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 TORREGROSSA, MATTHEW A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,544.20 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORBAN, DAVID W | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $77,543.84 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAZ, MARY K | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $77,543.82 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYGMONT, NANCY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,543.80 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVENEY, ROSE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,543.25 | Date 04/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBLATT, ELI P | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $77,543.20 | Date 11/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARANDA, JAMES A | Employer name North Patchogue Fire District | Amount $77,542.56 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, RASHAWN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,542.55 | Date 01/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULSON, DIANNA M | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $77,541.92 | Date 03/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTWRIGHT, JUSTIN W | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $77,541.90 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANDURRA, JOSEPH E | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $77,541.88 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JODOIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,541.84 | Date 10/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEI, HONG | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $77,541.62 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODRICH, THOMAS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,541.54 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,541.31 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COREY, BRIAN R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $77,541.24 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZZI, KRISTINA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $77,541.10 | Date 08/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, JOHN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,541.09 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELLER, SARA R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,540.67 | Date 10/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POKIGO, DAVID M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $77,540.57 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABIAN, MARY G | Employer name Syracuse Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $77,540.43 | Date 06/25/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTEK, FRED, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,540.01 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKMON, LOTHELL A, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,539.45 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASIELEWSKI, RAYMOND J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,539.38 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, TIMOTHY A | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $77,539.00 | Date 11/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, THOMAS C | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $77,538.92 | Date 09/07/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTTLEWORTH, MARC W | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $77,538.09 | Date 07/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNTAR, STEPHEN M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $77,537.32 | Date 10/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLORAN, RYAN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,536.93 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDER, DEBBIE J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $77,536.84 | Date 09/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CASLAND, VICTOR J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,536.55 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAINTER, DEAN S | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $77,536.33 | Date 08/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, BETHANY A | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $77,536.31 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABINO, ANTHONY G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,536.26 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGENT, ALLEN F, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $77,536.20 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULUS, BRENT P | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $77,535.74 | Date 11/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVES, PATRICIA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,535.09 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $77,534.15 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, DARYL B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,533.99 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENDLER, JEFFREY L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,533.84 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL P | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $77,533.32 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARON, MARIE C | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $77,533.16 | Date 03/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLCOVICH, BRIAN | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $77,533.15 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, DARRYL B | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $77,532.95 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROAT, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $77,532.77 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECIL, WILLIAM L, JR | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $77,532.43 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREBITKO, JENNIFER M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,532.30 | Date 02/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,532.12 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, STUART G | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $77,532.07 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, GRETCHEN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,531.85 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, ROGER G | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $77,531.70 | Date 01/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DANIEL V | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $77,531.65 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASMAN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,531.39 | Date 10/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALIFANO, STEVEN A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $77,531.10 | Date 04/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMBATH, NATASHA A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $77,530.95 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATTS, WILFREDO | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $77,530.91 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAISO, JOELLE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,530.85 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTLE, THOMAS K | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $77,530.82 | Date 08/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLICHKO, JAMES J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $77,530.70 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULCAHY, JOHN T, JR | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $77,530.53 | Date 06/05/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOLB, SCOTT W | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $77,529.20 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, JEREMIAH L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $77,528.82 | Date 12/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, WILLIAM D, JR | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $77,528.75 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGAN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,528.32 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, NANCY L | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $77,527.90 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, BERNARD D | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $77,527.56 | Date 06/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHKENAZY, JILLIAN K | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,527.55 | Date 02/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, NANCY R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,526.98 | Date 10/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOONDAR, RANDOLPH B | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $77,526.81 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TODD, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $77,526.42 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIERI, LAURA E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,526.39 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, SHAMUS M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $77,525.58 | Date 04/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, ADAM E | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $77,525.33 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFFSMITH, PETER J | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $77,525.10 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLINO, MARIA T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $77,525.01 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGEVICH, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $77,524.92 | Date 07/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, LAURA L | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $77,524.37 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, DANIELLE D | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $77,524.14 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, SHANNON L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $77,524.10 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBACKER-BROWN, SHIRLEY | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $77,523.55 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, GARY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,523.41 | Date 07/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, ANGEL L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $77,523.33 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SANTIS, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $77,522.52 | Date 07/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMORE, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $77,522.40 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAXANIAN, VINCENT J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,522.33 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAFMULLER, DAVID A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $77,522.10 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,522.00 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, BRYAN J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $77,521.46 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, GALE R | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $77,521.02 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELLA, ADOLFO | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $77,520.72 | Date 11/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALCONE, PAUL W | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $77,520.58 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARDELEAN, DAWN M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $77,520.17 | Date 10/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODOLATO, DIANA M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,520.06 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVAZZA, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Marlboro CSD | Amount $77,520.00 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSELEY, JOSCELYN W E | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $77,519.46 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARGER, FRANK N, JR | Employer name Albany County | Amount $77,517.95 | Date 09/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELEY, DAVID J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $77,517.74 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEATTIE, GERALD R, JR | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $77,517.53 | Date 05/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALH, MANPREET K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,517.33 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, CHAD L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $77,517.02 | Date 07/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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