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 WECERA, EDWARD S | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $97,083.93 | Date 01/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACH, LASHONDRA M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $97,083.76 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, COLLEEN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $97,083.59 | Date 09/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, AMANDA J | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $97,082.69 | Date 03/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVEY, LISA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $97,081.27 | Date 09/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNER, MITCHELL | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $97,080.92 | Date 11/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERTONIO, PAUL R | Employer name Jericho Water District | Amount $97,080.43 | Date 06/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, BARBARA L | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $97,080.33 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERRE, KARIN T | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $97,079.38 | Date 02/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, ROBERT P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $97,078.25 | Date 08/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURAUD, ALICIA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $97,077.70 | Date 08/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUNDS, CATHERINE R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $97,077.33 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, CHERYL D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $97,076.97 | Date 11/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNSTADT, HANS R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $97,076.85 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JILL N | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $97,076.13 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOT, YASMIN K | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $97,075.42 | Date 08/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, GLENN R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $97,074.99 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, JAMES J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $97,074.62 | Date 08/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, KEVIN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $97,073.27 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, YUN | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $97,073.23 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIDELMAN, JEFFREY | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $97,073.08 | Date 05/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCZEN, LANCE S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $97,070.66 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSSMAN, DEBORA M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $97,069.55 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERVEN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $97,068.74 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICK, DAVID A | Employer name Lake George Park Commission | Amount $97,068.31 | Date 01/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAW, MARK J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $97,066.30 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, SUZANNE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $97,066.24 | Date 01/02/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, RICKY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $97,066.06 | Date 06/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, LOUISE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $97,065.79 | Date 02/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUO, JUNTAO | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $97,065.65 | Date 05/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANCY N | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $97,065.44 | Date 07/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARZAFAVA, MICHAEL L | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $97,064.24 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYCKMAN, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $97,064.01 | Date 01/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUSCHER, RICHARD J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $97,063.74 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, CHRISTINE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $97,063.28 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDY, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $97,063.00 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUCK, RAYMOND W | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $97,062.94 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELAK, KAREN J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $97,062.13 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, KENNETH M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $97,061.93 | Date 11/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, CAVETTE A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $97,059.95 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, FRANCISCO | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $97,059.74 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTBACKA, WILLIAM G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $97,059.19 | Date 01/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $97,058.89 | Date 07/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, BRET A | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $97,057.84 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIATECKI, DAVID | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $97,057.64 | Date 03/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRZAN-WILLIAMS, LORETTA | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $97,057.03 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVITT, THOMAS J | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $97,057.02 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SCOTT E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $97,055.81 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINDES, RICHARD D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $97,055.46 | Date 04/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSEN, DANIEL K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $97,055.22 | Date 07/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, KATHLEEN H | Employer name NY School For The Deaf | Amount $97,054.59 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, RUSSELL | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 30 | Amount $97,054.28 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, ERIC M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $97,052.42 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, WILLIAM K | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $97,052.19 | Date 11/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADIER, CHARLES O | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $97,052.18 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, DOUGLAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $97,050.36 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, MAUREEN K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $97,049.82 | Date 08/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROULLIER, PAUL G | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $97,049.40 | Date 08/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOTWICA, THOMAS M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $97,048.98 | Date 12/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOELGER, DIANE H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $97,048.74 | Date 04/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, CHANA | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $97,048.49 | Date 03/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JAMES | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $97,048.39 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARINO, RICK | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $97,046.87 | Date 06/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVERSON, MARYBETH | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $97,045.89 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON-HODGE, LISSETTE V | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $97,045.48 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMUDEZ, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $97,045.28 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALOVERA, SUSANA G | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $97,044.62 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAAP, PATRICIA M | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $97,044.26 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PITRE, TAMI H | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $97,043.15 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIFFE, DAVID D | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $97,042.67 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, ROSA BELLA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $97,042.65 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANTS, ISAIAH N | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $97,042.40 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDS, CHRISTOPHER T J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $97,040.37 | Date 08/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHY, JON W | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $97,039.72 | Date 11/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNAS, JUAN J | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $97,039.33 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTER, BEVERLY S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $97,037.67 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFFSOHN, MARGUERITE A | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $97,037.11 | Date 07/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHTA, RASHMIKANT D | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $97,036.89 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANSHAW, HAROLD E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $97,036.89 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SASSE, WALTER J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $97,036.86 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, DOMINICK A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $97,036.19 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERBEN, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $97,035.16 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRAROI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $97,035.10 | Date 06/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, CELIA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $97,034.59 | Date 09/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDMAN, DONALD J | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $97,033.33 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, STEPHEN W | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $97,033.24 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMJANEC, PETER | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $97,032.36 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $97,031.20 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODISPOTI, TIMOTHY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $97,029.79 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, NATALE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $97,029.49 | Date 04/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARENA, MATTHEW | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $97,028.40 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, ROCCO | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $97,027.81 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JOHN | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $97,027.80 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, RONALD J | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $97,026.47 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWAROZEK, JOSHUA J | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $97,026.32 | Date 03/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, SHEILA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $97,026.13 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, KENNETH C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $97,025.00 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLI, EMIL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $97,024.53 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSTON, KENNETH J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $97,024.14 | Date 10/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROMMIE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $97,023.77 | Date 11/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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