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 CURTIS, GREGG N | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $75,491.91 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRICK, JAMIE B | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $75,491.72 | Date 03/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, GERALD M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,491.52 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURAD, JACK C | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,491.44 | Date 04/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA JOIE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,491.41 | Date 06/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSINSKI, HEATHER M | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $75,491.41 | Date 10/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYHOCKI, RICHARD C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $75,491.02 | Date 04/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAPPER, TERRY M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,490.79 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA, MARIO | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $75,490.72 | Date 08/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIDGEON, MARGARET E | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $75,489.61 | Date 12/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RUBIN W | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $75,489.59 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANETTA, ANTHONY | Employer name North Bellmore UFSD | Amount $75,489.28 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ERIC R | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $75,489.22 | Date 05/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, FRANCIS J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $75,489.18 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREFIG, JAMES | Employer name Merrick UFSD | Amount $75,488.81 | Date 05/02/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMART, SHAWN L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $75,488.54 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALF, MICHAEL A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,488.36 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, RACHEL F | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,488.36 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUSCHMEIER, ROBERT J | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $75,488.15 | Date 08/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANNON, PATRICK M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,487.98 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTSMAN, SUSAN S | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $75,487.76 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIVENS, BRIDGET L | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $75,487.51 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTZ, ROBERT C | Employer name Village of Depew | Amount $75,487.37 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAMBLE, ADAM M | Employer name Port Chester-Rye UFSD | Amount $75,487.35 | Date 08/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDI, EILEEN | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $75,486.80 | Date 07/22/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ALEXANDER | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $75,486.77 | Date 04/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APOSTOL, RUTH M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,486.69 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIVUSH, SOPHIA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,486.69 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MELISSA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,486.69 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTARIELLO, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,486.69 | Date 10/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIPLIN, JOHNNY L | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,486.69 | Date 03/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEROCE, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,486.36 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINTO, JOSE C | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $75,486.26 | Date 10/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, ANA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $75,486.09 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWENSKI, MICHAEL C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $75,485.88 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, PETER F | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $75,485.13 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, THADDEUS A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $75,485.12 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, KRISTIN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $75,484.61 | Date 06/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, THOMAS P | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $75,484.42 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAVE, AARON P | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $75,483.40 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, JEREMY D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $75,482.95 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTON, PATRICK R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,481.74 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, HELENA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $75,481.23 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTZ, CARL W | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $75,481.02 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NANCE, MICHELE D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $75,480.93 | Date 01/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM N | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,480.68 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, EDWARD L | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $75,480.61 | Date 06/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, COMFORT B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $75,480.43 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, CATHERINE A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,479.15 | Date 07/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTHNER, ROBERT W | Employer name Village of Westfield | Amount $75,479.03 | Date 01/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, JAMES J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,478.94 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, MARLENE F | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $75,478.83 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LEROY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,478.55 | Date 06/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE COSTANZO, ARACELIS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,478.04 | Date 09/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARSHAN, RYAN L | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $75,477.87 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUES, LUZIA | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $75,477.85 | Date 06/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, KADAKETHU S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $75,477.74 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, SUSAN M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,477.43 | Date 01/22/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDER, STACEY L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $75,477.09 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOF, DONALD P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $75,477.04 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, ERIC C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $75,477.03 | Date 07/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOS, CATHERINE A | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $75,477.01 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULLO, ROSE | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.67 | Date 01/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.64 | Date 06/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHATZGER, ELIZABETH | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.62 | Date 03/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZEKALSKI, EMILY | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.62 | Date 03/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, KATHY A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.61 | Date 05/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSER, TERRI L | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.61 | Date 05/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENARO-COHEN, LISA | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.58 | Date 04/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANISCALCO, CLARA T | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.57 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMPE, TRISHA J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,476.56 | Date 10/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JUANITA B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,476.43 | Date 12/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEKLASA, STEPHEN D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $75,476.35 | Date 12/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SHAQUAN T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,476.15 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGSTEIN, THOMAS E | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $75,475.70 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOURIGAN, CRISTINA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,475.61 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, TAMMY M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,475.61 | Date 07/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, CHADRICK J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $75,475.61 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, ERICA K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,475.61 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, KENT P | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $75,475.31 | Date 03/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMOFAH, KWAKU O | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,475.25 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, CHELSEA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,475.03 | Date 02/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARROLL, RACHEL P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,474.97 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DERVORT, BRIAN E | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $75,474.19 | Date 02/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RALPH G, JR | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $75,473.76 | Date 02/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELKIRK, ROBERT B | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $75,473.74 | Date 11/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, JASKANWAL K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,473.17 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN SCOYK, JONATHAN R | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $75,473.06 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELVEK, STEPHEN M | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $75,472.93 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADGER, ARMONDE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,472.53 | Date 07/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLA, JEANETTE | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $75,472.45 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACCHUS, PETER A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $75,472.41 | Date 06/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, CAROLINA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,472.33 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUBASZEWSKI, BELINDA S | Employer name Victor CSD | Amount $75,472.12 | Date 08/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINERT, CURT E | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $75,471.73 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGMAN, CONNIE L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,471.63 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIBLE, GERI ANNE | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $75,471.58 | Date 10/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, LORI B | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $75,471.56 | Date 07/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, LORETT A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $75,471.45 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIXBY, LANCE D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $75,471.39 | Date 11/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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