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 HANDZEL, STEPHEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $101,175.43 | Date 12/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNELL, ERICA L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,175.17 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELMAN, RONALD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,174.28 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, MICHAEL W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $101,174.14 | Date 07/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, KRISTINE J | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $101,173.77 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO PANE, ANGELA | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $101,173.68 | Date 08/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, KEVIN P | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $101,173.65 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $101,173.44 | Date 10/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDWELL, ERIKA | Employer name Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv | Amount $101,173.32 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $101,173.32 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, SHARISSE J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,173.20 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,173.13 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIAO, WEIWEI | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,173.13 | Date 11/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVEN, WILLIAM A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $101,172.23 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMBURRO, FRANK A, JR | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,171.35 | Date 07/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, JENNIFER I | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $101,170.97 | Date 05/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, LISA J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $101,170.97 | Date 05/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALECKSYNAS, HAROLD C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 05/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRARD, DAVID L, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, JINGLIN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, KURIAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THEVAR, SETHURAMAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JUNE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, KEVIN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERANEC, ROBERT | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 08/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRCHMAN, JEREMY J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRANI, PRITI R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, THERESA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, ZHENGYAN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KIRK M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 12/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,170.63 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, JENNIFER H | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $101,170.30 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVONE, FRANK G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,170.09 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUMWAY, ELLEN F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,170.09 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, MARK J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,169.99 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHICHI, GINA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,169.80 | Date 03/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLASKO, DOMINICK L | Employer name Town of Crawford | Amount $101,169.78 | Date 11/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HATCHER, JACLYN N | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $101,169.71 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA-ZABAWSKY, MILDRED | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $101,169.66 | Date 10/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DENNIS S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $101,168.02 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, ADAM B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,166.18 | Date 10/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, MARGARET E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, AMY C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, CECILIA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 12/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARY E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBAN, KAREN V | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENDINGER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 07/21/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHREY, ELAINE S | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNDERSON, MICHAEL T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTODOULOU, ANDREAS P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 03/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, BRIAN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 03/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELEZNIAK, SUSAN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 05/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Department of State | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 08/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, RONALD S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 10/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DIANE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 10/12/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALDO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 10/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, DEBORAH | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 07/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, MARIA L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $101,166.14 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAYTON, DAWN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,166.11 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAO, KIMMY C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,165.66 | Date 12/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROPSEY, NATALIE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,165.32 | Date 05/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERDT, MICHELE L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,165.11 | Date 10/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, PHILIP S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,164.73 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENISON, WILLIAM P | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $101,164.73 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, JONATHAN D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,164.60 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASCH, JOSEPH M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,164.56 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, BRIAN D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $101,163.70 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, GEOFFREY P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,163.69 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABACCO, JOSEPH O | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,163.69 | Date 03/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JIMEL | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINN, BARBARA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENWOOD, DAVID N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, YIGUAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINK, STEVEN D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILK, ELIZABETH J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, ROBERT F | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $101,163.35 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, SUSAN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $101,161.21 | Date 02/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURTAGH, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $101,161.15 | Date 03/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ALAN L, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $101,160.18 | Date 12/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STROCK, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Watervliet | Amount $101,159.72 | Date 07/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOCKROW, BRETT T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,159.49 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCHEWKA, WILLIAM S | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $101,158.84 | Date 08/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, ROGER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $101,158.77 | Date 09/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGEL, DMITRY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,158.61 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, HOWARD S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,158.35 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURTELL, BRYAN K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $101,157.63 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, TIMOTHY | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $101,157.04 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICIANO, LISA | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $101,156.91 | Date 04/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, ROBERT C | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $101,156.33 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARELUS, ROSELINE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,156.03 | Date 11/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, ABDUL J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $101,155.58 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILES, LAURA E | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $101,154.89 | Date 06/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYTS, MARY-LYNN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $101,154.87 | Date 07/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARY BETH | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $101,154.75 | Date 02/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, JOHN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $101,154.29 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, JOSEPH M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,154.18 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLISSEL, JOEL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $101,153.87 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIE, DUNCAN S | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $101,153.22 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLL, DIANE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $101,152.59 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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