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 LUBECK, MARGARET L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,755.39 | Date 05/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFAFFENBACH, MATTHEW A | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $77,754.68 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, IZETTA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $77,754.25 | Date 07/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIDO, JAMES L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $77,754.15 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYNE, KENNETH W | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,753.76 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEREVELLA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,753.76 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKMAN, RUBY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,753.76 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBES-DELA CRUZ, DEENA E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,753.76 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, CHEVON S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,753.76 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JENINE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,753.64 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOON, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,753.49 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCARONE, RICHARD M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $77,753.10 | Date 11/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, MANI M | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $77,752.73 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSENZA, DARIO C | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $77,752.73 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, JONATHAN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,752.51 | Date 04/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRUAX, ADAM R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $77,752.36 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAIG, JOSHUA T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,751.95 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAINES, DARRYL A, SR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,751.28 | Date 05/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELO, JENNIFER | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,751.03 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, LISA C | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $77,750.91 | Date 09/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, GREG W | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $77,750.87 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IANNELLO, DOROTHY L | Employer name Gilbertsville Mt Upton CSD | Amount $77,750.50 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $77,749.60 | Date 12/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INNES, SUZAN L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,749.44 | Date 12/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETTE, MICHAEL L | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $77,749.26 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, DUSTIN J | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $77,749.07 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, JENNIFER | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $77,748.86 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, RALPH E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $77,748.63 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSA, GABRIELLE H | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $77,747.91 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEZZOLESI, ROBERTA L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $77,747.48 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, WALTER T, JR | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $77,747.45 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVELLO, RODOLFO F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,747.41 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, SEAN M | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $77,746.59 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUSSO, MICHAEL E | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $77,746.58 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DORIE L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $77,746.11 | Date 03/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, JAMES M | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $77,745.49 | Date 03/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAS, DAVID J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,745.20 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BRIAN T | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $77,745.16 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVLIN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $77,744.31 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROBERT, JANINE J | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,744.10 | Date 01/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLANTUONO, DOMENICO | Employer name Village of Cedarhurst | Amount $77,743.91 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAY, VICKI L | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $77,743.59 | Date 07/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWACKI, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $77,743.02 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAWAS, JOHN C, III | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $77,743.01 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JOSHUA K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,743.01 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNSON, REGINALD L | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $77,742.62 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETTERICH, ROBERT, JR | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $77,741.91 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOEPFEL, JEAN L | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $77,741.35 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, HARRY C, III | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $77,741.31 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUELLER, MARC | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,740.48 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLA, CHARLES J, III | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $77,740.40 | Date 11/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ERRICO, PETER R, JR | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $77,740.20 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, MARC | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $77,739.77 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KELLY A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,739.50 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELAZQUEZ, JAMES S | Employer name Setauket Fire District | Amount $77,739.06 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JEANNE L | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,738.52 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, ANDRE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,738.52 | Date 01/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORNI, LAURENCE R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,738.52 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, DARIN N | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,738.52 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, WILLIAM E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,738.44 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, KENYA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,738.41 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, ROBIN T | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $77,738.06 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIROU, ROSEANN | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,738.00 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGISFORD, MARCIA N | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $77,737.74 | Date 09/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INMAN, HERBERT J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $77,737.53 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKENNA, BRIAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,737.36 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $77,737.24 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHEY, JO ANN | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $77,737.22 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, BRIAN K | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,737.06 | Date 06/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, DIANNA T | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $77,737.00 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKBURN, ELMA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $77,736.44 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, JOHN C | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $77,736.32 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHNER, REBECCA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $77,736.32 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASTIAN, MICHELE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,735.63 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCO, RIGEL | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $77,735.61 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, TAMMY E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,735.29 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRI, MARK D | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $77,735.26 | Date 09/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMANFO, AMMA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $77,735.17 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARFATIA, SWEETY S | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $77,735.08 | Date 12/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAND, JOAN L | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $77,734.97 | Date 10/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOY, HERBERT | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $77,734.77 | Date 09/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRERETON, RONALD A V | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $77,734.44 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLE, KEVIN P | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $77,733.46 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, ERIN C | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $77,733.32 | Date 03/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, JOHN C | Employer name Village of Avon | Amount $77,733.08 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HANLON, SHARON P | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,732.83 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYLE, HELLURA I | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $77,732.80 | Date 12/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAMS, ANDREA H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,732.80 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, RONALD | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,732.80 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIANES-DONOHUE, GENELL M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,732.80 | Date 05/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, DANIEL | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,732.80 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINAYEVA, GALINA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,732.80 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTTLE, BRADLEY S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,732.41 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, JOSHUA T | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $77,732.33 | Date 08/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGOUDA, HUSSEIN A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $77,732.26 | Date 04/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOSELOWITZ, SLOAN D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,732.23 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENITTO, ORLANDO V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,731.51 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, OVELIS C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,731.13 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASELBAUER, KARINE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,730.24 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDO, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,730.12 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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