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 MERKERSON, ALONZO C, JR | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $70,064.53 | Date 06/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, KENNETH R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $70,064.49 | Date 08/11/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC LAURY, ERIC L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $70,064.10 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASTASI, GARY S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $70,063.98 | Date 12/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONE, MORGAN P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $70,063.97 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, DARRIN A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $70,063.82 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, STEVEN C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $70,063.70 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, VERNON | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $70,063.67 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIEGEL, JOHN H | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $70,063.29 | Date 11/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUBBS, MARY CATHERINE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $70,063.08 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMBINSKI, JEAN KATHY | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $70,062.48 | Date 02/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, CONNIE L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $70,062.27 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLBUT, COURTNEY C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,061.98 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIANO, ANGEL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $70,061.65 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBBER, EDWARD R | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,061.50 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHESE, JEREMY D | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $70,061.35 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, MATTHEW | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $70,061.12 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, LON C | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $70,060.80 | Date 02/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, JOHN J | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $70,060.54 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEKALA, MARC A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $70,060.44 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUECK, JANET | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $70,060.17 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DANIEL A | Employer name Town of Lake George | Amount $70,059.88 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPOWICK, TAMMY L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $70,059.41 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULE, DAVID P | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $70,059.20 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, DAISY R | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $70,058.89 | Date 08/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDFORD, ANN MARIE | Employer name Pine Plains CSD | Amount $70,058.88 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARLT, HANS | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $70,058.84 | Date 05/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUPPE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $70,058.40 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHURZ, JOSEPH W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $70,057.78 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMOND, ROY S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $70,057.64 | Date 04/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORINSHEK, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $70,057.61 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRALDO, RAFAEL J | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $70,057.59 | Date 12/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, SUSAN | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $70,057.57 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, AARON L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,057.44 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRATT-GARY, AMIE J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $70,057.31 | Date 01/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITT, BRIAN W | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $70,057.22 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JEREMY M | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $70,057.09 | Date 09/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDRICH, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $70,056.61 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELL, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,056.42 | Date 06/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPLAWSKI, JOHN J | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $70,055.93 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRSCHAFT, ALISON F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,055.62 | Date 09/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLE, ANTHONY V, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,054.86 | Date 01/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARATORE, DANIEL H | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $70,054.82 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINE, BARRY M | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $70,054.68 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUSER, MATTHEW S | Employer name Village of Marathon | Amount $70,054.30 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRIENTOS, SONIA P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,054.20 | Date 12/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, JOSEPH | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $70,053.93 | Date 02/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, HOWARD I | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $70,053.71 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCSIS, GINA M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $70,053.44 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $70,053.35 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, AMANDA M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $70,053.33 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRANCA, DIANE M | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $70,053.05 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, DANIEL P | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $70,052.34 | Date 07/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOHLLEBER, KARA E | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $70,052.01 | Date 06/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, SEAN Z | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $70,051.81 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, ROBERT G | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $70,051.64 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAN, EMILY K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 12/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRENTI, SALVATORE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 07/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDHIRSH, MATTHEW P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEOLA, MARK A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVA, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, XIAOHONG | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 04/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, HUIQIN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XU, CHANGNING | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICOU, ANSIA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 03/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMSEY, VINCENT W | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $70,051.50 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, RENEE L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $70,051.33 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JAMES H | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $70,051.22 | Date 05/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, ADAM O | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $70,050.12 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, LAURA A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $70,049.88 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, ELAINE T | Employer name Patchogue-Medford Pub Library | Amount $70,049.30 | Date 12/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, ERIC A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $70,049.23 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINCOSES, ALLISON L | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $70,049.20 | Date 10/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROE, DAVID F | Employer name Queensbury UFSD | Amount $70,049.11 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANNER, LISA M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $70,049.10 | Date 10/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, JEAN | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $70,049.10 | Date 12/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOOK, TANYA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $70,049.10 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZARA, PAUL F | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $70,047.59 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, STEPHEN G | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $70,047.21 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAIANNI, JENNIFER | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,047.18 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, JASON A | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $70,047.05 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSMOOR, JEFFREY C | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $70,047.01 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, SHAWN M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $70,046.94 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, DAVID E | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $70,046.20 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOLO, SHANE A | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $70,046.02 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUTURLA, EDWARD M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $70,045.80 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDS, CHRISTIN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $70,045.37 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, TODD L | Employer name South Seneca CSD | Amount $70,044.78 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COADY, DIANE M | Employer name Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD | Amount $70,044.75 | Date 08/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBOWITZ, CRAIG S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $70,044.18 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDDLE, DAVID C | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $70,044.16 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICA, REBECCA E | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $70,043.86 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPP, SUSAN K | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $70,043.77 | Date 04/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHTER, DONNA | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $70,043.21 | Date 11/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NULL, JOSEPH M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $70,043.12 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, PAUL A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $70,043.00 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANFITEATRO, PETER A | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $70,042.83 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $70,041.96 | Date 12/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIANO, GAETANO | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $70,041.34 | Date 05/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NYGREN, MARK A | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $70,041.26 | Date 07/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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