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 COLLAZO, CARLOS | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $73,585.74 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, SHEY T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,585.64 | Date 05/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, BRANDON L | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $73,585.57 | Date 11/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JAHMEEK M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $73,584.96 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, BRANDON J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $73,583.50 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKEL, PAUL J | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $73,583.11 | Date 12/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KENNETH N, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $73,582.95 | Date 05/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERFIELD, TODD C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,582.91 | Date 10/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEHLE, GREGORY A | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $73,582.89 | Date 03/13/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Lewiston | Amount $73,582.20 | Date 01/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDDY, JASON J | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $73,582.07 | Date 09/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PAGE, DONALD W | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $73,581.15 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JOSEPH P, SR | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $73,580.79 | Date 02/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALESSANDRO, JEFFREY A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $73,580.74 | Date 12/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O DELL, JONATHAN M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $73,579.59 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFER, CAROL L | Employer name Rush-Henrietta CSD | Amount $73,579.56 | Date 07/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KIM L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $73,579.47 | Date 05/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, GARTH H | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $73,579.18 | Date 05/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANSOME, AYANA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $73,579.13 | Date 02/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIES, JONATHAN K | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $73,579.07 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CONNO, JAMES A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,578.93 | Date 03/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, FLORENCE C | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $73,578.81 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, LLOYD V, JR | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $73,578.67 | Date 09/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, NELSON E, III | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $73,578.64 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEJESUS, FERNANDO | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $73,578.62 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVRE, ROBERT C | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $73,578.33 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAID, RAFIQ | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,577.83 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, DANIEL | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $73,577.59 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALYLUIKO, MARIA | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $73,577.57 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBY, JARROD P | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $73,577.27 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHUNIAK, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $73,577.24 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, MICHELE L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $73,577.16 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNAS, MARK D | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $73,576.42 | Date 10/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPMAN, MATTHEW C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $73,576.13 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPOLA, PETER D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,575.79 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, THOMAS J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $73,575.79 | Date 04/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEO, SARY | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,575.58 | Date 01/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALETTO, JORGE W | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $73,575.12 | Date 08/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHINGER, DAWN E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,575.04 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $73,574.97 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, AMY R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $73,574.84 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHROSTOWSKI, NORBERT | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $73,574.53 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODEN, GEORGE E | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $73,574.50 | Date 07/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, MICHAEL J | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $73,574.10 | Date 06/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, ANDREW E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $73,573.46 | Date 08/08/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINNICK, JUDITH A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $73,573.39 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, LUCREZIA J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $73,573.27 | Date 12/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, FLOYD L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $73,572.90 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOONSHOFT, MARK D | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,572.81 | Date 05/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NADIA C | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $73,572.66 | Date 06/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COBIAN, EVELYN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $73,572.61 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNING, ROBERT C | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $73,572.53 | Date 03/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKETT, ROBERT L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,572.38 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEITZ, EDMUND M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $73,572.09 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADWAY, DEBBIE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $73,571.54 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $73,571.29 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADER, RANDY L | Employer name Town of Victor | Amount $73,571.13 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPADAKIS, ANNA | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,571.01 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, SHEENA R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,570.84 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAD, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $73,570.59 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAPTURA, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $73,569.96 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL S | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $73,569.77 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDOLPH, KEVIN | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $73,569.50 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ROSCOE H, JR | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $73,569.44 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA, MEGHAN E B | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $73,569.00 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JEFFREY P | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $73,568.55 | Date 09/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSANO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $73,568.33 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALCARCZYK, SCOTT T | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $73,568.08 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUNKE, LISA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $73,567.84 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, NICHOLAS | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $73,566.20 | Date 11/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRITO, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $73,565.75 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWTHORN, KARL F, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $73,565.50 | Date 01/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OLOUMI, NAHID | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $73,565.20 | Date 12/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, STEVE A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $73,564.85 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDELMAN, JOYCE C | Employer name Valley Stream Chsd | Amount $73,564.54 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUREK, LISA M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $73,564.50 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, ROXANNE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,564.40 | Date 05/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ORNUM, DARREN D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $73,564.33 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIRINGER, DAVID G | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,562.88 | Date 07/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, CHAD B | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $73,562.71 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANSLE, STEPHEN L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,562.35 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROUILLETTE, MELANIE | Employer name Madison CSD | Amount $73,562.20 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, KAREN | Employer name Freeport Memorial Library | Amount $73,562.18 | Date 09/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, JOHN F | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $73,562.09 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, HOLLY S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,562.05 | Date 08/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, AMY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,560.84 | Date 08/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, DAVID | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,560.27 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANN, DEBBIE A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,559.98 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, RICHARD P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $73,559.92 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRONSKI, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $73,559.82 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVE, JASON T | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $73,559.15 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAVESKI, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $73,559.02 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOOMFIELD TAYLOR, PAULINE E | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,558.93 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, LUCINDA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $73,558.77 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSMAN, KEVIN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,558.67 | Date 03/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, PAUL | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,558.54 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BARRE, SEAN D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $73,558.47 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELION, JOHN F | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $73,557.91 | Date 11/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, JACKIE J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $73,557.54 | Date 04/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, ROBERT | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,557.03 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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