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 VANCOL, STEVE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $75,846.02 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, ANDRE S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,845.93 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKSON, DANIELLE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $75,845.73 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, BRANDON R | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $75,845.44 | Date 05/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRAN, SAMANTHA N | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,845.38 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASSETT, MARGARET M | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $75,844.47 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORI, RUTH B | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,844.18 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JOSEPH F | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $75,844.18 | Date 09/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABLENZ, BRIAN | Employer name Riverhead Water District | Amount $75,844.11 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLERY, DANA E | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $75,843.54 | Date 05/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNEBEL, GARY | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $75,843.23 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHEK, JOHN F | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $75,842.90 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, ERIC T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $75,842.76 | Date 10/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANY, PATRICIA S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,842.10 | Date 02/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JASON S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,841.08 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASINELLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $75,840.54 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANTZLER, PAMELA | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $75,840.53 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, JANET A | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $75,840.41 | Date 07/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOO, YOLANDA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,840.29 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TISENCHEK, JEFFREY L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $75,840.14 | Date 07/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELKE, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $75,839.69 | Date 10/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILAND, NICOLE D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,839.26 | Date 04/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNGER, CHLOE S | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $75,839.25 | Date 12/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, JASON E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,839.13 | Date 12/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, NAOMI | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $75,839.13 | Date 05/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JENNIFER A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,839.12 | Date 10/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCUYER, KAY L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,838.98 | Date 02/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, THOMAS H | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $75,838.73 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMONTEREY, SEVERIN P | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $75,838.71 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFT, PAUL P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,838.57 | Date 05/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, GRADY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,838.31 | Date 11/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHPIGEL, YURIY | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $75,838.29 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CRESCENZO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $75,838.19 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIMBAUGH, DAVID R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,837.92 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, JINHONG | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $75,837.86 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERICO, LAURA S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $75,837.85 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCARDI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $75,837.72 | Date 06/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALLEY, BRANDON M | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $75,837.49 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, SETH A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,837.21 | Date 12/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTEAD, ERIC E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $75,836.86 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAGNER, STEFAN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,836.62 | Date 06/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, CURWIN E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $75,836.32 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, WARREN S, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $75,835.39 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REUTER, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,835.36 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLAY, MICHELE | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $75,835.18 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEANER, STEPHEN J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $75,835.13 | Date 06/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESSITORE, SARAH L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,834.98 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, KENNETH | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $75,834.85 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKRICH, SARA B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,833.42 | Date 08/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC COY, ALBERT L, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,833.40 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELE, JOHN A | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $75,833.13 | Date 04/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, DANIEL T | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $75,832.50 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOBART, DANIEL L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,832.41 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARE, SAMUEL W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $75,832.11 | Date 08/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUDWIG, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $75,831.33 | Date 11/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, KEVIN T | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $75,831.29 | Date 09/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ERIC J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $75,831.10 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, ERICA | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $75,830.86 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, ALANA C | Employer name Malverne UFSD | Amount $75,830.59 | Date 10/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, RICHARD M | Employer name Warren County | Amount $75,830.44 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, JASON B | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $75,830.17 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUVE, CHAD J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,829.85 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTERO, XIOMARA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,829.19 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAVIN, JOHN J | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $75,829.10 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUERRIERO, ROSA | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $75,828.27 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDRANDA, ALEXANDRA | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $75,828.27 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOFFEL, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $75,828.27 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMARSH, PATRICIA A | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $75,828.20 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULLO, ANTHONY R, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,827.90 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,827.90 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, AMANDA B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,827.90 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, GINA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,827.90 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHITTI, MARCO T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $75,827.72 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAMPNOIS, RANDY | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $75,827.68 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLADEL, RODERICK L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $75,827.56 | Date 10/01/1965 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUITEAU, HAROLD | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $75,827.06 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, SUSAN E | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $75,826.78 | Date 02/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, BRIAN L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,826.68 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, GLENDA V | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $75,826.66 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNACCHIO, CAROL ANN | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $75,826.56 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALANGE, GEORGE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,826.22 | Date 01/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARE, HELEN M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $75,826.07 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, CHARLES M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $75,825.90 | Date 10/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BRAMER, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Waterford | Amount $75,825.73 | Date 08/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, DANIELLE K | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $75,825.67 | Date 02/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRYKER, ROBERT PAT | Employer name Livingston Soil,Wtr Cons Dist | Amount $75,825.60 | Date 04/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUKIS, BRIAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,825.11 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBIELSKI, DAVID J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,825.11 | Date 12/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JOSEPH V | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $75,825.02 | Date 06/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTESSA, JOSEPH M | Employer name Oneida Herkimer Sol Wst Mg Aut | Amount $75,824.88 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEY, MARK R | Employer name Cooperstown CSD | Amount $75,824.52 | Date 04/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMBURLIN, MARY JO | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,823.80 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDBERG, FREDERICK W | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $75,823.78 | Date 05/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEKEMPER, COLLEEN L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,823.72 | Date 11/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, LUANN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,823.30 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, WEIQI | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $75,823.15 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERHARD, CATHERINE V | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $75,822.93 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPLE, DONALD E | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $75,822.39 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIEPENBURG, JEROME A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $75,822.03 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEINBERG, DANIEL P | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $75,822.02 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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