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 WALLER, LAURIE A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $77,578.16 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, JEFFREY K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,577.91 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TERRENCE K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,577.60 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANSING, SCOTT M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,577.38 | Date 10/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUCH, PATRICIA A | Employer name Village of Skaneateles | Amount $77,577.12 | Date 10/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, RALPH S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $77,576.65 | Date 05/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICALA, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $77,576.37 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, DAVID R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $77,576.27 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKLEY, DANIEL R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,576.19 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARSLAN, TIJEN G | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,576.00 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NURI, MICHELLE L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $77,575.33 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOODY, KAREN Y | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $77,575.19 | Date 04/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, JENNIFER L | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $77,573.44 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTTER, DALE M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $77,573.39 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $77,573.38 | Date 04/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAUTMAN, JOYCE M | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $77,573.31 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBE, CHERYL A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $77,573.12 | Date 04/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSCH, JOHN F | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $77,573.05 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUSETT, KYLE J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $77,572.60 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, MICHAEL A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,572.52 | Date 06/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELHORN, ANNE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,571.65 | Date 02/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCEGLIA, MIRIAM | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $77,571.03 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTAGUE, TROY L | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $77,570.65 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, DANIEL S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,570.19 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, JACOB J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,570.12 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, RYAN G | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $77,569.08 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROME, CHERYL A | Employer name Quogue UFSD | Amount $77,568.65 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNDELL, SUSAN G | Employer name Boces-Jeff'son Lewis Hamilton | Amount $77,568.23 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, JANE M | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $77,568.22 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, CYNTHIA A | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $77,567.86 | Date 06/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBRODT, NATALIE M | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $77,567.75 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESSOM, RICHARD B, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,567.71 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEDENBINE, WALTER W | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,566.82 | Date 11/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAQUI, YVETTE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,566.76 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $77,566.61 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $77,566.16 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFERTY, ALICE M | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $77,566.14 | Date 01/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,566.12 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATAR, FRANK J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $77,565.98 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROURKE, WILLIAM H | Employer name Rotterdam Mohonasen CSD | Amount $77,565.57 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUTZMAN, MARY E DANDREA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $77,565.56 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMICUCCI, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,565.18 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMINSKI, RICHARD A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,565.09 | Date 02/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOR, MATHEW J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $77,564.60 | Date 03/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERLEY, CRAIG C | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $77,564.58 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUT, LAURA J | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $77,563.90 | Date 05/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, FRANCESCA A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $77,563.66 | Date 07/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, JUDITH A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,562.91 | Date 08/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, REGINALD | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $77,562.18 | Date 04/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSETT, KIRK M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $77,562.07 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADORNO, CARMEN B | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $77,562.04 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, WILLIAM A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $77,561.69 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLOCK, JOHN L, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $77,561.18 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBLER, TODD M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $77,561.10 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI TORO, EUGENE H | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,561.05 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGE, RACHEL J | Employer name Tri-Valley CSD at Grahamsville | Amount $77,560.52 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, CHAD T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,560.48 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTEGA, PEGGY D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,560.21 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FIORE, JESSICA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $77,559.72 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDEFER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $77,559.66 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONE, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $77,559.56 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIOVANELLI, NICHOLAS F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $77,559.51 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Village of Arcade | Amount $77,558.89 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHN, JOSEPH W | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $77,558.15 | Date 08/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACEDO, JOANES P | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $77,557.79 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRICKLAND, KENNETH M, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $77,557.63 | Date 06/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVONE, THOMAS | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $77,556.91 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENIS-RICHE, ROSE P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,555.96 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, KATY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,555.87 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLBERG, CONSTANCE A | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $77,555.66 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINKIEWICZ, PATRICE M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,555.36 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAHAN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $77,555.22 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDENMAIER, MICHELLE M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $77,555.21 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, ROBERT S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $77,555.20 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIE, ROBIN L | Employer name Valley Stream Chsd | Amount $77,555.20 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSE, STEVEN G | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,554.65 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, DARRIN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,554.09 | Date 05/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CLARISE D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $77,553.99 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACHE, NAJAY F | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $77,553.68 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JANET L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $77,553.51 | Date 03/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTAMARIA, PAUL J | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $77,553.40 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCKERS, JOHN H | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $77,553.07 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREVIL, YVELORD | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $77,552.28 | Date 10/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMMERICK, CATHY ANN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,551.39 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, AUDREY J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $77,550.53 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, NICOLE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,550.34 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, LINDA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $77,550.31 | Date 07/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCROFF, JOANNE S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,550.28 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOSI, ALBERT B | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $77,550.00 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, KRISTI A | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $77,549.82 | Date 04/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISLER, JOSHUA P | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $77,547.17 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSAM, SCOTT R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,546.95 | Date 05/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALONGI, JENNIFER L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,546.93 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEED, ANTHONY H | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $77,546.03 | Date 07/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, GREGORY J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $77,545.80 | Date 08/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, TANEKA D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,545.59 | Date 12/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, JOHN V | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $77,545.23 | Date 04/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SALLE, REBECCA F | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $77,545.14 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHANS, LINDA L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $77,545.04 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLAND, WAYNE RD | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $77,544.72 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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