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 YOUNGHANSE, JAMES B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $73,060.56 | Date 12/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRZYZAN, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,060.39 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMELINK, MICHAEL M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,060.36 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRALEY, MELISSA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,060.32 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANOSKI, DAMIAN J | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $73,060.17 | Date 05/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCARELLA, PAUL G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,059.92 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYNE, CAROLE A | Employer name Massapequa UFSD | Amount $73,059.68 | Date 09/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, DANA A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $73,059.62 | Date 03/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOJICA, JUAN A | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $73,059.19 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUEFLE, NANCY D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,059.09 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUCKROSE, SHAWN J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $73,059.08 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLAND, KELLEY R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,058.87 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, OTHELIA C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $73,058.85 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHACHTER, RONALD N | Employer name Westbury Mem Public Library | Amount $73,058.52 | Date 03/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, ANDY A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $73,058.49 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARACINO, FRANKIE A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $73,057.99 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANDO, VANESSA J | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $73,057.93 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENZINA, NATALYA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,057.60 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANO, JOANNE N | Employer name Commack Public Library | Amount $73,057.15 | Date 09/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMMELMAN, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $73,056.96 | Date 08/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHERT, JAMES R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $73,056.54 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALONG, MICHAEL B | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $73,056.53 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAMA, MICHAEL V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,056.21 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSS, FREDERICK J | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $73,056.18 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSAB, CATHERINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,056.10 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADISON, DIANE E | Employer name Colton-Pierrepont CSD | Amount $73,055.26 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUSTICE, AGADA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,055.22 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, DOUGLAS V | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $73,054.71 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLEO, JENNIFER M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $73,054.66 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTINGER, LAURA LEE | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $73,054.62 | Date 07/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPP, DEREK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,054.47 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NIGILL C | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $73,053.42 | Date 08/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, JAMONE R | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $73,053.27 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEENEY, MATTHEW S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $73,053.06 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, SCOTT L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $73,052.83 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERKEY, MATTHEW A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $73,052.74 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, MELINDA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,052.68 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, ANGELA R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $73,052.65 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARBLE, DONALD C, II | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $73,051.81 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, TANYA M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,051.64 | Date 04/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, GEORGE T, JR | Employer name Warren County | Amount $73,051.41 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JAYSON J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,051.10 | Date 06/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREGRIM, HELEN L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $73,050.61 | Date 08/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBAY, ADAM C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,050.39 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JASON S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $73,050.38 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEERSCHAERT, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,050.29 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, VINCENT V | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $73,050.02 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $73,049.98 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGUYEN, LINH M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,049.92 | Date 05/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARS, ROBERT E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,049.39 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROTH, JUSTIN D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $73,049.37 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGIO, MARZIO | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $73,049.32 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFF, DAVID E | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $73,049.30 | Date 12/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATRO, CANDACE A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $73,049.27 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, JESSICA R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,049.08 | Date 09/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, NOEMI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,049.08 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPODI, PETER J, IV | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,049.08 | Date 01/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU-BIAGI, YU F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,049.08 | Date 03/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLINGER-PACE, PATRICIA E | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $73,048.82 | Date 03/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALOUDAKIS, TED D | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $73,048.76 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOSKI, DAVID P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,048.50 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Holland Patent CSD | Amount $73,048.32 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOREMUS, LORI ANN | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $73,048.20 | Date 10/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, STEVEN G | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,047.20 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINZ, RICHARD M | Employer name Saugerties CSD | Amount $73,046.96 | Date 04/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, TRICIA E | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $73,046.81 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,046.63 | Date 07/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDUF, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $73,046.32 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVINE, SUSAN T | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $73,046.30 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, BRENDAN P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $73,045.98 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MELISSA O | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $73,045.51 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSIER, JESSE D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,045.40 | Date 07/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHOWICZ, KATHLEEN | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $73,044.50 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONIK, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $73,043.86 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CURRY, THERESA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,043.76 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, DENINE L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $73,043.70 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWITT, TANYA L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $73,043.37 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VYGRAN, LARISA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $73,042.44 | Date 02/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, CHRISTINE | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $73,042.20 | Date 11/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZALAK, DANIEL E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $73,042.14 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARAVIA, CARLOS A | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $73,041.90 | Date 12/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THERIAULT, BRIAN M | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $73,041.81 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLENN, KEVIN R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,041.50 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSAW, JAMES C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,041.02 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGDEN, KEITH B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $73,040.88 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAILLAT, MARCEL G | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $73,040.77 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLOMBEK, KELLY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,040.57 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, NOLA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $73,040.47 | Date 10/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASPARINI, AMY | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $73,040.42 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGNAN, CHARLES A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $73,040.37 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, LONNIE J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,040.25 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEREZNAK, DAVID J, JR | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $73,039.81 | Date 04/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, SANGWOO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,039.72 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, BRUCE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,039.69 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTILLOTTI, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $73,039.62 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETHERSTON, JOSEPH | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $73,038.94 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLESS, JAMES J | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $73,038.62 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, CARLOS A | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $73,038.27 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, REBEKAH R | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $73,038.18 | Date 08/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANK, LAURENCE S | Employer name Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $73,038.00 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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