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 WAGNER, THOMAS K | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $73,716.48 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $73,714.23 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPPER, DAVID K | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $73,714.03 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, JAMES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,713.82 | Date 07/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,713.70 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOONAN, JAMES G | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,713.70 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, NANNETTE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,713.70 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, DORINE G | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,713.70 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, JANE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,713.70 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASIK, KRISTY A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $73,713.21 | Date 11/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFSHAR, TAIMOUR H | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $73,713.18 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREAVES, JENNIFER A | Employer name Setauket Fire District | Amount $73,712.90 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNISTER, JOE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $73,712.87 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREITMAN, LORI S | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $73,712.00 | Date 07/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALIERE, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Town of Goshen | Amount $73,711.28 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIFULCO, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $73,711.13 | Date 04/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBITT, JUDITH A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,710.80 | Date 04/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHFORD, LAUREN A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $73,710.68 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOXALL, DANIEL C | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $73,710.51 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDEY, ANDREW G | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $73,709.79 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLILAND, MARGARET R | Employer name Rondout Valley CSD at Accord | Amount $73,709.75 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, NICHOLE D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,709.51 | Date 09/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFEBVRE, LAURA L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,709.51 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELROY, DAVID W | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $73,709.49 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUCS, MORGAN E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,709.28 | Date 07/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAISTRUK, IRYNA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $73,709.07 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASHENKO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,708.83 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GREGORIO, MATTHEW D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,708.34 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, SUSAN M | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,708.29 | Date 01/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, DANNY L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $73,707.96 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEBER, RONALD S | Employer name Owego Apalachin CSD | Amount $73,707.79 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, HUMBERTO | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $73,707.60 | Date 09/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KEITH A | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $73,707.40 | Date 11/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESLIE, DEBORAH L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $73,707.40 | Date 07/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABONTE, DONALD STEVEN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $73,707.40 | Date 01/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGERE, PAMELA K | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $73,706.87 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PARTLAND, CASEY J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,706.83 | Date 12/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANDORF, JAMES R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $73,706.56 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHORVAS, GREG S | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $73,706.37 | Date 06/01/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $73,706.27 | Date 11/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, WILLIAM G, JR | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $73,706.26 | Date 04/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURE, ALLYSON R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,706.22 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, NICOLAS R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $73,705.69 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, ROBERT W | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $73,705.50 | Date 07/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENCK, DAVID C | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $73,705.46 | Date 06/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZIO, PHILLIP | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $73,704.87 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDWARE, PEGGY E | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $73,704.49 | Date 05/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGUCCI, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $73,704.15 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, DAVID B | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,702.55 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, ALAN | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $73,701.55 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULARZKO, LORETTA | Employer name Dobbs Ferry UFSD | Amount $73,701.03 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOZNIAK, JOHN S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,700.87 | Date 11/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILESKY, ELAINE P | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $73,700.68 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIER, JOHN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $73,698.94 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROULEAU, MARK C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $73,698.94 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVISON, ALISON E | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $73,698.69 | Date 03/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, MICHAEL W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,698.68 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYALA, RAUL | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $73,698.66 | Date 07/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, JESSE F | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $73,698.63 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEO, STEVEN F | Employer name Lyons CSD | Amount $73,698.45 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERES, DAVID C | Employer name Lackawanna Mun Housing Auth | Amount $73,698.35 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, KIMBERLY L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,697.73 | Date 05/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, VINCENT | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,697.58 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAQUE, MD M | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $73,697.54 | Date 03/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIENA, MICHAEL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,697.45 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISEY, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,697.08 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, SHAKENA T | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,696.43 | Date 12/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JOHN L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $73,696.06 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIA, CHRIS S | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $73,695.76 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTH, ERIC J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $73,695.69 | Date 04/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MILLAN, VIRGUE | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $73,695.60 | Date 03/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, SUSAN E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,695.51 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INERNEY, PAUL D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,694.90 | Date 06/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, KEVIN M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $73,694.35 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, DANIEL P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,694.20 | Date 08/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,694.20 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKARD, LISA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,694.20 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHACKNER, KAREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,694.20 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIANO, MICHAEL | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $73,694.14 | Date 06/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ROOSEVELT, III | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $73,694.13 | Date 02/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHEN, ROBERT G | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $73,693.33 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MARIXSA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $73,693.06 | Date 03/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKS, SCOTT W | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $73,693.05 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, NATHANIEL P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,692.54 | Date 01/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, WENDELL N | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $73,691.82 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURIE, RICHARD | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,691.81 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULNAC, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $73,691.56 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, NATHAN T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,691.33 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIST, ANDREW F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $73,690.70 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THALLER, DAVID J H | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $73,690.24 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, CARRIE M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $73,690.00 | Date 01/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOTEL, ROBERT S | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $73,689.95 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLINGHAST, ANDREA G | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $73,689.68 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTERO, JOSE A | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $73,689.38 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRARCHE, FRANK D, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,689.24 | Date 10/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHMEDOVIC, ANDREA C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,688.90 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MANNA, ALESSANDRO M | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $73,688.77 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANMUGNAI, MICHAEL | Employer name Smithtown Fire District | Amount $73,688.47 | Date 10/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VYSHNYVETSKYI, OLEG | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $73,687.62 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMASCA, DIANA E | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $73,687.61 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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