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 FINN, KATHLEEN | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $73,737.44 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, IONA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $73,737.24 | Date 04/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITMAN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $73,736.80 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, RAFAEL | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $73,736.68 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIU, JENNIFER | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,736.62 | Date 09/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, GENE E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $73,736.04 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGE, DENISE M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,735.83 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINKER, RUSSELL J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $73,735.72 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, SUSANNE M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,735.62 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKINS, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,735.61 | Date 12/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHUCA, ANN J | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $73,735.37 | Date 04/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERARDI, CHARLES F | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,735.06 | Date 07/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLISON, ROBERT R | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $73,734.90 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAILOR, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $73,734.76 | Date 07/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRZASKA, REBA A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $73,734.73 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLOMA, MARK J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $73,734.72 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, TIM J | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $73,733.64 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASKOWIAK, MICHAEL N | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,733.64 | Date 08/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JOHN D | Employer name Boces-Onondaga Cortland Madiso | Amount $73,733.22 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JOSEPH M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,733.11 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURRETT, BOBBY G, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $73,733.02 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHLANGU, FIKILE S | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, RAMONA T | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNFORD, THERESA J | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNSER, JENNIFER M | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 11/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, JENNIFER M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, SARAH K | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 02/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RICHARD A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ANGELO, ANTHONY R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 02/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIARDI, MEGAN K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 04/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN, MARGRET A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 04/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLEICKHARDT, NANCY A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER SHARP, HOLLY M | Employer name Authorities Budget Office | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 07/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MEGAN E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CISNEROS, JOHNNY R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 05/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AMY J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSUNGU, MILLAH N | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $73,732.79 | Date 01/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEARNS, BRYAN E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $73,732.61 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, TROY M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $73,732.43 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, RICHARD L | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $73,732.25 | Date 01/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $73,731.59 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, JOHN P | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $73,731.49 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, PEDRO | Employer name Orange County | Amount $73,731.32 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRENT, SUSAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,731.28 | Date 07/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLER, ANNE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,730.59 | Date 07/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURR, WALTER J | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $73,730.55 | Date 08/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROYCROFT, DAVID J | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $73,729.85 | Date 04/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFIO, BRUCE W | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $73,729.76 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSER, VAUGHN L | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $73,729.62 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JEFFREY D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,729.50 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GATES, JOHN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $73,729.44 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRCLOTH, MAUREEN L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,729.43 | Date 05/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURENE, JOCELYNE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $73,729.26 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICHI, JOHN R | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $73,729.18 | Date 03/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFEBVRE, JUSTIN G | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $73,728.80 | Date 03/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SCOTT D | Employer name Village of Hamburg | Amount $73,728.79 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINGER, LAWRENCE | Employer name Port Chester-Rye UFSD | Amount $73,728.75 | Date 08/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, ANDREW | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $73,728.20 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFLER, MERIDITH E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,727.98 | Date 01/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOE, ELAINE J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,727.64 | Date 12/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERLOCK, FRANK A | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $73,727.53 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGWIN, STEVEN E | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $73,727.37 | Date 09/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIHOCKI, KATIE M | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $73,727.05 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELS, LAURIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,726.21 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARACHELLI, PAUL J | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $73,725.99 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $73,725.89 | Date 09/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPKOWSKI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $73,725.66 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, LISA J | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $73,725.38 | Date 04/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKUND, SHELLEY | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $73,725.24 | Date 04/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, JASON L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,725.10 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, BENJAMIN J | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $73,724.99 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, STACY L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,724.79 | Date 01/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, JAMES C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $73,723.57 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALEIRA, NEIDE J | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $73,723.55 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONZO, DIANE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,723.20 | Date 12/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ESPOSITO, MARY ANN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $73,723.18 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORMICOLA, AMELIA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,723.17 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAXTON, MICHAEL D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $73,723.15 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONG, ELEANOR | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $73,722.20 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAN, RYAN J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $73,721.64 | Date 05/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, ROBIN M | Employer name Binghamton Childrens Services | Amount $73,721.44 | Date 09/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAREL, DANIEL J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $73,721.42 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, MARIA | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $73,721.28 | Date 07/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIEGLER, STEVEN A | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $73,720.01 | Date 10/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, MARIA E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $73,719.98 | Date 08/23/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNER, ANTHONY F | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $73,719.83 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIDON, ALISHA J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $73,719.74 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, WILLIAM D | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $73,719.49 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOCK, DANI | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $73,718.74 | Date 12/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $73,718.68 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATTANMAI, KALAVATHY V | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,718.52 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIN, TED | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $73,718.39 | Date 08/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JOHN P | Employer name Town of La Grange | Amount $73,718.35 | Date 04/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBERT C | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $73,718.13 | Date 07/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PULEO, JOSEPH G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,717.64 | Date 09/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBUR, THOMAS J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $73,717.30 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FRANCIS, BRUCE LEE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,717.13 | Date 01/31/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, BRIAN E | Employer name Town of Lewiston | Amount $73,717.07 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARHART, WILLIAM F | Employer name Albany County | Amount $73,716.99 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $73,716.90 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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