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 SHEEHAN, RAYMOND M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,821.98 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOWNES, BRENDA C | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $75,821.93 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, WING MING | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $75,820.85 | Date 04/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMSTOCK, WILLIAM R, II | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $75,820.80 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKOMEC, JASON M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $75,820.70 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MICHAEL K | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $75,820.10 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFERT, MICHAEL H | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,819.94 | Date 06/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, SHELLY E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $75,819.22 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KAREN D | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 08/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANZLER, NINA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLIM, DEBORAH J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARY, LINDA J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 12/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBARKER, SHARON | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 11/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETTA, ELEANOR M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 07/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS-WILLIAMS, SONIA L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEFALIELLO, MICHELE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, KRYSTALL | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISKIEWICZ, LISA M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCEY, PAMELA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 02/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULQUEEN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARS, SHEILA J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,819.09 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAINES, JASON | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $75,818.98 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVA, ESTEBAN L | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $75,818.95 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHYTE, CLEMENT R | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $75,818.68 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, MARK A | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $75,818.52 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNCO, MARCELLO | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $75,817.71 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALACHMAN, HEATHER L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,817.24 | Date 07/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADET, PIERRE R | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $75,817.07 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, LISA M | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $75,816.93 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHU, REBECCA Y | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,816.58 | Date 01/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONEY, MARGARET C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,816.58 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETA, CINDY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,816.58 | Date 05/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, CHRISTINE M | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $75,816.46 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, DENNIS F, III | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $75,815.32 | Date 02/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARAK, GREGORY W | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $75,815.17 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, BRIAN W | Employer name Delaware Co Soil Water Con Dis | Amount $75,814.31 | Date 03/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, KELLY M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $75,814.24 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, FARRAH J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $75,814.03 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMSURZAHA, M D | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $75,813.69 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, KIRSTEN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,813.57 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GEORGE, MADELINE | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $75,812.77 | Date 04/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOWBRAY, LEROY S | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $75,812.65 | Date 04/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDIENT, BOBBI R | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $75,812.24 | Date 06/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, BRAD M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,811.61 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, KATIE | Employer name Bay Shore Brightwaters Library | Amount $75,811.38 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAKOWICH, JOHN, III | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $75,811.17 | Date 07/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MICHAEL D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,811.17 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORMILE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,810.98 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, MICHELE T | Employer name Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD | Amount $75,810.83 | Date 03/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, MATTHEW R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,810.55 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALFE, KEVIN J | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $75,810.20 | Date 08/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, CHERYL A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $75,809.25 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODER, CINDY | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,809.23 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Town of Seneca Falls | Amount $75,808.92 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARISH, JOHN | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $75,808.60 | Date 12/20/1962 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, JOHN F, JR | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $75,808.47 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTERO, EDUARDO J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,808.17 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, WAYNE N | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $75,807.84 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, KEVIN | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $75,807.63 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, TODD M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,807.30 | Date 03/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARDULA, JOHN E, JR | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $75,806.84 | Date 04/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN GALDER, MATTHEW D | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,806.80 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANOR, STACY M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,806.73 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMPERIO, SCOTT D | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $75,806.31 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMONS, JOHN J | Employer name North Merrick UFSD | Amount $75,806.21 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, GWENDOLYNN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,805.94 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, SUSAN J | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $75,805.60 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIDOCK, EDWARD H | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $75,805.55 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEYER, PETER J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $75,805.32 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEE, MICHAEL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,805.06 | Date 08/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, DAWN E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $75,805.00 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DAISY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,804.75 | Date 09/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, JEFFREY P | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $75,804.70 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, FRANCIS V | Employer name Boces-Del Chenang Madis Otsego | Amount $75,804.50 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELISLE, KRISTEN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,804.17 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTON, KELLIE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,804.09 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JEFFREY S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,803.60 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIOLE, DAVID | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $75,803.52 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, MARY E | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $75,803.29 | Date 09/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POINSETTE, ATIF B | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $75,802.99 | Date 03/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEISEL, ROBERT T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,802.97 | Date 08/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, JANE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $75,802.40 | Date 02/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, KAREN L | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $75,802.40 | Date 10/17/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, NANCY | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $75,802.34 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLORY, GORDON A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,801.37 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTLAKE, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,801.33 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MILLAN-LAWRENCE, NIKKI | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $75,800.82 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANFARDINO, JAMES A, JR | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $75,800.66 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERAS, ERICK C | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $75,800.65 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, EDWARD L, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $75,800.14 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZODAN, JENNIFER | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,799.42 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGEL, BETHANNE | Employer name Bryant Library | Amount $75,799.29 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FOREST, GUERDA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,799.12 | Date 02/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONIFACE, KEITH M | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $75,799.00 | Date 03/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVILAND, RAYMOND L, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,798.80 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DAN D, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,798.41 | Date 04/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CATHERINE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $75,798.26 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JAMES E | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $75,798.24 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALPH, PATRICIA A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $75,797.49 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRASECKA, WANDA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $75,797.30 | Date 05/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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