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 CADDELL, ANDREW L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ROSARIO A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 09/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKS, CRYSTAL | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARYCHEVA, YELENA Y | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOM, HELEN X B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAN, NGUYET T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORCH, MYLES F, II | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, RANDOLPH C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNES, JAMILA S | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 02/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOT, TONI M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, CARMEN | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRATISAX, ERIN E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSMITH, JAMES R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNN, THOMAS M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, MARY C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKEZIE, BEATRICE O | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSH, MELANIE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDIFORD, ALTHEA R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,971.01 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, JENNIFER A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,970.87 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, CHARLES C | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $73,970.45 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAFFT, WILLIAM J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,970.28 | Date 04/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERAS, DAISY I | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,970.19 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGARDUS, DUANE G | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $73,969.87 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, TRACEY A | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $73,969.80 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, CRAIG E | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $73,969.74 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWHOUSE, JUSTIN W | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $73,969.62 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, THERESA | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $73,969.26 | Date 12/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, TARA | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $73,969.16 | Date 06/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRERO, HEATHER A | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $73,969.16 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, NANCY C | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $73,968.25 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SECK, MAMADOU | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,967.94 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIMBECK-MURDIE, CATHERINE M | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $73,967.84 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BOMBARD, ERIC A | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $73,967.38 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIAS, OSCAR A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $73,967.26 | Date 01/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, SARAH E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,967.14 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, DANIEL P | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $73,966.53 | Date 04/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMILIG, JONATHAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $73,966.43 | Date 05/06/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, GLORIA C | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $73,966.31 | Date 08/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZULLICH, ROSANNA K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,966.02 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AWAD, GEORGE C, JR | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $73,965.30 | Date 11/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JASON C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,964.76 | Date 08/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARD, KEVIN M | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,964.72 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPLIN, DAVID C | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $73,964.41 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIACOMO, DEBORA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,964.34 | Date 04/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIAN, MICHELLE A | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $73,964.24 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DWAYNE E | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $73,964.21 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATESIC, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,964.14 | Date 02/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, WENDY E | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $73,963.93 | Date 03/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,963.76 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSOVSKY, KAREN A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $73,963.30 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTIERREZ, ADELE | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $73,963.15 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOZEMPA, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $73,963.15 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, THOMAS M | Employer name S Tier West Reg Plan,Dev Bd | Amount $73,963.12 | Date 04/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLAIN, BARBARA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,963.10 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, FAITH A | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,963.09 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HISLOP, WILLIAM | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $73,962.98 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMANS, WILLIAM D | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $73,962.39 | Date 06/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAVIGAN, THOMAS J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $73,962.16 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZIONE, JOHN P | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $73,962.15 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, THOMAS F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,961.58 | Date 03/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATANIA, EMANUEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,961.58 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVAZZINI, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,961.58 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAI, VIDYA D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,961.58 | Date 04/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPIAN, STEPHEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,961.58 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIDHAJECKY, CAMILLE L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,961.58 | Date 09/06/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHONG, IVY L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,961.55 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERN, MARIAN H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,961.28 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBO, VICTORIA A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $73,961.18 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDBAUER, SUE A | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $73,961.12 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, GARNET D, II | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,960.92 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DENNIS A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,960.43 | Date 09/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIPOLLS, ANGEL | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $73,960.21 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Heuvelton CSD | Amount $73,960.14 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, URIEL L | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $73,959.86 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, TERRELL C | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $73,959.77 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN CISE, ANN L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $73,959.60 | Date 02/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHLUKER, BENJAMIN | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $73,959.50 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPARCO, RANDY M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,959.36 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKI, GEOFFREY E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,959.26 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADULA, DONNA J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $73,959.14 | Date 05/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, BARRY JACK | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,958.25 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERN-SMITH, CATHRYN F | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $73,958.23 | Date 12/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNA LUCKMAN, IVONNE F | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $73,958.10 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,957.74 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, PETER M | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $73,957.52 | Date 01/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTEGA-CANDELARIO, MARITZA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $73,957.43 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, RANDOLPH A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $73,957.31 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGADON, ALICIA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,956.59 | Date 05/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKING, TOBY E J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $73,956.04 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACBETH, MARY JEANNE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $73,955.94 | Date 02/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, KEITH G | Employer name Education Department | Amount $73,955.82 | Date 09/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALI, ELSAYED A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,955.54 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGGI, MICHAEL A, JR | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $73,955.05 | Date 05/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MICHAEL A | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $73,955.03 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZAUNIK, JOAN | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $73,954.95 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELLS, SANDRA L | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $73,954.51 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVNANI, KISHAN D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,954.32 | Date 11/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTS, KRISTEN N | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $73,954.23 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITAL, BERNARD | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $73,954.02 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, HENRY L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,953.92 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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