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 GILLIGAN, PATRICK E, JR | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $70,606.76 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEAN, LAUREL S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $70,606.48 | Date 11/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $70,606.41 | Date 03/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VUCIC, OMER | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $70,605.81 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREGA, PATRICK S | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $70,605.48 | Date 02/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABOT, SCOTT C | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $70,605.48 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANO, BRIAN J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $70,605.39 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABBAGH, HEIDI A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $70,605.01 | Date 01/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, DI | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $70,604.88 | Date 03/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOELLER, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $70,604.72 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, JAMES E | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $70,604.60 | Date 06/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $70,604.57 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLEY, MICHAEL L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $70,604.13 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMRICH, ANDREW J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $70,604.05 | Date 04/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, ERIN T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,603.57 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $70,603.18 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALBALLY, CASEY R | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $70,603.03 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBLATT, DENISE M | Employer name County Clerks Within Nyc | Amount $70,602.79 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSHI, ANILKUMAR A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,601.96 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIEL, THOMAS J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,600.88 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, JOHN J | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $70,600.67 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATOUR, ROGER D | Employer name Madison County | Amount $70,600.55 | Date 08/16/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, CHAD R | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,599.48 | Date 05/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, ELISA A | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $70,599.22 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRESHER, DAVID I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,599.12 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRELA-MC GLOIN, LUZ DELIA | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $70,599.07 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, ERIC W | Employer name Amsterdam City School Dist | Amount $70,598.79 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYSER, RICHARD D | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,598.53 | Date 06/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGS, BRYAN J | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,598.53 | Date 08/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEACH, RANDY S | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $70,597.32 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODYARD, THOMAS | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $70,597.02 | Date 10/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMELIA, ROBERT J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $70,596.85 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLARDO, ALVIN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,596.37 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINELLO, JOHN A, III | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,596.24 | Date 09/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI GIACOMO, SAMANTHA J | Employer name Port Jefferson Free Library | Amount $70,595.91 | Date 09/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRAS, ROBIN L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $70,595.84 | Date 09/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISSH, CINDY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,595.55 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CRAIG S | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $70,595.52 | Date 06/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNSWORTH, CHERI L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,595.26 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, EARL E, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $70,595.17 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUINN, IAN J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $70,595.15 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAF, LAURIE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,594.99 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEUTCHMAN, ROBERT G | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $70,594.22 | Date 09/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, MARGARET | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,594.17 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, JOSEPH M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $70,594.16 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANITHE CHARLES, GABRIEL M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,593.99 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, KYLE R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,593.78 | Date 06/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEA, LOUIS M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $70,593.78 | Date 04/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, TARA A | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $70,593.50 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENAT, MARIE A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,593.17 | Date 01/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPP, DEAN J | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $70,593.09 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEE, HILARY M | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $70,593.08 | Date 01/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUSSETT, RONALD | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $70,592.60 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARUCCI, JOHN ANTHONY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,592.40 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONFIGLIO, EILEEN M | Employer name Bronxville UFSD | Amount $70,592.22 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT-COOPER, LUISA A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $70,592.17 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, STERLING | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $70,591.92 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Plattsburgh | Amount $70,591.68 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASALA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $70,591.56 | Date 08/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIMAFONTE, JAMES R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,591.39 | Date 12/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNGE, RICHARD | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $70,591.27 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, ZACHARY J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $70,590.82 | Date 02/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAHNA, LAURIE ANN C | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $70,590.82 | Date 04/16/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, CATHERINE M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $70,590.70 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLE, WENDELL A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $70,590.50 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLOWS, BRUCE A | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $70,590.36 | Date 07/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUST, BRYAN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $70,590.19 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOY, JEFFERY G | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $70,590.04 | Date 12/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, KATHERINE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $70,589.88 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOFFOLETTI, JOHN J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $70,589.22 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, LYDIA | Employer name Nyack UFSD | Amount $70,589.16 | Date 01/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CITTADINO, VINCENT A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $70,589.11 | Date 12/26/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, MEREDITH T | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,589.10 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, KRISTIE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,588.71 | Date 07/25/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERHART, MATTHEW J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $70,588.57 | Date 07/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, LESLIE R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,588.48 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENGEL, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $70,587.94 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLASS, RUSSELL J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $70,587.78 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JASON C | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $70,587.37 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILITINSKA LAKE, OLENA | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $70,587.11 | Date 06/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYSICK, ERIN E | Employer name Brighton CSD | Amount $70,587.10 | Date 07/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIULIANO, CATHERINE M | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $70,586.88 | Date 12/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZEK, VIVEIAN N | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $70,586.82 | Date 11/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTENSON, LUKE P | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $70,586.74 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERA, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,586.33 | Date 11/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $70,586.04 | Date 03/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUE, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $70,585.98 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTED, ROBERT P | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $70,585.64 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGMAN, EDWARD H | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $70,585.60 | Date 05/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAVIS, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $70,585.60 | Date 01/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSON, GLADYS E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $70,585.60 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPE, ALLANNA J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $70,585.60 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, LEO D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $70,585.60 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, RICHARD A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $70,585.60 | Date 11/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, JOEL E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $70,585.49 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NALLY, KATHLEEN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,585.14 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, MARLENE L | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $70,585.03 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, DONALD R, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $70,584.86 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHERY, PATRICK S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $70,584.66 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERBECK, MICHAEL P, SR | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $70,584.44 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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