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 RIVAS, TYLER H | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $76,639.23 | Date 06/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, ROBERT J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,639.13 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNICELLO-THOMPSON, ANGELA K | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $76,639.11 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, TODD G | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $76,638.74 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTEAT, CRISTA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,638.72 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GAIL E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $76,638.12 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, MARILYN R | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,638.06 | Date 06/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHERSPOON, CARLTON W, II | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,638.03 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAVITZ, BEN A | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $76,637.77 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEONAS, KEVIN C | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $76,637.50 | Date 03/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, BRUCE A, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $76,637.45 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNGHINO, RICHARD P | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,637.20 | Date 02/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSAYANDE, EGBERANMWEN SHEILA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $76,635.95 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRICANO CHALMERS, TRACY L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $76,635.93 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, JESSICA L | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $76,635.93 | Date 01/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, EDSON O | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $76,635.58 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $76,634.49 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CETRINO, MAUREEN | Employer name Senate Special Annual Payroll | Amount $76,634.22 | Date 01/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JENNIFER E | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $76,633.69 | Date 07/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, DONNA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $76,633.38 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, KEYANA B | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $76,633.32 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $76,633.02 | Date 11/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBIDIN, SWARSAT | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $76,632.46 | Date 09/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEGL, JOSEPH E | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $76,632.42 | Date 11/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROSNESS, NANCI | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $76,631.95 | Date 10/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARL, TARYN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,631.16 | Date 05/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, JUSTIN J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $76,630.07 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANNO, MICHAEL | Employer name South Lewis CSD | Amount $76,629.97 | Date 10/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAZWINSKI, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,629.89 | Date 06/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHLASKO, MARGARET M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $76,629.52 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEWER, ASHLEY C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $76,629.16 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, RUSSELL P | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $76,629.14 | Date 07/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, JAMES E | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $76,628.53 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, JOSE R | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $76,627.88 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUBIA, DONALD T | Employer name City of Oneonta | Amount $76,627.79 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLES, REYNOLD S | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $76,627.37 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANDALE, JOANNE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,627.10 | Date 12/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, LINDA E | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $76,627.08 | Date 01/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, KAREN A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $76,627.08 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, DANIEL J | Employer name Mastics Moriches Shirley Libr | Amount $76,626.96 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIBIO, JAMES A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $76,626.79 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAZE, KIEYA F | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $76,626.70 | Date 08/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEVALE, JOHN L | Employer name Village of Webster | Amount $76,626.57 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, DONATO M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $76,625.87 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, STEPHANIE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $76,625.06 | Date 01/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACEDON, THOMAS J | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $76,624.82 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TARA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,624.76 | Date 04/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CONNIE M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $76,624.52 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, RICHARD B | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,624.24 | Date 03/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUSSBAUM, SCOTT M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $76,624.02 | Date 04/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCARELLA, THOMAS P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $76,623.99 | Date 10/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, STEVEN A | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $76,623.54 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, TREVOR J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,623.38 | Date 01/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SILVER, STEVEN G | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $76,622.81 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, DANIEL M | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $76,622.75 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMING, ROBERT M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $76,622.57 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANKIN, HUDSON S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,622.33 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLERY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $76,622.07 | Date 04/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DESSNER, MICHAEL H | Employer name Lake Mohegan Fire District | Amount $76,622.07 | Date 09/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, WAYNE A | Employer name Town of Mount Kisco | Amount $76,621.56 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, CURT S | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $76,621.47 | Date 04/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATCHER, JAMIE N | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,621.36 | Date 07/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGIACCO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $76,621.30 | Date 03/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NENNI, CHRISTINA E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $76,621.12 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, GREGORY T | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $76,621.11 | Date 08/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARDO, MICHELE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,620.87 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTICE, MICHELLE A | Employer name Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD | Amount $76,620.58 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUFKIN, KEVIN H | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $76,620.42 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AIVALIOTIS, MARINA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,620.40 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LEONA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,620.40 | Date 11/13/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, MARCIA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,620.40 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMES, GEORGE | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $76,620.15 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, JOSEPH J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,619.89 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, FRANCES S | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $76,619.60 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,619.08 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, DYLAN R | Employer name Village of Alfred | Amount $76,619.06 | Date 01/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SHARON J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,618.72 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDEMAR, DENISE E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,618.43 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABALLERO, SAMUEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,618.16 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TICKNER, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $76,618.08 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLGERT, ELVA V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,617.20 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHATZEL, MARK S | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $76,617.17 | Date 05/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, ALPHONSE M | Employer name Village of Saugerties | Amount $76,616.52 | Date 07/04/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, KAREN E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $76,616.43 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, ROBERT T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $76,615.66 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, BRADLEY J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $76,614.78 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILISAUSKAS, STEPHEN J, II | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $76,614.56 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $76,614.45 | Date 11/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JEFFREY S | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $76,614.42 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIOLSI, ANDREW | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,614.18 | Date 03/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERRILL, JAHAD | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $76,614.07 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, GLENDA MARIA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,613.94 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, EVELYN | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $76,613.93 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARMENTO, ROBERT | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $76,613.75 | Date 05/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, JACQUELINE D | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $76,613.29 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, TAMARA G | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $76,612.67 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEHAN, SHARON B | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $76,612.15 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALADINI, PETER | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $76,611.61 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, SARAH E | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $76,611.42 | Date 03/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTWOOD, MOLLY A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $76,610.90 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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