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 VALENCIA, JOSE A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $71,806.69 | Date 08/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDRIDGE, RODERICK M, JR | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,806.62 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFANO, WILLIAM L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,806.49 | Date 11/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, GREGORY L | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $71,806.45 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, RAYMOND C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,806.39 | Date 04/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $71,806.09 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, RYAN A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,805.63 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINNEY, BERNARD F, JR | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,805.53 | Date 04/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ARTHUR J | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $71,805.15 | Date 06/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, SANTOS E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $71,804.41 | Date 03/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMEDIO, JOSEPH R | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,804.29 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FELICE, JEFFREY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,803.97 | Date 10/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLET, DAWN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $71,803.92 | Date 05/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, ALICE B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,803.28 | Date 06/25/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENION, DENNIS M | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $71,803.24 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BUREN, EILAH | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,803.15 | Date 06/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINLEY, LAURA L | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $71,803.08 | Date 09/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, EDWELL T, II | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $71,802.64 | Date 08/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, GISELE | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $71,802.18 | Date 09/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN-CASEY, VIRGINIA M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $71,801.94 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASANOFF, MARK R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $71,801.56 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERSTEIN, SUSAN H | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $71,801.52 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $71,801.38 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, MICHAELA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,801.27 | Date 10/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAFIORE, MARGE M | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $71,801.11 | Date 09/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, CHLOEY P | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,800.95 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NANGLE, MARIAN J | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $71,800.69 | Date 03/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANSKI, JOHN H | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $71,800.56 | Date 03/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTY, MATTHEW L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,800.26 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, FREDERICK L | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $71,800.14 | Date 12/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYRING, PENROSE J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $71,799.94 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMORTE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $71,799.20 | Date 11/06/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, SOJOURNER R | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $71,799.01 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENTON, LAURIE T | Employer name Shenendehowa CSD | Amount $71,798.90 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIAPPERINO, DAVID R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,798.51 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, ROBERT C | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $71,798.43 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, TRAYMANE D | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $71,798.08 | Date 09/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KEVIN J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,797.87 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSSART, SCOTT D | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $71,797.80 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIOVANNI, RICHARD K | Employer name New Hyde Pk-Garden Cty Pk UFSD | Amount $71,797.26 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWNES, AJA V | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,797.25 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONOVODOFF, ALEXANDR B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,796.34 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, YICHAO | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,795.35 | Date 11/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCBRIDE, JESSICA L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,795.25 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLOTTA, JOHN L | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $71,795.14 | Date 06/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLEBOIS, REMI, III | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $71,794.91 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZZILLI, DANIEL G | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $71,794.76 | Date 04/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, SUSAN J | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $71,794.68 | Date 03/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, TARANJEET K | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,794.43 | Date 01/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPORING, ELIZABETH W | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $71,794.23 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKLER, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $71,793.22 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLCOTT, SAMUEL L | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,792.89 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMKO, SABRENA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,792.22 | Date 11/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GECEWICZ, GREG P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,791.99 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHMAN, GENEVRA A | Employer name State Bd of Elections | Amount $71,791.68 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JOHN F | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $71,790.85 | Date 06/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINALE, LISA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,789.38 | Date 02/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EFFINGER, DONALD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,789.36 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENNEMAN, JULIANNE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,788.78 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUDER, JOHN P | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $71,788.75 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPINSKI, PETER S, JR | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $71,788.07 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, DIANA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,787.90 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGERAME, JOHN R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,786.76 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOUGLE, ASHLEY M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,786.33 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, RICHARD L, III | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,786.30 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRIM, WASYL P | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,786.27 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCACCHETTI, FRANCESCO, JR | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $71,786.26 | Date 12/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIUCA, BRYAN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,786.19 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMALZ, TAMMY L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,786.08 | Date 04/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAND, DAVID H | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,786.04 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAYRE, RICHARD G | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $71,785.99 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELMONT, DONALD A | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $71,785.98 | Date 04/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUR, RAMNEEK | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,785.88 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GUEHERY, JULIA K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,785.68 | Date 09/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORST, KASSIA | Employer name East Islip Public Library | Amount $71,785.65 | Date 01/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, WILLIAM D | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,785.42 | Date 01/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESSNER, JOHN A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,785.36 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, KATHERINE E | Employer name Catskill Otb Corp. | Amount $71,785.16 | Date 03/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARON, STEVEN R | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $71,785.12 | Date 03/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISING, JOILYNN A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,784.11 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTLER, CHAD T | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,784.07 | Date 09/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIANO, LORRAINE | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $71,783.68 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, MICHELLE A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $71,783.55 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, MIGUEL A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,783.44 | Date 05/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNHA, JOSE C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,783.31 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, ROBERT E | Employer name Dutchess Water Wastewater Auth | Amount $71,783.11 | Date 08/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDING, DEZILYN | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,783.04 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZZO, JAMES J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,782.72 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, KEVIN W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,782.29 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAULKINS, JULIE M | Employer name Waterford-Halfmoon UFSD | Amount $71,781.86 | Date 09/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $71,781.63 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, FROBERTO | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $71,780.42 | Date 01/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUIRRE, ARMANDO | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $71,780.36 | Date 06/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINNERLY, JOSEPH R, JR | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $71,780.14 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JEFFREY A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $71,779.83 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKLITSCH, CHRISTINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,779.30 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NAMEF, MARK F | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $71,779.12 | Date 06/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMANN, JOSEF A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,778.80 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EILTS, DENISE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,778.70 | Date 06/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUPPLES, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,778.45 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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