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 NOEL, NATALIE C | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $72,606.39 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONRADT, MATTHEW J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $72,606.30 | Date 05/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCI, MATTHEW M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $72,606.27 | Date 06/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VETTER, LAURA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,605.35 | Date 03/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER-SWYGERT, PAMELA A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $72,605.01 | Date 12/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, KATHLEEN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,604.92 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIERO, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $72,604.85 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUNKER, GAIL | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $72,604.84 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, MARK | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $72,604.76 | Date 06/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPASPYROU, DANIELLE | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $72,604.73 | Date 11/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSICH, THERESA | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $72,604.68 | Date 10/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUTER, KAREN L | Employer name Sullivan County Swcd | Amount $72,604.61 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, OPAL T | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $72,604.10 | Date 04/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUBA, SARAH L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $72,603.98 | Date 04/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOS, JOEL T | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $72,603.91 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, MARK J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $72,603.74 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEBENHOVEN, LAURA A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $72,603.56 | Date 06/10/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENO, THOMAS A | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $72,603.51 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNACKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $72,602.73 | Date 04/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUACKENBUSH, LUKE J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $72,601.89 | Date 12/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMPKES, WILLIAM J, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $72,601.50 | Date 09/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADDER, JULIE A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $72,601.31 | Date 12/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNES, KEVIN P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,601.02 | Date 12/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, SHEILA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,600.82 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLINGS, STACY A | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $72,600.66 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTUS, NICOLE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,600.22 | Date 04/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINEYRO, MARIA T | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,599.86 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUORNSKI, TYLER J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $72,599.68 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, BERNARD R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,599.62 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRAGHER, DEIRDRE A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $72,599.38 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESHAIES, KIRK M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,599.24 | Date 03/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Fairview Fire District | Amount $72,599.11 | Date 02/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, PAIGE C | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $72,599.06 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JAMES G | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $72,598.86 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMADORE, JASON C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,598.84 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS M | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $72,598.78 | Date 01/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOEFFLER, MICHAEL G | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $72,598.78 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSCHILLA, JAMES E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $72,598.78 | Date 11/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRIEL, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,598.50 | Date 07/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, TIMOTHY S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $72,598.42 | Date 03/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTA, ANDREW D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,597.88 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, ANDREW K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,597.88 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VUOCOLO, KIMBERLY K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,597.87 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JOHN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $72,597.79 | Date 02/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIESER, KEVIN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $72,597.65 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, SUZANNE M | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $72,597.15 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTYMOWYCZ, LISA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,597.04 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, GEORGE A | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $72,596.37 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBARINO, WILLIAM F | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $72,596.22 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UBLACKER, CARL G | Employer name Department of State | Amount $72,595.97 | Date 09/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRWAN, MATTHEW M | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $72,595.84 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, LINDA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,595.69 | Date 01/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THUMEN, ADAM H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,595.58 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELBY, ANDREW J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $72,595.52 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $72,595.36 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, DONNA | Employer name Wyandanch UFSD | Amount $72,595.36 | Date 01/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRASSNER, DANIEL L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $72,595.31 | Date 03/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUADAGNOLO, MARTHA K | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $72,595.24 | Date 12/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEHM-JORDAN, BARBARA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,594.84 | Date 08/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JOSEPH M | Employer name Garden City Pk Fire & Water Dist | Amount $72,594.67 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFA, BRADLEY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,594.51 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, JAMES M, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $72,593.80 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVEY, SCOTT D | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $72,593.26 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKOSKI RACHAEL, C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,593.13 | Date 06/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, FRANK J | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $72,592.53 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASS, EDWARD F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,592.43 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTIVEGNA, ROBERT | Employer name Rocky Point Fire District | Amount $72,592.28 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LISLE, ANITA J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,591.88 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORI, TERRILYN | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $72,591.33 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, FERNANDO M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,590.55 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINGSWORTH, ERSELYNE V | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $72,590.26 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JESUS | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $72,590.26 | Date 05/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALEY, RITA N | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $72,590.26 | Date 05/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, ODESSA N | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $72,590.26 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARENO, MICHAEL C | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,590.25 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, BRIAN T | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $72,589.98 | Date 12/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIMBACH, GRACE E | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $72,589.55 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, KEVIN P | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $72,589.36 | Date 11/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLTMAN, KIM M | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $72,589.34 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHTON, BRYAN P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $72,589.26 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROPPO, ANTONINO | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $72,589.15 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, DENNIS A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $72,589.03 | Date 05/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDELE, SARA B | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,588.63 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, MARIE G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,588.56 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCLAIR, EARL F | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $72,588.07 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERL, JEFFREY E | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $72,587.90 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE, SARLYN | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $72,587.37 | Date 03/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, TARA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,587.19 | Date 04/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MATTHEW P | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $72,587.13 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, KYLE C | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $72,587.10 | Date 09/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WURZBURG, DAVID S | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $72,586.94 | Date 03/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALTESE, ROSEANN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,586.31 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, LURLENE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $72,586.02 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUST, CATHLEEN M | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $72,586.00 | Date 04/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFER, GARY E, JR | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $72,585.97 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURST, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Highland Falls | Amount $72,585.83 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSANTILAS, WILLIAM C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,585.76 | Date 08/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, ROBIN J | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $72,585.74 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, DANNY J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,585.67 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, JACQUELINE E | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $72,585.15 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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