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 PELLEGRINI, REBECCA M | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $75,659.80 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOKUL, RENUKA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,659.40 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, WILLIAM F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,659.34 | Date 12/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Jervis City School Dist | Amount $75,658.89 | Date 08/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNKER, COLLEEN C | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $75,658.88 | Date 04/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAP, PETER LOUIS G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,658.75 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITZ, TERRENCE W | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $75,658.74 | Date 09/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINERO, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,658.48 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURD, CINDY J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $75,657.87 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAKO, BUSOLA H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $75,657.87 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOREMAN, TRACY D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,657.50 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLIGE, THOMAS L, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $75,657.37 | Date 10/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULKIN, JOSEPHINE Z | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $75,657.26 | Date 08/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPAGNIOLO, JERRY | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,657.25 | Date 02/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONANT, MELINDA S | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $75,656.85 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MAY, LOUIS H | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,656.76 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, BERNARD | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $75,656.73 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, RHONDA S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,656.18 | Date 02/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARUSSO, LISA C | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $75,656.05 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CHARLES M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $75,655.64 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVI, RICHARD J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $75,654.96 | Date 08/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, TERRY L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $75,654.51 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPERSMITH, SAMANTHA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,654.14 | Date 07/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, DAVID M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $75,653.90 | Date 03/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELOQUIN, ISABELLE | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $75,653.90 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLODOVNIK, ALLEN G | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $75,653.90 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, JACLYN A | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $75,653.90 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI DONNA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $75,653.90 | Date 10/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HALL, ERIC T | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $75,653.90 | Date 05/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, YVONNE L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,653.90 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMOR, DAWN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,653.58 | Date 10/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOAN M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $75,653.48 | Date 11/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, ADAM W | Employer name Town of Philipstown | Amount $75,652.96 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNNE, LAURA J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,652.03 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, CRAIG A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,651.96 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, ALLEN L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $75,651.57 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, TERESE L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $75,651.33 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWHIRST, JUNE L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $75,651.32 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANNAN, WILLIAM M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $75,651.21 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELITO, RONALD L | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $75,651.13 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JOANNE P | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $75,650.66 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULLEY, RONALD E, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $75,650.31 | Date 10/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $75,649.88 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANALSTYNE, DEBRA A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $75,649.87 | Date 05/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREZEE, KEVIN T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $75,649.48 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANEKAMP, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,649.42 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCH, ERIN E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,649.16 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABER, ROBERT M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,649.06 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHARLES L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $75,649.02 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORCOFF, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $75,648.75 | Date 02/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, MICHELLE | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $75,648.63 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETTE, JESSE L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,648.36 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGLER, JANICE | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $75,647.85 | Date 04/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKARD, DAVID L | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $75,647.85 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNIST, JOHANNA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,647.74 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWAKED, BASHAR Y | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,647.61 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMRIGHAUS, KRINA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,647.59 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSARRA, ARTHUR F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,647.59 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINN, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $75,647.00 | Date 05/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZETTI, DARYL | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $75,646.94 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, ROLAND | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $75,645.71 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAT, WILLIAM B | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,645.64 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, SHARON M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,645.18 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMONS, EDMUND W | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $75,645.12 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROTT, JOSHUA D | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $75,645.06 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUIR, RICHARD W | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $75,644.78 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOKES, MARCUS L | Employer name Greenburgh Housing Authority | Amount $75,644.51 | Date 09/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEDERMAIER, KEVIN P | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $75,644.23 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREZON, MICHAEL R | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $75,643.74 | Date 02/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC ELROY, MOLLY S | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $75,643.43 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDERMAN, MARY F | Employer name Boces-Sullivan | Amount $75,643.30 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, THOMAS C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $75,642.90 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, BALISHIA A | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $75,642.88 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLER, WANDA I | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,642.39 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPICER, DANE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,641.51 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSETTI, RICHARD V | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $75,641.13 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, ALLEN O | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $75,640.88 | Date 04/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHKOLNIKOV, SERGEY | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,640.52 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGLUND, GEORGE R | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $75,640.35 | Date 11/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBLE, DAVID M | Employer name Town of Ulster | Amount $75,640.09 | Date 10/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, PETER | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $75,639.97 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $75,639.97 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLETTS, DAWN M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $75,639.96 | Date 08/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIARROTTA, ANGELO | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $75,639.89 | Date 10/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZARE, MELISSA T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $75,638.97 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMLEY, LYNDON | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $75,638.93 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANOUS, TODD A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,638.70 | Date 10/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIFFERT, KATHARINE M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $75,638.68 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWCOMB, TARA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,638.40 | Date 02/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULIHAN, JAMES M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,638.36 | Date 02/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHN, KENNETH A, JR | Employer name Southern Tier Library System | Amount $75,638.27 | Date 09/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DENNIS M | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $75,637.28 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMEL, PATRICK H | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $75,637.21 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOSKA, MICHAEL R | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $75,637.21 | Date 12/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, GEOFFREY G | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $75,637.10 | Date 09/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, RENEE N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,637.03 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEDLECKI, FRANCINE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,636.74 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYCOCK, ERIC B | Employer name Tupper Lake Housing Authority | Amount $75,636.48 | Date 07/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, YESENIA | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $75,636.19 | Date 02/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRCO, JOHN L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $75,636.18 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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