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 ABOUNADER, DAVID M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $73,414.18 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, LAWRENCE O | Employer name Horseheads CSD | Amount $73,414.14 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTESON, JOHN C | Employer name Town of Clarence | Amount $73,413.65 | Date 12/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUEL, VERA B | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $73,413.55 | Date 11/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDDAUGH, KENNETH E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $73,413.38 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UELLENDAHL, JOANNE M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $73,412.27 | Date 11/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUVIA, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,411.92 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, KATHERINE L | Employer name Cohoes Housing Authority | Amount $73,411.88 | Date 04/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ-ALOMAR, LYMARILYS | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,411.77 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISSELL, RANDY J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $73,411.62 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELS, MARTIN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,411.28 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $73,411.14 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, DEBRA C | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $73,410.81 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, SALLY E | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $73,410.58 | Date 10/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, JOHN F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,410.39 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMSJO, STEPHEN A | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $73,410.24 | Date 10/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORETTI, JEFFREY T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $73,409.51 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHRLEY, TERRI L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,409.51 | Date 08/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFILIPPO, VITO W | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $73,409.36 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAEMANN, LORRAINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,409.17 | Date 06/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALE, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $73,409.14 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEILER, KELLEY B | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,409.08 | Date 07/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVIA, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $73,408.83 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, DEBORAH E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,408.56 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNE, YVONNE C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,408.56 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIDALGO, FRANK | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,408.51 | Date 06/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMPRASHAD, ALANNA T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,406.96 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JAMES A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,406.62 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ERIN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $73,406.38 | Date 07/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELEHER, MARGARET A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,406.34 | Date 10/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIBBLE, LINDA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,406.29 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDTKA, ERIC H | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $73,406.25 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, DEBORAH T | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,405.52 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKINSON, KENNETH A | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $73,404.54 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASKOW, GLORIA | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 08/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIANO, BETH A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, JANET A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 01/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPALINSKI, LANCE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 09/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERY, DENISE C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 06/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAILEY, ADELINE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, DENISE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 07/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, LOIS A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $73,404.25 | Date 10/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITJEMAN, ANTHONY P | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $73,404.05 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, FRANCES A | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $73,403.81 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMRICK, DIXIE L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $73,403.57 | Date 09/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAS, JEFFREY S | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $73,402.62 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, MITCHELL A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $73,402.61 | Date 02/02/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKEHAN, MICHELE A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $73,402.27 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREPEPI, PATRICIA A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,402.26 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, KAREN L | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $73,402.22 | Date 05/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAR, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $73,401.70 | Date 01/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEZATTE, DARCY L | Employer name Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD | Amount $73,401.67 | Date 10/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEITH, CHANTELLE Y | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $73,401.50 | Date 07/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLEBRAND, GLEN A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $73,400.87 | Date 12/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, LINDA S | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $73,400.63 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEED, JAMES J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $73,400.42 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEY, BRIAN T | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $73,400.18 | Date 03/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILE, SANDRA L | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $73,400.14 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, JERRY M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $73,399.91 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MICHELLE | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,399.40 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SETH, RAVI | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,399.30 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZASA, ROCCO A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $73,399.11 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CANEPA, ADELMA Y | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $73,398.50 | Date 10/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLESSON, NISIN | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $73,397.85 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTER, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Chemung County Library Dist | Amount $73,397.71 | Date 09/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIANO, DAVID F | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $73,397.36 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, FRANCINE M | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $73,397.15 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTAN, DANIEL P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,397.14 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, MELISSA L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $73,397.08 | Date 11/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTERLIN, SHARON L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,397.06 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINATO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $73,396.92 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIOMBA, DAVID S | Employer name Garden City Pk Fire & Water Dist | Amount $73,396.80 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, TIMOTHY N | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $73,396.53 | Date 03/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRICE, STEVEN R | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $73,396.22 | Date 02/16/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, THOMAS M | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $73,396.03 | Date 03/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SHAWN P | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $73,395.56 | Date 05/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOKS, FOREST L | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $73,395.43 | Date 01/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNES, WILLIE | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $73,395.14 | Date 02/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, SARAH L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $73,394.94 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $73,394.83 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZEN, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,394.72 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATES, NICHOLAS D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $73,394.67 | Date 01/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGOZO, ROBERT | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $73,394.51 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DELL, DENA M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $73,394.44 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, TSHEPO J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $73,394.41 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANTHONY L | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $73,394.12 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUMBOLOW, CAROL J | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $73,393.70 | Date 07/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGOLIS, ZACHARY B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,393.63 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DORENE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,393.36 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINHAS, MOHAMMED S | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $73,393.03 | Date 10/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRADER, GLORIA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,393.01 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRA, ELONA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $73,392.84 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, ROBERT THOMAS | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,392.78 | Date 09/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIE | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $73,392.74 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELARDO, PASQUALINO | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $73,392.64 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANCHO, KENNETH P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $73,392.47 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYNOR, DENISE M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $73,391.64 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILLIS, DENNIS W | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $73,391.31 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, SOPHIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,391.00 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPECHT, MICHAEL B | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $73,390.92 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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