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 MC MULLIN, LAURA K | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $72,731.07 | Date 06/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORLEY, MATTHEW D | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $72,730.84 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDLAPP, CAROL E | Employer name Village of Centre Island | Amount $72,730.66 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICA, JEFFREY A | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $72,730.48 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKWELL, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Crawford | Amount $72,730.40 | Date 10/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUMPERS, INDIANA R A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,730.10 | Date 11/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROPEANO, ROBERT A | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $72,729.53 | Date 09/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, GREGORY D | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,729.39 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTIGAN, SEAN R | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $72,729.29 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWAN, DONALD K | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $72,729.26 | Date 05/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIS, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $72,728.76 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, FRANK H JR | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $72,728.66 | Date 09/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLENKER, LARISSA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,728.35 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINOMAN, LEONARD S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,728.22 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, KRISTY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $72,727.45 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, JERRY J | Employer name Town of Seneca | Amount $72,727.00 | Date 08/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, JUDITH L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,726.57 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, DAVID A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $72,725.79 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGNEY, LINDA L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $72,725.75 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMMER, STEVEN M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $72,725.56 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACZOR, KENITH J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $72,725.35 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, BRADLEE M | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $72,724.76 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, MARY ELIZABETH | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $72,724.68 | Date 01/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHELLUCK, SARAH N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,724.26 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $72,724.14 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITSELL, EMIL M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $72,724.13 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, MARK F | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $72,723.86 | Date 10/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIDINGER, NANCY A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,723.69 | Date 08/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCHRAN, DARCI C | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $72,723.42 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTSON, LARRY J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $72,723.41 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZIKOWSKI, KAREN A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,723.26 | Date 07/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, JENNIFER L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $72,723.12 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREYRA, STEPHON M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,722.75 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, PAULA | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $72,722.58 | Date 01/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, ERIC M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $72,722.45 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAM, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,722.20 | Date 04/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHERN, KRISTEN E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,722.09 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FYE, LINDA E | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $72,721.99 | Date 08/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, GISELLE Y | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $72,721.66 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $72,721.38 | Date 05/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AQUILA, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,720.79 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORHMAN, DANIEL L | Employer name Bath Mun Utility Commission | Amount $72,720.31 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANI, JESSICA E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $72,720.27 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSS, JESSICA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,720.20 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGGEE, JESSICA N | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,720.00 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHS, MICHAEL J | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $72,720.00 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORRITZ, MARITZA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $72,719.37 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, CELESTE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,719.24 | Date 01/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAN, LETICIA | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $72,718.55 | Date 12/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERBOURNE, LORI A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,718.31 | Date 09/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWLETT, JILL D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $72,718.20 | Date 06/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ANTHONY W | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,718.03 | Date 12/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $72,717.79 | Date 11/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ERICK J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $72,717.40 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARCO, DAVID W | Employer name Town of Wappinger | Amount $72,717.07 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRICK, RICHARD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $72,716.82 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES-WILLIAMS, KERI A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $72,716.59 | Date 02/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANNITTO-GRASSI, TRICIA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,716.48 | Date 11/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES R | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $72,716.46 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIFE, NOEL W | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $72,716.30 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOLDING-GREEN, ARLENE M | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $72,715.82 | Date 11/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, HILDA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,715.56 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORIEGA, STEVEN H | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $72,715.54 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROSA V | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $72,715.21 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENGRANT, THOMAS J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $72,714.43 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,714.23 | Date 11/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHIER, GARY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,713.77 | Date 06/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARSE, RICKY J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $72,713.64 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIKEN, JARED A | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $72,713.52 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOLE, ROBERT A | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $72,713.47 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRATO, GERALDINE A | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $72,713.26 | Date 10/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOMAN, BRENT | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $72,713.09 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUBER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $72,712.81 | Date 06/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESSIE, PAULETTE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $72,712.49 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLE, STACEY C | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $72,712.36 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, YOLANDA D | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $72,712.30 | Date 05/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JOHN T | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,711.83 | Date 09/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JOSEPH W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,711.39 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $72,711.30 | Date 04/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARSS, WALTER J | Employer name Town of Greenfield | Amount $72,711.14 | Date 08/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $72,711.09 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, BEENA S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,710.77 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOVE, FREDERICK E | Employer name Elmira City School Dist | Amount $72,710.60 | Date 01/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIAM, RAYMOND E, JR | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $72,710.04 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEL, EDWARD J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $72,709.85 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, CRAIG T | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $72,709.59 | Date 08/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, WANDA B | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $72,709.34 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAROWITZ, LAURA B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,709.12 | Date 12/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAL, GARY M, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,708.84 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, DARRYL M, II | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $72,708.47 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKS, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $72,708.47 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCATURRO, DAVID | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,707.31 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, JOSHUA M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $72,707.04 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCE, MICHELE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,706.82 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JOHN S | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $72,706.61 | Date 08/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTEL, SCOTT M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,706.31 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,706.22 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRICE, MICHAEL C S P | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $72,706.15 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADEK, SAID | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,705.68 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAWN I | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $72,705.01 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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