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 SHENOUDA, MINA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,931.53 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROTZ, RYAN E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $74,929.97 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWAN, ROSEMARY G | Employer name NYS School For The Blind | Amount $74,929.94 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FOREST, JOANNE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $74,929.76 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRIOLA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,929.54 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEFORTE, DENISE J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $74,929.32 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTHRUP, DONALD D | Employer name Village of Waterloo | Amount $74,929.22 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, JESSICA | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,928.85 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $74,928.66 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACHMAN, ANTHONY F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,927.96 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPIZO, SUZETTE | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $74,927.78 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, DEON A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $74,927.01 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLAY, DEBRA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,926.54 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERHALT-LEVESQUE, EVA M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $74,925.66 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSINS, JEFFREY J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $74,925.02 | Date 11/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, DEREK M | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $74,923.80 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAHLI, PAULA S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $74,923.47 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAEZ, MICHELE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $74,923.47 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SALVO, LUCINDA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $74,923.47 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODMAN, LORI B | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $74,923.47 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCI, RUDOLPH A, JR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,923.41 | Date 04/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAIT, THOMAS J, III | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $74,923.36 | Date 03/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, TIFFANY M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,923.33 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVILLA, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $74,923.20 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, SHANNAN C | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $74,923.02 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITCH, ROBERT F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $74,922.91 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC FARLAND, JAMES M | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $74,922.75 | Date 04/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSETT, MICHELLE L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,922.06 | Date 11/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZINET, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $74,921.62 | Date 11/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, JOHN J | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $74,921.44 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOHWINKEL, KURT W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,921.04 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMPA, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $74,920.93 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, KATHLEEN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,920.71 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DANIEL J | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $74,920.68 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LE CUYER, NORINE A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $74,920.65 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRZEJEWSKI, DANA J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $74,920.53 | Date 03/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARD, RYAN C | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $74,920.45 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BREITENFELD, MICHAEL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.39 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, DONALD C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.30 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEELY, MARIA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.27 | Date 10/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASELLA, DAVID A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.26 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIELLE, ELAINE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.26 | Date 01/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDIN, ELEANOR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.25 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, CARLA R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.24 | Date 11/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COREY, FRANCINE A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.21 | Date 08/26/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, DAWN A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,920.21 | Date 06/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKABRY, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $74,919.98 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, HARRY | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $74,919.88 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, JAMES C | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $74,919.82 | Date 08/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYERS, LISA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,919.62 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEINSCHMIDT, ASHLEY M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,919.57 | Date 05/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, PAMELA P | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $74,918.79 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GULLAM, MATTHEW J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $74,918.47 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBASSO, DOREEN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,918.35 | Date 11/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANTES, JEANSON | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $74,918.26 | Date 08/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, PHILIP T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,917.58 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUTENSCHUETZ, JASON R | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $74,916.93 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYLONG, WAYNE R | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $74,915.61 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERGER, KENNETH A, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $74,915.57 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAMILLERI, SAMUEL M | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $74,915.21 | Date 02/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHAM, JOHN D | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $74,915.21 | Date 01/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARI, AMY C | Employer name Lewiston-Porter CSD | Amount $74,914.46 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KEM M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $74,914.23 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWLES, JACK L | Employer name Seneca Falls-Csd | Amount $74,914.15 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, IAN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,913.70 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAFFERTY, COLIN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,913.19 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVITSKY, SCOTT M | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $74,913.17 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, DANIELLE R | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $74,912.88 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JAMES M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,912.77 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, FRANCISCO J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,912.60 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ROBIN S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $74,912.49 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, TENE N | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $74,912.27 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NARDO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $74,911.57 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, JOSEPH C | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $74,911.13 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAHN, JEFFREY D | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $74,909.88 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARK | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $74,909.66 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMUTEK, PAUL | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,909.63 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBL, STEVEN D | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $74,909.24 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DEANNA | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $74,908.99 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESTLE, SCOTT E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $74,908.96 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVES, DIANE M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $74,908.60 | Date 09/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORIOLES, RICHARD T | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $74,908.49 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LELLA, STEPHEN M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $74,908.37 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILION, CHARLES J | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $74,907.70 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERMIN, JULIAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $74,907.60 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HALLORAN, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $74,907.41 | Date 05/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONE, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $74,907.32 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, CHERRY L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,907.14 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLOGNA, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $74,906.48 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLUZZO, CARLO | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,906.34 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARLO, JOHN P, JR | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $74,906.23 | Date 09/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELL, LORI B | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $74,906.21 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVINESE, ROCCO | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $74,906.05 | Date 08/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIPPERS, GERALD E | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $74,905.52 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, ANDREA S | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $74,905.38 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURBEVILLE, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $74,904.37 | Date 09/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, DWAYNE C | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $74,904.36 | Date 08/17/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DANA M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $74,904.09 | Date 02/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, STACY M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $74,903.83 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAVINO, RICHARD M | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $74,903.55 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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