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, DENNIS P | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $77,461.95 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELESS, KEVIN F | Employer name Madison County | Amount $77,461.62 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MARKE W | Employer name Town of Hanover | Amount $77,461.53 | Date 05/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCABE, LINDA S | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $77,461.37 | Date 01/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, VANESSA R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,460.90 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSTNER, DEREK W | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $77,460.79 | Date 09/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, ERIC R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $77,460.70 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, BRADLEY J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $77,460.46 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELSTED, DONALD A, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,459.96 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, STEPHEN C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $77,459.74 | Date 06/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREGGINS, TARRIS A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,459.66 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORRITI, ROSA MARIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,458.82 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWSON, JONATHAN P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,458.33 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, PATRICK J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,458.06 | Date 01/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMO, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $77,457.94 | Date 11/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERXHALLI, BRIAN T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,457.86 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPSON, JENNIFER R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,456.86 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, FABIEN M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $77,456.69 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUPINA, CHARLENE MARIE | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $77,456.62 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, HEATHER A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $77,456.51 | Date 06/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLOCK, DEBBIE A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $77,455.89 | Date 01/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURDO, ANTHONY F, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $77,455.81 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SUSAMMA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $77,455.52 | Date 07/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIMPO, JENNIFER A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,454.22 | Date 04/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGENKAMP, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $77,453.87 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, ROBERT A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $77,453.86 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $77,453.71 | Date 09/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFROGNER, BARBARA A | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $77,453.49 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NANNERY, KELLY A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,452.83 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISENBURG, DAVID J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $77,452.33 | Date 02/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESMOND, DANIEL J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $77,452.05 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $77,452.02 | Date 11/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN, ABRAM | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,451.51 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPINSKY, JON W | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $77,451.47 | Date 12/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, WENDY S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,451.41 | Date 02/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SALLY A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $77,451.17 | Date 11/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHNANDA, SWADESH | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $77,450.83 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHEOME, MICHAEL J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $77,450.60 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, LEOTHA D | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $77,450.43 | Date 03/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALCHUK, MARY K | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $77,450.32 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEKOW, MICHAEL E | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $77,450.10 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEUNG, HO-YIN | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $77,450.09 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUEN, KONG S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,449.91 | Date 09/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISELLI, KERRY A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $77,449.75 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZANOVA, ANNA | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $77,449.70 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, AARON C | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $77,449.49 | Date 05/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAASCH, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $77,448.92 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONCANCIO, EDUORDO | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $77,448.69 | Date 04/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOOT, REX A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $77,448.48 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUNIO, BRIAN F | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $77,448.45 | Date 03/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, HEIDI E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $77,448.25 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGE, FREDERICK J | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $77,447.98 | Date 03/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFLURE, BRIAN A | Employer name Warren County | Amount $77,447.75 | Date 10/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, KAREN J | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $77,447.42 | Date 08/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $77,447.42 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIGNIOUS, LAURINA H | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $77,447.42 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZERKIN, ROGER G | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $77,447.42 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SARAH J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $77,445.98 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKIN, SARAH A | Employer name Harrietstown Housing Auth | Amount $77,445.70 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORGENSEN, LAWRENCE G | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $77,444.75 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICELI, FRANK | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $77,444.54 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLEWICZ, ARLENE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $77,444.19 | Date 03/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBLIN, STACEY T | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $77,444.08 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURCHT, ARLAINE E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $77,444.07 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTAN, KEVIN A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $77,443.97 | Date 07/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLANYK, SANDRA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $77,443.87 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKWOOD, BRENDA A | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $77,443.77 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVIS, DREAMA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,443.23 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARUFFO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $77,441.24 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMPELLA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $77,441.21 | Date 05/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONELLI, BETH A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $77,441.04 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENE, JOSEPH | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $77,441.00 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGUERA, LEOPOLDO | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $77,440.88 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JESSE S | Employer name Highland CSD | Amount $77,440.01 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHYS, DONNA E | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $77,439.89 | Date 11/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCINTA, CRISTINA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,439.83 | Date 03/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTLE, PATRICIA D | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $77,439.55 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLICHER, SHERI A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $77,438.40 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ERIC C, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,437.65 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, TIMOTHY H | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $77,437.13 | Date 01/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLASKO, JOHN M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $77,437.12 | Date 05/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CHERYL S | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $77,436.88 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOPF, DEBORAH | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $77,436.21 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYEA, LARRY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,436.00 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRELINSKY, ANNEMARIE | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $77,435.58 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, THEODORE J | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $77,435.40 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLANTONI, PHILIP S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,435.06 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCAGNELLI, PETER R | Employer name Yorktown CSD | Amount $77,435.04 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISTINE, WARREN G | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $77,435.02 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBBERT, JUANITA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $77,434.45 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIGG, PATRICIA A | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $77,434.42 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, CATHERINE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,434.36 | Date 02/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, ROBERT D, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,433.94 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, DAVID M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $77,433.60 | Date 05/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, JOHN B | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $77,433.59 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JATKO, KRISTIN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,433.38 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESTO, FABIO M | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $77,432.49 | Date 05/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAY, DOROTHY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $77,432.48 | Date 05/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNING, RICHARD E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,432.09 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, JESSIE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,431.86 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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