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 WATFORD, KOBIE K | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,590.09 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARIAS, MANUEL E | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $74,589.70 | Date 05/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEALE, THOMAS C | Employer name Plattsburgh Housing Authority | Amount $74,589.17 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ERASMO, FRANK R | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $74,588.68 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $74,588.57 | Date 07/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, NEIL | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $74,588.49 | Date 05/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKNER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $74,588.06 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, MAURICE L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $74,587.96 | Date 06/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ASHLEY K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,587.52 | Date 08/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTT, CLIFFORD J | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $74,587.35 | Date 08/05/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGLEY, DANIELLE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $74,587.24 | Date 07/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITALSKI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $74,586.39 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCE, GARY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,586.31 | Date 01/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGA, JOHN A | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $74,586.12 | Date 04/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $74,585.67 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $74,585.54 | Date 02/28/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIGLE, BRANDON L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $74,585.29 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAN, CHENG JIAO | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $74,584.97 | Date 04/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNJES, CATHERINE D | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $74,584.95 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, AUDREY C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,584.36 | Date 01/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELAVAK, LORI ANN | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $74,583.94 | Date 09/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMS, SANDRALYN J | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $74,583.77 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHALIL, AHMED R | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $74,582.81 | Date 10/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, SHANNON E | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $74,582.59 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $74,582.46 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTHE, SANDRA L | Employer name Poughkeepsie Housing Authority | Amount $74,582.17 | Date 10/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATTI-IMPIERI, DONNA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $74,581.85 | Date 09/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEOHAN, MELINDA M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $74,581.50 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTIER, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $74,581.47 | Date 10/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGLESTON, KIM M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $74,581.14 | Date 03/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSTON, DANA G | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,580.89 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, MARCIAL | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,580.59 | Date 08/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVELINE, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $74,580.59 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, LYNNE M | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $74,580.31 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICHOSKE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $74,580.10 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LEE R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $74,579.61 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN LEUVEN, THOMAS A | Employer name Village of Ellenville | Amount $74,579.59 | Date 01/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADLON, ERIC E | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $74,579.52 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONS, BARBARA J | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $74,579.35 | Date 12/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKER, GARRETT M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $74,579.31 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, DAVID B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,578.80 | Date 01/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, EDITH E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,578.80 | Date 03/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGS, RONALD A | Employer name Town of Eden | Amount $74,578.72 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $74,578.67 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODSON, EILEEN M | Employer name Williamsville CSD | Amount $74,578.59 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARAUJO, JAMES E | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $74,578.31 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAHCHAN, LARA B | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $74,577.94 | Date 05/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUMBLE, PATRICK H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $74,577.84 | Date 04/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKNER, DENNIS R | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $74,577.62 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOZNICK, WILLIAM C | Employer name Village of Woodbury | Amount $74,577.49 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINNIE, HYLAND E, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $74,577.37 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, JOHN E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $74,577.12 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKELA, STEVEN J | Employer name Town of Lansing | Amount $74,577.04 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLEJNICZAK, ROBERT S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $74,576.96 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $74,576.96 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BITETTO, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $74,576.77 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, JAMES | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $74,576.67 | Date 07/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARST, LYNN A | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $74,576.51 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORTSLEEVE, JOHN W | Employer name Village of Castleton-On-Hudson | Amount $74,576.31 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDJAZI, AMBER L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $74,576.23 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARILE, EMIL G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $74,575.99 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGEL, LISA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $74,575.96 | Date 10/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONERGAN, MAUREEN A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $74,575.73 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENCK, BRIAN P | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $74,575.69 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRIMMER, MARC E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $74,575.62 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEEMA, MUDASSAR A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $74,575.14 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, LING | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $74,575.14 | Date 02/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELIN, HAROLD | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $74,575.14 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINNAGEL, ERIC A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,575.14 | Date 12/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, PETER D | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $74,574.87 | Date 03/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCO, PETE J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $74,574.84 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEARING, KELLY A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $74,574.65 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORDER, MARYANN | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $74,573.98 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASS, MICHELE F | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $74,573.54 | Date 05/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREETER, ANDREW M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $74,573.35 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, CHARLES | Employer name Hempstead Housing Authority | Amount $74,573.32 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, MARISSA A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $74,572.55 | Date 08/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JENNA G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,572.41 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESETT, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,572.00 | Date 11/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, LUIS O | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $74,571.35 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMUNALE, MARVIC D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,570.80 | Date 07/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSKOWSKI, DOROTHY | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $74,570.57 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, AIMIN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,570.47 | Date 10/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLMAN, SUSAN I | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $74,570.33 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, MONTRICE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $74,570.16 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARGARET C | Employer name Port Jefferson Free Library | Amount $74,569.76 | Date 09/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, DAWN M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $74,569.28 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC QUINN, MATTHEW A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $74,569.27 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASALOS, JOHN G | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $74,569.26 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHERS, JOANNE M | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $74,568.85 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERNESKY, JOSEPH J | Employer name Village of Fayetteville | Amount $74,568.31 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, CHARLES W | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $74,568.23 | Date 12/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, KELLEY L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,568.07 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKIMIUK-MOLIK, ALINA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,567.89 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFARDIN, PETER | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,567.66 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, RYAN P | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $74,567.55 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUNSBERY, JULIO A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $74,567.40 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANKMAN, JULIE J | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $74,566.19 | Date 12/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLOKE, DORCAS B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $74,566.12 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN-BAIA, ERIN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,566.10 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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