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 LEWANDROWSKI, MIKE E | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $76,610.86 | Date 03/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURENA, JOSEPH A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,610.63 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEEMAN, TRAVIS M | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $76,610.58 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DONNA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,610.25 | Date 12/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLEON, GILBERTO | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,609.97 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASICH, CURTIS J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $76,609.79 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUZIO, LAUREN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $76,609.52 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHAN, MEGHAN B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $76,609.25 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORWHAT, JESSICA M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $76,608.75 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, MARGARET P | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $76,608.48 | Date 06/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, KELLY L | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $76,608.35 | Date 06/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ TURCIOS, ELMES A | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $76,607.88 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELENZ, NOREEN M | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $76,607.68 | Date 02/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $76,607.37 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZOTTO, SHEILA M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $76,607.25 | Date 11/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEECHER, ALVIN E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,607.00 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUNKETT, BARBARA A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $76,606.94 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASELLA, PETER | Employer name Orange County | Amount $76,606.31 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLOCK, TANISH W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,606.05 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODSON, FLORENCE S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $76,605.57 | Date 05/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURIN, BARBARA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,605.35 | Date 10/04/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, PETER E | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $76,604.36 | Date 09/17/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIUS, JOSEPH | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $76,604.32 | Date 03/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, LUIS A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $76,603.13 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, STEVEN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,603.00 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGO, MARTY J | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $76,602.82 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIONNE, KELLY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,602.77 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SARRO, GINA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $76,602.77 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, JENNIFER L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $76,602.75 | Date 10/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUHMEL, DAVID C | Employer name Village of Horseheads | Amount $76,602.06 | Date 06/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAVOLARO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $76,601.38 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROPER, RAYMOND C | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $76,601.06 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, SHAILAH J | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $76,601.06 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDBERG, GEORGE, JR | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $76,600.87 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEMCOSKY, LOIS | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $76,600.73 | Date 01/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGU, NICOLE D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $76,599.96 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINALE, LOUIS G | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $76,599.79 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAFFEE, ROY A | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $76,599.26 | Date 12/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELSLEY, WAYNE M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $76,598.42 | Date 10/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDEBRAND, BRIAN T | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $76,598.15 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, XANDORA F | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,597.65 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONIFACE, STEPHEN H | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $76,596.99 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAROLF, JOHN H | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,596.98 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, WILLIAM F, III | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $76,596.23 | Date 03/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONS, KEVIN L | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $76,596.01 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGER, DEBRA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,596.00 | Date 02/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CRAIG R | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $76,595.92 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAEGER, MICHAEL W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,594.32 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNE, COREEN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $76,593.94 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, TIMOTHY C | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $76,593.85 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, DAVID D | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $76,593.72 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOHN H, JR | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $76,593.47 | Date 11/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEW, NICHOLAS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,593.40 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAGODA, JULIE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,593.34 | Date 02/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM-IMPERIAL, GRETTA N | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $76,593.13 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALBANO, VINCENT M | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $76,592.71 | Date 03/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, RODNEY G | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $76,592.58 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, EVAN S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,592.11 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, FELIX A | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $76,592.09 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, LORRAINE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,592.03 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRISZOLOWSKI, FRANCES | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $76,591.83 | Date 04/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRONE, JENNIFER E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,591.80 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLOAT, RICHARD S | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $76,591.72 | Date 02/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAY, JOSEPH T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $76,591.62 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSDELL, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $76,591.07 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, SEAN C | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $76,590.77 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ERIN L | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $76,590.77 | Date 09/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIN, JOSEPH T | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $76,590.66 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, SHAWN M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $76,590.47 | Date 11/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSCH, AMY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,590.39 | Date 07/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINWUNMI, OLADISUN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,589.92 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRIE, BRENT G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,588.90 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELIA, JOHN T | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,588.39 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOTT, DARREN K | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $76,588.39 | Date 08/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LINCOLN, PENNY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,588.14 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, JEANNE P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,587.87 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOUIN, KRISTINA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,587.87 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,587.62 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPARO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $76,587.47 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ROBERT D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $76,587.31 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, MICHAEL L | Employer name Batavia City-School Dist | Amount $76,586.70 | Date 08/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKA-SHEEDY, IWONA U | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,586.30 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARRIAGA, LUCIO | Employer name Manhasset Public Library | Amount $76,586.16 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELEN-COPELAND, JESSICA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,586.14 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, DEBORAH L | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $76,586.10 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARIL, ROBERT | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $76,585.54 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, WALLACE C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $76,585.45 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPRAL, ALEXANDRA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $76,585.07 | Date 03/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYAVE, MARIA I | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $76,584.75 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVASSEUR, JON P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,584.54 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN DER VLIET, KELLY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,584.32 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, KELLEY | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $76,583.92 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORENO, JOSE A | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $76,583.67 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEZ, EVANGELINE D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $76,583.33 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBLE, KARLENE E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,583.30 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGESON, THOMAS C | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $76,583.14 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLOYD, JAMES S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $76,582.88 | Date 01/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDIELLO, JOAN C | Employer name Oceanside Library | Amount $76,582.88 | Date 03/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZARIO, CARLOS M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $76,582.44 | Date 07/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODALL, JASON D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $76,582.32 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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