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 HUDSON, SCOTT A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $75,282.25 | Date 06/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANGARRA, WILLIAM | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,282.21 | Date 02/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, APRIL L | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $75,282.10 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, DIANNE T | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $75,281.85 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATOS, ALLISON B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $75,281.75 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEMBERT, DOUCHARDE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,281.10 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPPONG, JENNIFER L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $75,280.88 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESTEFANO, ARTURO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,280.71 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $75,280.20 | Date 05/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, KELLI L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $75,280.06 | Date 09/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKERRITT, ELIZABETH | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $75,279.85 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRAGIN, JOHN M | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $75,279.59 | Date 04/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFIELD, ERIC T | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $75,279.44 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, JOHN F | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $75,279.20 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, DARIN | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $75,278.68 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGU, CHIJIOKE EMEREOLE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,278.63 | Date 11/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, JEFFREY S | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $75,278.61 | Date 03/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELT, MICHEAL C | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $75,278.32 | Date 05/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, DENISE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,278.30 | Date 01/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEVERI, JOHN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,278.14 | Date 11/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBINSKY, LORIANE A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,278.07 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTH, STEVEN P | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $75,277.78 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOAN M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $75,277.70 | Date 09/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, PATRICIA | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $75,277.52 | Date 05/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEUCHERT, MARK A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $75,277.48 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIB, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,277.37 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOEPPING, KIM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,277.20 | Date 07/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, DANIEL P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $75,276.78 | Date 06/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, SCOTT T | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $75,276.49 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTES, ANTHONY C | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,276.22 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ENTRONE, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $75,276.22 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, LORENA M | Employer name North Shore Public Library Dis | Amount $75,275.42 | Date 07/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI JAMES, FRANK V | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,275.33 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUFMAN, ALLA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,275.32 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANAAN, JACQUELINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,275.20 | Date 05/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNITZ, ANTHONY J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $75,274.56 | Date 10/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, JENNIFER L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,274.42 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, BRIAN P | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $75,274.39 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVERTY, KERRI | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $75,274.38 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGELOW, LEONARD R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $75,274.24 | Date 07/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CHERISE M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $75,273.97 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JENNIFER | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $75,273.81 | Date 08/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, JAMES V | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,273.29 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCHER, CHARLES A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $75,273.16 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASCH, BRIAN A | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $75,273.14 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, GREGORY E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $75,272.80 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERER, WILLIAM J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $75,272.65 | Date 03/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ROBERT A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $75,272.34 | Date 07/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, OAKLEY, III | Employer name Bethlehem CSD | Amount $75,272.31 | Date 02/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZITO, PAUL O | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $75,272.14 | Date 08/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAYHORN, KATHRYN A | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $75,271.49 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATTRIDGE, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Riverhead Sewer District | Amount $75,271.27 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARAFOLA, PETER M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $75,271.14 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, KRISTEN M | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $75,271.14 | Date 09/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, REBECCA A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $75,270.95 | Date 11/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALOY, KATIE R | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $75,270.71 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOMES, SYLVIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, KEVIN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, MONICA B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAGG, CINDY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVNEY, SHANNON R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIKKILA, ANDREW, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUER, CINDY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, J CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAWOROWSKI, MATTHEW E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, ANGELA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, ROSAMUND C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, EDWARD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 11/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, ASTRID | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, KENNETH M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREADWELL, DENISE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIETTE, VIRGINIA P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,270.40 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DEBRA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $75,270.29 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, CHRISTINE J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $75,270.26 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSKINS, SUSAN E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $75,270.11 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMARA, DAOUDA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,269.83 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGIU, ANTHONY M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $75,269.60 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MATTHEW H | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,269.46 | Date 06/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, EDWARD R | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $75,269.11 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENT, VICTORIA | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $75,269.11 | Date 07/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, LAUREN I | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $75,268.79 | Date 11/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, SHANE M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $75,268.72 | Date 05/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, DONALD G, III | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $75,268.50 | Date 03/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUG, CATHERINE | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $75,267.83 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARDO, ROBERT C JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $75,267.42 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHOON, STEVEN W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $75,267.39 | Date 01/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, JENNIFER H | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $75,267.30 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, KATHLEEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,267.18 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKEL, JAMES O | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $75,266.31 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JAMES F | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $75,265.89 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIRD, DANNY R | Employer name Village of Arcade | Amount $75,265.72 | Date 05/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, ROBERT J | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $75,265.39 | Date 12/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAIR, DEEPA | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $75,265.29 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANTUCCIO, THOMAS M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,265.26 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZZARO, JAMES P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,265.04 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, DENISE | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $75,264.67 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, EILEEN F | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $75,264.16 | Date 08/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLY, DAVID L | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $75,264.02 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAS, SEAN A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $75,263.36 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAU, ROBERT C | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $75,263.21 | Date 08/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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