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 MERRILL, EKATERINA Y | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $73,664.68 | Date 05/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, DAVID R | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $73,664.56 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELONI, MARCELLO N | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $73,664.35 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,664.33 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, BRENDA J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $73,664.15 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, EDNA L | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $73,663.84 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COAKLEY, DAVID M | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $73,663.61 | Date 07/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COTE, ANGELA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,662.39 | Date 11/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, COLLEEN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,662.18 | Date 04/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, JORGE | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $73,662.15 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APOSTOLICO, ROSEANN | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $73,661.74 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZMCKEARIN, MICHELE | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $73,661.63 | Date 09/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAGNOLA, LINDA M | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $73,661.50 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, RICHARD H | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $73,660.92 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERUBINO, MELISSA A | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $73,660.91 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRENDA G | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $73,660.86 | Date 04/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHEL, GREGORY K | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $73,659.88 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONBOY, REGINA T | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $73,659.86 | Date 06/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAVAN, JOHN P | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $73,659.80 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNELLI, BALDASSARE | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $73,659.52 | Date 03/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROTHKOPP, BRIAN F | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $73,658.96 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOUCAUD, LYNDON S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,658.47 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, FRANK | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $73,658.23 | Date 12/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCLAY, CONRAD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,658.21 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, BARRY | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $73,657.94 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXIE, LINDA B | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,657.01 | Date 03/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRI, MICHELE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,656.51 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADONIA, MICHAEL T | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $73,656.34 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JAMES A | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $73,656.27 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNELL, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $73,656.08 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POINDEXTER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,656.04 | Date 07/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURINO, VALERIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,655.87 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, JAMES E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,655.60 | Date 08/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERAS, SUSANA R | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $73,654.94 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Natural Heritage Trust | Amount $73,654.00 | Date 05/14/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGARTY, PATRICE F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $73,653.95 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $73,653.80 | Date 03/22/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SEAN P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $73,652.40 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUCCIO SLICHKO, JULIENNE M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $73,652.31 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, DAWN MARIE | Employer name Albany County | Amount $73,652.08 | Date 08/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALOVERA, MELVIN S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,651.88 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUBER, PAUL S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,651.04 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, YAHNIQUE J | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $73,650.90 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIN, ELLEN T | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $73,650.67 | Date 05/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGER, KRISTI M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $73,650.45 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRESETT, MELINDA S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $73,650.22 | Date 06/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE-GUZIKOWSKI, KAREN O | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $73,650.21 | Date 08/16/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, WILLIAM R | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $73,650.06 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RASHFORD, NICOLE J | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $73,649.45 | Date 12/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKS, CORY N | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,648.83 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWICKI, SHIRLEY C | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,648.64 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINKLER, WALTON J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $73,648.45 | Date 09/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONRAD, MEGANNE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,648.21 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MACCHIA, BRANDY R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,648.21 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, NANCY C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,648.11 | Date 10/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGEANT, RONA I | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $73,648.07 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, KEVIN M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $73,647.96 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, LINDA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,647.52 | Date 12/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, APRIL M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,647.14 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, ROBERT A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,646.91 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAIGNEAULT, RAYMOND J | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $73,646.66 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHIMENTO, JOHN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,646.51 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANSKI, MICHELLE M | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $73,646.41 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEVAN, JOSEPHINE | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $73,646.31 | Date 03/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTT, LEE F | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $73,645.68 | Date 11/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIAGO, GAIL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,645.58 | Date 06/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRBY, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,645.58 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARON, NEIL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,645.58 | Date 05/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRONES, MATTHEW | Employer name Assembly: Annual Part Time | Amount $73,645.26 | Date 02/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETZER, JAMES J | Employer name Town of La Grange | Amount $73,644.23 | Date 05/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, PAUL A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $73,643.72 | Date 08/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTOR, LAURENCE B | Employer name Jericho Public Library | Amount $73,643.62 | Date 05/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, CHRISTIE | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $73,642.96 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, JAMES A | Employer name Village of Tivoli | Amount $73,642.68 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, HEATHER M | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $73,642.65 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTORE, CLAUDIA | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $73,642.50 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURYEA, BECKY A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $73,642.08 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAGHAN, PATRICK D | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $73,641.70 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, LAURY L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,641.31 | Date 05/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNS, ELANA T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,640.56 | Date 08/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OECHSNER, OWEN R | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,640.37 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAKES, PETER R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,639.89 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, VERNON R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,639.84 | Date 10/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY-HAMMARSTEDT, VAN J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,639.84 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, MEGAN L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,639.84 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, LISA C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,639.84 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE-LOOP, ERICA L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,639.84 | Date 11/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAEF, MICHELLE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,639.29 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, BRIAN K | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $73,639.00 | Date 09/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, VICTOR M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,638.80 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISTA, JEFFREY PAUL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,638.58 | Date 04/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCHE, PETER | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $73,638.34 | Date 05/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOZIO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,638.10 | Date 11/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ONYENAGUBO, EJIKE I, REV | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,638.01 | Date 01/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, MURIEL L | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $73,637.80 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, THOMAS J | Employer name Pleasant Valley Fire District | Amount $73,637.57 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WORRELL, TOWANA C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,637.37 | Date 07/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNSON, JASON D | Employer name Otsego County | Amount $73,637.25 | Date 12/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, JENNIFER ANN | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $73,637.20 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGUIRE, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Downsville CSD | Amount $73,636.80 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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