARLENE A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $79,179.22 | Date 02/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,179.18 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, COLLEEN A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,178.88 | Date 03/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, ANDREA E | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $79,178.88 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAKES, CAROLYN K | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,178.70 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADELL, ALBERT T | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,178.67 | Date 03/27/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, MICHELLE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,178.20 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, TIMOTHY W | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $79,178.01 | Date 03/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAZZURCO, ANTHONY S | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,177.84 | Date 03/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, LAUREN M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $79,177.81 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRINGTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $79,177.27 | Date 01/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOSNER, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,177.00 | Date 03/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGIEJKO, JOCELYNN V | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $79,177.00 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, BARBARA A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $79,176.79 | Date 12/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKOWSKI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $79,176.48 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUPNICK, DAVID J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,176.08 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTTUM, DANIEL T | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,176.06 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGE, CARLEEN D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,176.00 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRCH, MICHAEL D | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,175.98 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRLEY, EVAN S | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $79,175.63 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JAMES A | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $79,174.92 | Date 04/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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