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 LA BIER, RICHARD H, JR | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $71,379.97 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERHISE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,379.83 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALIONE, KATHY A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $71,379.82 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAI, ROXANNE AIMEE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $71,379.72 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARWOSKI, CAROLYN P | Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library | Amount $71,379.31 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, CAROLYN Y | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,379.14 | Date 09/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELLEY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $71,378.70 | Date 10/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETZ, PATRICK J | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $71,378.68 | Date 07/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLARD, STEVEN H, SR | Employer name Village of Addison | Amount $71,378.12 | Date 08/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FUCCI, DONATO | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $71,378.11 | Date 08/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMEAD, GREGORY | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,377.92 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, RYAN M | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $71,377.71 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOULO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,377.53 | Date 03/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZPRENGIEL, HALINA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,377.51 | Date 09/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLADES, KAYLA A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,376.42 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SUSIE | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $71,376.21 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROY, CHARLES F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $71,376.14 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JAMES D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $71,375.98 | Date 03/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODRUFF, MARK R | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $71,375.42 | Date 11/26/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIONES, JORGE R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $71,375.29 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLERNEE, RONALD T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,375.22 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAAL, BRUCE R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,375.22 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKNER, JEFFREY D | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $71,375.14 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPLING, CAROL A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,375.09 | Date 02/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETRO, LORRAINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,375.03 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,374.84 | Date 06/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, ANGELA M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $71,374.44 | Date 10/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINKENS, JOHN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $71,374.38 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, SUZANNE C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $71,374.33 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA, MICHELLE L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $71,374.28 | Date 01/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS-HURST, FANNY | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,374.13 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NESS, ERIC R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $71,374.04 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, MATTHEW R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $71,374.02 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, NATASHA A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $71,373.62 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANIS, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,372.94 | Date 01/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAILLARD, FRED | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,371.98 | Date 11/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBER, SCOT J | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $71,371.35 | Date 02/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, DENNIS M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,371.20 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DAVID A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,370.99 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $71,370.86 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCKLE, KENDRA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,370.53 | Date 12/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ELIZABETH M | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $71,370.13 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANDY, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Saratoga Springs City Sch Dist | Amount $71,369.95 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOROZOW, DANIEL J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $71,369.75 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERY, EDWARD S | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $71,369.66 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ANTHONY G | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $71,369.59 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MURRAY, KANE V | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,368.90 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUSO, CAROL A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,368.75 | Date 04/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAGOS, MAUREEN J | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $71,368.60 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIKOFF, JANET M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,368.57 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UCHYTIL, AARON D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,368.37 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASLOWSKI, EUGENE D | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $71,368.02 | Date 08/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAEMER, SAMUEL S | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $71,367.84 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, STUART D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,367.50 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAZZERA, ADAM D | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $71,367.48 | Date 08/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONIFER, DREW R | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $71,367.21 | Date 06/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,366.71 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUCH, SHEILA O | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,366.64 | Date 04/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAVERN, LIAM C | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $71,366.39 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSOWSKI, DONALD P | Employer name Village of East Hills | Amount $71,366.25 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEID, CHAD M | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $71,366.13 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, LEE ANDREW J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $71,366.01 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, RUTH A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,365.55 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTLEY, RICHARD P | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,365.15 | Date 02/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONEILLO, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $71,365.02 | Date 11/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILI, JAMES C, II | Employer name Caledonia-Mumford CSD | Amount $71,364.72 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERE, CATHY M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,364.66 | Date 11/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, WILLIAM T, JR | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $71,364.64 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLBROOK, THOMAS T C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,364.64 | Date 06/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTONE, JAMES S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $71,364.53 | Date 12/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYEU, MICHAEL J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,363.62 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, JANET L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,363.48 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,362.97 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, DEBORAH L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,362.51 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, NANCY J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,362.22 | Date 09/26/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, MARTHA J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,361.87 | Date 07/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Medina | Amount $71,361.43 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ALEIA N | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,361.29 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLEW, DEANNA M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $71,361.05 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, ROBERT A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,360.33 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETT, JAMES V | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $71,360.32 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMESSER, PAUL J | Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs | Amount $71,360.12 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIRADO, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $71,360.09 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, DANIEL A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $71,359.83 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIVEAU, MATHIEU P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,359.72 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, DANIEL P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,359.72 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGLIM, PETER F | Employer name Uniondale Fire Dist | Amount $71,359.67 | Date 05/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, LYNN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,359.58 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGLEY, JOHN W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,359.48 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPICA, JUDITH S | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $71,358.95 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGLEY, JANET M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $71,358.74 | Date 09/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, CHARLES P, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,358.59 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, CHRISTIAN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,358.57 | Date 11/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, WILLIAM F | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $71,358.37 | Date 01/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISICATO, ANTHONY | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,358.29 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, FURRINA F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,358.20 | Date 08/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORGIONE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $71,358.07 | Date 10/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAN JULE, ANDREW C | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $71,357.97 | Date 03/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $71,357.91 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, KEVIN M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $71,357.34 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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