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 BROCHER, EILEEN | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $72,281.94 | Date 10/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORP, STEPHEN H | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $72,281.94 | Date 08/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAERTNER, RANDY | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $72,281.90 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, SUZANNE C | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $72,281.69 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, ROQUE D | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $72,281.68 | Date 02/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, SUSAN K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $72,281.49 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIOTROWSKI, ANDREW M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $72,281.49 | Date 07/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, LESLIE A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $72,281.33 | Date 09/05/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNOCK, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Town of Cicero | Amount $72,281.02 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, MARIO | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $72,280.64 | Date 12/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, TAMERA L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $72,280.50 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORCH, JAMES L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $72,280.10 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCOTT, AGATHA T | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $72,279.89 | Date 11/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JOHN | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $72,279.60 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,279.25 | Date 07/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, ERIKA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,279.15 | Date 03/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, KURTIS L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $72,278.91 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, TYWAN M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $72,278.77 | Date 09/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, RICHARD P | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $72,278.74 | Date 04/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABER, STEVEN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,278.68 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHAUPT, STEPHEN, SR | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $72,278.34 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, JEAN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,277.98 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ANDREA B | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $72,277.95 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPANELLA, JOHN M | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $72,277.53 | Date 09/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKOLAS, SUZANNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,277.52 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEATON, RICHARD T | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $72,277.14 | Date 06/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANU-HANSEN, TERESA P | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $72,277.14 | Date 07/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMOL, WILLIAM B | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $72,277.05 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, ELEANORE A | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $72,277.03 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUWER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Pembroke CSD | Amount $72,277.00 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTKOWIAK, JAMES D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $72,276.67 | Date 03/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSARETTI, TERESA V | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,276.16 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEY, ROCHELLE D | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,275.75 | Date 06/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHBUN, BRANDON P | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,275.71 | Date 03/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENTZEL, JOHN J | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $72,275.70 | Date 07/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITE, NATHANIEL T | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,274.56 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ROBERT | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,274.53 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTELA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $72,274.10 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, ERIC P | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,273.76 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, PATRICIA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,273.75 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLIVAN, CATHERINE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,273.75 | Date 01/29/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, KAREN A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,273.75 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LELLO, MARY L | Employer name Center Moriches UFSD | Amount $72,273.75 | Date 12/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ISAIAH D | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $72,273.71 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTS, JOLENE M | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $72,273.58 | Date 05/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, SARAH J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $72,273.38 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, LARRY L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,273.32 | Date 07/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMERS, BRAD E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,272.74 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGEACHY, KAREN V | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $72,272.68 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, RONALD W | Employer name Town of Webb | Amount $72,272.30 | Date 09/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA PENNA, LEONARD S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,271.67 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLMAN, CHAD M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $72,271.49 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUELL, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,271.32 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, JAMES P | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,271.12 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIERA, FRANCES | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,270.87 | Date 06/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVENBERG, DANA A | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $72,270.52 | Date 04/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEECK, JUDITH L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $72,269.76 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMGARDNER, JOEL E | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $72,269.68 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINMAN, PAMELA K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,269.29 | Date 07/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAM, TISHA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $72,268.87 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, ANNE M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,268.86 | Date 09/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENDRON, KEITH M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,268.50 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, SHEILA D | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $72,268.49 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JAMES J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $72,268.24 | Date 05/09/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, WENDY A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $72,267.97 | Date 10/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, LYNN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,267.74 | Date 08/30/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYGMUNT, WALDEMAR M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,267.69 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAULD, JENNIFER L | Employer name Pembroke CSD | Amount $72,267.42 | Date 09/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORCELLI, JOSEPH M, JR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $72,266.77 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, SANTOS JOE | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $72,266.76 | Date 04/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBRON, JOSE A, JR | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,266.72 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORAN, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,266.67 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMINERA, LISA R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,266.57 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, PATRICK J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,265.58 | Date 06/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, ALEXANDRIA K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,265.44 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMORY, WAYNE M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $72,265.41 | Date 04/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, VINCENT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,265.04 | Date 03/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERY, MARCEL D | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $72,264.95 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, STERLING A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,264.57 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, TANISHA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $72,263.22 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MATTHEW R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,262.79 | Date 07/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, INGRID P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,262.77 | Date 11/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN-CASEY, KAREN L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,262.67 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAN, PATRICIA S | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $72,262.64 | Date 01/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, ERICK J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $72,262.33 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LISA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,262.12 | Date 07/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREADWELL, PAUL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $72,261.94 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNITTEL, HEATHER A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,261.94 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKMAN, CAROL S | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $72,261.93 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEABLOM, ERIK M | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,261.91 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILANESE, NANCY L | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $72,261.64 | Date 11/15/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, DENISE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,261.58 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORMOND, JAMES E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,261.32 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTZ, STEPHEN G | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $72,261.17 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,260.79 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHINE, THOMAS M | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $72,260.67 | Date 02/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, PAMELA M | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,260.45 | Date 06/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNOWSKI, EDWARD A, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,260.17 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARNER, JEFFREY S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,260.13 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, MARYLEE | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,259.67 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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