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 OSTERHOUDT, JEREMY H | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $71,998.54 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANWARREN, JAMES L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $71,998.12 | Date 01/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $71,997.98 | Date 07/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, JOSEPH G | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $71,997.71 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADIQ, SEAN A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,997.44 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, THOMAS J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,997.11 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHENG, LING | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $71,997.05 | Date 08/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINDER, EDWARD J | Employer name Hauppauge Fire District | Amount $71,996.96 | Date 03/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,996.59 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, CHARLES H | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $71,996.46 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, SCOTT B | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $71,996.44 | Date 10/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODY, MICHAEL T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $71,995.95 | Date 11/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, COLLEEN M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,995.78 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESTA, SUSAN G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,995.74 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNER, MARQUETTEA D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,995.74 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAIPAUL, DEONARINE | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $71,995.61 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, ELWYN C | Employer name Village of Angelica | Amount $71,995.20 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICCIA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,995.18 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBUS, DAVID E | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $71,995.04 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUSE, NATHAN J | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $71,994.93 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, STACY M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,994.85 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, VANESSA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,994.51 | Date 08/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, ANDREA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,993.93 | Date 08/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCONE, JOSEPH | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $71,993.87 | Date 04/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLA, ZULMA M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,993.82 | Date 12/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROM, TONY F | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $71,993.80 | Date 07/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELCHLIN, COURTNEY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,993.58 | Date 03/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, JASON L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,993.54 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARAMELLINO, FRANCIS A | Employer name Croton Harmon UFSD | Amount $71,993.47 | Date 11/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELY, ANGELA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $71,993.43 | Date 04/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAFER, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $71,993.20 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLIUS, MARGARET | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $71,992.97 | Date 04/25/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, DONALD L, II | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $71,992.45 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLAND, SHARON A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $71,991.98 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAMPHILE, RUT N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,991.81 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, DONALD F | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $71,991.72 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYSTAL, THOMAS H | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,991.55 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, MURIEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,991.39 | Date 09/02/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABAN, MICKI L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $71,991.32 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPE, JAIME C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,990.69 | Date 10/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $71,990.67 | Date 02/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLERE, CASSIE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,990.59 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, LISA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $71,990.55 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLLOY, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $71,990.44 | Date 05/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, KRISTINE M | Employer name Phelps Clifton Springs CSD | Amount $71,990.20 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, MEGAN E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,989.98 | Date 01/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOW, ANDREW F | Employer name Village of Canton | Amount $71,989.93 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, MARVIN G | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,989.11 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WENDY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,988.90 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, JAY W | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,988.58 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDAHEE, PATRICK J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,988.30 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHT, SCOTT M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $71,988.05 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, DAVID A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,987.03 | Date 11/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICINSKI, SANDRA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,986.85 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, DAVID G | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $71,986.67 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERSON, DEBRA A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $71,986.64 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, CYNTHIA | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $71,986.63 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURGEOIS, ROBERT E | Employer name Village of Green Island | Amount $71,986.28 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NASH, CHELSEA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,985.70 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, CLIFFORD M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,985.61 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRD, SUSANNE M | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $71,985.00 | Date 10/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $71,983.85 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, DENNIS | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $71,983.75 | Date 11/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINGERT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $71,983.62 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, MORRIS J, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,983.52 | Date 09/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNS, ADAM K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,983.43 | Date 04/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARGARET H | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $71,983.26 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUGHN, PATRICIA | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $71,983.10 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLETTE, JASON R | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,982.88 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, LISA MARIE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,981.76 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARVIS, MATTHEW P R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,980.95 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLISTER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,980.95 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICKLOY, ANN L | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $71,980.68 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, CAROL B | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $71,980.61 | Date 05/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTINO, ELIANETH | Employer name Tuckahoe UFSD | Amount $71,980.56 | Date 07/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYNOHA, KEITH M | Employer name Village of Port Jefferson | Amount $71,980.17 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCINTA, MARIA L | Employer name Buffalo Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $71,979.27 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, WILLIAM B | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,979.24 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMANN, JAMIE M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $71,978.98 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKOV, SUSAN | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,978.91 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABALJA, MARGARET A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $71,978.63 | Date 02/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, STEPHANIE K | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,978.40 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHERN, TIMOTHY I | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,978.03 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOSWORTHY, RAYMOUR P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,978.00 | Date 02/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, BARRY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,977.92 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEN, MERWYN L, JR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,977.72 | Date 05/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILON, MICHEL R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,977.04 | Date 09/03/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGANA, JASON M | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $71,976.96 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STYGA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,976.27 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, NANCY | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,975.91 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, EDWARD R | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $71,975.68 | Date 12/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, JOSHUA A | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $71,975.13 | Date 03/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNASCONI, BRIAN S | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $71,974.42 | Date 11/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZUTO, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $71,973.48 | Date 10/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAWESKI, ROBERT E | Employer name Riverhead Fire District | Amount $71,973.31 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIERZEGA, KIMBERLY | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $71,972.98 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRAMM, MATTHEW F | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,972.89 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREHAN, BRANDI L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,972.60 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ISAAURA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,972.56 | Date 11/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADDER, MICHAEL F | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,972.36 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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