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 SQUIRES, JAMES H | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,604.94 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEYFMAN, SVETLANA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,603.73 | Date 08/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWXHURST, PAUL | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $75,603.62 | Date 04/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JACQUELINE E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $75,603.32 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, ROY S | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $75,603.27 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, JOHN T, JR | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $75,603.06 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZAKIEWICZ, DAVID F | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $75,602.72 | Date 07/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, KATHY L | Employer name Town of Wilton | Amount $75,602.51 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREIER, RONALD W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,602.48 | Date 02/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, BENJAMIN C | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $75,602.45 | Date 01/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, PETER W | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,602.39 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUBIOTTI-MICHELI, BRITTANY E | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $75,602.28 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILESKI, SHAWN R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,602.17 | Date 01/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJECKI, EDWARD P | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $75,602.07 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERN, MICHAEL F | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $75,602.04 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAINES, JUNE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $75,601.56 | Date 04/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYSIAK, GAIL | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $75,601.52 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, FREDERICK W | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $75,601.34 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AROCHO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,600.49 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, LEO | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $75,600.47 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, CHAD M | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $75,600.45 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICARELLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $75,600.05 | Date 01/22/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITMAN, GENRIYETTA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $75,600.00 | Date 04/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTON, KIMARA I | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $75,600.00 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEARY, KEVIN A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $75,599.97 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITTEN, LISA | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $75,599.33 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBOSA, CHELUM M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $75,598.62 | Date 05/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANGELEWICZ, LAWRENCE R, JR | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $75,598.53 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $75,598.08 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST LOUIS, MARYSE | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $75,598.00 | Date 09/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, AMY E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $75,597.65 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,597.62 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, JOEL P | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $75,597.61 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACCABEE, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $75,597.47 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, SECRET S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,597.30 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLESINSKI, KEITH D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $75,596.80 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIDELL, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,596.51 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAUDHRY, FARUKH G | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $75,596.24 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSINI, RICHARD T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,596.20 | Date 02/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAUTIN, JESSICA C | Employer name Syosset Public Library | Amount $75,596.18 | Date 08/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAFUTO, DAVID B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,595.99 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPP, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $75,595.24 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEHER, BREILLE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,595.22 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, SUSAN K | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,594.95 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEGRIMOVSKAYA, SVETLANA | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $75,594.92 | Date 10/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFNER, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $75,594.91 | Date 12/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJILERE, CYRIL C | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $75,594.17 | Date 05/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, SALVATORE J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $75,594.15 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, LAURA DIONE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,593.92 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELC, JOHN L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $75,593.59 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TERESA M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $75,592.92 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, TASHIBA I | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $75,592.83 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLGATE, CORA MORTON | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,592.38 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JEREMY P | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $75,592.16 | Date 02/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REPERTORIO, CATHERINE | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $75,592.11 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGMANN, NORMAN T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $75,591.87 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOWNE, PHILIP J | Employer name Watertown City School District | Amount $75,591.83 | Date 02/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTI, JOHN D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $75,590.72 | Date 01/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARDONE, MATTHEW | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $75,589.76 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLASENOR, ROMANA F | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $75,589.57 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DEIDRE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $75,589.04 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, RICKY J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $75,588.66 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUEDKE, ROBERT S | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $75,588.50 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, SARAH E | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $75,588.02 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOWFOE, PHILIP R, III | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $75,587.93 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MATTHEW L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,587.63 | Date 06/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPOLLA, ROBERT | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $75,587.62 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, ROBERT R | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $75,587.12 | Date 05/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIOVANNI, ANTHONY C | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $75,586.80 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE, QUANG V | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,586.34 | Date 05/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIANA, KEITH C | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $75,585.97 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENKATE, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $75,585.80 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICK, TAMMY M | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $75,585.36 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, JOHN M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $75,584.15 | Date 09/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TINA M | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $75,583.92 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVELIZER, CHERYL A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $75,583.87 | Date 05/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCIOLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,583.87 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAREKH, HERSH K | Employer name Department of State | Amount $75,583.37 | Date 05/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, MATTHEW R | Employer name Department of State | Amount $75,583.37 | Date 05/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHAVARRIA, JOEL | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $75,583.36 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, MICHELE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,583.23 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORMAND, NICOLE A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $75,583.16 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAVON, STEVEN R | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $75,583.11 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, MARK E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $75,582.92 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISTRETTA, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dansville CSD | Amount $75,582.63 | Date 10/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESSESOW, PAUL J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $75,582.27 | Date 11/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMMES, LORI | Employer name Tri-Valley CSD at Grahamsville | Amount $75,581.76 | Date 03/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, DALE C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,581.63 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLARD, ANDREW E | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $75,581.28 | Date 12/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEURY, LORI J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $75,581.17 | Date 10/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, DAVID J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,580.99 | Date 03/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAJDA, LINDSAY M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,580.88 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARACAPP, JOHN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,580.43 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIOTTO, JOSEPH | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,579.52 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, DENNIS M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $75,579.21 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENG, KANG-TING | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $75,579.19 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENNER, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $75,579.01 | Date 03/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $75,577.97 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERREIRA, LUANA Y | Employer name Department of State | Amount $75,577.81 | Date 10/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ERIC M | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $75,577.09 | Date 09/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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