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 SCAVELLI, ALLISON | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,944.00 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANTHONY | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $72,943.83 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, SCOTT C | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $72,943.59 | Date 06/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, LISETTE A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $72,943.58 | Date 10/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, ANDREW J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $72,942.83 | Date 05/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTWOOD, ROBERT L | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $72,942.81 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUFRICHTIG, SUSAN J | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $72,942.75 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, BRETT W | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $72,942.08 | Date 05/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAVER, CHARLES T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,942.04 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAIR, BENJAMIN A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $72,941.83 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTON, SANDRA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $72,941.48 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, SHANNON E | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $72,941.10 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODHINES, DANIEL P | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $72,940.55 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARCHE, SAMANTHA R | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $72,940.54 | Date 03/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFO, WILLIAM T | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $72,940.14 | Date 02/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESPEDES, SEYMOUR M | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $72,939.98 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, EDGAR | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $72,939.85 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEON, STANLEY S | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,939.73 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, BRANDON E | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $72,939.71 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, KIA L | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $72,939.59 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARDSLEY, RICHARD D | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $72,939.44 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, BARRY S | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $72,939.17 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, KARRIN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,939.05 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, RICHARD E, SR | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $72,938.82 | Date 09/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEEK, KENNETH E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,938.47 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROOM, STEVEN M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,938.38 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALEK, SHERRI L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,938.14 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELESKI, MARILYN A | Employer name South Jefferson CSD | Amount $72,937.35 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRIOS, RICHARD A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $72,937.33 | Date 08/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUDEAU, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,936.33 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHBURN, DAVID J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $72,936.27 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASHOMB, JEREMY P | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $72,936.09 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, GERALDINE A | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $72,935.92 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROOMS, BRENDAN P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $72,935.78 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEINTRAUB, DAVID L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $72,935.74 | Date 10/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEARBORN, LAWRENCE A, III | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,935.48 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, SALLY J | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $72,935.23 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULLO, LISA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,934.94 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLINGER, WANDA E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $72,934.86 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORRS, MARK E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $72,934.77 | Date 12/04/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LINDSEY | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $72,934.75 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFERNAN, JOAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,934.18 | Date 07/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $72,934.00 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASTARITA, SALVATORE J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,933.39 | Date 06/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARDE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,933.00 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANDALL, CHAD M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $72,932.79 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, HEATHER E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,932.71 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTQUIST, MELISSA R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $72,932.61 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, JEFFREY W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,932.57 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, WILLIAM N, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,932.53 | Date 12/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, AMANDA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $72,932.06 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, NICHOLAS T | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $72,931.99 | Date 05/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALEV, PHYLLIS A | Employer name Commack Public Library | Amount $72,931.90 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNHEIM, WILLIAM E | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $72,931.68 | Date 01/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDREULA, ANTHONY | Employer name Broome County | Amount $72,930.54 | Date 04/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGLETARY, TASHA D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $72,930.45 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIS, SCOTT J | Employer name Village of Hudson Falls | Amount $72,930.44 | Date 01/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ERDMAN, JOSEPH E | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $72,930.00 | Date 02/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, REESE P | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $72,929.87 | Date 04/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOLOWEC, GARY P | Employer name Dobbs Ferry UFSD | Amount $72,929.53 | Date 05/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAVER, MATTHEW K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $72,929.10 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERFETTI, KRISTEN J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $72,928.46 | Date 10/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKAL, VERONICA M | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $72,928.28 | Date 08/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOZNIAK, JOHN F | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,927.52 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, ANTHONY E | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $72,927.52 | Date 05/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, MARC J | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $72,927.22 | Date 12/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JOSHUA W | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $72,927.20 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING, CYNTHIA C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $72,927.16 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHMAN, RONALD C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $72,927.12 | Date 10/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZEMKO, KEVIN A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $72,927.11 | Date 11/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETMAN, NATHAN F | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $72,925.92 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISH, H MICHAEL | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,925.84 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNALL, LINDA | Employer name Bethpage Public Library | Amount $72,925.27 | Date 12/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALTER, RODERICK D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $72,925.10 | Date 06/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KRISTINE K | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $72,924.71 | Date 04/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMANATHAN, VIJAY | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $72,924.71 | Date 06/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNN, JUNE A | Employer name North Merrick UFSD | Amount $72,924.60 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZECH, RON M | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $72,924.33 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, RYAN M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $72,924.28 | Date 03/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANDEWEERT, HENRIETTA S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $72,923.92 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, MICHAEL | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $72,923.81 | Date 06/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, EDWARD B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,923.66 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAPKE, EDWARD J | Employer name Warsaw CSD | Amount $72,923.18 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL MONACO, MARIO | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $72,922.38 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $72,921.87 | Date 08/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEFERT, PATRICIA A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $72,921.84 | Date 05/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, DEBRA A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $72,921.56 | Date 11/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, COLIN J | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $72,921.51 | Date 07/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYDE, DENNIS W | Employer name Town of West Monroe | Amount $72,921.40 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORICK, BRIAN C | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $72,921.34 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANTOSZYK, GREGORY R | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $72,921.03 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASHEEN, KEVIN P | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $72,920.37 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WISPELAERE, DIANE | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $72,919.55 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSEY, JOSEPH | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $72,918.51 | Date 09/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MONAGLE, PATRICK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,918.41 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOOS, JAY E | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $72,918.31 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, ROBERT H | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $72,918.30 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEAFLA, JESSICA M | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $72,917.95 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHENA, KENNETH J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $72,917.78 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUCHELL, JUDITH A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $72,917.69 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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