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 PETRUSKA-WILMOT, SABRINA C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,582.25 | Date 02/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE-STERN, SARRA | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $71,582.16 | Date 03/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, TIMOTHY | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,582.14 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADOWS, JOYCE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,581.85 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ-LEACH, SUSAN A | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $71,581.78 | Date 06/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRO, PABLO, JR | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $71,581.07 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANCKE, BARBARA A | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $71,580.97 | Date 09/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSER, ROBERT H | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,580.79 | Date 10/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, PETER J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,580.24 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADER, JENNIFER S | Employer name Brighton CSD | Amount $71,580.15 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, WESLEY A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $71,580.13 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, CORNELIUS J, III | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,580.03 | Date 02/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, FLORENCIA | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,579.88 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAM, ROWENA M | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $71,579.56 | Date 11/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MICHAEL D | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $71,579.46 | Date 06/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYTON, KYLE J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $71,579.44 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANFARDINO, ROSEMARIE V | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $71,579.10 | Date 06/04/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, RANDY S | Employer name Bolivar Richburg CSD | Amount $71,579.02 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRACANE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $71,578.73 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, GREGORY P | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $71,578.70 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANAS, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,578.67 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LA TORRES, CARLOS R | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,578.45 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLPERT, SHARI B | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $71,578.22 | Date 01/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARELLANO, JOSE L | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $71,577.98 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THODEN, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,577.70 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAAB, JONATHAN E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,577.31 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLING, ALISON M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,577.27 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, DESTINI K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,577.23 | Date 09/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, GRAZINA | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,577.21 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPFIELD, DUFFY A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,577.15 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, THOMAS | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $71,576.49 | Date 06/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, MICHAEL P, JR | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $71,576.26 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADSTREET, DIANNE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $71,576.18 | Date 11/15/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWAS, JOSEPH P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,575.94 | Date 10/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURL, MICHAEL G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,575.84 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOXLER, BRADFORD T | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $71,575.41 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, GERALD G | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,575.26 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSTLE, THOMAS M, III | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,575.25 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHMAN, LA VOUGHN D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,575.07 | Date 05/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTINI, FRANCIS J | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLEY, CLAYTON H | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZENSTEIN, JOHN S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 06/10/1965 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVENTHAL, ARLENE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, WILLIAM B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRINIDAD, RAVENAL C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAIPERSAUD, MAHESH | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRESS, RICHARD M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINUE, KENNETH V P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCE, HILLARY M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,575.06 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAIL, CATHY H | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $71,574.93 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, DENNIS | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,574.66 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLICKMAN, DEBORAH A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $71,574.46 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEBRA A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,574.09 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKES, DAVID M | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, LUDOVINO | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 09/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARMIE, LORI A | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, JEAN LOUIS | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLEA, JOSETTE | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 10/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, DONNA M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 04/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ROSEMARIE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 11/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, REBECCA M | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 06/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CEILA H | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, FLORENTINA | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOURNIER, CLARA A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 09/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY-LEE, MURIEL T | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, CLARA G | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINGTON, SHERRI | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON-SMITH, SOPHIA N | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CAROLYN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, LISA P | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,574.08 | Date 02/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARMULA, LONI J | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $71,573.86 | Date 08/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISE, TRICIA A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $71,573.73 | Date 07/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, QUANDERA T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $71,573.49 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPELBAUM, ILENE H | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $71,573.40 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JAMES M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,573.27 | Date 03/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, JASON W | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,572.88 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL J | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $71,572.69 | Date 02/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOGARTY, DANIEL J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $71,572.57 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMA, GREGORY B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,572.53 | Date 07/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLNESS, LENWARD G O | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $71,572.35 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, MALCOLM C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $71,572.08 | Date 04/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $71,572.01 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAULFIELD, KATHLEEN A | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $71,572.00 | Date 06/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRICH, DOROTHY M | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $71,571.98 | Date 06/07/1955 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, RANDY B | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $71,571.40 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLIKEN, RICHARD E | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $71,571.21 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAND, BEAU J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $71,571.16 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, RYAN D | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,571.16 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDRO, LISA J | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $71,570.84 | Date 11/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $71,570.71 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCHANSKYJ, STEPHEN B | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,569.87 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AL MAMUN, MANAAL | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $71,569.56 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYBYCIEN, JOHN P | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $71,569.55 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTH, ROBYN K | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $71,568.99 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNEY, RANDI-LEE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,568.90 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIGA, LISA G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,568.75 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD-ALLARD, JOANNA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,568.58 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLENBECK, HEATHER E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,568.42 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMMA, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $71,568.23 | Date 09/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, BRENDAN B | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,568.17 | Date 08/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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