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 HALSE, SUZANNE E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $76,190.67 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAYTON, TARA T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $76,190.52 | Date 12/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOB, BINOY | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $76,190.41 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, ROBERT M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,190.08 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $76,189.22 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUCH, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $76,188.97 | Date 02/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, NADINE L | Employer name Hewlett Woodmere Pub Library | Amount $76,188.83 | Date 08/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDLETON, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $76,188.77 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JASON R | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $76,188.49 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINGERESKY, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Albany County | Amount $76,188.24 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JEFFREY D | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $76,188.23 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DAVID L | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $76,187.97 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELROY, JOSEPH M | Employer name Palmyra-Macedon CSD | Amount $76,187.73 | Date 12/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNGS, ROBERT F | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $76,187.36 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIMEAU, JILL M | Employer name North Warren CSD | Amount $76,187.25 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, JOHN P | Employer name City of Mechanicville | Amount $76,186.32 | Date 08/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPPON, JOSEPH R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,186.21 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OST, JEANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,186.00 | Date 09/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, BARBARA A | Employer name Waterford-Halfmoon UFSD | Amount $76,185.96 | Date 08/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASINAIT, CYNTHIA B | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,185.86 | Date 02/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLRENG, GINA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,185.60 | Date 05/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBIT, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $76,185.59 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCI, JAYME | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,185.56 | Date 12/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, KRISTOPHER B | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $76,185.52 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENGLOVSKIY, ANATOLIY | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $76,184.89 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABIAN, THOMAS A | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $76,184.79 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALLANCE, CHAD E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $76,184.62 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JASON M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $76,184.58 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORN, DAVID E | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $76,184.48 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEREMY B | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $76,184.18 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFF, CINDY | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $76,183.73 | Date 05/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, CHARLES | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $76,183.68 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, GEORGE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $76,183.52 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNETSKI, KEVIN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,183.23 | Date 12/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIKEMAN, MARCY J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,182.78 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEADLEY, WILLIAM L | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $76,182.40 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCINNI, KRIS | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $76,182.36 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOVILLE, MARTIN C | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $76,181.82 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNE, CARL D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $76,181.77 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITTNER, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,181.72 | Date 07/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFIGLIO, LISA M | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $76,181.62 | Date 03/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, KATRINA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,181.40 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREACY, JENNIFER M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,181.15 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIDHOF, JENNIFER L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,181.13 | Date 09/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSEE, HEATHER M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,180.98 | Date 10/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANNERY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $76,180.62 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLBERG, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $76,180.28 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEXIMER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $76,180.04 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROLIKOWSKI, PATTY JO | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,179.75 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, ROB R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $76,179.56 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIAN, SCOTT M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $76,179.50 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, MARTIN E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,179.45 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, KAREN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,179.38 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $76,179.36 | Date 08/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, WENDY L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $76,178.73 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DANIEL Z | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,178.60 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERLENDA, GREGORY J | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $76,177.97 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, HEMANT K | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $76,177.53 | Date 05/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHN, SUSAN D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,177.44 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUCH, DONNA P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,177.31 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURST, RICHARD A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,177.31 | Date 08/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILLAI, HELEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,177.25 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANCZYK, SHAUN M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,177.19 | Date 10/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $76,177.17 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, KIMBERLEE C | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $76,177.14 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHADELL, ISABEL M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $76,177.07 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NETTO, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $76,176.93 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,176.57 | Date 07/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARC E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $76,176.52 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLER, NORMA C | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $76,176.33 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIETJEN, BRYAN R | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $76,175.72 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOSEPH B | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $76,175.30 | Date 04/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, WILLIAM H | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $76,175.20 | Date 07/29/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISE, MARY A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $76,175.02 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKER, PATRICK A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $76,174.81 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNS, DIANE M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $76,174.62 | Date 09/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, ADAM F | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $76,174.16 | Date 04/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $76,173.65 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELSH, SCOTT T | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $76,173.35 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, KERRY E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,173.33 | Date 06/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTON, LARRY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $76,173.22 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DABY, WENDY A | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $76,173.07 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EZEIGBO, ADAKU ANN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $76,173.07 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCHTA, FREDERICK M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $76,172.95 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, RHEA H | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,172.57 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARO, JAMES J | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $76,172.03 | Date 07/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAKSH, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $76,171.89 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDRIDGE, CATHLEEN M | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $76,171.80 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMSON, NONA | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $76,171.42 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, JAMES R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $76,171.29 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRISWOLD, MATTHEW M | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $76,171.25 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEWELL, REBECCA M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $76,171.08 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADDAD, MARIE P | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $76,171.00 | Date 01/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CATHY S | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $76,170.65 | Date 10/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRITELLI, STEPHEN M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,169.86 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASBARRO, CARL R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,169.75 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRONK, WALTER J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $76,169.58 | Date 08/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STECZ, DONNA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $76,168.55 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARAFAT, TANVIR J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,168.41 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSIMILLA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,168.14 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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