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 GRAY, VICTORIA L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $100,375.25 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, EMILY | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $100,375.25 | Date 01/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, JOHN A | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $100,375.25 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTERSON, JOHN A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $100,374.68 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, GEORGE S, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $100,373.81 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSICK, WILLIAM B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $100,372.85 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, RICHARD G | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $100,372.73 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSEN, JOSHUA D | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $100,372.73 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARROW, WAYNE G | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $100,372.29 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICINA, MICHAEL S | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $100,371.94 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, JOHN E | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $100,369.62 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, BERNARD E | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $100,367.33 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $100,367.00 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAW, DAVID A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $100,366.55 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALINA, ROMEO A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $100,366.42 | Date 01/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANON, ELLEN C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $100,365.59 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASARE, ELLIOT O | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $100,365.49 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAMANT, RAGHUNANDAN | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $100,365.20 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIA, BEATRICE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $100,364.80 | Date 07/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOPP, BRIAN R | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $100,364.19 | Date 12/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, THOMAS P | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $100,363.58 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, MICHAEL P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $100,363.03 | Date 05/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNDERS, JEFFREY C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $100,363.03 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURCELL, SAMUEL S | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $100,362.02 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, ENDRA K | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $100,361.28 | Date 10/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFIN, TERESA B | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $100,361.26 | Date 01/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $100,361.21 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANOS, HEIDI M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,361.02 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAIT, ANGELA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,360.67 | Date 12/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, MARYALICE C | Employer name Village of Pelham Manor | Amount $100,360.49 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOETTIGHEIMER, JEFFREY N | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $100,360.43 | Date 10/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEUS, CAROLINE P | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $100,359.34 | Date 05/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOESCHER, JACK P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $100,359.31 | Date 10/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWEN, HERBERT J | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $100,359.05 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAMMIA, JUSTIN T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $100,358.46 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, LISA M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $100,354.45 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMBLAY, JACQUES A | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $100,353.19 | Date 07/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWTON, EDWARD E, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $100,352.71 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, KENNETH M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $100,350.90 | Date 09/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, NILES G, JR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $100,350.33 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, THERESA A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $100,350.29 | Date 06/10/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YETMAN, ERIC R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $100,349.88 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DANIEL E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $100,349.77 | Date 09/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENSTER, JAMES G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,349.60 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMEL, SCOTT W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $100,348.31 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERS, SCOTT D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $100,347.95 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEN, CHING CHIH | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $100,345.88 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYER, THOMAS G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $100,345.10 | Date 05/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, JERRY | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $100,344.21 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOBLEY, JOY E | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $100,344.00 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFRON, JOHN V | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $100,343.70 | Date 07/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCE, NORMA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $100,342.90 | Date 10/03/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEERS, BRANDON G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,342.86 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEFFRARD-CRIBE, LENA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $100,342.76 | Date 03/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYLOFSKI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $100,342.73 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ADOO, SHAWN E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $100,339.58 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $100,337.27 | Date 01/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $100,336.65 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODDS, BARBRA L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $100,336.10 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LILLIE P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $100,335.76 | Date 02/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, TAWANA M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $100,335.66 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTONJA, VINCENT R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,335.28 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $100,334.57 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLIDAY, JAMES W | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $100,334.48 | Date 01/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, HARSHAD N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $100,334.00 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESSE, CANDACE | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $100,332.79 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AXELROD, LAUREN G | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $100,332.60 | Date 02/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFER, MARC E | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $100,332.27 | Date 12/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, TODD A | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $100,331.71 | Date 01/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JULIE L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $100,331.31 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, PETER D, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $100,331.14 | Date 11/17/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEQUEIRA, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $100,330.92 | Date 05/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STITH, BRYAN N | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $100,330.41 | Date 03/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, DEIRDRE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,330.19 | Date 06/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHETSKY, JOHN E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $100,329.81 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $100,328.11 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVIN, KAREN A | Employer name Village of Laurel Hollow | Amount $100,327.87 | Date 10/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, LAUREL A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $100,327.86 | Date 05/22/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOHR, CHARLES E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $100,327.56 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOLNAR, STEVEN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $100,325.46 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARROLL, KAREN R | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $100,325.33 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $100,324.31 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARANO, ARNOLD V | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $100,324.10 | Date 02/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVINGER, SAMMIE L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $100,324.04 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEUERMAN, JAMES | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $100,322.55 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIND, ROGER W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $100,321.97 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEFFREY E | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $100,321.14 | Date 03/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, FERN SUSAN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $100,321.00 | Date 03/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, JOHN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $100,320.65 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, GAIL S | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $100,320.48 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMBROFF, MARLO K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $100,320.30 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLQUEST, ERIC S | Employer name Roslyn Water District | Amount $100,319.79 | Date 09/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCQUE, RONALD A, JR | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $100,319.51 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, EDMUND G, III | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $100,318.13 | Date 02/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, JAMIE K | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $100,317.31 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERALDI, VINCENT M, III | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $100,317.31 | Date 12/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOREY, DENISE M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $100,316.88 | Date 06/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUZELLBAILEY, ADRIENNE M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $100,316.44 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, LISA G | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $100,315.90 | Date 02/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MARY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $100,315.52 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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