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 SCARBOROUGH, BEVERLEY S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,778.43 | Date 10/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, GREGORY D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,778.33 | Date 03/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNELLI, VINCENZO C | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $71,777.75 | Date 07/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTACH, JEFFREY C | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $71,777.53 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, SHANNON E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,777.53 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHE, LAURA G | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $71,777.49 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOSKINS, GARY R | Employer name Newark Valley CSD | Amount $71,777.21 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTARELLIANO, ANTHONY | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $71,776.47 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS, RONALD, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $71,776.14 | Date 02/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $71,776.13 | Date 08/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALGER, DENNIS C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,776.02 | Date 08/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISER, DALE E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $71,775.83 | Date 06/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKEY, NOEL A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $71,775.83 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAO, BO | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $71,775.11 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, ERIC B | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $71,774.13 | Date 12/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $71,774.13 | Date 08/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETMAN, MYRON R C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,773.87 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEKEYE, EMMANUEL A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,773.50 | Date 05/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, LIN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,773.50 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERRY, BRIAN J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,773.28 | Date 04/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, CRAIG A | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $71,773.06 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGLIACCIO, MARK A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,772.96 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $71,772.19 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEPSHUTZ, MARTIN P | Employer name Div Alcoholic Beverage Control | Amount $71,772.13 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABINEAU, PETER S | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $71,772.13 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPONI, PETER | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $71,772.13 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CYNTHIA | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,772.06 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEFFENBACH, MANDY J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $71,771.96 | Date 11/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNVERDORBEN, RONALD W | Employer name Town of Marilla | Amount $71,771.82 | Date 05/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINFIELD, EDWIN G, III | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,771.11 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERESHNOSKI, PETER E | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $71,771.10 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, AMY J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,770.14 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, WILLIAM K | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $71,770.13 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASQUA, NANCY | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $71,770.10 | Date 09/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUVAKIS, EVANGELOS N | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,770.00 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WILLIAM R | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $71,770.00 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CECERE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,769.81 | Date 01/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSEN, ALLEGRA M D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,769.43 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMPF, KELLY L | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $71,769.09 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, NANCY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,768.95 | Date 03/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, ERIC S | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,768.68 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPANELLA, LEONARD | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $71,768.66 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, JASON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $71,768.55 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYBERT, JUSTIN M | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $71,768.45 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GONNIGLE, JANE M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $71,768.35 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NULCHAND, DROPATIE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $71,768.27 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOTT, ALEXIE A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $71,767.72 | Date 10/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHARON S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,767.69 | Date 12/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTAIN, HECTOR M, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,767.52 | Date 02/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALKINS, RACHAEL M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,767.48 | Date 02/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONILLA, REINALDO | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $71,767.28 | Date 12/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCSIS, RONALD M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $71,767.22 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSSETT, MICHAEL V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,766.75 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, ALAN J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,766.51 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIDEN, LAUREL L | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $71,766.22 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZDON, REBECCA R | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $71,766.21 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTENS, ROGER L, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $71,765.29 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCUDERO, FAVIO | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,765.24 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JENNIFER A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,764.83 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVISON, ANDREW J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $71,764.72 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,764.58 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, WILLIAM J | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $71,764.18 | Date 10/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANCHIK, TRACY J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,764.02 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERHILL, WENDY A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $71,763.64 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, DEVINA C | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $71,763.51 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONEY, VALENE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,763.31 | Date 12/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, GEORGE Q | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $71,763.27 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITE, JOSHUA M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $71,763.15 | Date 08/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACLIN, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $71,763.08 | Date 01/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, PAUL M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,762.99 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JOSHUA V | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,762.94 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMA, JAMES D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,762.61 | Date 02/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, RAYMOND | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,762.61 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSELLS, MELONIE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,762.48 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ERIC R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $71,762.33 | Date 03/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLANI, JAMES M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,762.13 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, MICAH S | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $71,761.90 | Date 08/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APONTE, VALERIE A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,761.35 | Date 06/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANI, FRANK | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $71,760.80 | Date 10/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACY, BRIAN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,760.24 | Date 01/04/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINGARD, VERONICA | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $71,760.18 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVIO, EDWARD J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $71,759.30 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSIO, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,759.03 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWES, MARIA ROSARIO | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,758.67 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAZAR, DAVID | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $71,758.62 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIOTROWSKI, EDWARD S | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $71,758.62 | Date 02/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELL, CHRISTINA | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,758.07 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JACKULINE R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,758.07 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, TAMIA J | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,757.97 | Date 10/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, PAUL J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,757.55 | Date 02/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINNEY, KEVIN L | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $71,757.47 | Date 08/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORGI, ROBERTA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,757.47 | Date 09/21/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFFE, ELIZABETH D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,757.46 | Date 06/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAMON, ALLISON K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,757.07 | Date 05/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JAMES J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,756.99 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDSELL, RICHARD P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $71,756.94 | Date 07/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHNIK, MARY BETH | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $71,756.75 | Date 06/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDORF, JOSEPH D | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $71,756.52 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANAVAN, MICHELLE | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,756.09 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDOYA, JONATHAN | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $71,755.80 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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