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 ZELANO, LYNNE | Employer name Jericho Water District | Amount $78,770.35 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MATTHEW S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,769.12 | Date 06/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, JEFFREY L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $78,769.12 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTKOWSKI, KELLY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,768.92 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, DAVID M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,768.82 | Date 12/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINGFIELD, VALERIE C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,768.73 | Date 06/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIE-WILD, LISA MARIE | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $78,768.61 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMON, VARDA J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $78,768.50 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ERIC J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,767.86 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, MICHAEL L | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $78,767.67 | Date 10/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLLAM, REBECCA L | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $78,767.42 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $78,767.41 | Date 04/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CULLIN, PATRICK D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,766.21 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOEFFEL, JOSHUA S | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $78,766.01 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENTZEL, MICHAEL H | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,765.83 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UVENA, JEFFREY D | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $78,765.16 | Date 01/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, XI | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $78,765.11 | Date 09/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, WEIBEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,764.58 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTI-LOPEZ, SYLVIA | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $78,764.36 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOSPE, BRIAN A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $78,764.25 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRE, KARL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,764.00 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, DONNA M | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $78,764.00 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIDUCH, DANIEL P K | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $78,763.98 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DONALD, GAYLE M | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $78,763.76 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLANE, KEVIN E | Employer name Onondaga Co Res Rec Agcy | Amount $78,763.11 | Date 06/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGG, JENNIFER | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $78,763.07 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUILER, ARMANDO | Employer name White Plains Housing Authority | Amount $78,762.79 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ALSON H | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $78,762.58 | Date 10/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, VIELCA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,762.24 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, EDWIN S | Employer name Rocky Point Fire District | Amount $78,761.68 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, VICKI A | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $78,761.42 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, LAUREN E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $78,761.22 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, DONALD H | Employer name Franklinville CSD | Amount $78,761.19 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, NYOKA | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $78,761.16 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, PHILIP I | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,760.46 | Date 01/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOULIS, EVETTE M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,760.22 | Date 08/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLESSI, PAMELA P | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $78,759.98 | Date 08/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZERWINSKI, GRZEGORZ | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $78,759.93 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERPACK, CHERYL L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,759.82 | Date 03/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEDDES, JONATHAN D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $78,759.44 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYWARA, SCOTT G | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $78,758.32 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, STEVEN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,758.04 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNWOODY, JOHN | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $78,757.90 | Date 10/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRIS, DIANNE M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $78,757.87 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGOON, ROBERT J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,757.52 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, RICHARD D | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $78,757.44 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABINS, AGNES L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,756.97 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTFALL, JOHN R | Employer name Port Jervis City School Dist | Amount $78,756.62 | Date 01/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRYSLER, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Dewitt Fire District | Amount $78,756.15 | Date 03/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, VALERIE J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $78,755.96 | Date 09/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BENORA A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $78,755.27 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, EMILY R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $78,754.90 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANCE, PIERRE J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $78,754.78 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OAKLEY, RICHARD D, JR | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $78,754.14 | Date 08/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINZER, ERIN H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,752.97 | Date 06/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, JONATHAN M | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $78,752.93 | Date 06/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, SHARON | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $78,752.90 | Date 04/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAERTNER, RUDOLF E | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $78,752.90 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTTHARDT, RENEE M | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $78,752.56 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRATTION, GWENDOLYN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,752.49 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CLEMENTE, DANIEL S | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $78,752.45 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASON, SHAVONN T | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $78,752.42 | Date 11/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTHE, CYNTHIA | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $78,752.00 | Date 12/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORENGO, RICHARD | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,751.04 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, MICHAEL P | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $78,750.71 | Date 02/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, KRISTINA A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $78,750.28 | Date 01/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMOY, PAUL D | Employer name Cohoes City School Dist | Amount $78,749.94 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, ERIC K | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $78,749.78 | Date 08/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON BROOK, GREGORY S | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $78,749.42 | Date 03/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, CECILY A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $78,749.18 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIER, LAWRENCE | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,748.96 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREA, DANIEL A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,748.81 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAPTISTE, NATASHA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $78,748.60 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTE, SCOTT P | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $78,748.18 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, FLOYD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,748.04 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, JACQUELINE C | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $78,747.04 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACANO, LAURA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,746.80 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDICK, ALISE C | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $78,745.62 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENARD, ROCHELLE M | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $78,745.09 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, JASON L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,744.88 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOYA, ROBERT J, SR | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $78,744.52 | Date 04/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, MICHAEL G | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $78,743.64 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, BARRY E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $78,743.19 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHOLA, RACHAEL M | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $78,743.14 | Date 09/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODIER, CHAD LJ | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $78,742.76 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMLAGE, MATTHEW S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,742.71 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANG, EDWARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,741.93 | Date 03/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, KEVIN W | Employer name Village of Saranac Lake | Amount $78,740.74 | Date 04/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, JOSHUA J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $78,740.56 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNARO, DEBRA C | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $78,739.13 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, REBECCA M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $78,738.85 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST GERMAIN, MARC R | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $78,738.75 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OQUENDO, LUIS, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,738.73 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLERY, MICHAEL L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,737.94 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRADY, SEAN M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $78,737.93 | Date 01/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENKER, ROBERT L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,737.78 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEMAN, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $78,737.61 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIPOWSKI, RANDAL L | Employer name Town of Minisink | Amount $78,737.00 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDMAN, HEATH A | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $78,736.87 | Date 03/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDMAN, CAROL H | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $78,736.17 | Date 07/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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