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 SCIMEME, PAUL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,677.41 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPP, KAREN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,677.40 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, DAVID E | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $78,676.02 | Date 04/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACIE, PETER G | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $78,675.35 | Date 02/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMSTED, ROBERT M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,675.20 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUSZCZAK, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $78,673.67 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $78,673.58 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CONTI, VINCENT D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,672.85 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, WILLIAM J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $78,672.84 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,672.63 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, MARK O | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $78,672.00 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALINKAS, THOMAS S | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,671.64 | Date 02/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, NADIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,671.50 | Date 08/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, RANDY E | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $78,671.10 | Date 02/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTON, JAMES A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $78,670.97 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, JANET L | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $78,670.74 | Date 02/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASSIVERA, THEODORE S, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,670.70 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SREEKUMAR, SUMA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $78,670.68 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAENGLE, JANICE M | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $78,670.60 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALERO, JORGE L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,670.59 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, NANCY C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $78,670.35 | Date 08/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $78,669.83 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPAGNA, LISA M | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $78,669.63 | Date 07/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, BRADLEY H, JR | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $78,669.58 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINERSAGEN, DANIEL K | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $78,669.11 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TANZI, KRISTINE M | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $78,668.90 | Date 11/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACER, JEFFREY A | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $78,668.89 | Date 12/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, FRANCISCO | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,668.72 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, JAMES J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,668.67 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEWELL, MACKENZIE A | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $78,668.39 | Date 09/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, RONALDO A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $78,667.77 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINING, DENISE A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $78,666.79 | Date 05/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, MARY E | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $78,666.43 | Date 07/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, MICHAEL V | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $78,666.15 | Date 02/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, MICHAEL R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,665.90 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIDER, STEVEN R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,664.95 | Date 04/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDELLA, SALVATORE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,664.94 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Woodbury | Amount $78,664.67 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBLEE, CHELSEY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,664.46 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINMAN, EDWARD R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,664.10 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSER, TINA A | Employer name Schalmont CSD | Amount $78,663.93 | Date 10/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETT, SOTIRIA T | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $78,663.83 | Date 02/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALAMARI, JOHN D | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $78,663.41 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIFIELD, WILLIAM E | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $78,663.24 | Date 09/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, SUSAN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,663.23 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YU, JEN C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,661.97 | Date 12/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEHM, SUZANNE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,661.83 | Date 08/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, MEGAN H | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,660.88 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALO, VIKKI M | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $78,660.83 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CARL C | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $78,660.80 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, MEGAN P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $78,659.69 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOEGEL, ROBERT B | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $78,659.51 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLIKEN, BRIAN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,659.49 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEPONIS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $78,659.37 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHLEY, DANIEL L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $78,659.32 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, VINCENZO | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $78,658.70 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, JULIE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,658.57 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, PETER D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $78,658.10 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, THERESA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,657.87 | Date 03/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, MARGARET E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $78,657.81 | Date 06/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANGELO, PETER | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $78,657.69 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMENTI, KRYSTAL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,657.54 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LECLAIRE, KELLY W | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $78,657.44 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLVERARI, EDWARD F | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $78,657.09 | Date 08/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMAGALSKI, JOSEPH | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $78,657.03 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, ALDRIC M | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $78,656.48 | Date 12/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KIRK T, JR | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,656.03 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY-PHILLIPS, CORY E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $78,655.88 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, TERRENCE P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,655.50 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, STEPHEN M | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $78,655.48 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAINE, WILLIAM C | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $78,655.20 | Date 01/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, DAVID E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $78,655.16 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JAMES K | Employer name Hamburg CSD | Amount $78,654.60 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, SHARNELL S | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $78,654.17 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMED, REZA S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,653.67 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAVEN, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,653.52 | Date 10/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLACCHI, KATHLEEN H | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,653.37 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENTRELLI-DERACO, NICOLINA | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $78,653.23 | Date 08/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERVEDIO, DANIELLA G | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $78,653.23 | Date 10/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSEN, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,653.19 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLUBER, TERRENCE J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $78,652.90 | Date 06/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JOHN J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,652.54 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATRI, ANGELA C | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $78,652.26 | Date 10/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAORMINA, JACK | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $78,651.96 | Date 05/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODKIN, GREGORY M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,651.93 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,651.74 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTS, DEREK B | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,651.58 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, TRACY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,651.38 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTS, RONALD S | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $78,650.93 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROE, ANDREW J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $78,650.83 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATROUS, LARA C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,650.68 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, PAULA A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $78,649.63 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCER, LENA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,649.60 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHELLE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,649.53 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOWSKY, SUZANNE S | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,649.06 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, ROBERT B, JR | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $78,648.71 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, VERONICA D | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $78,648.55 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVELL, KELLY C | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $78,648.35 | Date 07/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $78,648.20 | Date 06/22/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURACO, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,648.10 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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