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 MAROTTA, MARY-JO C | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $71,448.71 | Date 12/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNELLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $71,448.64 | Date 03/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOND, RICHARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,448.60 | Date 05/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORWARD, ASHLEY C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,448.52 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, CYNTHIA R | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,448.29 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAFT, ROBERT W | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,447.76 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAESS, ANDREW P | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,447.63 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLETTE, JUSTIN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,447.40 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, RONALD C | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $71,447.16 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAULKINS, JESSICA M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $71,447.08 | Date 08/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLETON, STANTON R, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,447.02 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, KELLY A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,446.96 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DANIEL G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,446.63 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, JOHN J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $71,446.39 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACITANO, MARK J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,446.34 | Date 03/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONE, DANIEL T | Employer name Altmar-Parish-Williamstown CSD | Amount $71,445.61 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICARI, BERNADETTE M | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $71,445.53 | Date 05/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, RYIN M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $71,445.50 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, EVAN B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,445.47 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARLIN, ALAN S | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $71,445.26 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, ANN T | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,445.08 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Henrietta | Amount $71,444.84 | Date 03/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESORIERE, MICHAEL C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,444.81 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON-WILSON, ANDREA | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $71,444.01 | Date 07/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, LYNN | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $71,443.96 | Date 09/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, PETER J | Employer name Horseheads CSD | Amount $71,443.85 | Date 12/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIANA, LISA L | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $71,443.71 | Date 03/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOSHUA W | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,443.47 | Date 10/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICLARI, LISA A | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $71,443.34 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUSSMAN, SUSAN M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,443.26 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOJDO, KAREN M | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $71,442.56 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADAD-HURST, PAMELA S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,442.54 | Date 01/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, STEVEN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,442.35 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETRAFESA, EMILY Q | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $71,442.00 | Date 07/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, PARRIS | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,441.87 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDL, MARILYN | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $71,441.70 | Date 03/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, JOHN H, IV | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $71,441.61 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSGRAVE, RICHARD E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,441.41 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CITUK, KYLE R | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,440.90 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, DONALD S | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $71,440.84 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOEINCK, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $71,440.46 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID B | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $71,440.37 | Date 08/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOSTANOSKI, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $71,440.18 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIUFFRE, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $71,439.64 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JOHN B | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $71,439.64 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONCEK, SHARON K | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,439.59 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEADLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,439.56 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, FRANK | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,439.49 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AL-RABADI, AMEED H | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,439.04 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYO, SCOTT M | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $71,438.89 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RESCHKE, DEVIN | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,438.56 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLESON, WAYNE S | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,438.49 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMM, MELISSA J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,438.28 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAFFREY, JACQUELINE R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,438.24 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOSE F | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $71,438.16 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHER, KELLY J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,437.90 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLISON, DONIELLE K | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $71,437.76 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, KATHY J | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $71,437.59 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAKHR, YEHIA A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,437.47 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGGEN, AARON G | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,436.56 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, MARJORIE H | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $71,435.72 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,435.18 | Date 06/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOULIA, PHILIP C | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $71,435.03 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEKINS ZWIJACZ, JENNIFER L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,435.03 | Date 05/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, DANIEL | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,434.87 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPORYSZ, CINDY L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $71,433.95 | Date 07/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, ANGELENA M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,433.85 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPATA, ALBERTO | Employer name Port Chester Housing Authority | Amount $71,433.73 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL T | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $71,433.25 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HADZOVIC, ALBAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,432.78 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, CONNIE A | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $71,432.60 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLER, MIRNA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,432.17 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUSS, JOSEPH M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,432.10 | Date 11/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEEVER, NATHAN L | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $71,431.82 | Date 09/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, REBECCA S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,431.77 | Date 07/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, KIM L | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $71,431.74 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, ARNALDO | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,431.55 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORIA, MICHAEL | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $71,431.30 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCY, DARRELL L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $71,430.41 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, DEMETRIUS S | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $71,429.76 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALPOLE, THOMAS F | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $71,429.69 | Date 08/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, CHRISTINE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $71,429.40 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, PHILIP M | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $71,429.32 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, MARIA E | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $71,429.24 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUEGER, DANIEL C | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $71,428.94 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, KRYSTAL L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,428.87 | Date 12/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, COLLEEN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,428.84 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOKOYAMA, AKIKO | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $71,428.54 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROOT, STEPHEN W | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,428.39 | Date 06/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTERFIELD, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $71,427.96 | Date 12/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAIGHT, BRIAN T | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $71,427.50 | Date 08/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RINEBOLD, JOHN R | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $71,427.34 | Date 01/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZUR, REX T | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $71,427.26 | Date 12/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, BONNIE L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,427.24 | Date 12/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLACE, SCOTT W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $71,426.46 | Date 03/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELKIND, DIANA | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $71,426.43 | Date 08/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARAFILE, GLENN | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $71,425.99 | Date 04/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUS, CARYL L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $71,425.98 | Date 01/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHELL, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $71,425.79 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, LAURA A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,425.52 | Date 01/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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