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 HARTING, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $78,275.75 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TATOR, GARY R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $78,275.63 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOFTY, WILLIAM G | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $78,275.48 | Date 05/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASTO, MELINDA J | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $78,275.08 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, KIM M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,274.84 | Date 11/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, SEAN F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,274.78 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, KEVIN R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,274.71 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESKILL, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $78,274.54 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANGELA D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,274.41 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLETIER, JOHN R | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $78,274.16 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARR, JULIE J | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $78,274.10 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, TANYA Y | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,273.62 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERGOLINO, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,273.41 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELKEY, TODD M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $78,273.11 | Date 05/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, SHANNON L | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $78,272.89 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABLONSKI, JOHN | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $78,272.70 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REKSC, MICHAEL P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $78,272.38 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, PAUL V | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,272.22 | Date 02/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISI, JACKLYN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $78,272.08 | Date 03/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPEW, DEIRDRE Z | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,271.77 | Date 03/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIL, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $78,271.04 | Date 09/18/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAREN, MICHAEL B | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,271.01 | Date 06/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SENCHYNA, RUTH H | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,270.74 | Date 05/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANGARRA, JOHN C | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $78,270.52 | Date 06/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASTEN, LEONARD W | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,270.50 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTINATO, MARY L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $78,270.30 | Date 12/27/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USEINOSKA, SEVGI | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,270.04 | Date 03/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, BHANU A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $78,269.96 | Date 01/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTLE, DAVID W | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $78,269.48 | Date 09/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERARDI, AMY M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,269.47 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITARIUS, JOSEPH P | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,269.43 | Date 10/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVIN, DANIEL H | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $78,269.42 | Date 10/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, LEAH R | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,269.33 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, KELLY E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $78,269.27 | Date 04/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, DARIUS S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,268.93 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GREGORY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,268.93 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIMMER, DEBORAH L | Employer name Chemung County Library Dist | Amount $78,268.88 | Date 07/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, LUCAS S | Employer name Village of Ellenville | Amount $78,268.86 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, RACQUEL | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $78,268.12 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, JENNIFER M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,267.78 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSEN, KENNETH J | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $78,267.65 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, RESA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $78,267.58 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GREGORY R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,267.24 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, BRIAN K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,266.90 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, JOSEPH R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $78,266.87 | Date 05/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIEST, EDWARD L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,266.81 | Date 03/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIRMER, VAN A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $78,266.41 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, LORNA C | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,266.02 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATHERINE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,266.01 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVA, SANDRA E | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $78,266.00 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STYNO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $78,265.90 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENITEZ, ANA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,265.80 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORISMOND, RALPH | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $78,265.65 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELEWSKI, SALEM A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,265.65 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, DIANE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,265.56 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, PAUL A, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $78,265.28 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, SHANNON M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,264.60 | Date 02/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BLANC, KEVIN M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $78,264.53 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEAGUE, MARILYN A | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $78,263.44 | Date 09/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODDEN, ELISABETE C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,263.37 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABREJA, CARLOS A | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $78,263.09 | Date 08/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JULIET R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,262.56 | Date 02/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTER, LAURIE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,262.51 | Date 05/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKOWSKI, SHARON M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,262.36 | Date 04/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERDIN, MATTHEW | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,261.83 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORGE, VINCENT C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $78,261.57 | Date 01/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS-ROSENWASSER, DARLENE | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,261.20 | Date 01/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDYK, JENINE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,260.80 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBAR, OLGA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $78,260.64 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACEY, KELLEY J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $78,260.45 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JALBERT, BRITA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,260.38 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,259.97 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADKINS, THERON C | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $78,259.60 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARKES, MELANIE J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $78,259.46 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEYWARD-COOPER, MICHELLE R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $78,259.21 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ELIJAH, JR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,259.06 | Date 07/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREA, WILLIAM | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $78,258.98 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOSEPH C | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $78,258.75 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALDUF, BRENDA J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $78,258.73 | Date 08/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ROBERT F, III | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,258.20 | Date 11/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASNANI, LISA J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,257.33 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $78,257.27 | Date 06/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETZER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $78,256.97 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADANTHOD, JOSE | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $78,256.72 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NARDO, WILLIAM T | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $78,256.41 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JUSTE, MOODY | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $78,256.18 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANRAHAN, MELISA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,256.00 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITTNIEWSKI, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,255.89 | Date 11/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUEBLER, NANCY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,255.44 | Date 11/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, MARK G | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,255.36 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEW, CHARISE M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $78,255.10 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, RONALD D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,255.01 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA-SMITH, MARITZA | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $78,255.00 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, FREDERICK J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $78,254.79 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAULLO, RONALD P | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $78,254.79 | Date 05/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ADAM G | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $78,254.67 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGELMAN, WALTER | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,254.57 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODNAR, EDWARD | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $78,254.51 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIME, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $78,254.38 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, VICTORIA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $78,253.92 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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