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 ASSAD, AYESHA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,084.79 | Date 02/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROMAN, KELLY | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $73,084.48 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, HERBERT A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $73,084.26 | Date 09/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREL, TOMASZ | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,084.26 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, IRYNA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,084.04 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPAY, GEORGE J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $73,083.92 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORELLANA, MARIA A | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $73,083.37 | Date 07/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, LAUREL A | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $73,083.25 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUCETT, WILLIAM L, JR | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $73,083.20 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAU BRUN, YADLEY OLIVER | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $73,082.70 | Date 11/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, KERIAN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $73,082.65 | Date 09/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNEY, DEREK D | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $73,082.55 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIMARCHI, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $73,082.44 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESEL, WENDY J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $73,082.34 | Date 02/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERDS, AURALEE | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $73,082.33 | Date 10/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONS, KAREN E | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $73,082.29 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAWSON, STEVEN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $73,081.94 | Date 03/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, LORRAINE M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $73,081.33 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMJATTAN SINGH, RAVI | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $73,081.30 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMSTETTER, LEONARD M, III | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $73,080.92 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERISHKO, THOMAS A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,080.39 | Date 06/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDLAKE, ALISON M | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $73,080.20 | Date 02/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, JOHN E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,080.19 | Date 06/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DONALD, JESSICA C M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $73,080.00 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPPER, JOHN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $73,080.00 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPERFIDO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $73,079.98 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, JOHN E | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $73,079.41 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANIS, JAMES J J | Employer name Hicksville Public Library | Amount $73,079.29 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA-CABRERA, BARBARA | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $73,079.25 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEEBE, BERNARD J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,079.22 | Date 04/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, FRED J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $73,078.80 | Date 10/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAIDE, SUSAN P | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,078.39 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENEY, GENE M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $73,078.30 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, JAMES M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $73,077.88 | Date 02/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANCHER, GERALD A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $73,077.87 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GRACE, THOMAS A | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $73,077.81 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUST, DEVIN A | Employer name Village of Liberty | Amount $73,077.61 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JELONEK, TIMOTHY | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $73,077.51 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTHUR, HELEN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,077.46 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONDS, LORI J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $73,077.35 | Date 09/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTING, KATHRYN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $73,077.13 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSS, JOSHUA L | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $73,077.07 | Date 02/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, DONALD G | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $73,076.99 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZYCKI, PATRICIA D | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $73,076.80 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, CHARLES W | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $73,076.19 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUCHLAN, KELLY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,076.17 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVA, CRAIG | Employer name Town of Wappinger | Amount $73,075.63 | Date 04/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAB, JNAN C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,075.44 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUK, IRENA | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $73,075.36 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, LORRAINE | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $73,075.30 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE, MICHAEL | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $73,075.00 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOBRIS, MAUREEN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,074.80 | Date 04/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRMINGHAM, CAROL A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $73,074.76 | Date 06/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALICEA, JOSE | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $73,074.58 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, PATRICIA L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $73,074.32 | Date 06/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAMITKO, ROMAN AL | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $73,074.22 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, BRUCE A | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $73,073.55 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, AMANDA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,073.27 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, JOSEPH M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $73,073.13 | Date 01/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, KEWAL | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $73,072.87 | Date 10/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASECKE, SHAWN M | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $73,072.77 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, WILLIAM A, SR | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $73,071.70 | Date 09/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYOME, SCOTT A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $73,071.61 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZINGE, REN B | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $73,071.60 | Date 12/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $73,071.58 | Date 05/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANNON, MARK R | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $73,071.30 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERGER, STEVEN L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $73,070.70 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PRISCILLA J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $73,070.60 | Date 03/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST FORT, JEAN F | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $73,070.59 | Date 02/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWER, EDWIN S | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $73,070.55 | Date 06/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSTON-BASHNICK, TERRI L | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $73,070.23 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, CLEA D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,070.21 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSALL, DAVID P | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $73,069.94 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLIK, JONATHON T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $73,069.86 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, ANDREW K | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $73,069.63 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURKEE, NATHAN S | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,069.53 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEMAN, DANIEL I, JR | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,069.39 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $73,069.13 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, PAMELA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,069.00 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIGO, HANS A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $73,068.76 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLOWS, STEVEN D | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $73,068.65 | Date 12/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREG, DONBOSCO | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $73,067.56 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGOGLIA, KAREN A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $73,067.07 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLORIO, STEVEN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $73,066.87 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLI, MICHAEL T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,065.52 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PULIMOOTTIL, JOHN C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,065.23 | Date 07/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SHEDRICK R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,065.03 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKHOFER, KEITH L | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $73,064.96 | Date 09/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANZ, KRISTIN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,064.91 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, EUGENE G | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $73,064.82 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMO, MICHAEL T | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $73,064.62 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,064.16 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTENBACHER, KENNETH L | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $73,063.56 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI VITA, GAETANO | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $73,063.17 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, KEVIN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,062.86 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MICHELE, EMILIA M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $73,062.39 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JAMES R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,062.07 | Date 05/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALUSHA, GAIL H | Employer name Ballston Spa-Csd | Amount $73,061.92 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATECKI, PAIGE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,061.83 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELAS, MICHAEL A, JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $73,061.15 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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