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 WARD, THOMAS H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $74,302.99 | Date 11/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUCICH, LAUREN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,302.78 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MEGAN E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $74,302.76 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOETZMANN, THOMAS W | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $74,302.13 | Date 03/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, GARY T | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $74,301.43 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, JOHN C | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $74,300.49 | Date 09/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, JUSTIN E | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $74,300.08 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALWARA, JOHN T | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $74,300.06 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTZLAFF, KEITH M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $74,299.94 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GLYNN, MARY T | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $74,299.77 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DAVID P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,299.17 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINICOLANTONIO, ANTHONY F | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,298.88 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDRIZZI, BETTIE B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,298.83 | Date 03/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VER DAGUER, HENRY G | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $74,298.73 | Date 01/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, STEVEN G | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $74,298.35 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURCELL, STEVEN D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $74,298.20 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAB, JAMES | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,297.68 | Date 04/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUATTRONE, ELANN R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,297.61 | Date 03/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UHLIG, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $74,297.42 | Date 01/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, MARK R | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $74,297.02 | Date 11/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAHNHOY | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,296.62 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRELL, BRUCE M | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $74,296.60 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIGLIO, KATHLEEN G | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $74,296.11 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROTTY, JOHN R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $74,296.08 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GURGA, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $74,296.02 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMANN, ANTHONY T | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $74,295.99 | Date 02/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, DONALD E, JR | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $74,295.97 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, JAMES R | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $74,295.79 | Date 09/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLEY, DANIEL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,295.67 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADERMAN, MARGARET E | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $74,295.66 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTON, RAND P | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $74,295.20 | Date 03/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SILVIO, FRANK | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $74,294.97 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAB, SHAHEDA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $74,294.15 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPCULKIT, YESENIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,293.92 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ANDREWS, BARBARA A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $74,293.80 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCHYNSKI, DANIEL J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $74,293.61 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICOTTA, SAMUEL D | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $74,293.53 | Date 01/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FENTON, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Rhinebeck | Amount $74,293.41 | Date 11/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAASE, STEVEN J | Employer name Town of Hamlin | Amount $74,293.25 | Date 12/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANAMAN, HAROLD L | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $74,293.14 | Date 05/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTOLECKI, MATTHEW W | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $74,292.87 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCOTT, EATON L | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $74,292.51 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAY, BARBARA A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $74,291.68 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRESE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $74,291.62 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARELLANO, ARIEL S | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $74,291.45 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMLEY, TIMOTHY C | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $74,291.43 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, KAREN M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $74,291.14 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, CARLOS | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $74,291.00 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERDE, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $74,290.99 | Date 05/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFT, BRIAN S | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $74,290.44 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU FORT, JUDITH N | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $74,290.18 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAYETANO, OLGA A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,290.16 | Date 06/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, ERIC L | Employer name Tuckahoe UFSD | Amount $74,289.43 | Date 10/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,288.87 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, JAMES R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,288.86 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIL, SAMUEL I, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,288.60 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLIDGE, MELISSA A | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $74,288.31 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALIKU, PATIENCE A O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,288.11 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEVERN, DAVID M, II | Employer name Town of North Greenbush | Amount $74,287.90 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KINZIE, DARRYL K | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $74,287.77 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGELBRECHT, BRIAN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $74,287.76 | Date 05/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCA, KEITH J | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $74,287.32 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, SCOTT I | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $74,287.02 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URGILES, CARLOS M | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $74,286.43 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVONE, MICHAEL R, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,286.31 | Date 03/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, CHAD D | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $74,286.25 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKSON, DALE R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $74,286.22 | Date 02/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKWARDT, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $74,286.22 | Date 07/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPANILE, JOANNE | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $74,286.20 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOSEPH J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,286.04 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPEAU, JEFFREY R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $74,285.80 | Date 12/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENBOW, JOHN L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $74,285.71 | Date 11/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRYSSIKOS, STACY | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $74,285.58 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTOR, ADAM S | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $74,285.47 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, RYAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,285.20 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURM, SHARON S | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $74,285.06 | Date 01/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LYNN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,285.00 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRO, SONIA | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $74,284.98 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, JEFFREY A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $74,284.83 | Date 03/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REISER, CAROL L | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $74,284.82 | Date 05/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOFFI, ROSARIO | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $74,284.47 | Date 11/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, ERICH S | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $74,284.39 | Date 04/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, BETH ANN | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $74,284.15 | Date 05/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, RICHARD J | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $74,284.13 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLASENCIA, SHANNON L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,284.08 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOMBA, KATHERINE | Employer name Erie County | Amount $74,283.68 | Date 01/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, BRUCE K | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $74,283.62 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAFFLE, ANDREA | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $74,283.37 | Date 02/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOCUM, MARGARET A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $74,283.36 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVELLE, STEPHEN | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $74,283.22 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARASZEWSKI, JOSEPH G | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $74,283.18 | Date 05/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIU, YONGZHI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,283.11 | Date 11/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, ANDREW | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $74,283.08 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORINI, JAMES M | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $74,283.08 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILTON, BRADLEY J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $74,282.79 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, LORIE A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $74,282.75 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTVIN-GIORDANO, CLAUDINE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $74,282.52 | Date 01/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, PATRICK R | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $74,282.52 | Date 06/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ALSTYNE, TRAVIS N | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,282.47 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARING, CHRISTIE J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $74,282.38 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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