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 POCIUS, BETH M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $98,882.87 | Date 09/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNER, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,882.78 | Date 06/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VINCENTIS, ADAM J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,882.45 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEMETRES, MARIBETH | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $98,882.22 | Date 01/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, SUZANNE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,882.00 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLWATER, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,882.00 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, CHARLES E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,882.00 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,881.31 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSTROM, MAUREEN A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $98,881.04 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, PATRICIA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,880.97 | Date 11/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, SHAWN L | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $98,879.63 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINSON, NICOLE C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $98,879.58 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNBULL, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $98,876.43 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, YOLANDA D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $98,876.23 | Date 06/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERDICK, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $98,875.91 | Date 01/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISHOLM, JAMES F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $98,875.58 | Date 01/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALCE, PATRICIA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $98,874.69 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERSLEY, THOMAS J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $98,874.55 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKIS, JEFFREY A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $98,873.64 | Date 09/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLEN, PATRICK J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,873.28 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPACCIO, ANDREW M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $98,873.04 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $98,870.52 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEVERSEN, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $98,869.22 | Date 10/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSEY, ROBERT C | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $98,868.90 | Date 09/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAIM, THOMAS G | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,867.96 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANZANO, CAROL M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,867.96 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTELLO, MARIE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,867.96 | Date 04/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLITTO, THOMAS P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,867.96 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCULLY, JAMES J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $98,867.96 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDIS, GRAHME P | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $98,866.13 | Date 07/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, KEITH J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,865.88 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, WILLIAM H | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,865.72 | Date 04/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRINGTON-ALLEN, LINDA D | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $98,865.56 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESSIONS, AMELIA M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $98,863.63 | Date 02/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCKETT, AMANDA J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,863.45 | Date 03/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MELTZER, JANET E | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $98,862.80 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKERT, CHARLES P | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $98,862.27 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, RYAN T | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $98,861.94 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, GEORGE W | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $98,860.25 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELDRIDGE, VINCENT | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $98,859.37 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENE, PETER | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,858.06 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, RENEE E | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $98,857.78 | Date 08/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZEBRAK, ADAM D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,857.77 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH-STAMBULI, KRISTEN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $98,857.56 | Date 10/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, PAULA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $98,857.31 | Date 08/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRUCCI, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $98,857.17 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, BRENT P | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $98,856.09 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNDELL, JEREMY M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $98,855.26 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YETMAN, ERIC R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $98,854.22 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIANCA, JULIE A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $98,853.76 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, DEBRA L | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $98,853.75 | Date 12/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, LEONARDO, III | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $98,853.53 | Date 03/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, JOSEPH P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,853.11 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNEUER, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $98,851.34 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEILS, THEODORE P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $98,850.85 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, PAULA J | Employer name Department of State | Amount $98,850.45 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, HOLLY F | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $98,849.65 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEOTZER, TODD S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $98,848.75 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $98,848.21 | Date 11/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSIMO, KATHLEEN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $98,847.84 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECKHAM, JOHN L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $98,847.08 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REED, DAVID | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $98,846.75 | Date 02/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALDERDICE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $98,846.19 | Date 07/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, JOHN L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,845.43 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $98,844.39 | Date 11/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWAN, WENDY W | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $98,843.74 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, FRANCISCO A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $98,843.40 | Date 06/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMODIO, MICHAEL F, JR | Employer name Orange County | Amount $98,842.93 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VER, DANIEL | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,842.67 | Date 07/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZUE, EMILY I | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $98,841.43 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOECKER, CHERYL A | Employer name Amagansett UFSD | Amount $98,840.60 | Date 06/14/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, JOHN F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,840.57 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, TERESA J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $98,839.38 | Date 11/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREFFILETTI, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $98,838.01 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULLMAN, FREDERICK W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $98,837.74 | Date 12/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JAMES M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $98,837.49 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYETTE, JONATHON C | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,837.39 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSPAUGH, WILLIAM E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $98,836.91 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENT, JENNIFER | Employer name Albany County | Amount $98,836.84 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARBELL, JONATHAN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,836.50 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $98,835.91 | Date 10/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SHERYL A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $98,835.30 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOURDET-MURRAY, JESSICA | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $98,835.17 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS-DUCKETT, SIMMONE E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,834.75 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWKINS, COREY R | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $98,834.64 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHUNG, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $98,833.69 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLE, DAVID E | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $98,833.62 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, ROBERT M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $98,831.31 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABINO, ANNETTE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $98,830.76 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUCCIO, ERIC D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,830.47 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SEAN C | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $98,829.53 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESCOBAR, SCOTT K | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $98,828.81 | Date 08/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELINI, DONALD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,828.73 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGWARDT, FREDERICK P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,828.73 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRIST, RICHARD C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,828.73 | Date 07/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESSEL, HOWARD R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,828.73 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWIND, DANIEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,828.73 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ERIC J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $98,828.73 | Date 01/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, BARBARA B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $98,828.44 | Date 08/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, JESSY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $98,828.42 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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