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 LESUEUR, TAMIKA D | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $78,387.63 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WIE, DAVID B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,387.44 | Date 06/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODINE, BRENT C | Employer name Penn Yan Bd of Light Commis | Amount $78,387.32 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PAMELA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,387.22 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, CLIFFORD | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $78,387.14 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENFIELD, LAURA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $78,386.77 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $78,386.53 | Date 04/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSEN, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $78,386.01 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JENNIFER J | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $78,385.77 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGENSCHER, JAMES L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,384.99 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JULIE B | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $78,384.80 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERL, JOHN E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,384.63 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULKEY, MICHAEL W | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $78,384.43 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMMEL, DANIEL M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $78,384.18 | Date 09/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKS, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,384.17 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELINFANTE, ANNE-MARIE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,383.94 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERMAN, NATHAN E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $78,383.91 | Date 03/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEH, SAID | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $78,383.80 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, AMY J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,383.53 | Date 06/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETTEER, MATTHEW A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,383.52 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JOSEPH W | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,383.50 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMELL, LOUISE S | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $78,383.35 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAM, REXELLA S | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,382.62 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASHAK, CATHERINE | Employer name Uniondale Public Library | Amount $78,382.51 | Date 07/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGROVE, ISRAEL B | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $78,382.42 | Date 07/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STOKES, THOMAS H | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,382.23 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESORIERO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $78,381.84 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMICHELLI, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,381.77 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $78,381.70 | Date 01/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSVENOR, RACHAEL B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,381.53 | Date 04/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINCH, NANCY M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,380.93 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, MATTHEW D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,380.67 | Date 09/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIST, KRISTOPHER P | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $78,380.38 | Date 11/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NURSE, ALI H | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,380.17 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKISCHER, TAMMY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,379.72 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADLEY, PERNELL M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $78,379.71 | Date 01/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PODDANY, BETTY A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $78,379.43 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, COREY L | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $78,378.87 | Date 05/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MARIO | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $78,378.68 | Date 01/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOYER, ANDREW D | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $78,377.93 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYCROFT, JAMES F | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $78,377.91 | Date 09/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JUDITH ROMEO | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $78,377.84 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACHAREWITZ, EILEEN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,377.79 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLVIN, DEBORAH S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,376.83 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE STEFANO, ROBERT D | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $78,376.68 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, JESSICA A | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $78,376.43 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, MICHAEL P | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $78,375.98 | Date 10/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, LENA L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $78,375.89 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATCHELOR, ANDREW J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $78,375.72 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCIENSKI, KAREN A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,375.57 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURATOLO, MARK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,375.53 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAUS, REBECCA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,375.41 | Date 12/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOIGT, EDWARD W, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,375.09 | Date 12/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICIRIELLO, DAVID M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $78,374.77 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ALLISTER, KENNETH W | Employer name Village of Phelps | Amount $78,374.72 | Date 06/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DESREEN H | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $78,374.68 | Date 11/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LOOZE, LESLIE J | Employer name Richmond Memorial Library | Amount $78,374.25 | Date 02/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, DEBRA J | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $78,374.06 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEDENO, EDWIN E, JR | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,374.01 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISS, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $78,373.31 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASSINEAU, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Shawangunk | Amount $78,373.18 | Date 03/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, JAMES P | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $78,373.03 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELBRG, TAMMY J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $78,372.86 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADEAU, ELTON A | Employer name Avoca CSD | Amount $78,372.33 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDONARO-BENSON, JENNIFER L | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $78,372.16 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANATO, BARBARA E | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $78,372.00 | Date 09/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULMER, EDWARD | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $78,371.89 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELL, LINDA A | Employer name Albany Parking Authority | Amount $78,371.62 | Date 01/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERIO, JACOB L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,371.61 | Date 01/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWSKI, PRISCILLA J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $78,370.89 | Date 07/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOANE, ERIC P | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $78,370.76 | Date 03/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OREIFEJ, DIKART S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,370.60 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DANIEL R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $78,370.41 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPPOLD, BRIAN P | Employer name Brockport CSD | Amount $78,369.92 | Date 10/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHONGAR, KATHRYN J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,369.84 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULP, ANDREW J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,369.66 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, THOMAS D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $78,369.60 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOOKS, EMILY T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,369.52 | Date 04/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURNEY, PAUL E | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $78,369.43 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, WILLIAM B, III | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $78,369.22 | Date 08/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, JEFFREY L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,369.18 | Date 06/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSTON, EVELYN M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $78,369.13 | Date 03/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARELLI, DOMINICK C, JR | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $78,368.92 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, RONALD J | Employer name Sherrill City School Dist | Amount $78,368.72 | Date 09/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, KEVIN M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $78,368.69 | Date 06/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, NANCY A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $78,368.48 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, PHIL W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,368.42 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGUS, JOSEPH F | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $78,368.39 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCI, MARYANN | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $78,368.28 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, COREY J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,368.05 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPTOLA, WALTER J, III | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $78,367.53 | Date 10/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELTON, GILES E | Employer name Chatham CSD | Amount $78,367.38 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, TINA-MARIE | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $78,367.16 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVI, DEAN T | Employer name City of Mechanicville | Amount $78,366.19 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISTANO, KATHY A | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $78,365.95 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, GEORGE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,365.94 | Date 02/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZUREK, ROBERT B | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,365.60 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, CHERYL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $78,365.53 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, LISA M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $78,365.10 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, SHAWN M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,364.86 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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