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 COSEY, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $99,058.82 | Date 10/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REVELLA, JOHN J | Employer name Village of Walden | Amount $99,057.36 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANAT, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $99,057.34 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUGGINS, ROBERT E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,057.01 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONEIL, SANDREA S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $99,056.88 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALVEY, JENNIFER L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $99,056.79 | Date 08/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUSCHETTO, GERARD C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,055.71 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, JERIE L | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $99,055.23 | Date 04/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $99,055.04 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGANCAMP, DONALD | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $99,054.97 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIFFEN, WILLIAM C | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $99,054.54 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREAS-ROMEO, VALERIE J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,054.50 | Date 01/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, GEOFFREY G | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $99,053.14 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, MELISSA A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $99,052.94 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHETRAM, JEWAN K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,052.24 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSAY, BRYAN L | Employer name Town of Tully | Amount $99,052.22 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEE, SHANE T | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $99,051.29 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALA, RUDOLPH A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,051.17 | Date 01/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JOHN R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $99,048.78 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AULETTA, ERIC V | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $99,048.59 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JANET M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,048.44 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, DALE R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $99,048.01 | Date 06/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, REGO | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $99,046.78 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, CAROL J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $99,046.75 | Date 11/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBER, MICHAEL E | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $99,046.23 | Date 10/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRA, MICHAEL N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,045.84 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KATUNA, EDWARD C | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $99,045.60 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARVIS, ERIC G | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $99,045.51 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTES, JULIO D | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $99,045.28 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUNELLE, REBECCA L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $99,044.90 | Date 10/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, MICHAEL P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,044.51 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAVER, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $99,044.36 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, BEENA P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $99,041.60 | Date 10/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, ANDREA E | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $99,041.55 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINGERMAN, SUSAN G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $99,041.13 | Date 03/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TIMOTHY P, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $99,040.64 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RISHER, EYVETTE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $99,038.58 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBELLA, JOHN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,038.24 | Date 06/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUREK, ALAN T | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $99,038.20 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERSON, GLORIA M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $99,036.89 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKELLY-SENATORE, EUNICE | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $99,036.87 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMBERSKY, ANNA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,036.60 | Date 02/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BOTTIS, VIRGINIA S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $99,036.47 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGLE, RANDY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,036.43 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, VICTORIA C | Employer name Pawling CSD | Amount $99,035.82 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KAREEM M | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $99,035.46 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULINARA, RICHARD J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $99,035.45 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTOWN, ANDREW S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,035.33 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALCOTT, MARGUERITA Y | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $99,034.95 | Date 04/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELSHIN, LEE M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $99,033.70 | Date 02/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHO, JASON M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $99,033.25 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLANTZ, JOSEPH P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,032.86 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DAMIA E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $99,032.34 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUDD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $99,032.18 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEER, KEITH R | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $99,032.07 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTINE, GUY H | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $99,028.72 | Date 03/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINGS, KIM R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $99,028.55 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILTON, JASON A F | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $99,028.49 | Date 02/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITTLE, KEVIN F | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $99,028.08 | Date 10/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, CATHERINE H | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $99,026.17 | Date 02/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, MARCY I | Employer name Warren County | Amount $99,026.06 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOULRICE, CHAD M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $99,026.05 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, JAY L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $99,025.42 | Date 04/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, TRACY G | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $99,025.26 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUMANN, MARK G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $99,024.97 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, ASHLEY | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $99,024.25 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ELK, DAVID A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $99,024.20 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, DIANA E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $99,023.93 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEBLING, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $99,023.80 | Date 04/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARELLA, PHILIP C | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $99,023.14 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ANCY N | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $99,021.38 | Date 07/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNRO, ERIK M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $99,021.10 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOMBS, JODY L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $99,020.52 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOKER, WILLIAM K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $99,020.44 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AERY, TRACY A | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 07/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIZZELL, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, HEATHER J | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 07/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDEN, GREGORY E | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, BRIAN P | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, BRIAN W | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, JIMMY F | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRING, BARBARA A | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBBER, CHERYLE L | Employer name Environmental Facilities Corp. | Amount $99,019.41 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAJDA, ALEXANDER S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $99,017.49 | Date 01/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, DERIC J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,017.27 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRAIN, BARRY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $99,016.97 | Date 02/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUNDY, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $99,016.92 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEFOVITZ, EDWARD M | Employer name Village of Harriman | Amount $99,015.89 | Date 09/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENEDETTO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $99,015.66 | Date 11/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISSETTE, JANICE L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $99,014.80 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCATO, JOHN R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $99,014.64 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANIERI, THERESA | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $99,014.59 | Date 07/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMS, SCOTT T | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $99,013.72 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOSEPHINE I | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $99,012.65 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDOVER, ROBERT R | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $99,009.89 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNSHER, GRANT G | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $99,009.57 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NASH, JASON A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $99,009.06 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UDELL, JOSHUA I | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $99,008.60 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POMAINVILLE, DAVID E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $99,008.43 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, EDWIN Y | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $99,006.03 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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