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 TIFFANY, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $77,043.20 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIS, ALICIA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,043.16 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GITHIORA, BERNADETTE W | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,043.09 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOLEY, TRUNASHIA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $77,043.04 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, JOSHUA J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $77,042.57 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SUZANNE J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $77,042.20 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, CARMEN M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $77,042.12 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERSTRAETE, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $77,041.98 | Date 02/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, LOUIE R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $77,041.86 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTZ, MICHELE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,041.83 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, MARCUS A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $77,041.76 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, PAUL P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $77,041.66 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEENEY, BRIAN J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $77,041.60 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELL, BRIAN J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $77,041.35 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTHOLOMEW, DAVID W | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $77,041.33 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMONDS, CORNELL S, JR | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $77,040.65 | Date 11/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VIVO, CARMINE | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $77,040.38 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPLE, BENJAMIN S | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $77,040.21 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMS, CLARA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $77,039.57 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERBOSO, ROBERT W | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $77,038.49 | Date 08/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLAGE, BENJAMIN J, III | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $77,038.35 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMETS, CAROL K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $77,038.25 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAUSI, PAULA J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $77,038.21 | Date 10/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, KASIE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,037.70 | Date 10/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLES, SARAH N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,036.98 | Date 06/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEITUNO, JASMIN P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $77,036.72 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPKA, DEBORAH A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,036.57 | Date 04/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, LUIS O | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $77,036.40 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, CIJO | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,036.26 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAK, DAVID C, JR | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $77,035.95 | Date 12/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERA, PAULA M | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $77,035.24 | Date 09/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEQUERICA-STERNBERG, PAULA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $77,035.24 | Date 09/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHACHTER, EHLE N | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $77,035.24 | Date 09/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, RUSSELL R | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $77,035.24 | Date 03/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACEY, BRIAN L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $77,034.93 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNLOW, EDWARD A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,034.48 | Date 12/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANKSON, KOJO A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $77,033.98 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLLAND, JAY R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $77,032.63 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, PAMELA J | Employer name Pine Plains CSD | Amount $77,032.16 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWICKER, MICHAEL F | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $77,031.96 | Date 05/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACANI, RENATO R | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $77,031.87 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUPTA, SHWETA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $77,031.82 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $77,031.74 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, TYESHIA T | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $77,031.64 | Date 09/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, TREVOR P | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $77,031.48 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DEE, ERIN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,031.04 | Date 05/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, DEBORAH | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,030.82 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, THORA T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,030.81 | Date 07/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, STEVEN T | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $77,030.67 | Date 06/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNN, THOMAS R | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $77,030.60 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFREY, URSELIN J | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $77,030.49 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERSON, RANDI B | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $77,030.43 | Date 04/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVASTANO, JAMES R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $77,030.31 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, JOHN D, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,030.04 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACE, ARTHUR R | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $77,029.76 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVULPI, EUGENE F | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $77,029.63 | Date 08/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTA, NELLY | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $77,028.83 | Date 05/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT W | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,028.21 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $77,028.07 | Date 03/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN-PAIGE, DAWN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,027.69 | Date 11/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRODON, ROBERT E | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $77,027.57 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, ANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,027.52 | Date 07/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, KEVIN E | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $77,027.37 | Date 01/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOVA, BRIAN W, SR | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $77,026.72 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, BRYAN L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $77,026.44 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURDIE, SCOTT L | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $77,026.41 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTHOUR-LOCKRIDGE, NONA M | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,024.84 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOYER, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $77,024.71 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SETH D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $77,024.62 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, HOWARD R, III | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $77,024.58 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANKS, SHERMAN D, II | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $77,024.41 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIORCIARI, THOMAS P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $77,023.87 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENDLER, JOSEPH R | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $77,023.78 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYDEN, DAVID W, JR | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $77,023.37 | Date 11/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES, JR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $77,023.26 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEERY, MARCI D | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $77,022.02 | Date 10/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREFT, HOWARD K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,021.45 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYPOSS, JOHN W, JR | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,021.34 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRESSLER, EDWARD MICHAEL | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $77,021.24 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIARANTANO, ANNE T | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $77,021.05 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JOAN B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $77,021.03 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, VINCENT B | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $77,020.92 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $77,020.84 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGIERO, JOHN C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,019.85 | Date 08/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESLIN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $77,019.73 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MAY E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECONDO, RENEE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZHUGH, DONNA M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, JEAN | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTES, MARISOL | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANEST, LORI A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 01/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAHREY, DANA J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURANTE, JANET L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, DORIS E | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, RITA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, PAMELA A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONECKO, DEBRA A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMMONDS, MICHELLE L | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, THERESA A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEIBELER, JULIE A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 01/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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