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 STEIGERWALD, BARBARA L | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $95,857.01 | Date 12/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORREA, JOSE CARLOS | Employer name East Rochester UFSD | Amount $95,856.72 | Date 05/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DEBORAH S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,856.53 | Date 01/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, SCOTT T | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $95,856.20 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILPATRICK, CARL B, JR | Employer name Town of StoNY Point | Amount $95,855.69 | Date 03/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERNST, HELEN R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,855.19 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGLEY, DAVID J, II | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,854.85 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-RONAN, SARAH M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $95,854.46 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYOR, PATRICE S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,854.39 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCIEN, PAUL H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,854.00 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, PHILIP R | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $95,853.95 | Date 06/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, EBAN | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $95,852.98 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAGEL, CHARLENE G | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $95,852.87 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, DAWN M | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $95,852.73 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVIERI, LARA Q | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,852.64 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNER, JEREMY A | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,852.35 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, JAMES M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $95,852.21 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHANEY, JOHN D | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $95,852.00 | Date 01/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURNS, CHRIS | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,851.93 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALVO, FREDERICK T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $95,851.93 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABOUYOUSEF, TAREK M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,851.18 | Date 02/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLLEY, RICHARD H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,851.14 | Date 01/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, DONALD E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,850.47 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASE, RICHARD G, III | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,850.34 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LISA T | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,848.84 | Date 06/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARMSTEDTER, DAVID M | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $95,848.81 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRICKLAND, TERRANCE E | Employer name Greenburgh Graham UFSD | Amount $95,848.60 | Date 04/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SALA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,847.42 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NENNI, PERRY J | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $95,846.64 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, JAMES M | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $95,845.34 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, KEVIN M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $95,845.05 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FILIPPO, VINCENT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,844.92 | Date 11/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANDING, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $95,843.19 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILYAVSKIY, OLEG | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $95,843.03 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL B | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $95,841.29 | Date 12/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUKAS, JOHN A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $95,841.21 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILLANA, PATRICIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,840.30 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MARY E | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $95,840.28 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, DARCEL A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,840.23 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVY, JOEL A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,839.68 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JOHN P | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,839.32 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIACADIE, JEAN-BAPTISTE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $95,839.31 | Date 11/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, EDWARD J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,839.08 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNGER, PAULA E F | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $95,835.05 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRUSZKIEWICZ, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $95,834.57 | Date 01/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNYON, DAMON F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,834.56 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEGERS, MARY C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,832.62 | Date 05/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHRIG, BRYAN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,832.05 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GORGIA, JAMES M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,830.11 | Date 11/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, JENNIFER B | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,829.66 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACS, EDMUND L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,829.63 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, KEVIN G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,829.56 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MICHALIK, CAROLINE J | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $95,829.09 | Date 02/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, SHAWN M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,828.81 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICCO, BARBARA J | Employer name Oceanside Library | Amount $95,828.64 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUSE, KAREN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,827.24 | Date 05/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTULLI, ANTHONY C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,826.35 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STIBRANY, STEVE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,826.31 | Date 05/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINALE, NICHOLAS A | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $95,825.98 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, SEAN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,825.56 | Date 05/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SISIA, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $95,823.99 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYCETT, JON S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $95,823.53 | Date 10/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABRY, KRUMIE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,822.04 | Date 02/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALGER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $95,821.84 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAWSKI, DANIEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,820.74 | Date 11/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VESPIA, HOPE B | Employer name Town of Rye | Amount $95,818.10 | Date 10/17/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROEBKE, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,817.44 | Date 09/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONAN, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,815.12 | Date 04/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, GERARD | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,814.98 | Date 01/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMIL, HINA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,814.90 | Date 05/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, CHARLES P | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $95,814.04 | Date 01/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAQUIN, DAVID L | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $95,813.98 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPSTEIN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,813.62 | Date 05/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGOGLIA, DONNA | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $95,812.23 | Date 01/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUND, AARON B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,811.53 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EASTWOOD, JEREMY T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,810.49 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUATTROCCHI, CYNTHIA C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,809.60 | Date 03/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEEMS, MARY C | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $95,809.38 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, JAMES, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,809.32 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAMORRO, SOL M | Employer name NYS Parole Board | Amount $95,808.53 | Date 03/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, SARAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,808.50 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATUM, THOMAS J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,807.62 | Date 09/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEREN BRADDISH, BARBARA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,807.20 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHN, JENNIFER B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,807.20 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOOPMANN, MATTHEW H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,806.39 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERAR, GREGORY R | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $95,805.43 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRAWA, ROMAN G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,805.11 | Date 11/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISTLER, GEORGE J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,805.07 | Date 07/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DLOUHY, PAULA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,805.05 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUDLOW, DAVIA E | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,804.19 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLANTONI, BRIAN A | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $95,803.02 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON-SOLTIS, KELLY A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $95,802.97 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIRTZEL, BRIAN R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,802.79 | Date 08/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPARRO, ANTONIA M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $95,801.88 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTOCKI, MATHEW | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,801.61 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PADDOCK, TREVOR R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,800.79 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOLIA, TIMOTHY | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $95,799.85 | Date 07/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRALDO, ANGEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,799.05 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTA, DOMENICK F, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,798.98 | Date 07/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDONALD, SHANA JOY | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,798.56 | Date 06/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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