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 COOK, RANDY S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $62,382.17 | Date 11/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMAN, HOWARD I | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $62,382.12 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, RAYMOND C | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $62,381.97 | Date 11/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTHLANSKI, JOHN J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $62,381.66 | Date 02/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENION, DAVID T | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $62,381.48 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASK, KENNETH R | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $62,381.08 | Date 12/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, HEIDI A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,380.60 | Date 10/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VORMWALD, SEAN P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,380.09 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, SANDRA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,379.70 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Amityville UFSD | Amount $62,379.43 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAPE, BRIAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $62,379.09 | Date 11/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYRON, KATHERINE M | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $62,378.62 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DELL, CARL D, III | Employer name Village of Walden | Amount $62,378.54 | Date 08/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JANET | Employer name Franklin County | Amount $62,378.00 | Date 11/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, DONNA R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $62,377.49 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EAMES, ISAAC W | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,377.08 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, ANNETTE | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $62,376.78 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURHAM, SUE A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $62,376.72 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIVERO, VITO O | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $62,376.70 | Date 11/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CHAD M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,376.47 | Date 04/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $62,376.37 | Date 05/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPPLE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $62,376.25 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, HELEN M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $62,376.17 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTY, LEISA K | Employer name Malone CSD | Amount $62,376.08 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORZONO, JAMES M, III | Employer name Town of Stony Point | Amount $62,376.07 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLEJKO, RAYLEEN M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $62,375.77 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMORE, ROBEN | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $62,375.50 | Date 04/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTI, JASON V | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $62,375.18 | Date 01/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, HEATHER T | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $62,375.10 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAINER, VINCENT M | Employer name City of Little Falls | Amount $62,374.96 | Date 09/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEEDY, EDMUND J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,374.66 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGIAPANE, LEONARD P | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $62,374.21 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZAK, JOHN | Employer name Village of Wappingers Falls | Amount $62,374.16 | Date 10/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEIG, THOMAS E | Employer name Town of Richmond | Amount $62,374.11 | Date 04/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPAGNE, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $62,373.95 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELFER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,373.67 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGELS, DAVID J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $62,373.45 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLONI, JOSEPH P | Employer name Town of Wappinger | Amount $62,373.24 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELEWICZ, THOMAS S | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $62,373.21 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIO, MARTIN T, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $62,373.17 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAEFNER, SHELLY A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,373.01 | Date 07/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEARY, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,373.01 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRUGGIA, ANGELINA R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,373.00 | Date 10/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBLIN, DANIEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,373.00 | Date 07/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IACCHETTA, MATTHEW R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,373.00 | Date 07/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SARAH B | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,372.99 | Date 07/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERINO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,372.99 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, RICHARD J | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $62,372.82 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALATHARA, LISYMOL G | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $62,372.74 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, JAMES K | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $62,372.29 | Date 06/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, MASSIEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $62,371.99 | Date 03/28/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BACKUS, PAUL W | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $62,371.84 | Date 09/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALIGORSKY, JACQUELINE C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $62,371.66 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNIZZARO, KEVIN M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $62,371.63 | Date 06/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVOK, MAYA B | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $62,371.57 | Date 06/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NABB, TAMMY E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $62,371.39 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERT, LYNN M | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $62,371.09 | Date 07/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATEL, MAURICE G, IV | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $62,371.00 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMCHARAN, JOSEPH J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $62,370.96 | Date 01/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSEN, ANNE B | Employer name Orange County | Amount $62,370.10 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STIMOLA, MATTHEW G | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $62,369.95 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,369.90 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITTS, VALENDER J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,369.82 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORDEN, JOHN C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $62,369.58 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HEYST, ADAM J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,369.38 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORAY, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,369.37 | Date 07/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROLLO, DANIEL E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,369.36 | Date 06/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURITZA, SAM D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,369.34 | Date 11/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUKAS, JOSEPH R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,369.33 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, SCOTT A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $62,369.29 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLINGER, BROOKS J | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $62,369.06 | Date 03/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KECK, TYRONE P | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $62,368.85 | Date 08/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANCEL, SANTIAGO | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $62,368.58 | Date 09/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTISON, SHARON S | Employer name Town of Clarkson | Amount $62,368.38 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, MICHAEL G | Employer name Sweet Home CSD Amrst&Tonawanda | Amount $62,368.31 | Date 12/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINER, GREGORY D | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $62,368.23 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, CHARLES A | Employer name Poughkeepsie Housing Authority | Amount $62,367.95 | Date 07/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCHCOMB, BLAKE C | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $62,367.80 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUNDAHL, GARY R | Employer name Williamson CSD | Amount $62,367.55 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILL, MARY ANN | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $62,367.53 | Date 11/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, WILLIAM T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $62,367.51 | Date 05/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOTTENHAM, MICHELE A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $62,367.48 | Date 01/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, PATRICK M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $62,367.34 | Date 10/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLS, NANCY L | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $62,367.32 | Date 09/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREBENDIS, PAUL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $62,367.24 | Date 10/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, GEORGE E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $62,366.76 | Date 04/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROSA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Rocky Point UFSD | Amount $62,366.72 | Date 03/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXNER, COREY J | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $62,366.71 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUGAR, FERRIS G | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $62,366.31 | Date 01/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPPER, FRANCIS W | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $62,366.13 | Date 05/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREISINGER, RICHARD D | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $62,366.01 | Date 11/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVALINO, SAMUEL F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $62,365.94 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, SEAN P | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $62,365.85 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, ISABELLA | Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ | Amount $62,365.71 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKARD, LORI S | Employer name Broome County | Amount $62,365.71 | Date 11/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRISON, KEVIN W | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $62,365.59 | Date 06/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLORD, LEE F | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $62,364.93 | Date 09/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIREIKA, ROBERT C | Employer name Lackawanna Mun Housing Auth | Amount $62,364.89 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, BRENDA | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $62,364.47 | Date 11/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, NINAD | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $62,364.31 | Date 12/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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