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 RAMIREZ, RAFAEL O | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,158.72 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMAN, MARK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,158.70 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRAND, ANDREW M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $72,158.40 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSEY, RICHARD C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,158.29 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRIS, SHAWN F | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,158.27 | Date 04/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINE, STANLEY C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $72,158.25 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, PAUL E | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $72,158.18 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSON, LISA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,157.64 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTABROOK, CHAD | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $72,157.60 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $72,157.05 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, DIANNA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,157.04 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALIX, LAURIE S | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $72,156.55 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICHESTER, ORIN M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $72,156.00 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRO, EVELYN | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $72,155.82 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMACHO-OSCAR, YAISA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,155.81 | Date 07/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGNATO, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,155.60 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINCEY, MARLENE K | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $72,155.56 | Date 06/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASPE, LISA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,155.25 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, GARY | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $72,154.89 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISANDRELLI, PASQUALE A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $72,154.78 | Date 09/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSMAN, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $72,154.66 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, OMAR M | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $72,154.40 | Date 07/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREIN, LEA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,153.99 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, ERIN E | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $72,153.96 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JULIO E | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $72,153.90 | Date 08/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAULEY, RENEE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $72,153.74 | Date 04/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATHAM, CARRIE L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $72,153.64 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUGHT, LINDA D | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $72,153.17 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAZRAKI, GAIL | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $72,152.77 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, TRICIA M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,152.57 | Date 12/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCASTRO, ROBERT F | Employer name West Hempstead UFSD | Amount $72,152.47 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ZACHARY J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $72,152.31 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAGALEA, HELEN N | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $72,152.01 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KEVIN B | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $72,151.99 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, TODD L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $72,151.72 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMARS, AARON M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,151.63 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, MICHEL F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,151.60 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTUNEK, ALBERTA E | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $72,151.46 | Date 06/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNING, JAMES T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,151.33 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLBUT, BRIAN M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $72,150.20 | Date 07/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERCARA, DAURIA I | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $72,150.00 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUOLLO, JESSICA B | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $72,150.00 | Date 03/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHL, MATTHEW W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,149.88 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTEAD, ARLEN M | Employer name Mexico CSD | Amount $72,149.84 | Date 09/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFER, KENNETH E, SR | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $72,149.79 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, CLIFTON A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $72,149.77 | Date 11/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERF, LISA | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $72,149.16 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, THERESA M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $72,149.16 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLZ, JOHN B | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,149.13 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER-SCOTT, CAROLYN A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $72,148.53 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $72,148.48 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MILLAN, SCOTT G | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $72,148.21 | Date 07/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, KENNETH B | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $72,148.00 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIERO, BRANDON P | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $72,147.90 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RYAN M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $72,147.81 | Date 11/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, MARIE | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $72,147.72 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, STACY L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $72,147.34 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOW, KRYSTAL L | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $72,147.16 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABRERA, FAUSTO A | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $72,147.15 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, PATRICK D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,146.60 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,145.94 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUROMSKI, JAMES D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,145.88 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBY, MARIA F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,145.87 | Date 11/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, DANIEL M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,145.84 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIFRA, RICHARD M | Employer name Village of Springville | Amount $72,145.61 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, ADAINA | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $72,145.61 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTMAN, ROGER D, JR | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $72,144.70 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LAURA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,144.38 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHMURZYNSKI, WILLIAM L | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $72,144.32 | Date 10/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMMONS, JAMES R | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $72,144.04 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTOK, SHAUN C | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $72,143.82 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEIGLER, KIONE | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $72,143.58 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADY, GERALD H, JR | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,143.32 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSINS, FILLMORE B | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $72,142.83 | Date 11/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOTAR, MICHAEL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $72,142.54 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEJAME, ALAN P | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $72,142.14 | Date 03/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, FRONZ | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,141.80 | Date 03/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMERS, CHRISTOHER M | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $72,141.55 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONCONE, PAUL A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,141.49 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, ELEANOR M | Employer name Oceanside Library | Amount $72,141.42 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NYE, JILL L | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $72,141.17 | Date 02/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERLACH, PETER D | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $72,141.02 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, TRAVIS L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,140.93 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHA, ELIZABETH P | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $72,140.84 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, WENDY J | Employer name Bayport Blue Point Pub Library | Amount $72,139.32 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAATS, JAMES D | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $72,139.18 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANE, LEAH M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $72,138.59 | Date 05/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, MERINO J, III | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $72,138.03 | Date 07/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANEK, RONALD G | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $72,137.93 | Date 10/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETRO, JOSEPH R, JR | Employer name Village of Woodbury | Amount $72,137.86 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGYINA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $72,137.05 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $72,137.05 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLERNAN-WOOD, RITA L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $72,136.80 | Date 04/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNEY, MARY | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $72,135.35 | Date 07/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEATY, ALAN R | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $72,135.30 | Date 11/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UZZLE, ANTHONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,135.03 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALHOUN, ALAN F | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $72,134.82 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSH, MALINDA | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,134.70 | Date 01/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKWELL, RICHARD R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $72,134.63 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCIEK, RICHARD E | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $72,134.63 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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