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 DOMBROSKE, CAROL E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,444.20 | Date 03/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, KIM D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,444.19 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKUBOWSKI, DAINA W | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $78,444.10 | Date 09/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORVIS, CRAIG P | Employer name Watertown City School District | Amount $78,443.84 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRERI, MONICA M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $78,443.66 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA DUKE, CLARENCE R, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $78,443.49 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OYOYO, ALFRED I | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $78,442.82 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROMARINO, JOHN P | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $78,442.30 | Date 09/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,442.17 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANCA, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $78,442.12 | Date 06/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCED, MARIA | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $78,441.61 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, HENRY M, JR | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,441.50 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESIC, FIKRET | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $78,441.45 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, JESSICA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,441.45 | Date 02/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PERCIVAL A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,441.45 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, DESIREE P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,441.45 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORRING, DEBRA-ANNE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,441.45 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUDIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $78,441.45 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $78,441.44 | Date 09/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNGS, HEATHER J | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $78,441.44 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, JOHN P | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,441.44 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERONE, ROBERT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,440.87 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,440.73 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIDERIO, PAUL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,440.59 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULICH, KEVIN J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,440.35 | Date 12/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATTERWHITE, STEPHANIE | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $78,440.11 | Date 06/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, DANA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $78,439.97 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERJAVEC, SARA V | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $78,439.97 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, MICHELE M | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $78,439.97 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANARIO, DENNY | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $78,439.87 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, COLLEEN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,439.77 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ROBIN | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $78,439.75 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, HOLLY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,439.54 | Date 02/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSKOPF, ROBERTA D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,439.06 | Date 10/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRATHWAITE, PATTERSON | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $78,438.98 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NISBET, BRIAN T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $78,438.74 | Date 05/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, DAWN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,438.65 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYMCHYN, CHRISTINA B | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,438.65 | Date 10/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEHAN, MARYANNE J | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $78,437.80 | Date 09/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAU, KENNETH M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,437.64 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATOS-KARL, GINA M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $78,437.47 | Date 05/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOONTZ, JAMES P, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $78,437.47 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $78,437.42 | Date 10/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, AMELIA R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,437.39 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATSON, ROBERT E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $78,437.34 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEILSTRONG, LEON | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $78,436.93 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, MAUREEN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $78,436.91 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLORAN, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $78,436.50 | Date 11/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASS, STEVEN J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORICK, EDWARD J, III | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORRINGS, REBECCA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, ADAM | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICA, AURELIA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCLAIR, ERIC N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMANN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 07/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMEL, MATTHEW P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, ROBERT M | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $78,435.60 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,435.47 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ANNE G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,434.91 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDOVER, ROBERT R | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $78,434.76 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVER, SANDRA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,434.66 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECHER, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $78,434.33 | Date 11/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLORD, RONALD, JR | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $78,434.02 | Date 09/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCY, DANIEL P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $78,433.66 | Date 07/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, MARY K | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $78,433.54 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTZ, TERESA A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $78,433.51 | Date 02/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAJDOFER, DENNIS M, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $78,433.51 | Date 03/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, RONALD E | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $78,433.49 | Date 03/05/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, ELIZABETH B | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $78,433.49 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRIBER, RICHARD F | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $78,433.11 | Date 11/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUSTAK, DIANE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,433.08 | Date 01/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAS, JENNIFER M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,432.97 | Date 12/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIACENTI, MARC A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $78,431.43 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWASUTYN, JAIME A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $78,431.30 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIR, NICHOLAS | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $78,431.12 | Date 12/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABER, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $78,430.74 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAGYAR, HENRY M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $78,430.32 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUCIANI, ANDREW J | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $78,430.28 | Date 05/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILKINS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,430.02 | Date 05/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, JOHN T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,429.69 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBNEY, JOEL C | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $78,429.63 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEM, SANDRA M | Employer name West Irondequoit CSD | Amount $78,429.14 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREIER, TOMI A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $78,428.87 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUNG, SOOJA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,428.55 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELICE, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $78,427.94 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, MARK J | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $78,427.85 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKLEY, HEATHER A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $78,427.52 | Date 10/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, KENNETH JAMES | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,427.52 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTON, DENNIS J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $78,427.49 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, JAMES S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,427.23 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, MATTHEW R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,426.73 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DIANE | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $78,426.67 | Date 12/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOSEPH W | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $78,426.44 | Date 05/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SECOR, KEVIN M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,426.37 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEGUSKY, CHARLES F, III | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $78,426.01 | Date 06/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JULIA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,425.84 | Date 07/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, RAKYDA A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,425.38 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNLE, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,425.28 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, JOSHUA B | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $78,425.06 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUMET, JEAN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,424.95 | Date 06/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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