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 CARR, NORMAN E, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $75,402.71 | Date 11/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMM, LISA G | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $75,402.60 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $75,402.57 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, WAYNE S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,402.57 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANGERT, ANDREW R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $75,402.17 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINNIS, CARRIE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $75,401.94 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROMBLEY, ROGER W, JR | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $75,401.72 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLANEY, MARY A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $75,401.48 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, GREGORY A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $75,401.47 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHEIMER, ROY J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $75,401.34 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASHEEN, LAWRENCE J | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $75,400.93 | Date 01/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSERT, SHARON C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,400.02 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, KIRSTEN B | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $75,400.00 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $75,399.84 | Date 12/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, GARY E | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $75,399.69 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURNESS, ADRIENNE | Employer name Town of Henrietta | Amount $75,399.40 | Date 12/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALASH, KIRK S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,399.26 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARRIER, AMANDA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,398.85 | Date 11/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMANS, JOHN M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $75,398.83 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, NANCY G | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $75,398.45 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINVILLE, DONNA J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $75,398.42 | Date 03/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, TORRE IAN | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $75,398.36 | Date 06/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, RAFAEL, JR | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $75,398.23 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YACOBUCCI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,397.55 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDYGA, BETH A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $75,397.36 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ROLAND S, III | Employer name Poughkeepsie Housing Authority | Amount $75,397.16 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOMEYER, GLENN M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $75,396.63 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARA, CATHERINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,396.40 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPIERALA, MICHAEL C | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $75,396.35 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELMENDORF, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $75,396.11 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORECKI, MATHEW K, III | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $75,395.93 | Date 06/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, KAREN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,395.65 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, MICHAEL K | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $75,395.09 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINO, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $75,394.89 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, DANIEL M | Employer name Springs UFSD of East Hampton | Amount $75,394.86 | Date 02/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, STEPHEN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $75,394.41 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, JOSEPH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,394.31 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOONER, MICHAEL S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,393.95 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOD, THOMAS M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $75,393.47 | Date 07/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORO, FABIOLA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,392.90 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVEY, JEANNE L | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $75,392.82 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIECK, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $75,392.66 | Date 07/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMOAH, EMMANUEL | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,392.61 | Date 08/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, JUANITA S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,392.61 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILANI, THOMAS A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $75,392.24 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, JOSEPH | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $75,392.10 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, ELIZABETH | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $75,391.94 | Date 06/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ALISA M, MRS | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $75,391.43 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, JOY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,391.10 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELTON, REGINALD T C | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $75,390.90 | Date 03/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, ELSA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,390.61 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, KURT L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,390.40 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $75,390.35 | Date 04/30/1966 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, JEANNINE T | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $75,390.32 | Date 04/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIGUERE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $75,389.35 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGHTY, HUGHROY A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $75,388.85 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITZMAN, KEITH A | Employer name Village of Alden | Amount $75,388.20 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTINORE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $75,387.66 | Date 05/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELDEN, DAVID P | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $75,387.16 | Date 01/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JEFFREY M | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $75,386.80 | Date 09/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNORR, WILLIAM J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $75,386.63 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KEITH A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $75,386.63 | Date 04/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,386.35 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, CHANDLER M | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $75,384.72 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Town of Highlands | Amount $75,384.58 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTAUGH, ROBERT | Employer name Commack Fire District | Amount $75,384.33 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, YUK LING | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,384.11 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALTO, ANTHONY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,384.11 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAKRIS, BROOKE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,384.09 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEZILA, STEPHEN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,383.51 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUACCI, JOHN B, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,383.04 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKYOUMB, MARK S, JR | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $75,382.68 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VADACCHINO, ANGELA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,382.22 | Date 11/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNDQUIST, JOSHUA S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,381.34 | Date 06/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JASON M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,381.32 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, KENNETH J | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $75,380.75 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARASCIA, DANA M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $75,380.19 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRISH, TARA L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $75,380.14 | Date 03/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTA, STEVEN | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $75,380.10 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIOTTI, WESLEY V | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,380.02 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANRAHAN, MARK A | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $75,379.89 | Date 08/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERSOX, DONALD F | Employer name Broome County | Amount $75,379.74 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLER, LORIN | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,379.61 | Date 03/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISER, SANDRA F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,379.51 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINIG, JOHN A, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $75,379.21 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGG, GERI | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,378.99 | Date 12/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PIERRO, DOMINICK M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,378.85 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURGICK, ANUOLA N | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $75,378.65 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANCO, EDWIN J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $75,378.60 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTULANTE, PHILIP M | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $75,378.46 | Date 10/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINS-MORRILL, CAROLYN R | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $75,378.33 | Date 11/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDENMAIER, MARK N | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,378.30 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIZZO, RALPH E | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $75,378.07 | Date 09/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KEITH I | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $75,377.54 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRMSER, CHERYL | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $75,377.50 | Date 12/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONBOY, KIM D | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $75,376.42 | Date 08/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, LEAH A | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $75,376.36 | Date 10/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARONE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,376.23 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKIS, STACEY L | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $75,375.89 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, ROBERT L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $75,375.86 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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