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 DETRICK, ERIN D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,468.88 | Date 11/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLOCZNIK, MARIANN T | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $78,468.63 | Date 09/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSIAK, M J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,468.35 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, ARDEAN E | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $78,468.20 | Date 05/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ESSENDELFT, DONALD A | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $78,468.02 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISZEWSKI, LORENE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,467.96 | Date 04/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETMANSKI, ERICK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,467.90 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARCINIAK, ROY H | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,467.54 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROH, RICHARD R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,467.24 | Date 02/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPERDOCK, JANE E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $78,467.06 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICKI, LYNN K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,466.76 | Date 02/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWCHUK, ERIC L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,465.64 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, MARTHA C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,465.63 | Date 12/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREXLER, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $78,465.45 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, ROWLAND A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $78,465.43 | Date 05/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIERA, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,465.31 | Date 03/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARLROTH, ROBERT A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,464.92 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTINELLI, JOHN M | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $78,464.91 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUMPF, CHRISTINE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,464.68 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELS, DENISE | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 13 | Amount $78,464.68 | Date 07/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, KRIS J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $78,464.10 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FECANIN, ROBERT M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,464.04 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VENDOLA, PETER | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $78,463.98 | Date 07/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERHARD, JACQUELINE A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $78,463.87 | Date 04/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALZANO, LOUIS J | Employer name Town of Monroe | Amount $78,463.43 | Date 08/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUNDS, TIMOTHY | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $78,463.24 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEY, SUSAN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,462.91 | Date 04/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORWIN, MARY BETH | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,462.88 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONECNY, JOHN C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,462.88 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCARO, JOHN D | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $78,462.88 | Date 04/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGER, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,462.62 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, ROBERT W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $78,462.36 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGAN, JEFFREY A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $78,462.30 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOTARY, EUGENE A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,462.21 | Date 10/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAWSON, DINA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,462.09 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMA, ERIC M | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $78,462.07 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPION, LAURA R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,461.75 | Date 12/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEYMOUTH, BARBARA E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,461.48 | Date 10/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPITZA, JOSEPH R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,461.35 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACRI, EDWIN C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $78,461.35 | Date 10/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGNI, ERIC V | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $78,461.35 | Date 08/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGIO, JANIRA | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $78,461.22 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, PATRICK M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $78,459.76 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, PAUL D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $78,459.72 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, SHELBY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,459.40 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROE, LARRY | Employer name Commission of Correction | Amount $78,459.36 | Date 06/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCER, FLORENCE J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,459.01 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ADRIENNE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,457.81 | Date 07/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINS, VIRGINIA A | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $78,457.54 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, VICKI F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,457.27 | Date 10/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $78,457.19 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, J TODD | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,456.82 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACH, ALEX J | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $78,456.07 | Date 04/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHI, AMANDA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,455.41 | Date 06/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, LISA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,455.21 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, KERN R | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $78,454.81 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSTEL, JOHN D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $78,454.69 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROBL, MARGARET G | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $78,454.55 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUSZAK, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $78,453.90 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLAK, JEFFREY A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $78,453.90 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $78,453.22 | Date 02/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, ANDREA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,453.16 | Date 09/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRADA, THOMAS | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $78,453.12 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AITKEN, KELSIE C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,452.64 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOWER, BRUCE M | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,452.53 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAM, PHAT D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,452.23 | Date 08/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRONOBIS-SOLECKI, KRISTEN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,452.19 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, JESSICA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,451.80 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, MARITZA | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $78,451.56 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, RICHARD C | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $78,451.27 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, KIT CHENG | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $78,451.23 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, MITCHELL A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,450.80 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, LINDY L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $78,450.63 | Date 04/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURYADEVARA, JANAKI | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,450.61 | Date 08/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $78,450.59 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, LIONEL J | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $78,450.33 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWLEY, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,449.84 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEREMY A | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $78,449.77 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, MICHAEL | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,449.63 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTMAN, MATTHEW N | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $78,449.15 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECORARO, ANTHONY L | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $78,448.12 | Date 01/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, MICHAEL T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,447.92 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPTON, SUSAN L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $78,447.73 | Date 04/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, MELROSE C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,447.51 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUTHAT, JAIME A | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $78,447.48 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, CAROLINE A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $78,447.34 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, WILLIAM L | Employer name SUNY Maritime College | Amount $78,447.34 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPRA, JASON M | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $78,447.24 | Date 11/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERMAN, JEFFREY L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $78,447.15 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, ELLEN | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $78,447.01 | Date 10/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIA, LINDA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $78,446.84 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, LAUREL A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $78,446.47 | Date 05/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAM, HENRY J | Employer name Village of Kings Point | Amount $78,446.46 | Date 10/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODMAN, JESSICA F | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,446.46 | Date 10/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, AMY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,445.82 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, MARY G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,445.67 | Date 01/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOWELL, VALERIE J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,445.47 | Date 04/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEATHERLY, TRACY L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,445.29 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKENICA, MARY C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,445.02 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,444.86 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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