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 TAKAKI, EVELYN O | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $76,582.21 | Date 07/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, TODD A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $76,582.20 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, LORRAINE A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $76,581.99 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKLER, PAUL M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,581.94 | Date 05/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGER, SHELLEY G | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,581.79 | Date 02/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, RICHARD L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $76,581.46 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSEIN, TAZIM | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $76,581.35 | Date 08/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, KIEN NING | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,581.12 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANIDI, YEMISI B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,580.65 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, CHARLES Z | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,580.13 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MARK B | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $76,580.03 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODFORK, JARRETT A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,580.00 | Date 07/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKANEME, OBUMNEME G | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $76,579.85 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIDINGER, ERIN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,579.01 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAFER, ROBERT M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,578.98 | Date 03/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JOYCE L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $76,578.93 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, DEBORAH A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,578.90 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEEN, COREY | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,578.63 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARBELL, GERRY L | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $76,578.50 | Date 10/16/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUERSCHNER, EDMUND T | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $76,578.34 | Date 10/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPANESE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,578.10 | Date 06/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSLER, ARTHUR R | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,577.59 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSBY, STEPHEN M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $76,577.38 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'REILLY, BRIDGET | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,577.28 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, EVELYN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,577.26 | Date 09/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DOUGLAS H | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $76,577.26 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICHEZ, ODEISA | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $76,577.11 | Date 03/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, MATTHEW J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,576.95 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASQUINO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $76,576.94 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOSE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $76,576.32 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONPHELAN, PATRICIA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $76,575.15 | Date 06/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, JAMES P | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $76,574.73 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONNADA, SIVA S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $76,574.34 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, DAWN MARIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,574.04 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YNOA, DENISE L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $76,574.04 | Date 07/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANAR, TYLER J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $76,574.00 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTEIN, JAY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,573.87 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLE, ANGELIC P | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $76,573.71 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORJONE, DONNA J | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $76,572.88 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $76,572.86 | Date 12/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBARITO, CLIFFORD | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $76,572.84 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG-CLOUSE, MARY PAIGE | Employer name Crawford Library District | Amount $76,572.68 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLIN, BRIAN E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $76,572.52 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, WILLIAM A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $76,572.21 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEELEY, KENNETH W | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,571.98 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,571.92 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, WAYNE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,571.87 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, DIANA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $76,571.73 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURRELL, NATHAN R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $76,571.48 | Date 04/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNER, RICHARD E | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $76,571.13 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, KENNETH D | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,570.95 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLKE, WILLIAM F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,570.72 | Date 05/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, MELISSA | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $76,570.49 | Date 01/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AURIA-MURPHY, JENNIFER D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,570.46 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMAR, MATTHEW C | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $76,569.91 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KO, MICHELLE YOUNG | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $76,569.89 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, LE SHAWN K | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $76,569.76 | Date 05/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRATT, NOREEN C | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,569.66 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ANNE M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $76,569.42 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINITZ, NANCY E | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $76,569.38 | Date 01/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SISSON, MARK P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $76,569.34 | Date 05/30/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, FRANCISCO A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $76,569.31 | Date 09/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER-GIANSANTE, TIFFANY R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,569.27 | Date 07/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NDELI, PAUL | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,569.05 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, NYCIL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,569.01 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTREMERA, JEFFREY C | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $76,567.57 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEETON, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $76,567.56 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, ROBERT P | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,567.54 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUZZO, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $76,567.28 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MULLEN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $76,567.10 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CREARY, SUSAN K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,566.97 | Date 06/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRYSHAK, THOMAS | Employer name Florida UFSD | Amount $76,566.60 | Date 05/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, RYAN A | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $76,566.21 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WREST, JAMES J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,566.13 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAGGART, THOMAS E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,566.05 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAROCCA, GREGORY | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $76,565.83 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARMELEE, STEPHEN R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,565.29 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VANGO, DAVID P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,565.14 | Date 09/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWER, ERIN J | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $76,565.08 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, JACQUELINE D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,564.89 | Date 06/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAVO, OSCAR M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,564.66 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANYI, GABRIEL V | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $76,564.63 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REINKE, JAMIE L | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $76,563.97 | Date 09/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMKISSOON, SASHRI D | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $76,563.86 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, STANLEY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,563.71 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELDON, RICHARD P | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $76,563.59 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSION, BRIAN T | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $76,563.50 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHRS, JOHN E | Employer name Town of Putnam Valley | Amount $76,563.29 | Date 02/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCHMAN, MARK | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $76,562.98 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINALDI, ROGER A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $76,562.82 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTON, DWAYNE V | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,562.52 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSATLY, NABIL | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $76,562.17 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IFILL, ANTHEA A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $76,562.17 | Date 05/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, JAMES J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $76,562.09 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,561.81 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUS, KARIN E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $76,561.30 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKSMAN, TANECA S | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $76,561.29 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, WANDA I | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $76,560.90 | Date 10/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, ROBERT | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,560.90 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIRENA-YBARRA, CONSTANCE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,560.86 | Date 08/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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