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 DONEY, DEBRA L | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $72,020.70 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUYNH, THISI | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $72,020.56 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREARTON, JESSICA A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $72,020.50 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRAWAY, ANGELA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,020.21 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADE, MITCHELL J | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $72,019.89 | Date 02/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPLAN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,019.41 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINI, ANTHONY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,019.28 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIFFLER, THOMAS A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,019.20 | Date 05/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWACKI, DAVID J | Employer name Ballston Spa-Csd | Amount $72,019.14 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERKA, LAURA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,018.48 | Date 03/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLL, KATIE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,018.43 | Date 06/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JAMES M, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,018.36 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, WENDY S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $72,018.33 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIN, ZORANA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,018.19 | Date 07/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, JENNIFER L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $72,018.19 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, ANN P | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $72,018.18 | Date 08/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIMMER, KARLI E | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $72,017.94 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, BRUCE E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $72,017.36 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, FRANK M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $72,017.32 | Date 06/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOKES, IRIS J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,017.23 | Date 04/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, REMY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,017.10 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, DAWN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,016.91 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JONATHAN | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $72,016.60 | Date 08/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, LISA | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,016.53 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSIO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $72,016.44 | Date 11/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, MELVIN C | Employer name Town of Neversink | Amount $72,016.01 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEIRER, JERRY S | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $72,015.58 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, SHALOM L | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $72,015.04 | Date 06/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCESE, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,014.46 | Date 03/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEATOM, LORENZO | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,014.30 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, DORIS N | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $72,013.62 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, LAURA A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $72,013.44 | Date 06/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRON, JAIME L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $72,013.14 | Date 06/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER-KRAMER, GREGORY L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,013.12 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKEFELLER, DENISE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,013.03 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BRIAN F | Employer name Leroy CSD | Amount $72,012.72 | Date 01/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ANTHONY W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $72,012.65 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SHANE G | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,012.56 | Date 01/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUNFOTEL, KEITH I | Employer name Rockland Co Solid Waste Auth | Amount $72,012.40 | Date 01/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Philipstown | Amount $72,012.31 | Date 05/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, THOMAS W H | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,011.98 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEISTHAMEL, PAUL T | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $72,011.40 | Date 03/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNUM, PETER W | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $72,011.19 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, JERI W | Employer name Patchogue-Medford Pub Library | Amount $72,010.75 | Date 08/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETZ, JENNIFER A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $72,010.12 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GREGORY C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $72,010.01 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGARA, KAREN S | Employer name Salamanca City School Dist | Amount $72,009.67 | Date 05/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRETTA, PATRICK M | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $72,009.64 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUDTKA, JAMES K | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $72,009.46 | Date 03/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, MELISSA J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,008.44 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELL, CHRISTIAN P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $72,008.21 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, KEVIN J | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $72,007.95 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMBLE, OTIS A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $72,007.68 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, MATTHEW B | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $72,007.31 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATTA, BRENDA J | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,007.19 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHYTE, CELESTE P | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $72,007.04 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, PATRICIA L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,006.87 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAMAN, JARED F | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $72,006.63 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAURER, LOUIS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,006.49 | Date 03/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HE, ZHUYU | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,006.21 | Date 01/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOAG, SCOTT W | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $72,006.07 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IVERS, KERRY A | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $72,005.87 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANFROCCO, ANN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,005.86 | Date 03/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRYSOGELOS, KEITH E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $72,005.84 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUCERI, KELLY P | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $72,005.27 | Date 10/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, MELVIN O | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $72,005.25 | Date 07/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, NICOLE L | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $72,005.20 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULL, STEVEN M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $72,005.16 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, MARTIN | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $72,004.62 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMBO, TURHAN | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $72,004.51 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABRIOLA, CYNTHIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,004.39 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEST, THOMAS E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,003.74 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERSMITH, DONALD E, JR | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,003.52 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFONTANT, MONA L | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $72,003.51 | Date 03/17/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, RAUL A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,003.18 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW, COLIN M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,003.08 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, PATRICIA D | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $72,002.89 | Date 10/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDOX, TISHA Y | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,002.80 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWRON, SIGRID | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,002.79 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, KAREN A | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $72,002.76 | Date 04/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DENISE V | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $72,002.34 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, WILLIAM P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,002.04 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVATA, PETER A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $72,001.79 | Date 12/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, JASON D | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $72,001.54 | Date 03/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASCA, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,001.48 | Date 12/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTNEY, ROBERT M | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $72,001.47 | Date 07/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRD, DARRELL A | Employer name Freeport UFSD | Amount $72,001.39 | Date 06/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLAN, SUSAN D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,001.17 | Date 09/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIAS, JUAN C | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,000.48 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CREERY, WILLIAM B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $72,000.14 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISTA, ANDREA M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $72,000.00 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYWALT, MARTHA A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $71,999.98 | Date 09/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, LAZARUS U | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $71,999.98 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKOVER, ALAN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $71,999.98 | Date 11/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEENY, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $71,999.58 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIANDRA, LUIGI C | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $71,999.32 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEREIS, SAIDA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $71,999.20 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, REBECCA L | Employer name Crime Victims Compensation Bd | Amount $71,998.92 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHPILEVA, LYUDMILA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $71,998.83 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ELLEN T | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $71,998.80 | Date 03/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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