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 SZLEJTER, GREG A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $70,307.67 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYMAN, N'KO L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,307.53 | Date 04/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICK, CHARLES A, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $70,307.41 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, NANCY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,306.90 | Date 09/20/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARP, KRISTEN S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,306.90 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANZMAN, MATTHEW | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $70,306.42 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MEGLIO, DENISE A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $70,306.30 | Date 12/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERVILLE, ELLOUISE Z | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $70,306.25 | Date 05/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRADLEY M | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $70,306.13 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FRAZER, KEVIN J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $70,306.07 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MELINDA A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $70,305.88 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKLEY, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Woodbury | Amount $70,305.85 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUNDY, KENNETH E, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $70,305.84 | Date 09/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEHNTER, GABRIELLE F | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $70,305.75 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, DONALD R | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $70,305.74 | Date 01/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, DIANE | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $70,305.73 | Date 11/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGWOOD, JAMES | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $70,305.65 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURST, MICHAEL C | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $70,305.40 | Date 02/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLING, VILMA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $70,305.34 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARFATY, BERNADETTE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $70,305.25 | Date 07/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARD, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $70,304.81 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODAVARTHY, SOUJANYA | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $70,304.66 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYDAY, GENNADIY | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $70,304.27 | Date 03/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, WILLIAM N | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $70,304.20 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSTARD, DAHLIA M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $70,304.07 | Date 01/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, ALTEAHA A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $70,303.88 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, FREDERICK W | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,303.86 | Date 11/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAME, MICHAEL A | Employer name Randolph CSD | Amount $70,303.77 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, MARISOL O | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $70,303.61 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URQUHART, SARA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,303.51 | Date 06/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLELUNGA, MICHELLE F | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,303.51 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARK, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $70,302.99 | Date 07/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DARYL D | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $70,302.71 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASUK, MICHAEL E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,302.68 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARPIO, RONALD E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $70,302.60 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPODICASA, JARRETT A | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $70,302.03 | Date 08/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CECERE, THOMAS A, II | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $70,302.01 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BRULE, CHARLES N | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $70,301.76 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIDER, KAREN JOY | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $70,301.56 | Date 12/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINSBERG, RICHARD M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $70,301.54 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADVARI, KEVIN S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $70,301.38 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSUMECI, PATRICK J | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $70,301.16 | Date 01/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, MANOJ M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $70,301.15 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSONE, JANICE A | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $70,300.78 | Date 12/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFHAM, DENISE S | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $70,300.36 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KELLY M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $70,300.00 | Date 01/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOUGALL, JAMIE L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $70,299.82 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLASKI, RAYMOND | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $70,299.12 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNDY, JANE C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,299.09 | Date 09/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, TRACEY L M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $70,299.07 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JUDY ANN | Employer name Council of The Arts | Amount $70,299.05 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SCOTT T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $70,298.98 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRICKEL, TAMMY L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $70,298.98 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBIE, WILLIAM C | Employer name Town of Williamson | Amount $70,298.95 | Date 02/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISLER, JONATHAN R | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $70,298.09 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANASKY, MARK A | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $70,298.03 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROOM, SIMON B, JR | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $70,297.63 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, JUAN U | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $70,297.46 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGRATH, LAURIE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $70,297.45 | Date 12/21/1970 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCILLI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $70,297.44 | Date 11/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, ERIKA Y | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,297.21 | Date 08/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENDORE, TRICIA A | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $70,297.01 | Date 05/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON DERHEIDE, LINDA C | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,296.77 | Date 05/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAASE, ERIC H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,296.59 | Date 05/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IONTA-TOCCO, ROSE C | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $70,296.41 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN-PAYNE, EARLENE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $70,296.40 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRY, SARAH J | Employer name Warren County | Amount $70,296.29 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSALL, DAVID L | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $70,296.25 | Date 04/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, JOHN | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $70,295.59 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, ROBYN P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $70,295.46 | Date 01/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINO, ANNE C | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $70,294.90 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIRENZO, MARY BETH | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $70,294.90 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, BETH E | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $70,294.83 | Date 06/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HLUSKA, BRYAN M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $70,294.79 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, JENNIFER L | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $70,294.17 | Date 03/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTE, MARY LOU K | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,293.81 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSMAN, GLENN S | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $70,293.72 | Date 03/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, PETER K | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $70,293.50 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIFFANY, ALICIA M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $70,293.33 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NALLEY, JOSHUA D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $70,293.07 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDENKO, PETER | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $70,293.03 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, CARMEN | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $70,292.89 | Date 09/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $70,292.86 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, MARK F | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $70,292.79 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPESTICK, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $70,292.54 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, VICTORIA M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $70,292.24 | Date 08/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, DONALD W | Employer name Town of Chenango | Amount $70,290.93 | Date 03/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEIKER, CHRISTINE J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,290.37 | Date 09/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCZEK, RICHARD D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $70,290.34 | Date 11/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BARRY R | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $70,290.23 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDOWSKI, REGINA | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $70,290.14 | Date 10/08/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERZ, JOAN C | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $70,289.42 | Date 11/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEDDAOUI, TATIANA D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $70,289.06 | Date 04/11/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERRY, JESSICA M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $70,288.66 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $70,288.61 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,288.37 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEY, JAI | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,288.08 | Date 10/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNERLY, WILLIAM A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,287.87 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, MARIE C B | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $70,287.58 | Date 12/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAUD, MARIE A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $70,287.53 | Date 08/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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