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 MARCISZEWSKI, STEVEN P | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,327.01 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRETZLER, SCOTT R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,326.20 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES-VAZQUEZ, LISA J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,326.06 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGGIANI, JENNIFER M | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $72,325.83 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERALDI, DENISE E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,325.80 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGONE, CARL E, JR | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $72,325.24 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, LYDIA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,325.19 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDNER, MARTHA G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,325.00 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALKINS, VENDELLA O | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $72,324.87 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGRADE, ANGELA M | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $72,324.50 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULHANEK, JACK L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $72,324.36 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPKINS, FATE | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $72,324.28 | Date 12/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATEJCIK, JOHN R | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $72,324.12 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SEYMOUR B | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $72,324.08 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLANCO, EBONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,323.99 | Date 08/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRYAN A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,323.73 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, YUSIFF A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,323.27 | Date 05/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, PATRICK S | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $72,323.07 | Date 08/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALLIN, RYAN H | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $72,322.80 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELIA, JAMES P | Employer name Brookhaven Fire District | Amount $72,322.50 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STETSON, GEORGE B | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $72,322.30 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, HEATHER L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,322.18 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIADO, JAIME H | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $72,321.94 | Date 11/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASPER, ROBERT P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,321.62 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEASLEE, SHEILA J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $72,321.62 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DENISE S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $72,321.12 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, CINI | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $72,320.92 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANS, THOMAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,320.72 | Date 12/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEWKSBURY, ADRIANNE M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,320.24 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNO, JASON E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $72,320.07 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ELIO, EMANUEL W | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $72,319.50 | Date 09/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERSTROM, JEFFREY L | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $72,319.40 | Date 10/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLENBERG, SHERRI | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,319.34 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLANDO, LOUIS J | Employer name Westfield CSD | Amount $72,319.30 | Date 04/05/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPES, SERGIO P | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $72,318.78 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLACORTA, JOSE V | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $72,318.59 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEITMAN, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,318.43 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKALMAN, BRIAN N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $72,318.38 | Date 06/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, LESTER W, IV | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $72,318.36 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, RACHEL M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $72,318.20 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAWECKI, WILLIAM A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $72,317.69 | Date 07/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESTITO, JOANNE L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $72,317.20 | Date 10/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINARD, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,316.68 | Date 06/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JAMES E | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $72,316.52 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, STEVEN T | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $72,316.18 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POUPORE, MEGAN E | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $72,316.12 | Date 09/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAGIELLO, RYAN | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,316.10 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, KYLE E | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,315.60 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, GABRIEL | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $72,315.53 | Date 04/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDY, JOSEPH A | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $72,315.38 | Date 03/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, KENNETH C | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $72,315.26 | Date 05/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, SANDY | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $72,315.03 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBLER, ERIC E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $72,314.99 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, RICKY L | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $72,314.40 | Date 01/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINTERO FERNANDEZ, IVAN | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $72,314.39 | Date 05/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOFF, THERESA A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,314.24 | Date 12/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, CASI A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $72,313.96 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIANO, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,313.05 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWLETT, BENJAMIN D | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $72,312.95 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, SUZANNE M | Employer name Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD | Amount $72,312.60 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, DARREN J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $72,312.50 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPUSTA, SHARON | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,312.15 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMONS, JULIE M | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $72,311.59 | Date 06/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, JAMES G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,311.56 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, TODD J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $72,311.55 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, ERIN E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,311.54 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEJADLIK, JACK J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,311.54 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, JAMES M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,311.52 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAS, JULIE R | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $72,311.52 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODSZUS, SEAN M | Employer name Wantagh Fire District | Amount $72,311.21 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,310.89 | Date 05/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOPHY, JAMES A | Employer name Village of Canastota | Amount $72,310.78 | Date 08/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, PATRICK D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $72,310.74 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, BONNIE S | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $72,310.26 | Date 09/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, MARCELA G | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $72,310.06 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, KATHLYN | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,309.95 | Date 01/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, LI-WEN LISA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,309.94 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYTON, KYLE A | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $72,309.85 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADER, MARILYN M | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $72,309.23 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIARDELLI, WILLIAM L | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $72,308.95 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERKEN, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $72,308.71 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, KENLEY L | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $72,308.41 | Date 08/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSER, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,308.24 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, MATHEW L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,308.14 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTHER, BRIAN E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $72,307.41 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JANIS | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,307.18 | Date 10/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERDON, KERRI | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,306.94 | Date 03/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEER, BRIAN J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,306.86 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLACRES, DANIELA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,306.80 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDASSARE, PETER J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $72,306.54 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, JEANNIE K | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,306.00 | Date 08/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGERT, MATTHEW M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $72,305.87 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $72,305.73 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, JEREMY W | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $72,305.46 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, SHAWN M | Employer name Town of Putnam Valley | Amount $72,305.39 | Date 08/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, NICOLE M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,305.05 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLANGELO, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $72,304.38 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, BRUCE R | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $72,304.20 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MARA, SHAWN P, SR | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $72,304.00 | Date 12/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $72,303.95 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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