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 TORNABENE, KATHERINE M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $79,020.44 | Date 12/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JUAN F | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,020.06 | Date 04/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $79,019.99 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, SEECUMAR | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $79,019.98 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMPTON, RANDY A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,019.84 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESSER, EDWARD J, III | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $79,018.88 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, VERONICA S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,018.54 | Date 06/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORWHAT, LAURENCE J | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $79,018.26 | Date 07/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLANC, JONATHAN S | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,018.22 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYERS, SERGIO S | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $79,018.07 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, LAURA P | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $79,018.04 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, WAYNE E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,018.01 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JOSE M | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $79,017.96 | Date 10/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALZANO, MARTHA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,017.83 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVAGE, CHARLES T | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $79,017.38 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, GEORGE T | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $79,016.80 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIRD, RACHEL S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,016.45 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, ERIC R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $79,015.54 | Date 08/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOMBER, THOMAS C, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,015.39 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSFELDER, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $79,015.20 | Date 06/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, TRACY L | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $79,015.12 | Date 08/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODSON, MICHAEL H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $79,015.11 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, TIFFANY | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $79,014.96 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, JOSE J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,014.70 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, DONALD J | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $79,014.66 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, MICHAEL W | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $79,014.47 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALCZAK, JOHN, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,014.30 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ-KENDRA, ANNETTE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,013.53 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PABON, ANTHONY | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,013.31 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, SALVADOR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,013.05 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, THOMAS D | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $79,012.73 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, BRADLY L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,012.16 | Date 11/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, FRANK | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,012.07 | Date 07/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRALORO, RUSSELL A, JR | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $79,010.99 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, JASON E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $79,010.76 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKER, JULIE ANN | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,010.61 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAM, WILLIAM D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,010.40 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREUER, GARY J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,009.91 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, LOUISE C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,009.85 | Date 04/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARING, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,009.70 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $79,008.89 | Date 01/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,008.83 | Date 07/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JASON M | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $79,008.27 | Date 08/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTANSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Marlborough | Amount $79,008.02 | Date 10/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABBONDONDOLO, PHILIP M, JR | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $79,008.01 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWANER, JO ANNA E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $79,006.79 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, GEORGE F | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $79,006.47 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KYLESHA N | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,006.06 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, JUDITH K | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,006.06 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,006.06 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPTER, LEE E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,006.06 | Date 09/09/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,006.06 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLEMAGNE, GLENDA P | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $79,006.02 | Date 11/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILATZKE, JANE F | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $79,005.84 | Date 10/07/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, SEAN S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,005.21 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ANNMARIE | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $79,005.20 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, JEAN M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $79,005.08 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENDON, EVERARDO | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $79,004.97 | Date 10/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARITATO, TERRY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,004.74 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ALEXIS O | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $79,004.74 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, BETH J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,004.69 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAIL, FLOYD M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,004.60 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,003.82 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAYDON, MELINDA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,003.76 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAINZBAUER, NICOLE T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,003.16 | Date 11/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIND, RANDY P | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $79,003.14 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, YVONNE | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,002.77 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOHLMAN, KENNETH P | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $79,002.74 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LONZO | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,002.54 | Date 05/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALISE, LOUIS A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,002.32 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JOHN M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,002.32 | Date 11/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUCK, MARK P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,001.58 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, LARRY A | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $79,001.40 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, LIAM J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,001.26 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, ROSS H | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,000.96 | Date 06/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, CASSIE S | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $79,000.80 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCIA, MATTHEW C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,000.07 | Date 04/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTS, SHANNON R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $78,999.54 | Date 08/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITTAKER, ANDREA R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,999.12 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGARD, RICHARDEEN L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $78,998.62 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLECK, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $78,998.55 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UEBLACKER, DANIEL P | Employer name Woodmere Fire District | Amount $78,998.40 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAYZE, CHERYL B | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $78,998.12 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACILOWSKI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $78,996.60 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFT, DAVID S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $78,996.48 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, JOANNE E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $78,996.29 | Date 05/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, CAROL M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $78,996.29 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $78,996.20 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, LARS E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,995.23 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JANET L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,995.11 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, SHERRI L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,995.03 | Date 12/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWLEY, ALEXANDRIA K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,994.89 | Date 02/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARNELL, BRYAN W | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $78,994.81 | Date 07/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ALEXIS J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $78,994.54 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MASAITIS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $78,994.48 | Date 11/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABEL, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,994.44 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, KATHERINE I | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,994.10 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIECO, KATHRYN | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,993.92 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, GREGORY M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $78,993.84 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCHIO, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,993.55 | Date 12/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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