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 STEIN, LAURA G | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $76,038.65 | Date 04/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILAGAN, ALAN B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $76,038.52 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, STANLEY F | Employer name Poughkeepsie City School Dist | Amount $76,038.46 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEMAN, RAYMOND E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,038.35 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVA, NICHOLAS E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $76,038.30 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINZE, JENNIFER L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $76,038.27 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, VALERIE H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $76,038.27 | Date 10/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIPP, GREGORY W | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,037.95 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, CAROL L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,037.48 | Date 06/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANDERATH, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $76,037.21 | Date 01/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIOTTO, MARY-JO | Employer name Niskayuna CSD | Amount $76,037.13 | Date 08/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANZA, JAMES P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $76,037.11 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMARDER, ERIC D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,037.02 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MARY C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,036.99 | Date 01/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, RAYMOND D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $76,036.74 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIBERT, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Legislative Ethics Committee | Amount $76,036.58 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANAHER, STEVEN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $76,036.43 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, AMY K | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $76,036.32 | Date 01/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAVE, FRANCISCO | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $76,035.83 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMSDILL, JOSEPH L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,035.81 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, CURTIS M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $76,035.73 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELARDI, JANETTE | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $76,035.20 | Date 09/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, PRIA A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,035.05 | Date 05/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, WILLIAM E | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $76,034.65 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNDON, SAMUEL L | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $76,034.43 | Date 10/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, BRIAN | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $76,034.33 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NULTY, THOMAS J | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $76,034.27 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAINO, JUSTIN C | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $76,033.65 | Date 04/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KIRCH, PATI J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $76,033.14 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, GREGORY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,032.84 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BUKE, SCOTT | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $76,032.52 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, GARRY R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $76,032.09 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELIN, ROBERT A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $76,031.49 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADURINA, TIHANA | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $76,031.38 | Date 06/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, WAYNE C | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $76,031.36 | Date 05/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, SCOTT C | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,031.18 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOELL, P BRODERICK | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $76,031.18 | Date 01/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $76,031.13 | Date 04/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, BONNIE J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,031.01 | Date 03/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAITTLI, BARBARA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,030.86 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, PATRICK C | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $76,030.49 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURNEY, MARK T | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $76,030.13 | Date 10/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIELE, ALBERT A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $76,029.71 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINERS, ROBERT J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $76,029.33 | Date 03/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERY, MICHAEL J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $76,028.49 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUAX, KELLY S | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $76,028.36 | Date 06/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETLEFF, ROCHELLE R | Employer name Greenburgh North Castle UFSD | Amount $76,028.27 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIFFHAUER, JOANNE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,028.20 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KATHLEEN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $76,028.08 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, KELLY M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,028.02 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, DENISE C | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $76,027.95 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, HAROLD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $76,027.78 | Date 06/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUES, MARIA B | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $76,027.51 | Date 10/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, CHRISTIAN A | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $76,027.35 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, GARY A | Employer name Town of Ontario | Amount $76,027.19 | Date 04/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, SUZANNE M | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $76,026.88 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVITO, ALBERT T, JR | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,026.35 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, SANDRA C | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $76,025.86 | Date 07/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, STEPHEN S | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $76,025.23 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, SETH E | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $76,024.92 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,024.88 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, CATHY R | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $76,024.66 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRECHT, THOMAS H | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,024.53 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARIMANIDZE, MARIA | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $76,023.54 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUI, LORI A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,023.49 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL FAVERO, KEITH M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $76,023.12 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, CHESTER | Employer name Commission of Correction | Amount $76,022.77 | Date 06/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAX, COURTNEY N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,022.26 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, ANN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $76,022.19 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JILL P | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $76,022.14 | Date 11/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTI, GERARDO | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $76,021.90 | Date 08/25/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUCCI, JAMES P | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $76,021.71 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNNELL, JOAN M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $76,021.50 | Date 09/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, JOSEPH P | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,020.66 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARAN, OMAR P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $76,020.06 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIENTE, EVELYN M | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,019.92 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, ASHANTI T | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $76,019.69 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETRANTONIO, RICHARD M | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $76,019.60 | Date 11/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $76,019.56 | Date 10/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASLER, PAUL J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $76,019.52 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, CHERYL L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $76,019.24 | Date 08/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $76,019.05 | Date 09/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA, STEVEN G | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $76,019.01 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLANO, LUIS A | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $76,018.74 | Date 05/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, SHIRLYN M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $76,018.49 | Date 12/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAZZERI, JANICE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $76,018.49 | Date 11/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYES, JOSEPH | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,018.47 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGHORN, DARRIN J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $76,018.44 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITSON, JAMIE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,018.44 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, BRIAN T | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $76,018.03 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, KEITH | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $76,017.56 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOERTER, DENNIS C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,017.50 | Date 01/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAK, SHERRY E | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $76,017.35 | Date 06/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, JENNIFER L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,017.33 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,016.93 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNELL, GRACE MARIE | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $76,016.86 | Date 02/06/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, LEONARD | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,016.74 | Date 02/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HLAVATY, JOSEPH J, III | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $76,016.61 | Date 11/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $76,016.24 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERCIVAL, GARY H | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $76,016.06 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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