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 MC GRATH, MARK E | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,521.10 | Date 12/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHRMAN, DANIEL P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,521.10 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNNING, CRAIG P | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,521.10 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,521.10 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENGEL, DWIGHT E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,520.61 | Date 06/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHERTY, JOSEPH E | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $71,520.40 | Date 03/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUBOTH, RICHARD | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $71,520.01 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPPES, ROBERT T, JR | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $71,519.94 | Date 11/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MELISSA M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $71,519.85 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORIANO, LILLY N | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $71,519.28 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPPINCOTT, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,519.21 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, SCOTT T | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $71,518.68 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, JEANNETTA D | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,518.59 | Date 03/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALKURABI, ERIC S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,517.70 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA, RICKY L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,517.45 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LACOMBE, JOSHUA C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,517.11 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, JENNIFER L | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $71,516.90 | Date 05/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, MARYANNE C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,516.80 | Date 05/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEVIN, ANDREW R | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $71,516.79 | Date 08/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINNEBORN, MARION D | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $71,516.29 | Date 02/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIPLEY-BROWN, BARBARA J | Employer name Warwick Valley CSD | Amount $71,516.25 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVITO, MARGO L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,515.94 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, BRUCE M, III | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $71,515.91 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ELLIOTE L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,515.83 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUGES, MARK A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,515.78 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMKE, JEFFREY D | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,515.30 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,515.04 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, JASON A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,514.91 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, CLIFTON S, III | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,514.72 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, TROY L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $71,514.45 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKWELL, MARCELLA A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,514.26 | Date 08/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSS, PETER J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $71,513.77 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELINSKI, ROBERT D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,513.20 | Date 01/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, AARON A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $71,513.20 | Date 02/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARBIERI, ALESSANDRA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,512.25 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURNOYER, BARBARA A | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $71,512.17 | Date 09/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, BRIAN L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $71,512.05 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, CASSANDRA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,511.86 | Date 07/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAVID O | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $71,511.46 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JEAN D | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $71,511.04 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, GREGORY V | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,510.84 | Date 08/31/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MARY E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,510.80 | Date 08/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, SANKAR D | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $71,510.73 | Date 04/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELANICH, ALEXANDRA C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,510.25 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURICK, MATTHEW D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,509.50 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIA, JOAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,509.30 | Date 09/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANGIONE, JULIA A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $71,509.20 | Date 03/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNELLA, RONALD L | Employer name Town of Gaines | Amount $71,509.12 | Date 10/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURIALE, MARK L | Employer name Guilderland Public Library | Amount $71,508.70 | Date 07/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, LISA A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $71,508.49 | Date 10/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTELA, BELINDA J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $71,508.43 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTERBY, JARED F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,508.23 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STETZ-REESE, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,508.05 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, ROBERT F | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,507.91 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, THONIA Y | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $71,507.69 | Date 07/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAHY, KAREN A | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $71,507.31 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, NIXON, JR | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $71,507.30 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANNIER, ASHLEY R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,507.13 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAEZ, JORGE A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,506.81 | Date 07/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MICAH J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $71,505.81 | Date 02/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CURTI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,505.68 | Date 11/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSPINA, WILSON D | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $71,505.60 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KINNON, CARL R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,505.13 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSIECKI, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $71,505.11 | Date 09/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAUBIEN, KYLE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,505.00 | Date 08/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSALES, ANN P | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,504.73 | Date 05/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, JAMES A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,504.51 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARPENTINE, WILLIAM E | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $71,504.29 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLUP, SCOTT R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,504.04 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIL, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,504.00 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, E JAMALL | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,503.73 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROIDL, JOHN F | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,503.39 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, MAURICE H | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $71,503.37 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAPLETON, MARK A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,502.63 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,502.46 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INNIS, DEBBIE L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,502.05 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROPHY, PATRICK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,502.02 | Date 10/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADAGLIACCA, MICHAEL | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $71,501.91 | Date 03/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CONNELL, JON W | Employer name Village of Victor | Amount $71,501.73 | Date 01/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CASSANDRA B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,501.42 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSO, JENNIFER A | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $71,501.22 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, BERNARDA | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $71,501.21 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, LINDSEY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,501.14 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, LUCY | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $71,500.62 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSOFF, DAVID E | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $71,500.26 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DANNA L | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,500.21 | Date 04/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUST, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Town of Cornwall | Amount $71,500.11 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEDDLETON, JAMES J | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $71,500.00 | Date 11/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZGER, REBECCA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,499.90 | Date 08/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOLIK, JACOB T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,499.50 | Date 09/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORISETTE, JOSEPH P | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $71,499.38 | Date 01/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELTERLINE, ELIZABETH M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $71,499.19 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMPTON, JOHN M | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,498.99 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, RAY C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,498.91 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPAUL, EDNA M | Employer name Westbury Mem Public Library | Amount $71,498.77 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPADONE, DAVID V | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,498.71 | Date 03/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERKULOV, NIKOLAY | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $71,498.22 | Date 08/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONOVAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,497.96 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, STEVEN W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,497.91 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDS, CHANA M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $71,497.79 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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