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 RULIFFSON, TRICIA A | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $76,015.85 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFFARO, LESLIE A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $76,015.72 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGE, MALLORY A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $76,015.56 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVALLEE, SHELLEY A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $76,015.42 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERWINSKI, KAREN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,015.23 | Date 09/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOULTER, PATRICK H | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $76,014.80 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABONE, THOMAS C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,014.66 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVLINA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $76,014.57 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, SANDRA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $76,014.24 | Date 03/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, TRENA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,014.11 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASPER, FRANKLIN H | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $76,013.71 | Date 07/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MELTZER, LINDSAY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,013.17 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VLACK, RICHARD C | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $76,012.90 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, JULIE A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $76,012.47 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWACK, PETER L | Employer name Scotia Glenville CSD | Amount $76,012.33 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCA, JOHN M | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $76,012.20 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUGHLIN, VINCENT C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,012.10 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRIAN E | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $76,011.84 | Date 02/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, ROXANNE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,011.42 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURATORE, JEANNINE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,010.81 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, SUSANA | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $76,010.81 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANALLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $76,010.37 | Date 06/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANOWSKI, ANNE E | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $76,010.37 | Date 01/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEEN, ROBIN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $76,010.37 | Date 01/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFER, JANICE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $76,010.37 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DIANA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $76,010.37 | Date 11/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RANCY, MARIE E | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $76,009.97 | Date 10/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, DWAYNE D | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $76,009.81 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENYEA, JOEL H | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $76,009.09 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, JONATHAN S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $76,009.02 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFTON, JUSTIN R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $76,008.98 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, HAZEL R | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $76,008.72 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, VICTORIA C | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 02/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, DEBRA M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREHM-BISAILLON, PAMELA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, BARBARA J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 11/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, ROBERT L, JR | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, TRACY J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOECKEL, IDA D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 07/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONAN, JUDY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 08/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATASKAS, LEONARD P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 07/10/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, SHARON M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDAU-STRAUSS, MELISSA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKE, ERIC W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALZAN, CINDY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 12/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, CHARMAINE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 02/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGHTENGALE, PETER E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 03/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRELLI, DAVID B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 01/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOCKEY, SUSAN R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 07/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, DENNIS B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHOWSKI, DIANE MARIE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 11/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, PATRICK T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, JOYCE | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBERA, ROBERT S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDGECOCK, CRAIG A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 12/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONOMO, DEBORAH J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, KELLY S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,008.60 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUAREZ, SAMUEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,008.39 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, ERIC J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,007.80 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, KEITH R | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $76,007.70 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRASE, DANIEL C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $76,007.31 | Date 04/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEDDING, PATRICIA L | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $76,007.31 | Date 12/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUZZO, GINA M | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $76,007.23 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATAWA, RICHARD J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $76,006.91 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURGES, SUSAN M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $76,006.86 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSALL, KENNETH L, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $76,006.68 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRICK, LISSA R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,006.56 | Date 06/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINDRA, HARPREET K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,004.91 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUIRRE, MICHAEL E | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $76,004.44 | Date 03/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SENECA M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $76,004.31 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGE, ROBERT C | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,004.10 | Date 07/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, THOMAS P | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $76,003.52 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, LISA H | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $76,003.09 | Date 07/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPLAIN, LEONARD J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $76,002.77 | Date 10/31/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPTAKIS, DIMITRIOS P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,002.70 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEGER, MATTHEW G | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $76,002.55 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, PATRICIA | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $76,002.38 | Date 10/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, THERESA R | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $76,002.36 | Date 09/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANG, WEI | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $76,002.22 | Date 05/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELRICH, KEVIN A | Employer name Commack Fire District | Amount $76,001.99 | Date 01/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REACH, MEHNA H | Employer name Education Department | Amount $76,001.83 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, KELLY A | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $76,001.43 | Date 04/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDISON, AMIEE E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $76,001.43 | Date 04/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOLA, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $76,001.07 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORY, ANDREW M | Employer name Bay Shore Brightwaters Library | Amount $76,000.87 | Date 11/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, TRACY M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $76,000.75 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, PETER B | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $76,000.40 | Date 04/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERLING, TERRI M | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $76,000.34 | Date 09/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,000.17 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIMROTH, HEATH A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $76,000.08 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECHAR, SARAH A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $76,000.08 | Date 06/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAPOLITO, JEFFERY J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,999.78 | Date 02/02/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, KAREEM | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $75,999.28 | Date 10/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARROTTA, JOE A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,998.87 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, DUANE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $75,998.63 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENTE, DANIELLE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,998.53 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORVATH, STEVEN L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $75,997.60 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, ERMIONNE | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $75,997.23 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SCOTT T | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $75,997.23 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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