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 ROYSTER, WILLIAM | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $69,473.26 | Date 09/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRINGTON, DEIRDRE D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,473.00 | Date 04/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, ARTHUR | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $69,472.90 | Date 07/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIMAK, BRIAN A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $69,472.84 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NARDO, RICHARD R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $69,472.30 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANANIA, FREDERICK J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,472.09 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORCZYCA, LOUIS E, JR | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $69,471.93 | Date 10/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, WILLIAM T, JR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,471.57 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERAGHTY, GARY J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $69,471.46 | Date 01/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPKA, KRISTOPHER B | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $69,471.20 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, KIERSTEN A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $69,471.12 | Date 12/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, MARY M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $69,471.03 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $69,470.73 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLMANN, JENNIFER S | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $69,470.08 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON-THOMPSON, ELIZABETH M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $69,469.82 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, KELLY J | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $69,469.82 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLICASTRO, RAMONA C | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $69,469.65 | Date 07/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDAS, DANIELLE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $69,469.64 | Date 06/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELBIN, MARGARET L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $69,469.56 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, TALIA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $69,469.45 | Date 02/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN, JAMES R | Employer name Broome County | Amount $69,468.88 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, CATHY T | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $69,468.84 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOLLY, SCOTT W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,468.80 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, KAREN P | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $69,468.79 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, STUART M | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $69,468.11 | Date 10/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIVAL, ST ARMAND | Employer name Orange County | Amount $69,468.00 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPIER, DANIEL F | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $69,467.84 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, ANQUELA M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,467.77 | Date 08/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NOWHITNEY, RUSSELL G | Employer name Town of Milton | Amount $69,467.57 | Date 05/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOFIELD, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $69,467.43 | Date 04/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLOGE, KELLY A | Employer name Beacon City School Dist | Amount $69,467.08 | Date 07/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, DANIEL F | Employer name Dutchess Water Wastewater Auth | Amount $69,466.83 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, SHAUN A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $69,466.71 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,466.20 | Date 08/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEO, JENNIFER A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $69,465.59 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMFORT, PHILLIP R | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,464.69 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETT, NELL-ANN | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $69,464.69 | Date 07/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINS, HEATH L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $69,463.96 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, JEFFREY S | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $69,463.96 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMELINO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $69,463.59 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DOUGLAS | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $69,463.21 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARKAS, JOHN R | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $69,463.04 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINAGEL, ERIC P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $69,462.90 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHNIE, JULINE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $69,462.66 | Date 01/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURT, DANIEL J | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $69,462.42 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEACON, STACY A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $69,462.29 | Date 04/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DANIEL J | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $69,462.29 | Date 03/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGOWSKI, SUSAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $69,462.07 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUSTER, KATHERINE E | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $69,462.06 | Date 02/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGAZZO, TIMOTHY P | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $69,461.90 | Date 05/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, DAVID | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $69,461.80 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEAL, LA TOYA S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $69,461.68 | Date 02/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KENNETH A | Employer name West Canada Valley CSD | Amount $69,460.98 | Date 07/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, DAVID S | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $69,460.95 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $69,460.35 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOCCI, PAUL B | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,460.28 | Date 11/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMAZENSKI, JASON J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $69,459.74 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $69,459.48 | Date 03/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAYTON, DILLON J | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $69,459.27 | Date 08/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JEROME N | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $69,459.20 | Date 09/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPACH, DANIEL J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $69,459.16 | Date 01/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDER, VANESSA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $69,459.03 | Date 07/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, RICHARD F | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $69,458.80 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, PATRICK E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,457.78 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGG, ANNEMARIE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,457.77 | Date 04/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JULIE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $69,457.61 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEON, SUSAN R | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $69,457.53 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, KENYETTA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $69,457.19 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADSHAW, EARL | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $69,457.11 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAROSKY, CRAIG M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $69,457.10 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AVAN, SEAN P | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $69,457.09 | Date 04/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, BRETT A | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $69,456.81 | Date 01/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLCOMB, SHERRY R | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $69,456.50 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUALTIERI, JOHN P | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $69,456.25 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STORER, HEATHER D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $69,456.18 | Date 12/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULK, ANTHONY R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,455.94 | Date 02/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SASAGAWA, KAYA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $69,455.60 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ROSLYN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,455.58 | Date 09/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMSON, JANINE M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $69,455.40 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDRINI, MATTHEW C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,455.25 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRNER, ERIC | Employer name Buffalo Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $69,455.05 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLESTEROS, MARY A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,454.95 | Date 02/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVID, RICHARD C | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $69,454.64 | Date 04/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTZER, JOE J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $69,454.33 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNIE, BRUCE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,454.30 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUERR, PAUL D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,454.16 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOWDEN, ERIC D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $69,453.72 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KEVIN J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,453.28 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGH, ZACHARY R | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $69,453.18 | Date 09/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORRAINE, EMILY D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $69,452.64 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANEK, KRISTINA M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $69,452.35 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, BRIAN W | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $69,452.15 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JEANNE C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,452.06 | Date 01/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, TONGYAN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,452.05 | Date 08/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRONCO, MINE SE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,452.02 | Date 06/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREMER, GERALDINE S | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $69,452.01 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LODATO, MICHAEL | Employer name Hempstead Industrial Dev Agcy | Amount $69,451.64 | Date 08/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITTLE, EDWARD M | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $69,451.53 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALKO, ANDREW M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $69,451.20 | Date 07/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, WILLIAM E | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $69,451.11 | Date 01/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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