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 ARMSTRONG, TONY R | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $72,476.32 | Date 05/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLOSKEY, ANTOINETTE D | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $72,476.02 | Date 01/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERKEVICS, LIZABETH A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,475.52 | Date 11/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRA, MICHAEL | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $72,475.43 | Date 03/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUGHLIN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $72,475.42 | Date 07/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, MARIA | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,475.37 | Date 01/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTISTA-FERRETTI, LORRAINE A | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $72,474.68 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, ROSE A | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $72,474.25 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTERA, MARIE T | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $72,474.15 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, ROBERT A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,473.81 | Date 11/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALONE, RAYMOND | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $72,473.76 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIL, BARRY | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $72,472.91 | Date 11/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, KATRINA V | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $72,472.88 | Date 12/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERLIZZI, LISA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $72,471.78 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, MAYRA | Employer name Connetquot Public Library | Amount $72,471.39 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, ROSILY B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,471.38 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, NANCY A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $72,471.21 | Date 04/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBONIS, DANIEL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,470.99 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTINE, EDWARD L, III | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,470.96 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SCOTT J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $72,470.40 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, GARRISON G | Employer name Patchogue-Medford Pub Library | Amount $72,470.40 | Date 11/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEMAN, FRANCIS E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,470.32 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, WILLIAM F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,469.47 | Date 07/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSO, AILEEN | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $72,469.38 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEERKENS, STEVEN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,468.97 | Date 06/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEHLE, KATIE A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,468.97 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GONIGAL, JAMES E | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $72,468.96 | Date 09/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANKINS, MAURICE J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,468.25 | Date 05/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, JUDY L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $72,467.82 | Date 03/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORTEL, TYLER J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $72,467.27 | Date 09/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORA, FELIX M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $72,466.94 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ALLEN, HOLLY D | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $72,466.73 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, JAMES H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,466.65 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, MICHELE D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,465.94 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONYECHE, CHIJIOKE K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $72,465.79 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEROLLA, GERARD R | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $72,464.79 | Date 06/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESKO, MICHELLE L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,464.59 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAHLES, ROGER W, JR | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $72,464.25 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTOO, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $72,463.99 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, CATHERINE | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $72,463.98 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUPE, KENDRA R | Employer name Little Falls-City School Dist | Amount $72,463.98 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, SCOTT D | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $72,463.32 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLOU, JASON M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $72,463.08 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTIN, JAMIE L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,461.47 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $72,461.12 | Date 09/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, SEAN A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $72,461.08 | Date 01/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMAN, ANN R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,460.89 | Date 04/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOHAR-NOAM, SUSAN F | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $72,460.57 | Date 03/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTWORA, ALICE L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $72,460.05 | Date 01/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, ROBERT K | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $72,459.90 | Date 06/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, CARLTON R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,459.71 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, ELMA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,459.56 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARND, ROBERT W | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $72,459.40 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, DIONEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,458.85 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVARRETTA, VINCENT J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $72,458.84 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, ROBERT E | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $72,458.61 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFLER, MICHELLE M | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $72,458.58 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLADINO, INEZ M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $72,458.58 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIEME, CODY J | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $72,458.58 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAVERY, DARBY A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $72,458.32 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABLE, ADRIENNE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,458.28 | Date 11/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELWORM, KIM | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $72,458.23 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, VICTORIA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,457.89 | Date 05/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTAVIANO, SUSAN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,457.89 | Date 03/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTELA, MARK R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $72,457.58 | Date 04/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CABE, CRAIG E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,456.92 | Date 12/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,456.90 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, CHARLES F | Employer name Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn | Amount $72,456.53 | Date 12/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSON, FRANK J | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $72,455.80 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIALIZ, HARRY M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $72,455.73 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTINGTON, CAITLIN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $72,455.06 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, DONNA | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $72,454.95 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTA, DIANE | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $72,454.82 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, WINSTON L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $72,454.73 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORHAM, RONALD D | Employer name So Glens Falls CSD | Amount $72,454.68 | Date 02/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONO, JOSEPH D, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $72,454.45 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, JAMES M, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $72,454.37 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLAZER, GEORGE F | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $72,454.12 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLADAY, NICHOLAS B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,453.84 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, JUDENE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,453.68 | Date 11/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERNER, RUSSELL J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,453.35 | Date 08/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIMMEL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Sherman CSD | Amount $72,453.23 | Date 10/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, IRIALIS U | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $72,452.99 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, RUBY J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,452.67 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELUCA, SUSAN S | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,452.67 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CENTENO, MICHAEL | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,452.65 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, JAMES T | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $72,452.59 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORE, FRANCIS G | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $72,452.58 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, ALFRED W, JR | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $72,452.49 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETTY, CHARLES R, JR | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $72,451.54 | Date 11/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAILLE, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Warren County | Amount $72,451.27 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ALLISTER, GERTRUDE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,450.73 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAMY, FELICIA | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,450.60 | Date 01/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, STACI L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,450.43 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JAMES D | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $72,450.36 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, ROSEANNE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,450.07 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPLE, JESSICA K | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $72,449.94 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANN, JENNIFER V | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $72,449.88 | Date 11/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $72,449.76 | Date 06/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNEK, GINA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,449.72 | Date 03/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
Please choose a filter above to display results or
DISPLAY ALLNo results for your selection
RESET