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 KEPERT, SHAUN A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $67,064.65 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, SARA J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $67,064.11 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEREZ, JOSEPH A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $67,064.09 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDIFUR, KAYLA | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $67,064.02 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENSABENE, PAUL L | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $67,063.97 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANSKI, JEROME P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $67,063.76 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON-MOLINA, JOANNA S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $67,063.71 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPSKI, ROBERT M | Employer name Mohawk Valley Child Youth Serv | Amount $67,063.66 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEITSCH, JENNIFER L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $67,063.64 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, JEAN | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $67,063.52 | Date 10/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALERMO, MICHAEL J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $67,063.06 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDALLA, TAMMY L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $67,063.01 | Date 05/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMPLE, MICHAEL B | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $67,062.96 | Date 02/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSE, ALVIS D | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $67,062.93 | Date 08/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINTS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $67,062.64 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HETEY, PAUL J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $67,062.52 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, HOPE V | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $67,062.28 | Date 08/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDALOWSKI, KATIE L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $67,062.20 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULKINGHAM, MARGARET A | Employer name Sag Harbor UFSD | Amount $67,062.16 | Date 09/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGANSKY, BERNADETTE | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $67,062.00 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIGNE, JANE F | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $67,061.82 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIF, DANIIL M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $67,061.80 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, JOLI M | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $67,061.24 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPIVAK, RIVKA R | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $67,060.29 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKEY, STEPHEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $67,060.28 | Date 03/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, GARY L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $67,060.22 | Date 12/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $67,059.86 | Date 07/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLEECKER, EDWARD D | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $67,059.75 | Date 09/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, MARY E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,058.74 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINER, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $67,058.48 | Date 11/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANA, GIANCARLO | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $67,058.40 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARAVIA, JOSE R | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $67,058.38 | Date 05/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCHIAROLO, RALPH J, II | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $67,058.15 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, JULIET A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $67,058.07 | Date 07/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLITZ, PAUL B | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $67,058.03 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPEE, BRIAN J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $67,057.93 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEART, HOWARD D | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $67,057.78 | Date 11/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Malta | Amount $67,057.71 | Date 03/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STREETER, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $67,057.61 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISPELL, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $67,057.19 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PAOLA, TERILYN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $67,056.96 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYNE, DIANE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,056.91 | Date 05/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, MATTHEW R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $67,056.40 | Date 01/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIT, JAMES R | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $67,055.75 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, GREGORY T | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $67,055.66 | Date 12/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILICH, DAVE W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $67,055.50 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKHILL, KIRK | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $67,055.14 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $67,054.77 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENENDEZ, JESUS A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $67,054.57 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUTLER, JOLENE G | Employer name Education Department | Amount $67,054.52 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERA, ROSARIO | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $67,054.12 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAKALIS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $67,054.08 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, RYAN S | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $67,053.93 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, JEFFREY B | Employer name Town of Rochester | Amount $67,053.73 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARLOW, BRIAN J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $67,053.49 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASAMENTO, ANDREW | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $67,053.14 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTLEY, WENDY J | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $67,052.58 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONELLATO, MARIO P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $67,052.49 | Date 02/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCKELMAN, LYNNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $67,052.24 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTCHINO, DOMINICA E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $67,052.01 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, IESHA N | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $67,051.84 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, JACK W | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $67,051.70 | Date 06/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLER, MELISSA J | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $67,050.88 | Date 10/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNONE, RUTH D | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $67,050.74 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $67,050.71 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSETTE, LORIE C | Employer name Village of Fayetteville | Amount $67,050.00 | Date 07/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, ALLISON M | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $67,049.80 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOJARSKI, GARY J | Employer name Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD | Amount $67,049.74 | Date 10/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, THOMAS E, III | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $67,049.38 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMAN, MOIRA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $67,049.30 | Date 07/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, JASON D | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $67,049.29 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EXTANCE, CYNTHIA C | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $67,049.07 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNIOS, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $67,048.70 | Date 04/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, AARON | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $67,048.11 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISSMANY, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $67,047.00 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, KARI L | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $67,047.00 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, RACHAEL E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $67,046.96 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, RYAN M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $67,046.88 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, SANDRA J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $67,046.81 | Date 05/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $67,046.76 | Date 12/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JOSE L | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $67,046.65 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $67,046.54 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EUSTACE, RYAN C | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $67,046.49 | Date 01/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMES, JOEL E | Employer name Lindenhurst UFSD | Amount $67,046.44 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, EDWARD D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $67,046.21 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, KEVIN C | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $67,045.95 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAN, DENISE M | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $67,045.68 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANNING, MELISSA A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $67,045.65 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTHERFORD, SCOTT J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $67,045.58 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLERBEE, MAURICE J | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $67,045.10 | Date 09/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCK, JULIE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $67,044.78 | Date 06/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULE, LAWRENCE T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $67,044.66 | Date 01/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFERY, ROBERT ALLEN | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $67,044.24 | Date 02/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTIGLIA, PATRICK | Employer name Erie County | Amount $67,044.16 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIOLO, JOANNE | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $67,043.76 | Date 05/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, TRACIE LYNN | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $67,043.65 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLAN, CHASTITY C | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $67,043.53 | Date 01/13/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAIN, RAYSHAUN A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $67,043.38 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, WILLIAM P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $67,043.20 | Date 02/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAPOLITO, DANIEL P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $67,043.15 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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