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 ALIANELLO, MARK D | Employer name Town of Ellicottville | Amount $71,343.33 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKBUSH, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $71,343.09 | Date 09/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CAROLYN | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,342.82 | Date 02/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZILBER, KENNETH E | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $71,342.51 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELTING, JEROME A | Employer name Poughkeepsie City School Dist | Amount $71,342.34 | Date 06/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORGENSEN, JEREMY L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $71,341.88 | Date 03/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTLER, DANIEL S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,341.66 | Date 07/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CRENZA, ROBERT | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $71,341.54 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMAK, JEREMY M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $71,340.95 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATESIC, SAM | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $71,340.84 | Date 07/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIRE, PATRICK W | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $71,340.69 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPPINGER, GREGORY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,340.59 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STONE, HAROLD G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,340.53 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, MARY JANE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,340.45 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAINWRIGHT, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,340.32 | Date 09/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, JULIE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,340.03 | Date 04/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPELL, KEVIN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $71,340.03 | Date 02/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LOONE, DANIEL J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $71,339.94 | Date 11/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRICE, GEORGE A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $71,339.01 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, GIOVANI | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $71,338.86 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUDGE, ROBIN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,338.79 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILACKY, JENNIFER B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,338.69 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $71,338.47 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMATO, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Canandaigua City School Dist | Amount $71,338.32 | Date 02/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRONE, THERESA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,338.23 | Date 08/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDI, GINA | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,337.97 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARUGHESE, RAJAN THUNDIL | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $71,337.86 | Date 04/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWENSEN, CRAIG S | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $71,337.79 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, KAITLYN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,337.77 | Date 10/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JASON S | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $71,337.76 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKEBEY, THOMAS R | Employer name Town of Horseheads | Amount $71,337.66 | Date 08/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, KEITH R | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,337.01 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFE, BRUCE E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,336.76 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, LINDA M | Employer name Village of West Haverstraw | Amount $71,336.64 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEDDER, JAMES A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $71,336.47 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODENSTEIN, ROSE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $71,336.32 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARY, JULIETTE F | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $71,336.32 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONISAN, SUZETTE R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,336.30 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARPINIAN, CHRISTINE S | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $71,336.02 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORGIO, MARY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,336.00 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAIN, JUSTIN A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,335.98 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEE, DAVID L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,335.87 | Date 05/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, MARTIN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $71,335.68 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTH, JOSEPH D | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $71,335.50 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, MATTHEW J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,335.40 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEDY, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,335.11 | Date 11/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLAND, HEATHER L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,334.93 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, WILLIAM T | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,334.76 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, REBECCA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,334.66 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, JOSEPHINE | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $71,334.25 | Date 02/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAROWER, GLENN S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,333.97 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, WAYNE E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $71,333.82 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, KEVIN P | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,333.79 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAINA, CATHERINE V | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,333.71 | Date 03/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, SHEIK M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $71,333.70 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVELENO, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,333.62 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANIERI, ANGELO A, JR | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $71,333.03 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,333.00 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWDER, KARIS E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,332.40 | Date 04/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFER, KEVIN A | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $71,332.06 | Date 02/29/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTI, ANNE MARY | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $71,331.25 | Date 07/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIDGEON, JESSICA L | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,331.01 | Date 04/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARCHA, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $71,330.56 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, JOSEPH W, JR | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $71,330.39 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEURS, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $71,330.17 | Date 05/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TJORNHOM, DIANE E | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $71,329.91 | Date 10/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, RICHARD E | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $71,329.75 | Date 07/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, TIFFANY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,328.82 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTON, ROBERT J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $71,328.66 | Date 06/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICE, JEFFREY S | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $71,328.64 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, STACEY A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $71,328.40 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRASSER, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $71,328.35 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, JESSICA B | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $71,327.81 | Date 06/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, MATHEW T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $71,327.23 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMMEH, DODOU | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $71,326.97 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, BARBARA G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,326.70 | Date 02/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURZO, MICHAEL | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $71,326.01 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYMAN, GARY S | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $71,325.74 | Date 01/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPANO, ROBERT J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $71,325.61 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOU, YOUNG AH | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $71,324.89 | Date 12/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELL, ROBIN A | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $71,324.82 | Date 11/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, NADINE E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,324.49 | Date 05/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLATO, ROGELIO | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $71,324.26 | Date 12/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, JASON C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $71,324.21 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKELY-ARMITAGE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $71,324.08 | Date 06/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICONE, CHRISTINA C | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,324.00 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRE, ANDREW G | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,323.94 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOPKA, ANDREW R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,323.83 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACI, ANGELO | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $71,323.61 | Date 12/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIS, ROSANNE | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $71,323.20 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, MICHAEL T | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $71,323.07 | Date 12/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERCASIO, EDWARD L, JR | Employer name Village of Catskill | Amount $71,323.07 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLIGAN, SUZANNE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,323.04 | Date 03/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAUGH GONZALEZ, SHANNON R | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $71,322.52 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPAK, MICHAEL | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $71,322.49 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, AMY M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $71,322.34 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, TRACY B | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $71,322.23 | Date 06/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGEL, CASSANDRA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,322.03 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMEELE, MARK D | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,322.00 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMERMAN, NANCY F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $71,321.90 | Date 01/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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