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 BROWNING, SUSAN M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $95,393.85 | Date 01/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNDT, SHAWN S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $95,390.96 | Date 12/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRABOW, KENNETH B | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $95,390.68 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMONDSON, SOPHIA K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,389.23 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRYAN-FRIEDLANDER, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $95,387.42 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIE-CLARE, SHARON F | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $95,386.56 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIRCHANSKY, EDWARD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,385.74 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBBIO, FERNANDO S | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,384.83 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISMAN, MARIAN M | Employer name Schuylerville CSD | Amount $95,384.54 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLACORTA, MARIA B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,383.81 | Date 05/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORZA, GERALD J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,383.10 | Date 11/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLEY, MARK J | Employer name Huntington Manor Fire District | Amount $95,383.00 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NAHTANHA O | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,381.36 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDDER, EDWARD | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,381.33 | Date 03/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, AUDREY K | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,381.25 | Date 07/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOPKOWSKI, JOHN D | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $95,380.66 | Date 02/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARDONE, WILLIAM R | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,380.41 | Date 01/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, THOMAS | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $95,379.58 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GREGOR, DEIRDRE N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,379.50 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SHERYL A | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $95,378.80 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, DENNIS R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,378.54 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARL, JIMMIE JOE | Employer name Chemung Soil,Water Cons District | Amount $95,377.54 | Date 06/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKE, JILLIAN M | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $95,375.51 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERARD, GARY U | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,375.02 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANARSEE, ELIZE V | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $95,374.59 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRLAW, ANGELA M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,373.86 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRZYZANOWSKI, JOHN R | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $95,373.85 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMED, ADEL E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,373.59 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAK, PETER M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,373.52 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, ROBERT | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,373.38 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCAPERROTTA, GABRIEL | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $95,372.36 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCI, JAMES C | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $95,371.22 | Date 02/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, MARY J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $95,371.15 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAROL, ISRAEL G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,370.99 | Date 09/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLAND, HEATH M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,370.38 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVIN, NORA E | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $95,369.57 | Date 05/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DAY-DIODATI, ANNE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,369.27 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MARIANA, AMANDA K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,368.53 | Date 08/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAGUARDO, ANTHONY G | Employer name Port Washington Library | Amount $95,367.89 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, SARA E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $95,367.74 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARMETKO, PAUL J, JR | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $95,366.44 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLL, MICHAEL J, II | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $95,366.44 | Date 08/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANG, JERROD | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,366.36 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYM, KENNETH T, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,366.27 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, RONALD C | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $95,364.99 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETHUNE, LATASHA I | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $95,364.89 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, DAVID | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,364.80 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, SEAN C | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $95,363.28 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRBEK, FRANK, JR | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $95,362.96 | Date 05/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLUB, AVERELL | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $95,362.83 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,361.99 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTHYALA, SIRISH C | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,360.53 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMS, AMY C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,359.82 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUDILLE, JOHN J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,359.79 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, EDWIN | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,358.65 | Date 12/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, LOUIS T, SR | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $95,357.56 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DOUGLAS K | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $95,356.47 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, ROBERT N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,356.29 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLING, WILLIAM B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,355.73 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLEY, LUCY A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $95,355.59 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILL, CHARMAINE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,354.92 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUANG, JIANCHENG | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $95,354.63 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOODY, MARK | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $95,354.59 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIMM, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,354.50 | Date 08/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIO, MARY B | Employer name Mastics Moriches Shirley Libr | Amount $95,353.11 | Date 06/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, ALEX, III | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $95,352.48 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINTER, JOSEPH F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,350.79 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, MICHELLE A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,350.61 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, STEVEN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,347.68 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, ROBERT C | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $95,345.72 | Date 10/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, EMILY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $95,341.95 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUARIN, MARTHA P | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,340.77 | Date 04/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $95,339.55 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIULIANI, LAURA M | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $95,339.27 | Date 09/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCE, ALFRED J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,339.00 | Date 07/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALCITO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $95,338.09 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCE-HILL, GWENDOLYN E | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $95,337.27 | Date 10/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUNSHELL, PHILLIP L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $95,336.44 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STATINI, ELAINE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,335.65 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIAZZOLLA, RICHARD S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,335.26 | Date 12/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, GARY T, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $95,334.56 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADELWERTH, BARBARA J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,333.98 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNIGAN, DANIEL M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,333.98 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, SHAWN RENEE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,333.98 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTINO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Village of Sloatsburg | Amount $95,332.59 | Date 07/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLEY, BRIAN E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $95,332.13 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOMBARDO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $95,332.00 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DENISE M | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $95,331.64 | Date 06/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEHOE, SCOTT M | Employer name Dewitt Fire District | Amount $95,331.45 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOLINO, MARY F | Employer name East Rockaway UFSD | Amount $95,330.94 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,330.30 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, CARLTON P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,330.23 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUFFIN, JOY R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,329.10 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERKIN, ANDRE, SR | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $95,329.09 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANINO, IAN A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $95,328.66 | Date 11/16/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMADIFE, PASCHAL C | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,328.41 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUNNYKUTTY, ANNAMMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,327.79 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOODY, PATRICK M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,326.13 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, ELAINE F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,325.31 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLOCK, MICHAEL A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $95,325.28 | Date 11/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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