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 SENATORE, ANNA E | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $79,081.57 | Date 02/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYCE, ROBERT L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,081.57 | Date 10/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POBURKO, STEVEN D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,081.57 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACCARELLI, ROBERT N | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $79,081.57 | Date 10/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS-COLLINS, BRENDA H | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $79,081.57 | Date 11/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DAVID | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,080.66 | Date 07/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATER, THERESE E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,080.51 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLACKI, PAUL J | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $79,080.31 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUDENROTH, PATRICIA L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $79,080.10 | Date 05/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDWELL, LINDA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,080.00 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, GAIL D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,080.00 | Date 11/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USHER, LEE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,080.00 | Date 09/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, STEPHEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,080.00 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, AMANDA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,079.72 | Date 06/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERNE, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $79,079.67 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, HILDA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,079.58 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHU, NING | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,078.35 | Date 08/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, SHELDON D | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,078.22 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUFEGLISE, JEFFREY D | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $79,078.12 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, MICHELE E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,078.03 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, HAYDEE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,077.36 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGGINS, CLAUDE G | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,077.26 | Date 07/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWIE, ALFRED J, JR | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $79,077.25 | Date 11/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HU, WENSHENG | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,076.82 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, MELANIE D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,076.82 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, NATHANIEL A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,076.77 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCENZI, JANET | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,076.41 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERBA, JOHN D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,076.38 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, ROBERTO A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $79,076.34 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOY, HARRY H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,076.04 | Date 03/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLKE, JEFFREY S | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $79,075.16 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, HARRY | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $79,075.14 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANGA, PRASUNA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,075.01 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILCHEY, CRAIG R | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $79,074.70 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUSKIN, MARCIA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,074.27 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEICHER, BRUCE P | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $79,073.70 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKS, SARA H | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $79,073.67 | Date 11/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMCZAK, LEIGH A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,073.41 | Date 08/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESNERCK, JON A | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $79,073.38 | Date 06/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRONE, LISA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,073.33 | Date 08/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCE, KELLY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,073.26 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BOTTIS, VIRGINIA S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $79,073.15 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, JAMES F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,072.70 | Date 05/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, MICHAEL J | Employer name New Hyde Pk-Garden Cty Pk UFSD | Amount $79,072.50 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, ANDREW P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,072.22 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, LYLE C | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $79,072.22 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONDINA, THOMAS | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,072.22 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINELLI, DAVID M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,072.21 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGLIOMENI, GIOVANNI | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $79,071.94 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, GREGORY J | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $79,071.76 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTZE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,071.72 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEROLLA, JONATHAN M | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,071.72 | Date 07/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICHY, ERIC A, SR | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $79,071.60 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NALLURI, ANITHA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,071.44 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHI, YING | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $79,071.13 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,071.12 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVASSEUR, KIM F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,071.09 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRENZA, ANNE REGINA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,070.58 | Date 09/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, YUNSHU | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,070.40 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROKAW, SUSAN G | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $79,070.24 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHACHTER, PATTI L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, CRAIG W | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDRINO, JOHN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFTON, STEPHEN W | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOERNER, LACE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 06/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, KEVIN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JANET L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, NEIL A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENKIW, HEIDI | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 11/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, HECTOR L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 10/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, KEVIN L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXIS, MARY | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRANAGHAN, MARY ANN J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,069.68 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLOWSKI, MARK J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $79,069.50 | Date 12/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAS, MARICON | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,068.77 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $79,068.67 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMAX, SEAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,068.41 | Date 01/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAHAM, DAVID R | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,068.00 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, MI WHA | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $79,067.38 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, PATRICIA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $79,067.37 | Date 08/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYES, SARA M | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $79,067.08 | Date 10/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLICK, AMY L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,066.88 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST FLEUR, DIANE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,066.86 | Date 07/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, RUPERT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,066.69 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, MARY S | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,066.30 | Date 12/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERTH, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,066.20 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLOCK, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,066.15 | Date 12/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANOVSKAYA, RAISSA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,066.11 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRECK, STEVEN M | Employer name Sauquoit Valley CSD | Amount $79,065.60 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUANNO, ANTONIO | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $79,065.44 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, WILLIAM T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,065.08 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNG, MICHELLE K | Employer name Northport E Northport Pub Lib | Amount $79,064.98 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, JOHN C | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $79,064.91 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR CHRYS, LUCINDA S | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $79,064.66 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, JOHN M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $79,064.49 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, VALERIE R | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $79,064.28 | Date 04/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYSAK, WALTER B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,064.18 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NATTEN, CHARLES E | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $79,063.99 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAKTHIVEL, MAYURAPRIYAN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,063.80 | Date 07/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,063.17 | Date 03/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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