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 LIMA, DAVID C | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $78,921.56 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDLEY, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $78,921.56 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENDY-TRUAX, TRACY L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $78,921.45 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEVENTANO, JAMES F | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $78,920.93 | Date 09/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLA, JORDAN M | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $78,920.89 | Date 08/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, TODD L | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $78,920.83 | Date 08/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCZAK, KRISTIN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,920.80 | Date 11/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'GALLAGHER, DEBORAH B | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $78,920.66 | Date 09/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTH, LINDA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,920.56 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, CARL C | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $78,920.50 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, LANCE | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,920.46 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIGNEY, TROY T | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $78,919.43 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, WILLIAM T | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $78,919.03 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CRAIG W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,919.02 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAY, TIMOTHY E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $78,918.56 | Date 02/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ELISE A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,918.51 | Date 05/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUECKEL, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $78,917.86 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINO, VINCENT J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,917.80 | Date 07/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDAK, FRANK J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,917.80 | Date 09/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISIP, ARMAND F | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,917.54 | Date 10/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERGARA, LINDA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,916.78 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILKINS, MISTY L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $78,916.28 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKE, STEPHEN F, JR | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $78,916.21 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODOM, EBONY | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $78,915.73 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKUSKO, JAN M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,915.68 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, LORI | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $78,915.37 | Date 07/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, NANCY M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $78,913.87 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACHERMEYER, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $78,913.86 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOOMER, BARBARA A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,913.64 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, PERRY L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,913.64 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUND, KRISTEN E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,913.62 | Date 08/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLIMOV, ALEKSANDR P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $78,913.61 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALIERCIO, ERNEST R | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $78,912.90 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMM, KEVIN T | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $78,912.36 | Date 05/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLIK, RONALD W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,911.93 | Date 12/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES-QUILES, MARIA ELYZABETH | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $78,911.83 | Date 09/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SETTEDUCATI, MATTHEW D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,911.59 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREMLER, JOYCE BARBERA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,911.54 | Date 03/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, LUIS E | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $78,911.24 | Date 09/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, AMELIA | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $78,911.11 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, DEANNA M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $78,910.94 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, MARLENE | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $78,910.87 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANETTA, JOHN M | Employer name Copiague Fire District | Amount $78,910.74 | Date 05/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHAN, JESSICA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,910.49 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, VALINA C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $78,910.07 | Date 09/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PAULETTE J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $78,910.06 | Date 10/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SAMUEL L, IV | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $78,909.93 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, SHANNON M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $78,909.50 | Date 10/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBACORTA, DAVID M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $78,908.91 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSIECKI, CAROLYN V | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $78,908.49 | Date 03/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JASON | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $78,908.16 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASFORD, SUEANN T | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $78,907.99 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASTIN, DANIEL V | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $78,907.80 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKOWSKI, JEFFREY J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,907.74 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $78,907.48 | Date 05/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCUREK, KATHRYN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $78,907.46 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASHIMOTO, NAOKO | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,907.12 | Date 12/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCARO, CAROLYN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,906.66 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEAGUE, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,906.46 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, STEWART G | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $78,906.46 | Date 11/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENAWAY, DONALD H, JR | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $78,906.41 | Date 01/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARILLE, PAUL | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $78,906.32 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZO, PEDRO N | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $78,906.17 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, CAROLE M | Employer name Village of New Hempstead | Amount $78,905.24 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWICKI, JOHN A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $78,905.11 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEATES, HEATHER N | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,904.93 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CARMEN C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,903.89 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, RANDY A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $78,903.89 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKARD, APRIL M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,903.81 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, LAWRENCE E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $78,903.66 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUFER, JANET L | Employer name Miller Place Fire District | Amount $78,903.33 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARBONE, VINCENT | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $78,902.76 | Date 10/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATZ, STEPHEN J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $78,902.55 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHETSKY, MARK S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $78,902.20 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARTH, JEREMY | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $78,901.38 | Date 08/19/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUCKS, JOHN, JR | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $78,901.37 | Date 05/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, ISRAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,901.08 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERNIA, ROBERT A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $78,900.97 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVOHATSKI, LISA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,900.84 | Date 12/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIN, BEATRIZ D | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $78,900.62 | Date 09/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAND, MARCHELLY E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,900.40 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,900.14 | Date 02/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVELLI, RALPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,899.61 | Date 06/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVANAPURATH, MINIMOL | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,899.42 | Date 02/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMERS, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $78,898.96 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLAN, JACLYN H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,898.91 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVARI, DAVID A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,898.69 | Date 03/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,898.67 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Commack Fire District | Amount $78,897.99 | Date 10/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ERIN E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $78,897.98 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, JODY K | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,897.29 | Date 02/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSME, GUADALUPE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $78,896.76 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRK, BRANDY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $78,896.19 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAS, CYNTHIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,895.67 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMOTHRAKIS, JOHN G | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $78,895.64 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHEARN, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $78,895.30 | Date 09/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENSAH, KWAME A | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $78,894.95 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DARLENE E | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $78,894.94 | Date 09/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARAFOLO, FRANCES R | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $78,894.92 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPUCCIO, ANTHONY V | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $78,894.88 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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