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 ESCOFFIER, EDWARD L | Employer name Hicksville Public Library | Amount $78,588.97 | Date 08/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGHE, GARY | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $78,588.88 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JAMES M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $78,588.73 | Date 01/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPAFFORD, ROGER C | Employer name Phelps Clifton Springs CSD | Amount $78,588.07 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLSEY, MARK W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $78,588.01 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANSDALE, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $78,587.98 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRY, KARA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,587.72 | Date 11/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, BRIAN P | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $78,587.13 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKUM, DAVID A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,587.07 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, LIANA P | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $78,587.05 | Date 07/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERL, GREGORY R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $78,586.62 | Date 02/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,586.50 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRIOTT, MICHELLE D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,586.50 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDO, DENISE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,586.50 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, YANG FEI | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $78,586.38 | Date 01/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JOHN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,586.14 | Date 01/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIA, XIBEI | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,586.10 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $78,586.04 | Date 06/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CWIOK, KAZIMIERZ | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,586.02 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLEOD, ROBIN L | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $78,585.97 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNOCCORA, DEIRDRE A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $78,585.93 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMES, MELISSA A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $78,585.89 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, STEVEN E | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $78,585.24 | Date 11/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $78,585.06 | Date 06/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, STEPHEN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $78,584.85 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIKUSKI, LISA A | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $78,584.51 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENANSKY, HEATH C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $78,584.44 | Date 10/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAX, JOHH W, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,584.22 | Date 07/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIVANO, GINA R | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $78,584.20 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPERI, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,584.00 | Date 04/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, SHELDON B | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $78,583.92 | Date 04/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDALL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $78,583.84 | Date 01/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNELLI, BRUNO | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $78,583.47 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOONEY, DIANE E | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $78,583.37 | Date 05/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, S R CORY | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $78,582.90 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESLIE, JOAN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,581.59 | Date 12/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, JAMES J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,581.53 | Date 07/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTED, CRAIG N | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $78,581.49 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $78,580.96 | Date 05/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONK, TODD A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,580.89 | Date 12/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUSKA, ROBERT I | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $78,580.68 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EINBOND-PALEY, ANNE | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $78,580.61 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JANE S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,579.44 | Date 04/26/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGE, JAMES E | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $78,579.26 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLEY, JAN E | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $78,578.97 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTILLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $78,578.42 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TRACEY L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,578.33 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, RACHEL | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $78,578.26 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, GARY J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $78,578.06 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, SHAWN M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $78,576.82 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEKL, JASON R | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $78,576.78 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $78,576.65 | Date 04/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIAMBRONE, ANTHONY | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $78,576.47 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENO, KAITLIN E | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $78,576.02 | Date 05/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELKO, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $78,575.80 | Date 09/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HART, CHRIS R JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,575.73 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRCE, SHANA J | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $78,575.62 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTMELL, DONALD C | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $78,575.51 | Date 03/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, DAVID G | Employer name Poughkeepsie City School Dist | Amount $78,575.09 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, JAMES H, III | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $78,574.54 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, TROY J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $78,574.34 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIWKO, EDWARD J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,574.14 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARANA, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,574.08 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOOMFIELD, CAROLE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,573.65 | Date 04/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRUCHTMAN, JOEL A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,573.65 | Date 07/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCOFORTE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $78,572.58 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEK, ROBERT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,572.47 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMMEL-ENDRULAT, LOU ANN | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $78,572.33 | Date 12/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SONIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,572.20 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNELLY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,571.40 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAROFALO, JOSEPH | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $78,571.39 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGUYEN, TAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,571.34 | Date 05/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINGENFELTER, ROBERT J | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $78,571.30 | Date 03/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEBER, KELLY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,571.22 | Date 12/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, PAUL W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $78,571.21 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARESTA, CATHY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,571.13 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARCY, JOHN P | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $78,570.43 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, IDWONA J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $78,569.33 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINSER, NANCY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,569.28 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, DENISE A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,569.11 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUO, YI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,568.81 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERGEANT, CLAUDETTE M | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $78,568.70 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, STEVEN J | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $78,568.48 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEEHAN, COLLEEN A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $78,568.25 | Date 09/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRK-INSTRELLA, DAWN M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $78,568.12 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBUSKIE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $78,568.08 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRIGHT, GLENN D | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,567.75 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALLURA, SAL T | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $78,567.44 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEMCZURA, LILI-ANE | Employer name Central Islip Public Library | Amount $78,567.11 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICARELLI, JANET L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $78,566.93 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMODY, LINDA M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,566.92 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, TERESA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,566.74 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLAK, JENNIFER T | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $78,566.06 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASUIZACA, CARMEN L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $78,565.73 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JARED M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $78,565.42 | Date 06/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCONE, LILIAN V | Employer name Department of State | Amount $78,564.98 | Date 09/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, CORRINE SHERYL C | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $78,564.95 | Date 02/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIR, JASON M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,564.61 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CRAIG R | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $78,564.52 | Date 02/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNE, AMY M | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $78,564.12 | Date 02/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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