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 HEGE, KATARINA O | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,447.61 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, JULIO | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $74,447.43 | Date 12/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAGER, KURT A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,447.40 | Date 11/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSERSMITH, JESSICA M | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $74,447.32 | Date 10/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUNDS, VICKIE L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $74,447.27 | Date 09/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEGNER, TERESA A | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $74,447.22 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARANVILLE, MARK J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $74,446.98 | Date 12/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DEREK J | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $74,446.65 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, CAHAL F | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,446.07 | Date 09/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, KATHERINE K | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,445.84 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARMA, VIKAS | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,445.63 | Date 12/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSICO, LINDA A | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $74,445.36 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GLYNN, ALAN T | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,445.24 | Date 10/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, SONIA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $74,445.11 | Date 12/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, KARRIANN | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $74,444.66 | Date 06/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, BRIAN J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,444.07 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZEPIORA, JOSEPHINE | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $74,443.63 | Date 10/13/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DANIEL, LAURA R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $74,443.55 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPERON, MOISES | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $74,443.43 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHACHER, LAURIE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,443.41 | Date 10/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYCE, MATTHEW K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,443.29 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLINGAME, ERIC M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,443.27 | Date 10/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACKEN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,442.62 | Date 07/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARLETON, JOHN A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $74,442.32 | Date 09/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR SULLIVAN, MARGARET | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $74,442.23 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, BRIAN W | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $74,442.09 | Date 09/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELEY, JAMES F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $74,442.01 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAJ, JASON G | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,441.85 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACOLLA, JAMES G | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $74,441.76 | Date 09/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREIG, JAMES A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $74,441.41 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, KEVIN M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $74,441.27 | Date 11/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELY, DAVID I | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $74,441.26 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGEN, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $74,441.24 | Date 02/07/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVATA, JOSEPH L, II | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,441.10 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINKO, PAMELA R | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $74,440.15 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULO, JASON P | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $74,440.07 | Date 05/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, STEPHEN D | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $74,439.79 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELNICK, JEREMY S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,439.62 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELCOLLE, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $74,439.30 | Date 10/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAIFI, NATASHA Z | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $74,439.24 | Date 01/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUZIO, ALFRED E | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $74,438.90 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAJEWSKI, LESLIE D | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $74,438.70 | Date 02/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAI, SURESH K | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,438.33 | Date 02/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINS, WAYNE R | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $74,438.08 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES-CADET, MAGALIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,437.82 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILGERT, RAYMOND G | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $74,437.77 | Date 11/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMPSKI, JOSEPH J, III | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,437.64 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, MARTIN P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,437.57 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWRY, JANETTA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,437.33 | Date 08/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLETT, JOSHUA | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $74,436.76 | Date 06/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, SALLY E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,436.39 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDO, JENNIFER A | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $74,436.27 | Date 09/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JUANITA L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,436.26 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADILLA, MARIBEL | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $74,436.25 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, PHYLLIS A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,435.84 | Date 05/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, PAUL M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,435.68 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEESON, JOSHUA J | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $74,435.59 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, PATRICK W | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $74,435.50 | Date 06/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, THOMAS M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $74,435.25 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULKOW, ANDREW B | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,435.09 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUGH, DAVID C | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $74,435.02 | Date 07/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUERO, EDWARD | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $74,434.84 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELKEY, SHAWN R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $74,434.83 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBYAH, TODD J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $74,434.67 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $74,434.64 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENFELD, JUDITH L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $74,434.34 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DENISE A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $74,433.02 | Date 09/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $74,433.02 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMON, PAUL J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,432.96 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, JAMES | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $74,432.91 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIE, REGINA K | Employer name Candor CSD | Amount $74,432.74 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKMAN, TE'SHANEE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,432.49 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, JOHN S | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $74,432.21 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, ROSS R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,432.03 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHER, MARK J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $74,431.69 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AMANDA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,431.67 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLENDON-WHEELER, DENISE Y | Employer name Erie County | Amount $74,431.56 | Date 09/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZKLANKA, PETER J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,431.14 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFER, JOHN D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $74,430.02 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLTORAK, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $74,429.94 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BENNETT C | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $74,429.52 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, VICKI | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,429.34 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZ, PAUL K, JR | Employer name Red Hook CSD | Amount $74,428.97 | Date 11/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, GLORIA D | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $74,428.81 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, DEBORAH M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $74,428.47 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRABERT, THOMAS L, JR | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $74,428.35 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,428.24 | Date 10/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFINA, JAMIE L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $74,427.90 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, JAMES P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $74,427.50 | Date 04/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, NEIL C | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $74,427.47 | Date 11/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMINTERI, LEONARD A, JR | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $74,427.43 | Date 07/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTENS, FREDERIC R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,427.21 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESSINI, MARY E | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $74,426.68 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYWARD, DWAYNE E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,426.64 | Date 03/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAGOW, WILLIAM N | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $74,426.42 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, MARY E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $74,425.35 | Date 03/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALOSKI, PATRICIA P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $74,425.13 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGWOOD, WARREN | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $74,425.00 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DAVID S | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $74,424.48 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, MATTHEW R | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $74,424.44 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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