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 BENDER, LYNN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,706.52 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONOFRE, MARK P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,706.27 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, ROCKEY C | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $78,705.85 | Date 02/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINGER, RANDALL R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,705.44 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTY, HENRY C | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $78,705.11 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYTON, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $78,705.04 | Date 05/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROZIER, STEVEN M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $78,705.03 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE-MAYNARD, KAREN A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $78,704.65 | Date 05/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BOZARINWA A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $78,704.50 | Date 08/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, GEORGE K | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $78,703.80 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, LISA E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $78,703.68 | Date 10/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LEON, JONACEL T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,703.45 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, PABLO | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $78,702.47 | Date 02/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KICKEL, BRITTANY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,702.22 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKKEN, EDWARD R | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $78,702.00 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, JAMES R | Employer name Village of New Hyde Park | Amount $78,701.70 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DENISE C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,701.48 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIR, AARON | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,701.42 | Date 03/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, RICHARD J, III | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $78,701.28 | Date 01/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURREN, DONALD R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $78,701.14 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLISON, PETER T | Employer name Fishers Fire District | Amount $78,700.92 | Date 06/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOS SANTOS, ANTHONY F, II | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $78,700.67 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATISTA, SANTA C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,700.17 | Date 02/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMBROWSKI, JENNIFER B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,699.82 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRADY, FRANK L | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $78,699.65 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,699.60 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CELENTANO, RICHARD R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,699.49 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHA, FREDERICK G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $78,699.05 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOIDT, THOMAS A | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $78,698.80 | Date 06/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINNERS, MELISSA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $78,698.52 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGE, SCOTT M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $78,698.29 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $78,698.04 | Date 08/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $78,697.79 | Date 08/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGOR, EDWARD K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $78,697.57 | Date 08/15/1957 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINTNER, TERRY P | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $78,696.92 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ERVIN, TONIA Y | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $78,696.20 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBURN, SUSAN L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,696.08 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARASCO, STEVEN A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,695.52 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRACANE, BETH A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $78,695.49 | Date 08/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC SHEA, ALICE E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $78,695.14 | Date 10/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, GONZALO MIGUEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,694.89 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, THANKAMMA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $78,694.74 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ELOY J | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $78,694.62 | Date 09/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GARVEY, DEBRA L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $78,694.16 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAQUINTO, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $78,694.15 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCKETTE, SARAH J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,693.95 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERK, MICHEAL G | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $78,693.78 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARASINSKI, JOHN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,693.70 | Date 04/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORANCE-DIAZ, LISA M | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $78,693.40 | Date 04/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIGHTON, JOHN D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $78,693.06 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHME, KAMIL M | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $78,692.54 | Date 08/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LOACH, STACEY L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,692.03 | Date 10/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULIHAN, KARRY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,692.03 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, ROBERT S | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $78,691.10 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBIE, NINA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $78,690.54 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONEY, RICHARD R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,690.27 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIWANAG, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $78,690.19 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, ERNEST L | Employer name Caledonia-Mumford CSD | Amount $78,690.07 | Date 08/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMPER, JAMES A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,689.92 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENARDO, DONNA M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $78,689.72 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, LYNN ELIZABETH | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $78,689.08 | Date 12/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRDEY, ALDENE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,688.41 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, EDWARD JAMES | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $78,688.21 | Date 09/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHRENS, ANDREA C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,688.00 | Date 12/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKECHNIE, MARK S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,687.84 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, OMAR, JR | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $78,687.15 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, BRIAN W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,686.62 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTSICK, MATTHEW D | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $78,686.44 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAL, JIHANE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,686.22 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, LISA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,685.65 | Date 05/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCACCINI, SUSAN C | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,685.41 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRUBY, JOHN S | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $78,685.12 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BARA, CINDY MARIE | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $78,684.79 | Date 06/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENDLER, NANCY J | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $78,684.79 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, CHARLES P | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $78,684.63 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLSTEDT, JAIME L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,684.55 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, TEMINA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,684.31 | Date 01/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAIDASZ, DANIEL G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,684.13 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTY, KEVIN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,683.90 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIMBACH, MARGARET M | Employer name Uniondale Public Library | Amount $78,683.43 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUYOT, ARNOLD FRANCIS | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $78,683.23 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MC KINLEY B, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,683.16 | Date 10/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHINDAMO, MICHAEL | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $78,682.94 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSE, KAREN J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $78,682.82 | Date 08/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MICHELLE L | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $78,681.63 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASMOLIK, JAMES P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,681.15 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALANGA, MARSHA L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $78,680.79 | Date 06/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSTER, WILLIAM S | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $78,680.49 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULRICH, HEATHER A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,680.44 | Date 09/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAVENS, JOHN T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $78,680.43 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, PAUL F | Employer name Centereach Fire District | Amount $78,680.38 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, DONALD C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,680.03 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLEY, KEVIN F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,679.69 | Date 03/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEDLAKE, LISA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,679.08 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, GAIL E | Employer name Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn | Amount $78,678.97 | Date 08/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERICO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,678.85 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSASSER, RICHARD J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $78,678.61 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, PATRICIA | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $78,678.35 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $78,677.60 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLY, BRYAN | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $78,677.53 | Date 06/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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