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 HEDGES, JEFFREY G | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $70,136.18 | Date 08/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUDI, LAURA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,135.73 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERELI, MUZO | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $70,135.62 | Date 01/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUI, SAU-MAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $70,135.51 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLS, AIMEE T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $70,134.88 | Date 06/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, GEORGE H | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $70,134.82 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYCKOFF, PATRICK F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $70,134.72 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, SEAN D | Employer name Town of Halfmoon | Amount $70,134.58 | Date 10/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGAY, ALEXANDR | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $70,134.24 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMAHON, SHANNON M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $70,134.03 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, KYLE R | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $70,133.99 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAMAR, THEODIS R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $70,133.37 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, BARBARA L | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $70,133.37 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSLEY, WILLIAM D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $70,133.24 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURPRENANT, BRIAN C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $70,133.12 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANESSA, JOHN J | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $70,132.83 | Date 04/22/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $70,132.82 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLIN, ROBYN L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $70,132.69 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAMBO, ANDREW J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $70,132.68 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMYTH, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $70,131.95 | Date 02/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINGLE, RUDOLPH | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $70,131.36 | Date 03/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDOLSEK, THEODORE R | Employer name Gowanda CSD | Amount $70,131.35 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, AMY B | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,131.32 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRACCO, DANIEL P | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $70,131.22 | Date 09/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, RENAE D | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $70,130.98 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, JACQUELYN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,130.80 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZASTROW, ROBIN R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $70,130.71 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINOVIC, JEFFREY K | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $70,130.64 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUCET, PHILIPPE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,130.59 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANTONE, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $70,130.55 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEENAN, MARTIN J | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $70,130.53 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOZEK, ROBERT | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $70,130.47 | Date 03/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEMTOB, JAKE D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,130.11 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, THERESA | Employer name Port Jervis City School Dist | Amount $70,129.86 | Date 01/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANELLI, BARBARA | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $70,129.68 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORLE, DANIELLE E | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $70,129.47 | Date 09/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVEE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $70,129.43 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBETTA, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $70,128.90 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GWIAZDOWSKI, ANTHONY S, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,128.70 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, STEVEN L | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $70,128.54 | Date 10/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, COLLEEN F | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $70,128.29 | Date 08/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VALKENBURGH, MATTHEW H | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $70,128.12 | Date 11/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUDENDISTEL, JONATHAN R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $70,127.91 | Date 03/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LORMENZO | Employer name Albany County | Amount $70,127.91 | Date 10/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICKERS, KATHLEEN | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,127.78 | Date 05/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPISARDA, GLEN A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $70,127.69 | Date 04/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUDEN, CHARLES J | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $70,127.60 | Date 04/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATTERIL, GEORGE T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $70,127.52 | Date 07/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN GARDEREN, MARK D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $70,127.31 | Date 08/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PANDEY, NIKHIL | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $70,126.55 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, KEITH P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $70,126.49 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAKS, SIMON S | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $70,126.36 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARROW, LINDA C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $70,125.87 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, ROBERT E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $70,125.54 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,125.47 | Date 01/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACH, MAUREEN | Employer name East Moriches UFSD | Amount $70,125.30 | Date 08/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDERLEY, PAUL S | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $70,124.91 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HERRON, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,124.70 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANONICO, GUY, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $70,124.67 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTMER, CHRISTIAN W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $70,124.46 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFERY, LAURA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,124.40 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, ERIC | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,124.33 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETCHAM, DENNIS R | Employer name Town of Montgomery | Amount $70,124.18 | Date 10/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, JEREMY T | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $70,123.98 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTWELL, RICHARD J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $70,123.93 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAWEK, JEROME S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $70,123.89 | Date 05/30/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGANTE, ROBERT J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $70,123.60 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, TERRI L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,123.49 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGERAMI, STEPHANIE K | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $70,123.45 | Date 05/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, BRENT P | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $70,122.65 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOURSIQUOT, SERGE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $70,122.35 | Date 02/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PAOLA, STEVEN C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,121.70 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINIZIO, ROSEMARIE A | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $70,121.15 | Date 01/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTAN, JUAN S | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $70,121.15 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, EVE M | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $70,121.07 | Date 10/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROSE | Employer name Village of Malverne | Amount $70,121.06 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVIS, THEODORE R | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $70,120.45 | Date 09/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARBRICK, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $70,120.00 | Date 09/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, BRIAN D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $70,118.91 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDIELLO, WILLIAM M | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $70,118.52 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JESUS O | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $70,118.34 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $70,117.87 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISLA, LESLIE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $70,117.80 | Date 06/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, DARRYL V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,117.44 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Village of Greenport | Amount $70,117.30 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,117.20 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, SONIA E | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $70,117.09 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRECHETTE, MATTHEW D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $70,117.01 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELFELD, PAUL M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,116.96 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENETTOZZI, RICHARD A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $70,116.89 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, SEAN L | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $70,116.87 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEFF, ADAM D | Employer name Village of Roslyn | Amount $70,116.80 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDOCK, JONAH D | Employer name Town of Pound Ridge | Amount $70,116.70 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIATKO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $70,116.69 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTARSIERO, JENNIFER L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,116.48 | Date 11/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MATTHEW | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,116.30 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRENCIK, JOSEPH R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $70,116.28 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICHELBERGER, JAMES R | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $70,116.24 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, JEFFREY S | Employer name Onondaga Co Res Rec Agcy | Amount $70,115.98 | Date 05/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, CARL A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $70,115.68 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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