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 SWEET, MATTHEW C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $76,682.96 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILKA, JENNIFER L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $76,682.92 | Date 05/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, VISCOUNT M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $76,682.11 | Date 08/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAF, LEONARD E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,681.62 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, SEAN A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,681.57 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, CHARLOTTE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $76,681.23 | Date 10/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Essex County | Amount $76,681.15 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGAN, BRYON T | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $76,680.78 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALTO, PAUL M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $76,680.78 | Date 09/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, BARBARA A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $76,680.73 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, CHARLES C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $76,680.65 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUDSEN, ELKE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,680.49 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, SYLVIE C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $76,679.89 | Date 11/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUASSI, DAVIA F | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,679.86 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, CRAIG F | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $76,679.81 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JAMES S, JR | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $76,679.65 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATER, HATTIE L | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $76,679.30 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARTNER, JAMIE S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $76,678.47 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANATA, CANDICE J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,678.28 | Date 09/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUO, NING-BIN | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $76,677.99 | Date 08/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, LU ANN | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $76,676.81 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALEANO, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $76,676.31 | Date 06/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, DENNIS A | Employer name Town of Ontario | Amount $76,676.04 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMS, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $76,675.75 | Date 02/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCZYNSKI, REBECCA J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $76,675.69 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD THIBAULT, KACEY L | Employer name Frankfort-Schuyler CSD | Amount $76,675.35 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKABERI, ADAM K | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,674.68 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, JEFFREY X | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,674.68 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNERARD, CHRISTIAN E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,674.68 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCHILO, CATHLEEN A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,674.68 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAHREIS, BARBARA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,674.63 | Date 07/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIKANE, MARK H | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $76,674.62 | Date 02/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, JOSEPH G | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $76,674.33 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITTLE, KELLY C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $76,674.06 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVINE, BRIAN P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,673.94 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AJILEYE, KADRI | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $76,673.77 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, WILSON P | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $76,673.77 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENNIE, WILLIAM A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $76,673.77 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINO, EVELYN H | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $76,673.77 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLEO, MARISSA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $76,673.55 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, D'ARCY L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $76,673.52 | Date 09/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, AREMA Y | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $76,673.37 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHELLE G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,673.33 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DONALD | Employer name Palisades Int St Pk Comm Nonst | Amount $76,673.29 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, NESTOR O | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,673.03 | Date 06/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHTON, VALERIE T | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $76,672.56 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLAR, ROBIN R | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $76,672.54 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHL, STEVEN R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,672.48 | Date 07/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, JEROME | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,672.25 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLAKIEWICZ, MELINA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,671.37 | Date 12/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHN, JASON S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $76,671.28 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALCH, WILLIAM D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,671.09 | Date 05/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, THEODORE M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,670.46 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUCZYK, DANIEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,670.43 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, CHRISTINE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOBAR, SHAUN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, DAVID | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, BRENDAN M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, PATRICK J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEILNHOFER, JODILYNN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, KEVIN J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, GINA A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JEFFREY M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $76,669.86 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOPKO, JENNIFER | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $76,669.65 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, SIONETTE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,669.45 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARY, TRACEY Y | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $76,669.05 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVELLA, JOSEPH | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,668.05 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, LEONARD L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $76,667.92 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, CHRISTINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,667.71 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINN, RAYMOND J | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $76,667.70 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUMPFHELLER, EMILY D | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $76,667.57 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGHEDO, OMORUYI K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,667.32 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECKHAM, KRISTEN A | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $76,666.86 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGEN, SAM R | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $76,666.72 | Date 07/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, WILLIAM E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $76,666.26 | Date 04/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALERO, AMALIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $76,666.23 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPE, JOSEPH J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,666.15 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN APELDORN, LEE M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $76,665.91 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMBERG, ADAM | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $76,665.84 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVITT, LUCINDA K | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $76,665.73 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUYLER, MARK F | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $76,665.72 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRTI, BURT M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,665.67 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROWBRIDGE, MELANIE L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,665.63 | Date 01/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELABU, RIMA H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,665.46 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BRAGUE, ROLAND G | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,665.36 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZZINO, JOSEPH S | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $76,665.25 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYLES, TIMOTHY B | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $76,665.21 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, DARYL T | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,664.84 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMACHER, FRED A, JR | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,664.59 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOOLSBY, EDWARD E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,664.54 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, JOY M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $76,664.26 | Date 11/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCZAK, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,664.21 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, JONATHAN | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $76,663.64 | Date 07/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEY, KURT N | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $76,661.56 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, DEBRA J | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $76,661.23 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, ANN MARIE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $76,660.43 | Date 08/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ERIC | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $76,660.19 | Date 05/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRERICHS, STEVEN A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,659.80 | Date 04/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,659.55 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZARR, JENNIFER A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $76,659.52 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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