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 KRANBUHL, MICHAEL E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $95,459.78 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALERMO, LUCILLE M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,458.79 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHATZEL, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,457.43 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, NICHOLAS B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,456.61 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, WENDELL B | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,456.60 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,455.47 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBURN, PETER M | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $95,455.06 | Date 05/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $95,454.36 | Date 04/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, STEVEN W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,453.64 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUENDER, DARIA E | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $95,453.56 | Date 09/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, SHEELA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,453.52 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, MARIAN T | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $95,453.27 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, JAY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,452.46 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUNNEY, KEVIN M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,451.66 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOWERRE, ERNEST J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $95,450.86 | Date 05/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEATTIE, JOHN C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,450.52 | Date 09/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES P | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $95,448.36 | Date 01/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUDNOVSKI, IGOR | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,447.34 | Date 03/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARQUIETT, JEFFREY A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,447.09 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERHOFF, DANIEL C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,446.38 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORHAN, JOHN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,446.30 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, KURT B | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,446.20 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, JILLIAN D | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $95,445.48 | Date 01/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIE, MAVIS | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $95,445.25 | Date 04/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, DAVID S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,444.93 | Date 08/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI RUSSO, JOHN P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,444.44 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, JOANA D | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $95,444.18 | Date 01/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ADDIO, JASON M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,444.07 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CORD, DANIEL R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,442.39 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZYMANSKI, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $95,441.89 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WYMAN, LEROY L, III | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $95,441.32 | Date 10/10/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAGNATO, LOUIS F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,441.16 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name URBONAS, PATRICIA A | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $95,439.36 | Date 03/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWDLE, JUSTIN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,439.09 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOGT, CARL F | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $95,438.58 | Date 10/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, THELMA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $95,438.39 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARR, TRACY L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $95,438.22 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, HIRAM | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $95,436.76 | Date 07/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRERA, MARIO R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,434.26 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAFF, LESLIE V | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $95,433.94 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGANO, GIOVANNI | Employer name Great Neck North Water Auth | Amount $95,433.55 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLUMB, BRIAN R | Employer name Locust Valley Water District | Amount $95,433.30 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, MATTHEW D | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $95,432.69 | Date 05/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD-HALL, BARBARA | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $95,432.24 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLAN, STEVEN | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $95,431.90 | Date 06/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEICHER, GERALD R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,431.87 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, CHARLES R | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $95,431.31 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIETZ, EVA L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $95,430.09 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, PATRICIA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,429.03 | Date 03/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, THOMAS R | Employer name Center Moriches UFSD | Amount $95,428.76 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, MARK J, II | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,428.74 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, JOHN K | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,426.54 | Date 08/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, THERESA A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $95,425.03 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELUCA, MICHAEL | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,424.63 | Date 08/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATISTA, CARMEN L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,424.15 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, KENNETH C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $95,423.40 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON WIGGAN, VALERIE F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,422.80 | Date 12/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, HYACINTH F | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $95,422.26 | Date 04/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANDITO, SUZAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,421.92 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, JOSEPH G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,421.22 | Date 01/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNZWEIG, MARYLYN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,420.25 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVIK, PAUL M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $95,419.78 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, RODNEY D | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $95,419.44 | Date 02/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADY, THOMAS J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,419.24 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, COLLEEN A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $95,419.01 | Date 06/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, JOHN F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,418.99 | Date 08/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTUAL, PAULINA A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $95,418.15 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAIR, SAID A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,416.62 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, RENEE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,416.57 | Date 06/24/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYLETT, ALEXANDER D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,416.26 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COULTER, ALISON M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,416.19 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BRIDGET A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,415.60 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DERRICK D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $95,412.44 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIZAN, BENEDICT | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,411.14 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIOLETTE, MARGARET G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $95,410.81 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALES, PATRICIA M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $95,410.71 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABLONSKY, JOSEPH F | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $95,410.48 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALZLER, PAUL M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,410.28 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRONOVITCH, ROBERT C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $95,410.12 | Date 02/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DANIEL T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,408.16 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, JANE B | Employer name Nyack Library | Amount $95,407.76 | Date 10/04/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTOSO, RICHARD L | Employer name Hicksville Fire District | Amount $95,407.75 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERNE, DAVID I | Employer name Setauket Fire District | Amount $95,406.55 | Date 07/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, JOHN M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,406.01 | Date 08/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEDDEN, AUDRA M | Employer name Div of Tax Appeals | Amount $95,405.34 | Date 09/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAARSTICK, NANCY A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,402.94 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACEY, JORDAN N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,401.93 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIDGETTE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,401.71 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, MOISES | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $95,400.93 | Date 12/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, TANYA D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,400.56 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAIN, MARY L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,400.16 | Date 09/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIGAN, JESSICA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,399.31 | Date 09/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, PATRICIA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,397.57 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,397.06 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPSCOMBE-KAUFMAN, DEVIDA T | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,396.51 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOSE, DENNIS C | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $95,395.76 | Date 07/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KSHATRIYA, REENA N | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,395.56 | Date 08/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNISH-EPPS, JOANN | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $95,394.62 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, CURTIS C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,394.27 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, VINCENT | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $95,394.01 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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