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 KENNELLY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,015.09 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WORDEN, DONALD R | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $71,014.94 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OATES, BUERIN | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $71,014.32 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDENBURGH, LYNNE | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $71,014.17 | Date 08/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, ANTONIA J | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $71,014.08 | Date 05/12/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIREIKA, REBECCA L | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $71,012.99 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARR, JAMES H | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $71,012.73 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, RICHARD A | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $71,012.41 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOELSCHER, SHARON B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,012.21 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRICK, TAMISHA A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $71,012.05 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, PHILLIP J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,011.53 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, MICHAEL S | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $71,011.21 | Date 12/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, WILLIAM A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,011.09 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVENS, COLLEEN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,010.92 | Date 11/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEADLE, MORRIS | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $71,010.77 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUSTINGER, ELLIOTT M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $71,010.71 | Date 01/14/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOSADO, CHRIS T | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $71,010.69 | Date 09/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRIQUEZ-NEPAULSINGH, MARLA | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $71,010.31 | Date 04/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONEY, JAMES R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $71,010.27 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZEC, CHARLES G | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $71,010.18 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORRMANN, KEVIN S | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $71,010.07 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUDATO-MURPHY, JULIANE | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $71,009.97 | Date 01/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEGLIO, LINDA A | Employer name Harborfields Public Library | Amount $71,009.91 | Date 10/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAJEWSKI, VIRGINIA W | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $71,009.28 | Date 02/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOSHUA T | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $71,009.21 | Date 01/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POULIN, CATHERINE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,009.14 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, RICHARD E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,009.05 | Date 02/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDRICK, JAMES M | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $71,008.87 | Date 06/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SACKETT, JASON T | Employer name Hornell Housing Authority | Amount $71,008.84 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECOSSE, CASEY M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $71,008.56 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMYTH, THOMAS J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,008.55 | Date 08/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANFARILLO, MARK A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $71,008.39 | Date 01/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, THOMAS A | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $71,008.35 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLING, MATTHEW S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $71,008.25 | Date 10/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTON-MEEDER, SUZANNE L | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $71,007.90 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, SUZANNE L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,007.86 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JOHN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,007.68 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGARDUS, JULIE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSO, CHRISTINE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGEL, WALTER F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 05/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARABIN, WILLIAM G | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, COLLEEN A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 08/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, GREGORY P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKERINK, STEVEN W | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, THOMAS J | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLICASTRO, BRIAN D | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 10/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCISOFSKY, DAVID E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 04/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORE, WILLIAM A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONDERDONK-MILNE, NICHOLAS L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 03/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINDLE, SCOTT E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 05/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARPEY, ANDREW W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAZIN, SHARON D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 11/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHONGAR, KEVIN A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROY, KATHLEEN S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, DEBRA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, LINDA E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 03/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREE, MARY A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, MARK B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, TRISHA L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, DENNIS L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 10/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, STEPHANIE J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 12/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUZDEY, LORRIE E | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 06/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, DEBRA N | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 08/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCHAM, ARTHUR F | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPOLA, NANCY L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, CATHERINE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 11/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, MYRA O | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEETLAND, SUSAN B | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,007.67 | Date 03/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINO, PAUL R, JR | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $71,007.40 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, DWAYNE | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $71,007.06 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RODERICK B, JR | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $71,007.02 | Date 09/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, GABRIEL I | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $71,006.89 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELLE, LINDSEY A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,006.70 | Date 03/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATAPANO, EDWARD J | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $71,006.66 | Date 10/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROM, MELINDA A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,006.58 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINGER, JASON E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,006.42 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, ROBERT F | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $71,006.34 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HE, YUEMING | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,006.33 | Date 02/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, LATONYA M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,005.48 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVINO, ANTHONY P | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $71,005.30 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYSLO, WILLIAM R | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $71,005.19 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINZ, BRIAN D | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $71,004.57 | Date 11/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANSKI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $71,004.03 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, MARGARET H | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,003.99 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKA, JAMES M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,003.58 | Date 04/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, BETH A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,003.28 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALINOWSKI, COREY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,002.99 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUPPENBERGER, RACHEL E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,002.74 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, JAMES A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,002.72 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAIT, EILEEN E | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $71,002.55 | Date 02/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPPINCOTT-PINO, LOIS A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $71,002.12 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORZEL, MICHAEL M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,002.11 | Date 10/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMIEN, ROBERT H | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $71,001.91 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABB, RALPH A, III | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $71,001.90 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, DAWN L | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $71,001.74 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, LORRIE A | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $71,001.45 | Date 02/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARIA, PHILLIP A, JR | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $71,001.35 | Date 02/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINDALE, CAMILLE A | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $71,001.21 | Date 11/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMESKEY, MAUREEN P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,000.95 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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