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 DONIE, GAYLA G | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $71,631.43 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, VINCENT, JR | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $71,631.28 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEITCHMAN, CORY T | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $71,630.84 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA-SORIANO, MIGUEL A | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $71,630.82 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, JACQUELINE L | Employer name Dobbs Ferry UFSD | Amount $71,630.69 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, PATRICK B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.58 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLLO, FRANCO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.58 | Date 01/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DANNY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.58 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, FRANK P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.58 | Date 04/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMMARATA, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.57 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAS, JOSELUIS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.57 | Date 02/08/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, KATHY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.57 | Date 09/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOVINA, JOSEPH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.57 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFKOWICZ, PAMELA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.57 | Date 03/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, DENNIS F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.57 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINDLINGER, JUDITH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,630.57 | Date 01/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE HOCKEY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,630.12 | Date 12/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WAITE, KRISTIAN M | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $71,630.08 | Date 07/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MAREN E | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $71,630.01 | Date 09/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETREFESA, VALERIE E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,629.99 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, PATRICIA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,629.96 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, ANN V | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $71,629.51 | Date 07/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROMWELL, IAN M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $71,629.27 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, CYNTHIA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,629.22 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCO, MICHAEL, III | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $71,628.87 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKWITH, BRUCE L | Employer name Cheektowaga-Maryvale UFSD | Amount $71,628.87 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHUNS, DAVID J | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $71,628.80 | Date 11/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINARO, GARY J | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $71,628.64 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALMADGE, MARK J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $71,628.61 | Date 07/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DUZER, TRISTA B | Employer name Pulaski CSD | Amount $71,628.60 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERAVOLE, PHILIP J, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,628.57 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, ROBERT J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,628.52 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEMPICA, LOUIS F | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $71,628.51 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYMAN, DANIEL C | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $71,628.47 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCHILL, DAVID M, JR | Employer name Town of Kent | Amount $71,628.36 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLNER, DAVID R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,627.95 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $71,627.60 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,627.45 | Date 11/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECHETTE, FREDERICK P, JR | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $71,627.30 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARCE, JANNETTIA Y | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,627.09 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENZEL, JAMES E, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,626.97 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIESLER, MATTHEW M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,626.66 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECAKES, GREGORY J | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $71,626.12 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CANDICE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,625.49 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IMMEL, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,624.55 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIOCHO, GINA F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,624.47 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,624.37 | Date 11/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPPO, DAVID | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $71,623.83 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELIOUS, DAVID | Employer name Village of Port Jefferson | Amount $71,623.53 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, NICHOLAUS R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,623.37 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, JOHN J | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $71,622.98 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, IRETTA P | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,622.44 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAWINSKI, PAUL | Employer name Village of Great Neck | Amount $71,622.26 | Date 05/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, WILLIAM A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,620.76 | Date 05/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDMAN, DAVID P | Employer name Cuba Rushford CSD | Amount $71,620.36 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARELLI, ERIC T | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $71,620.29 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFER, SCOTT D | Employer name Town of Scriba | Amount $71,620.16 | Date 02/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, PATRICIA A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,620.10 | Date 11/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE-CURRAN, ANGELA B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,619.90 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLZIN, SCOTT A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,619.51 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, JASON E | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,619.29 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, MERRILL A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $71,619.03 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISSEY, ANGELA C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,618.81 | Date 09/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGGIO, HECTOR G | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $71,618.62 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOLOWSKI, ELIZABETH C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,618.06 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SERIO, LYNN | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $71,617.34 | Date 04/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, OLIVE J R | Employer name Pocantico Hills CSD | Amount $71,617.07 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, ELTON D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,616.63 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEIERHEISER, JENNIFER L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,616.45 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREEDOM, MATTHEW D | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $71,616.24 | Date 09/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANFUSO, PETER M | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $71,616.01 | Date 06/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLYTH, JAMES A, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $71,615.51 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Whitesboro CSD | Amount $71,615.46 | Date 02/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, JAMES L, JR | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $71,615.35 | Date 04/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEILY, JULIE L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,615.33 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, VICTORIA E | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,615.18 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, CANDACE G | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $71,615.06 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURLEY, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $71,615.04 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, JAMES C | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,615.03 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEKLAR, JOHN R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,614.34 | Date 05/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELTSCH, DEBORAH M | Employer name Poughkeepsie Publ Library Dis | Amount $71,614.25 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURPURA, JUSTIN P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,613.76 | Date 10/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARSICO, PAMELA A | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $71,613.72 | Date 10/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, NICOLE C | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $71,613.64 | Date 12/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITTON, JARROD M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,613.43 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, LANCE J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,612.82 | Date 08/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MANUS, JEFFREY D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $71,612.81 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARFORD, JOHN L | Employer name Melville Fire District | Amount $71,612.80 | Date 08/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMBUCCI, DELIA A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $71,612.68 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTA, DANIEL J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,611.85 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, PETER J | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $71,611.39 | Date 05/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, BRIAN | Employer name Harborfields Public Library | Amount $71,611.36 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIAM, WANDA M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,611.28 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKOLENKO, VIKTORIYA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $71,610.43 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARBAUGH, MICHAEL R | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $71,610.30 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JESMER, ROBERT T | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,610.19 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, MICHAEL F | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,609.68 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, GERALD | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $71,609.33 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, MARK P | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $71,609.33 | Date 06/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRD, PHILLIP L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,609.27 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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