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 PESNEL, JEFFREY E, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $70,533.70 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, FRANCES M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $70,533.68 | Date 03/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, JEFFREY J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $70,532.06 | Date 02/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AGRESTA-FRANCK, VALERIE | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $70,531.30 | Date 12/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITRANO, BRYNN T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,530.91 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, TARIQ A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $70,530.31 | Date 03/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNYSON, GREGORY S | Employer name Warren County | Amount $70,530.17 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIMENEZ, MARIO R | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $70,530.00 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOUGH, PATRICIA E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $70,529.94 | Date 01/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, RAPHY | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $70,529.72 | Date 05/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN, KAREN E | Employer name Albany County | Amount $70,529.31 | Date 07/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, DAWN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,529.31 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECHNER, JOSEPH P | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $70,529.27 | Date 10/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERLING, STEFAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,529.15 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, EROTIDA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $70,528.73 | Date 03/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, GILDA G | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $70,528.67 | Date 07/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALLY, MARCO R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,528.13 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANTA, JAMES R | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $70,528.08 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, PETER D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,527.70 | Date 07/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEECHER, EUGENE M | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $70,527.05 | Date 11/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMUNDSEN, BRUCE L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $70,526.96 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, NANCY A | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $70,526.96 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFRANE, CHAD W | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $70,526.88 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWN, BRIAN | Employer name Town of Deerpark | Amount $70,526.43 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLITT, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,526.41 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, THERESA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,526.22 | Date 11/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOLINI, DEBORAH A | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $70,525.81 | Date 06/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $70,525.57 | Date 07/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, DARRELL B | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $70,525.56 | Date 02/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YIM, HAEYA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $70,525.50 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, CARA M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $70,524.97 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, DEBORAH A | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $70,524.96 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMANIEGO, WANDA I | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,524.87 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORN, CHARLES M, II | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,524.74 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, SEAN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,524.48 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYVANOVYCH, VASYL | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $70,524.22 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORENSEN, JUSTIN M | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $70,524.20 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SANO, VICTORIA | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $70,523.89 | Date 08/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODIEN, ROBERT G, JR | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $70,523.38 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POULOS, JOHN W | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $70,522.98 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JAMES S | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $70,522.75 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HRYBINCZAK, PAUL E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $70,522.64 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, ANDREW A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $70,522.29 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, AMARINDER | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $70,522.29 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCHETT, GRANVILLE A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $70,522.23 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, PAUL L, JR | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $70,521.83 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASEY-WNEK, DIANE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $70,521.67 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARING, CORNELIS G | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $70,521.57 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OFFORD, FRANKA C | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $70,521.49 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DEBRA R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $70,521.43 | Date 12/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, ANTONIA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $70,520.32 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKO, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $70,520.15 | Date 07/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUTKOWSKI, MONIQUE L | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $70,520.03 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGST, MATTHEW E | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $70,520.01 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, LISA L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $70,519.75 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, RODGER J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $70,519.43 | Date 10/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFIR, TRACY L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $70,519.23 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARL, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $70,519.17 | Date 06/21/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANASCI, LORI A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,519.11 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNET, GEORGE D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $70,519.07 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, THOMAS | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $70,518.96 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, MICKEY J | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $70,518.31 | Date 02/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JAMES M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $70,518.20 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, CHARLES L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,518.05 | Date 09/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, KAREN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $70,518.03 | Date 03/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLLINS, VERONICA M | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $70,517.80 | Date 09/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, KRISTEN M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $70,517.79 | Date 12/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOWITZ, MIRIAM G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,516.57 | Date 02/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSWORTH, SCOTT M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $70,516.33 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUSTE, JOSEPH G, JR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,516.25 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAEMARI, ELYAS GEORG | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $70,516.22 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, IRENE P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,516.21 | Date 05/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, SCOTT T | Employer name Town of Lansing | Amount $70,516.11 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, JOANNA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $70,515.81 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARROW, JACOB W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $70,515.30 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULSON, BRETT M | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $70,514.51 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, NELSON | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,514.08 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZESE, DIANE M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,513.95 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHITTENDEN, ERIC C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $70,513.54 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, ELMER L | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $70,513.12 | Date 08/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GETZ, NICOLE M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,513.03 | Date 01/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, KAREN L | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $70,512.85 | Date 03/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACIELLO, DONALD S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $70,512.60 | Date 01/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ROBERT D | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $70,512.34 | Date 11/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-BAPTISTE, PETERSON | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $70,511.43 | Date 09/11/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHWELL, DANIEL E | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $70,511.38 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, SUSAN A | Employer name Watertown Housing Authority | Amount $70,510.60 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOLE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $70,509.82 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WORKS, TERRANCE L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,509.13 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, MATHEW | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,508.76 | Date 04/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOREN, KEVIN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,508.51 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLOLIO, JEFF J | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $70,508.35 | Date 01/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAGNITTA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,508.29 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, NIKKI R | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $70,508.05 | Date 02/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNHAM, PETER M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $70,507.83 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMAN, NANCY A | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $70,507.75 | Date 02/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-ABBATIELLO, JASON A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $70,507.56 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARINGI, THOMAS H | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $70,507.50 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, SUE | Employer name Plainview Old Bethpage Pub Lib | Amount $70,507.25 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, SANDRA D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $70,506.56 | Date 07/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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