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 LYNCH, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $77,707.68 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISLA, LOURDES | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $77,706.64 | Date 04/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSINO, MARIA C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,706.59 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALCAGNINO, DENISE M | Employer name Madison County | Amount $77,706.41 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTEN, AMY L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $77,706.32 | Date 06/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIER, CLARET Y | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,706.21 | Date 01/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIERO, JORDAN E | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $77,706.11 | Date 01/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PREMO, LAURIEJEAN M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $77,706.01 | Date 12/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MARY ANN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,705.83 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, JAMES R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,705.40 | Date 02/03/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, TERENCE J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,705.40 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAK, VY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,704.80 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULAJ, MEDIN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,704.52 | Date 06/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $77,704.41 | Date 02/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHADDERDON, HELEN M | Employer name Albany County Airport Authorit | Amount $77,704.02 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENSWIE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,704.01 | Date 11/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZALA, THOMAS | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $77,703.91 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUY, GARY P | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $77,703.91 | Date 05/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBOURNE, KHADIJAH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,703.64 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUES, DIANE | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $77,701.60 | Date 07/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMONS, SHARON C | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $77,701.29 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MARY JO | Employer name Amagansett UFSD | Amount $77,701.05 | Date 09/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, RAYMOND C, JR | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $77,700.99 | Date 08/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDASCIA, RICHARD R | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $77,700.80 | Date 11/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOTTS, STUART A | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $77,700.19 | Date 03/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, MICHAEL D, SR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $77,699.61 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ROBERT S | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $77,699.41 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RINKER, HEATHER N | Employer name Broome County | Amount $77,699.19 | Date 06/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, DAVID J | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $77,699.07 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, IAN D, JR | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $77,699.01 | Date 09/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEBEER, CRYSTAL J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,698.94 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MATTHEW A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $77,698.80 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JONATHAN D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,697.30 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRSNER, LAURENCE J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $77,697.23 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, MARY | Employer name Delaware Academy C S D - Delhi | Amount $77,697.08 | Date 11/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, MONICA A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $77,696.93 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKART, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,696.90 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYE, VEDETTE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,696.90 | Date 11/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEANDRO, PETER J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $77,696.73 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUZIO, SHERRY D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $77,696.23 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONMILLER, CATHERINE R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,695.65 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCITELLO, JOHN J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $77,695.38 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTARO, JOHN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $77,695.35 | Date 05/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, KEVIN J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $77,695.17 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, ADAM | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $77,694.36 | Date 02/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, MARTHA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $77,694.33 | Date 08/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANO, KEVIN P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $77,694.14 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, SEAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,693.72 | Date 06/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOETH, MARK E | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $77,693.56 | Date 04/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDEA, LOUIS J | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $77,693.54 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Glen Cove Public Library | Amount $77,693.40 | Date 08/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBINO, DOMINIC | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $77,693.19 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, LISA J | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $77,692.74 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAPILIO, STEVE T | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $77,692.65 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, MICHELLE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $77,692.48 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE GRELLIER, MATHEW M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $77,692.30 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAGALE, KATHERINE B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $77,692.25 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONAVENTURA, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $77,691.44 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLATO, LUISA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $77,691.25 | Date 09/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, TODD W | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $77,691.11 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $77,691.07 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDON, LEXER | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $77,690.28 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTANER, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $77,690.23 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENCK, STEPHEN A | Employer name Farmingville Fire District | Amount $77,689.90 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVIN, CHRISTINA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,689.71 | Date 01/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOANNE M | Employer name Madison County | Amount $77,689.46 | Date 11/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVEAU, MARIE ROSE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,689.15 | Date 03/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERI, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,688.88 | Date 06/17/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUGUERAS, CARLOS | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $77,688.51 | Date 05/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $77,688.29 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMANN, MAUREEN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,688.27 | Date 07/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBO, JOHN E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $77,687.89 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILL-ZEMLA, PATRICIA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,687.86 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEU, JEANNE R | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $77,687.40 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROBEY, MARGARET | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $77,686.91 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETREAULT, DONALD A, III | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $77,686.36 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, THOMAS B | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $77,686.30 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELAHUNTY, JOHN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $77,686.10 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCINTOSH, SHAWN C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,685.97 | Date 01/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDA, MARK J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $77,685.68 | Date 03/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTOR, NELSON J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $77,685.59 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, RICHARD J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $77,685.21 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANZ, ALICIA R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,685.19 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROUX, RICHARD | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $77,685.12 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, MARY D | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $77,684.20 | Date 07/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, ALTON S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,684.00 | Date 04/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, LORI A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $77,684.00 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTIA, LISA A | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $77,683.56 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOHN J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $77,683.21 | Date 04/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, DAVID | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $77,683.14 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINGWOOD, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $77,683.01 | Date 01/07/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, TOULON M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,682.71 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, KIMBERLY J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,682.43 | Date 02/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $77,682.42 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, PATRICIA M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $77,682.17 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOLAN, ROBERT | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $77,682.15 | Date 12/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCILLI, STEPHEN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,682.05 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMUS, ARNOLDO S | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,682.00 | Date 10/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHRENS, CLIFFORD P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,681.70 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARAVELLI, ANDREA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,681.58 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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