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 RAMOS, PEDRO M | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $73,037.82 | Date 03/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMICUCCI, LINDA J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $73,037.53 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, LATONN T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $73,037.43 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLESAR, NATHAN A | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $73,036.64 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYEN CHACON, SUZETTE M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $73,036.42 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, LORRAINE | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $73,036.24 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, KEVIN E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,036.18 | Date 10/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHALSKI, KELLY M | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $73,036.12 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISMAN, ANDY P, II | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $73,036.09 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKLEY, PATRICIA A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $73,036.06 | Date 06/30/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCI, DOMINICK J | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $73,035.64 | Date 02/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLYSKAL, RONALD W | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 24 | Amount $73,035.43 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, LYNNE A | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $73,034.65 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARNOWSKI, TABATHA J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $73,034.56 | Date 05/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEDVESKY, MICHAEL E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,034.49 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, SHANTE | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $73,034.32 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITMAN, ADAM S | Employer name Town of Lloyd | Amount $73,034.16 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHEL, ROBERT D | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $73,033.90 | Date 01/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, ROBERT G | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,033.79 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWON, MATTHEW L | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $73,033.72 | Date 03/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEXTON, KIMM J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $73,033.52 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARDO, YOLANDA M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $73,033.34 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, DAVID W | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,033.29 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, THOMAS V | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $73,033.28 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASSEY, JOSEPH T | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,033.10 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,033.08 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ENGEL M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,033.07 | Date 08/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, TAMMY A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $73,033.06 | Date 12/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REY, STACEY ANN | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $73,032.98 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETTER, CHARLES A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,032.73 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $73,031.73 | Date 02/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUINNESS, ANNE B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,031.59 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, BARBARA A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $73,031.49 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $73,031.48 | Date 06/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Village of Canastota | Amount $73,030.99 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, KRISTI | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $73,030.91 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUDER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $73,030.54 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, BRIAN K | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $73,030.43 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, AMANDA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,030.09 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNON, JAMES V | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $73,029.96 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, KENDRE | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $73,029.90 | Date 07/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAGIELSKI, JESSICA A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $73,029.68 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNYCOOKE, OWEN J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $73,029.56 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG-NEDD, DENISE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,029.40 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETHEY, GEORGE J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $73,029.19 | Date 08/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIOLA, SUSAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,028.76 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, SUZANNE M | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $73,028.66 | Date 04/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, SALLY K | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $73,028.42 | Date 02/26/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name L'HOMMEDIEU, ANN MARIE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,027.70 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, VANESSA A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,027.70 | Date 09/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEON, JASON E | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $73,027.40 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, COLLEEN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,027.40 | Date 01/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESPOSITO, CHERYL A | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $73,027.32 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMACHE, BEATRICE L | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $73,027.09 | Date 07/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KEVIN J | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $73,027.08 | Date 01/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INERNEY, LISA M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $73,026.70 | Date 01/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, GUILLERMO E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $73,026.35 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REM, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,025.99 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSEY, ADAM T | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $73,025.34 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIBLI, SYED T.A. | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,025.00 | Date 08/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEMELLARO, PETER JOSEPH | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $73,024.97 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, FRANCINE C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,024.74 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZZAL, JOSEPH A | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $73,024.64 | Date 04/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSETT-NUNEZ, ELIZABETH D | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $73,024.40 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALMIR, ANGELBERT | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $73,024.37 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, MARISA | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $73,023.75 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHAD R | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $73,023.35 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAEGER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $73,023.34 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIER, DALE A | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $73,023.31 | Date 06/21/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCHER, MARK A | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $73,022.66 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, SHAWN P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $73,022.34 | Date 08/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, THOMAS F | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $73,022.20 | Date 09/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RECORE, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $73,022.15 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSLER, KARI N | Employer name Orange County | Amount $73,022.10 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENS, JOSEPH R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,022.07 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Bethlehem Public Library | Amount $73,022.02 | Date 01/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, PATRICK M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,021.97 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, BRIAN K | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,021.89 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESLEY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $73,021.27 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENROSE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $73,021.05 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPERT, MEREDITH E | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $73,020.72 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, JAMES G | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,020.72 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, RAYMOND C | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $73,020.39 | Date 09/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCOE, SUZANNE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,020.15 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRUCINI, ZULMA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,019.92 | Date 11/27/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULLER, FRIEDRICH R | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $73,019.79 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWITCHELL, BRIAN F, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,019.43 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTELLA, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $73,018.56 | Date 03/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MARK A | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $73,018.28 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLEY, SUZANNE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,018.25 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERCHIA, GERIANNE S | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $73,018.04 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'REILLY, MICHAEL H | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $73,017.83 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANDELL, WILLIAM | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $73,017.15 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, NEIL B | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $73,016.93 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, EDWARD F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $73,016.86 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUARTE, PATRICIA J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $73,016.64 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNDLE, RANDY C | Employer name Westmoreland CSD | Amount $73,016.45 | Date 10/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEPF, THOMAS P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,016.15 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAUNDRY, BRIAN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,016.02 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JOHN A, SR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,015.90 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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