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 LAMORA, JESSE C | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $95,694.00 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, MI KYUNG | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,693.38 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNIS, TONYA M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,692.22 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTRELL, BARBARA D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,692.22 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ALEO, BERNARD L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,691.11 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARD, MORLINE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,689.71 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERVING, WILLIE J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,688.60 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUMMO, WILLIAM M | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $95,683.66 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEWS, TAMARA J | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $95,683.30 | Date 09/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, ALBERT D | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $95,682.93 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSSMAN, DOROTHEA G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $95,682.60 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDICAN, BRENDAN W | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $95,682.51 | Date 08/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $95,682.31 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOMITO, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $95,680.49 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, ROBERT A | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $95,680.01 | Date 12/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERLO, JAMES R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,679.28 | Date 09/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUENNEVILLE, MARGARET | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,676.92 | Date 10/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIONES, MAYRA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,676.28 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINNICK, DYLAN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,674.57 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, JOSEPH A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,673.20 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRAIN, LOUIS M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,672.58 | Date 01/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUTOWSKI, JOYCE N | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $95,672.10 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARESE, GERALD A, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,672.04 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATER, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $95,670.20 | Date 08/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHALKO, ELISABETH L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,669.59 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLTZEN, EDWARD F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,669.41 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUIRES, LINDA S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,668.52 | Date 12/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, DULANI E | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $95,668.02 | Date 10/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIGLEY, GREGORY W | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,667.87 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, ALDO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,667.43 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASRAM, PRIYA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $95,666.73 | Date 11/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, DORIS | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $95,665.88 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $95,665.86 | Date 07/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, JOSEPH J | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $95,665.41 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, LYTESSIA D | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,665.00 | Date 03/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTRONE, JAMES F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $95,664.66 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARODIN, JOHN L | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $95,664.46 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOERNER, GREGG B | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $95,663.34 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, JONATHAN S | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $95,662.97 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELLER, ANNE MARIE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,662.50 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSHIKANLU, BOLAJOKO A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $95,662.32 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINK, JOSEPH D | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $95,659.83 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, STEPHEN H | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $95,659.72 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, LILY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,659.53 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGERAMI, RALPH A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $95,658.63 | Date 07/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, BEATRIZ | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,658.46 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC TAGUE, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,658.46 | Date 04/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOON, JAMES | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $95,658.20 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, STEVEN A | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $95,657.40 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARROS, BERNARDINO S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,656.53 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULGER, AMY M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $95,656.07 | Date 08/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOERICK, DONALD J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $95,655.99 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFRANSKI, MYKHAILO | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $95,654.61 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARS, DAVID A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $95,654.16 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $95,654.12 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OTUN, RABIAT A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,654.03 | Date 04/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHIMWENMA, EGUAGIE A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $95,654.00 | Date 07/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTS, DAVID J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,653.99 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORSEY, STACEY L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,653.90 | Date 12/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOHN T | Employer name No Hempstead Sol Wst Mgmt Auth | Amount $95,653.15 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUVAL, JEAN FRANKLIN | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $95,652.11 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOULDEN, BRIAN R | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,651.62 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOHN H, III | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,651.15 | Date 01/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHODOSCH, MARGERY R | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $95,650.74 | Date 12/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, WALLACE | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,650.65 | Date 01/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDERON, JOSE F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,649.95 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOTH, ALAN J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $95,649.29 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARRIALLE, LOUIS D | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $95,649.01 | Date 09/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERENCSICS, ELLEN E | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $95,648.47 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEAVERTH, DANIEL J, JR | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,648.41 | Date 06/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANLAN-KEYWORK, MAUREEN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,647.49 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDER, VERNON E, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,646.49 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUSCARI, ANDREW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,646.34 | Date 12/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSSITER, WILLIAM M, III | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $95,645.08 | Date 08/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, AARON J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $95,644.69 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, JASON D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,644.13 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, GREGG G | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $95,643.66 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERELY, PATRICK J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,643.57 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOREFICE, ROBERT J | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $95,643.23 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, SHAWN EDWARD | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $95,642.53 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, MARK S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $95,642.09 | Date 01/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDON, MICHAEL P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,641.84 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERETTA, NICHOLAS E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,641.54 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, MICHAEL W | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $95,641.36 | Date 05/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUTS, JAMES D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,639.65 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKS, GEORGE M | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $95,639.32 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLONE, FRANK C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,638.40 | Date 09/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELLOWS, CHRISTOPHER M, JR | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $95,637.90 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $95,637.41 | Date 03/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZOMBATHYNE-MESZAROS, ZSUZSA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $95,636.99 | Date 05/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, JEAN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $95,636.65 | Date 06/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, BRIAN K | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,636.50 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELBIG, NATALIE C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,635.16 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRKWOOD, JAMES N | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,635.16 | Date 07/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, ALBERT S, IV | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $95,634.81 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTA, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $95,633.97 | Date 10/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAPPAPORT, LISA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,633.76 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CARA, MARILYNN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $95,632.80 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWLES, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $95,632.77 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITON, RODOLFO E | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $95,632.66 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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