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 MOUNCE, ROGER | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $75,729.09 | Date 03/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHL, RANDALL | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $75,728.64 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, KERRY L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,728.01 | Date 04/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICK, JEREMY D | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $75,727.65 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MELANIE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,727.55 | Date 03/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULZAC, ERIN P | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,727.34 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, SHITAL | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $75,726.18 | Date 10/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANOSKY, DAVID R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $75,726.18 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, KEVIN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,726.13 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, WILLIAM K | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,726.13 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAN, BRIAN D | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,726.10 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUELS, JEROME L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $75,726.00 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, ANTHONY J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,725.97 | Date 05/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODDY, DEREK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,724.77 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EUGENE, MARIE-CLAUDE D | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $75,724.64 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICE, MARK A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $75,724.52 | Date 07/10/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, HAROLD H | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $75,724.00 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONATO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $75,723.45 | Date 05/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITTLEMAN, JAMES A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $75,723.39 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERSITZ, JEREMIAH W | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $75,723.05 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGOTT, CHAD E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $75,722.85 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, FRANK M, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,722.39 | Date 06/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, RICHARD T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,722.19 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRANTONIO, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $75,721.82 | Date 07/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ARDELLA J | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $75,721.72 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, MICHAEL C | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $75,721.69 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZENO, JAMES | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $75,721.10 | Date 08/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, SHIRLEY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,721.06 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, OLGA S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,721.05 | Date 09/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGNA, THOMAS A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $75,721.03 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, WILLIAM A | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $75,720.51 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, MICHELLE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,720.46 | Date 02/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISKURA, RAYMOND | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,720.02 | Date 01/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, RANDY J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $75,719.80 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAOUETTE, SHIBLEY M, III | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,719.72 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $75,719.18 | Date 10/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYKINS, RUBY L | Employer name Lakeview Public Library | Amount $75,719.00 | Date 10/03/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMMER, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $75,718.86 | Date 06/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, SUSAN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,718.63 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, CARLOS A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $75,718.48 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, DOUGLAS G | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $75,718.18 | Date 06/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, ELAINE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,718.00 | Date 06/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERI, LAURA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $75,717.87 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASOFSKY, MARIA R | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $75,717.48 | Date 03/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENDELS, LOUIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,716.21 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNIEWICZ, GERALD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,714.58 | Date 03/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DENNIS M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $75,714.54 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE POPAS, PAUL | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $75,713.77 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, ALIDA | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $75,713.42 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVERS, MICHELE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $75,712.79 | Date 05/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, KIM R | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $75,712.78 | Date 01/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTOR, ROSANNA E | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $75,712.69 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINKE, PATRICIA K | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $75,711.82 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JASON | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $75,711.47 | Date 10/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERSITZ, ROBERT A | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $75,711.46 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMARIS, DIANNE G | Employer name Schuyler County | Amount $75,711.24 | Date 08/24/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, PETER | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $75,710.22 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFER, DONALD J | Employer name SUNY College Techn Cobleskill | Amount $75,708.33 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARCIA | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $75,707.63 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADO, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $75,707.58 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLOUGH, SANDRA MAYS | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $75,707.50 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGGERS, DEBORAH D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,707.35 | Date 07/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, MARK J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $75,707.10 | Date 05/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLCOTT, HAROLD D, II | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $75,706.80 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, ROBERT J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,706.73 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOROSCHETZ, PAUL P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,706.35 | Date 02/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENRIDGE, KEVIN G | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $75,706.08 | Date 01/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JENNIFER | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $75,705.85 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO CASCIO, LINDA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $75,705.61 | Date 01/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ELVIS | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $75,705.44 | Date 11/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, KRISTINA A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $75,705.36 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTIN, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $75,705.09 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $75,705.04 | Date 12/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORTHROP, DEAN A | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $75,704.63 | Date 03/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIPPER, KAREN B | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $75,704.62 | Date 11/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ALEXIS M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $75,704.44 | Date 02/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULL, MICHAEL F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,704.24 | Date 10/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SANTIS, DONNA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,704.19 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALBFINGER, ROGER A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $75,703.15 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DANIEL R | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $75,703.13 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCHEM, JODIE C | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $75,702.42 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUDIA, MICHELLE A | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $75,702.20 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDETTE, STEPHEN T, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,701.71 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWSE, CORTNEY L | Employer name Warren County | Amount $75,701.63 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVETO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,701.46 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHALA, MELISSA A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $75,701.10 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $75,700.55 | Date 09/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST HILAIRE, MARK D | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $75,700.52 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVIOLETTE, KATHY J | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,699.94 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDAK, GREGORY G | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $75,699.77 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERNE, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,699.70 | Date 03/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, JOSE A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $75,699.62 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, KEITH A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $75,699.60 | Date 10/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DEVITT, CHARLES J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,699.10 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, FREEDA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,698.94 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRISI, PALMA | Employer name Village of Pt Washington North | Amount $75,697.88 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, TODD J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $75,697.79 | Date 12/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODSON-STEWART, JEANNE D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $75,696.88 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $75,696.29 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRONG, ANN M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $75,696.27 | Date 09/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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