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 TURANE-SHEPHERD, SONYA K | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,019.52 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLEY, KEVIN R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $77,019.45 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, JOHN E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,019.21 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, ROBIN | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $77,018.89 | Date 03/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIEFARI, AMY K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,018.69 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, MATTIE B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,018.27 | Date 11/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DAVID R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $77,018.13 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PONCEAU, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Village of Lakewood | Amount $77,017.99 | Date 07/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAILLANCOURT, DANIEL C | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $77,016.88 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, BRANDON W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,016.76 | Date 08/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CYRAN, BERNARD | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $77,016.30 | Date 03/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $77,016.28 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESSO, MARK S | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $77,016.27 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURUS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $77,015.78 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZANO, VINCENT N | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $77,015.73 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $77,014.72 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, MICHAEL S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $77,013.99 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCHELLO, ARLENE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $77,012.86 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBOSZ, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $77,012.64 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLK, MICHAEL D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $77,012.31 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERBENTZ, JOHN J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $77,012.18 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARAHONA, CASSANDRA K | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $77,012.05 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EKWELL, TERRY L | Employer name Town of Henrietta | Amount $77,010.97 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASKOVATY, LYUDMILA | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $77,010.84 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMM, MEILING | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $77,009.70 | Date 08/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, MICHAEL P, SR | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,009.66 | Date 05/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUMFORD, ROBERT A | Employer name City of Sherrill | Amount $77,009.53 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALA-JAMES, MEGAN M | Employer name Deer Park Public Library | Amount $77,009.41 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI STEFANO, KIT T | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $77,009.11 | Date 08/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JAMIE D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,009.03 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, MARC | Employer name West Babylon UFSD | Amount $77,008.35 | Date 07/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, JEFFERY R | Employer name Village of Penn Yan | Amount $77,008.08 | Date 10/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $77,007.75 | Date 08/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS-WALTHER, JENNIFER L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,007.72 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARKINS, KENNETH E | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $77,007.26 | Date 12/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORWOOD, WANDA M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $77,007.25 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ELIA, JUSTIN M | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $77,007.24 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUILBEAU, GINA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,007.09 | Date 11/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, WYNONA H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,007.09 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCHBIHLER HIGMAN, SUSAN E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $77,006.91 | Date 11/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREZZA, RAYMOND D | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $77,006.16 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOLOFF, LLOYD B | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $77,005.87 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUZER, SUSAN M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $77,005.17 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNAKIN, DENISE | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $77,005.07 | Date 09/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SECH, GARY L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $77,005.03 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDUCE, VINCENT | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $77,005.02 | Date 12/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, RICHARD L | Employer name SUNY College Environ Sciences | Amount $77,004.40 | Date 05/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CALLAGHAN, MARY K | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $77,004.18 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, DOLORES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,003.53 | Date 04/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELP, CRAIG T | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,003.07 | Date 10/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE COOK, ERIC D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,003.02 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, BRIAN M | Employer name Village of Highland Falls | Amount $77,003.00 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINIER, GEREMIAS | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $77,002.82 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENSAHADZI, MARIE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $77,002.28 | Date 10/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, STEPHEN A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $77,001.95 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, KENNETH L | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $77,001.88 | Date 05/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRELAND, ROBERT G | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $77,001.76 | Date 11/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHN, MIKAEL A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $77,001.20 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, MICHAEL K | Employer name Galway CSD | Amount $77,001.13 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, VIKKI | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $77,001.09 | Date 08/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTINE, ROBERT L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $77,000.85 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, WILLIAM E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $77,000.76 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWIN, MICHELLE R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $77,000.04 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STATHATOS, IRENE | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $77,000.04 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, FRANCES T | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $76,999.84 | Date 01/26/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, MARK L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,999.43 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,999.30 | Date 01/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PAUL | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $76,999.10 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, CONSTANCE A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $76,999.00 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, DANIEL J | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $76,997.90 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, LISA M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $76,997.81 | Date 05/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJERUS, JEANETTE C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,997.80 | Date 07/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, JACQUELINE S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,997.42 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, JANEEN M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $76,996.68 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEUBNER, JENNA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,996.51 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGLIO, ANTONIO M | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $76,996.14 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLITTO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,996.01 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGIN, STEVE | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $76,995.67 | Date 10/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JOSEPH K | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $76,995.05 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTRELLA, GREGORIO, JR | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $76,994.99 | Date 07/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYNUM, ARMITRA V | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,994.73 | Date 04/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDDE, RONALD D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,994.58 | Date 10/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, MICHELE D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,994.35 | Date 10/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYSON, TROY E | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $76,994.22 | Date 05/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, JACQUELINE C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,993.88 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, MARK D | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $76,993.60 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORKMAN, AURORA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,993.35 | Date 11/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $76,992.86 | Date 01/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRABULSY, DIANE E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $76,992.70 | Date 02/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIACOBBE, MARIO A | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $76,992.69 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRETTHOLD, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,992.56 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, DEBRA A | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $76,992.11 | Date 02/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, STEPHEN D | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $76,992.00 | Date 04/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEL, RENEE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $76,991.20 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIME, JEFFREY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,991.20 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLATCHIE, TOD A | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $76,990.71 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, ANGELA J | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $76,990.26 | Date 12/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KAREN N | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $76,989.58 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUELLO, YOHANSI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,989.49 | Date 12/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERGEL, ANDREA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,989.46 | Date 07/27/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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