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 GAFFNEY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $77,431.80 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATT, ROBERT | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,431.66 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEN, JAMES P | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $77,431.57 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINSLEY, EUGENE M, III | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $77,430.41 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, PATRICIA F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,430.16 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, PAULA S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $77,429.94 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURGEON, KURT | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $77,429.94 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLESPIE, VASTYE W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,429.77 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, LOUIS | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $77,429.35 | Date 07/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINO, ANTHONY | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,429.25 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, LINDA | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $77,429.21 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOSS, MATTHEW | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $77,428.95 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLABELLA, KENNETH S | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $77,428.88 | Date 02/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMOND, WARREN D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $77,428.57 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, THEODORE S | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $77,428.55 | Date 06/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, PALMAIR J | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $77,428.38 | Date 04/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, TODD S | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $77,428.21 | Date 07/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VE VONE, NATHAN D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $77,427.71 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYLUBSKI, DAVID M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $77,427.66 | Date 01/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSERCOLA, MARK R | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $77,427.36 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, SCOTT A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,426.75 | Date 11/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATANELLA, MICHAEL L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,426.52 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $77,426.43 | Date 01/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,426.43 | Date 06/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UTTER, JAMES H | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $77,425.84 | Date 11/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLA, EDEN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,425.45 | Date 03/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITTERMANN, DIANNE C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,425.40 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHL, STEFAN | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $77,425.21 | Date 05/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, MICHAEL M | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $77,425.09 | Date 08/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLEN, HOWARD C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $77,424.91 | Date 01/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIMMO, ANDREW T | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $77,424.77 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARMS, MARY C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,424.77 | Date 02/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $77,423.92 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNK, KAREN L | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $77,423.21 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $77,423.08 | Date 06/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COX, TIMOTHY | Employer name Albany County | Amount $77,423.04 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERGI, ANNA M | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $77,422.33 | Date 07/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ESTELLE N | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $77,421.98 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, JON W, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $77,421.63 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, WENDY S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,421.58 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLESE, KENNETH J | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $77,421.39 | Date 11/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFIN, RODNEY J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $77,421.22 | Date 01/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELL, GALEN R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,421.15 | Date 07/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JILL I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,420.50 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, LYNN | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,420.30 | Date 01/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, BRIAN J, JR | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $77,420.17 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, SUSAN A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $77,420.05 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, EDDIE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $77,419.90 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUMMOND, KAREN L | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $77,419.50 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMOND, RONNIE, II | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $77,419.34 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, LUISA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $77,418.98 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEICKERT, THOMAS J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $77,418.29 | Date 12/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNDMAN, PAUL M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $77,418.09 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPODI, ANNUNZIATO | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $77,417.73 | Date 09/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHR, SCOTT | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,417.03 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, BETH L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $77,416.82 | Date 08/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROLIO, MATTHEW L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $77,416.61 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, PHILLIP A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,416.49 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALOTICO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $77,416.41 | Date 01/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, JOEL | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $77,416.26 | Date 02/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPPERT, JACOB M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $77,415.93 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAGELMACHER, LYNN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $77,415.61 | Date 04/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDGE, JOSEPH B | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $77,415.51 | Date 07/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, ERROL E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $77,415.43 | Date 03/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, EUGENE | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $77,415.30 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSICO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $77,414.57 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMPLE, JAMES E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,413.50 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IAROSSI, STEVEN J | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $77,413.42 | Date 05/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, JAY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $77,412.83 | Date 01/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, RICHARD K | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $77,412.22 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DAVID A | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $77,411.62 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASANO, JENNIFER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,411.26 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, MARTIN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,410.89 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI GREGNI, DAWN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,410.02 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORCE, JAMES P | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $77,409.58 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLAND, RANDALL S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $77,409.46 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSALLEY, ALEXANDRA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $77,408.89 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON-MURRAY, OLGA L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $77,408.74 | Date 01/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, JONATHAN J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $77,408.69 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTH, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,408.66 | Date 04/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, BETHZAIDA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $77,408.19 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ROBERT S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,407.58 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHADE-ROLLE, CHRYSTOLENE H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,406.99 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADONIA, STEPHEN | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $77,406.82 | Date 09/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPARAS, JONA V | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,406.58 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTRELL, BRIAN D | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $77,405.91 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDRY, JEFFREY J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $77,404.71 | Date 08/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLANE, NICOLE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,404.63 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, NANETTE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,404.63 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHIOROBO, SUNDAY O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,404.63 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, JORGE I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,404.20 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, WILLIAM P, JR | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $77,403.69 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, KELLY A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $77,403.68 | Date 02/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREVILLE, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $77,402.91 | Date 04/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, BRITTANY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,402.85 | Date 06/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEINER, JO ANNA R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $77,402.77 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYKSINSKI, ADAM P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $77,402.76 | Date 02/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENNAMO, CORY A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $77,402.76 | Date 01/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, JOSHUA L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $77,402.75 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLCH, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $77,402.66 | Date 03/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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