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 BAUMANN, DONALD N, II | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $78,350.12 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, JOHN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,350.06 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGNAN, ANNE-MARIE | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,349.15 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGEAR, DAVID A | Employer name Town of Farmington | Amount $78,349.10 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, JOSEPH T | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $78,349.04 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKMAN, EDWARD M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $78,348.69 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHRMAN, JOHN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,348.55 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, COLLEEN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,348.44 | Date 11/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, HERBERT C | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $78,348.39 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAFIERO, THERESA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,348.33 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, CLAYTON C | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $78,348.27 | Date 04/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, JESSE A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,348.27 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUTH, STEVEN R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $78,348.15 | Date 05/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOLZA, FRANCINE | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $78,347.90 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGAN, MAURA J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $78,347.32 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLECKI, JOHN C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,347.20 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, ARIELLE B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,347.12 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAULDING, ROSALVA | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,346.98 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDGERS, JUDSON L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,346.61 | Date 12/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTIER, THOMAS L | Employer name Marion CSD | Amount $78,346.38 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNER, DAVID L, JR | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $78,346.27 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, JACOB R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $78,346.25 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARR, MICHAEL A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $78,345.85 | Date 01/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVES, LOUISE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,345.81 | Date 10/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANDALL, KIRK S | Employer name Village of Penn Yan | Amount $78,345.33 | Date 05/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FROMER, REBECCA A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $78,345.13 | Date 12/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICH, RONNI J | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $78,345.09 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARRASATE, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $78,344.81 | Date 01/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALEY, MARGARET A | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $78,344.55 | Date 09/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKEON, LYNN M | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $78,344.46 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURNELL, BRIAN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,344.38 | Date 07/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, AMY R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $78,343.67 | Date 08/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ZILE, JANET K | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $78,343.50 | Date 11/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, CLAIRE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,343.08 | Date 03/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAWLEY-HOPPINS, AIMEE | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $78,342.79 | Date 05/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, JAMES A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,342.73 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, JEREMY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,342.64 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, EDUARDO, JR | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $78,342.52 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORAM, MICHAEL J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,342.22 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JEANNE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,342.12 | Date 02/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELUCCA, JAMES V | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $78,342.03 | Date 12/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CRAIG | Employer name Island Park UFSD | Amount $78,341.91 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORGELLA, KATHERINE W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,341.45 | Date 02/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, JASON E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $78,341.36 | Date 02/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVELJACK, MICHAEL R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,340.70 | Date 02/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURROUGHS, TERRY D | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $78,340.56 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMPANO, DOMINICK A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,340.18 | Date 02/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAVES, GLENN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,339.19 | Date 10/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMBIH, TEJINDER K | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,339.09 | Date 06/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JOANNE M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $78,339.05 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $78,339.04 | Date 01/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWENS, RANDY C | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $78,338.67 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GACEK, DENNIS T | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $78,338.61 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, WILLIAM E | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $78,338.32 | Date 08/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEPREK, JO ANN M | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $78,338.13 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, RICHARD N | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,338.06 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEISBROD, JAMES ADAM | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $78,337.96 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATWOOD, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,337.23 | Date 01/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPPER, EDWARD L, II | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,336.45 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUADAGNO, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $78,336.31 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEKUS, GARRET E | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $78,335.98 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $78,335.95 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAINWRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,335.43 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTEE, GARTH D | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $78,335.19 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FATONE, MICHELE M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,335.09 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA DUE, KENNETH J | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $78,334.85 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NNOCHIRI, GEORGE | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $78,334.59 | Date 10/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $78,334.02 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOISETTE, COURTNEY V | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $78,333.88 | Date 10/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTZ, TAMI | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $78,333.87 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, BRYANT T | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $78,333.56 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILDEA, THOMAS C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,333.04 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD, MICHAEL | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $78,332.22 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALOIA, JOSEPH L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,332.12 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, VINCENT J, JR | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $78,331.77 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, DOREEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,331.69 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTROSS, JENNIFER M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,331.40 | Date 07/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, PATRICIA M | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $78,330.46 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINE, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,329.79 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLACHTER, ROCHELLE T | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $78,329.12 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKFORD, CATHERINE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,328.78 | Date 12/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCARONE, DEBORAH R | Employer name Albany County | Amount $78,328.53 | Date 06/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, JASMINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,328.50 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINSONNEAULT, ALAN R | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $78,328.31 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELTMANN, GERARD | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $78,327.93 | Date 01/22/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLA, DONALD J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,326.90 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TCHORZNICKI, ALFRED A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $78,326.53 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOUSSAINT, CHRISTINE R | Employer name Town of La Grange | Amount $78,326.24 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAENZ, RODRIGO | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $78,326.17 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTES, STEPHEN D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,325.98 | Date 04/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVERT, CATHERINE L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,325.86 | Date 02/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREE, ELIZABETH W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,325.69 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOROVITZ, JANICE A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $78,325.66 | Date 08/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DEUSEN, NANCY E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,325.25 | Date 02/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, PAUL D | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $78,324.76 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, STEPHEN L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,324.61 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMMEL, GEORGE F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,324.19 | Date 04/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, JOSEPH P | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $78,324.12 | Date 01/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SASSAMAN, GUY L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $78,323.81 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNAM, NANCY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,323.50 | Date 08/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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