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 MATT, DEBRA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,263.24 | Date 05/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, RUTH A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,263.14 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GONZAGUE, LOUIS R | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,263.13 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGDON, ROBERT W | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $95,261.27 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUFARELLI, JOHN L | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $95,261.04 | Date 04/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JULIETA L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $95,260.93 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPINOS, DAVID H | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $95,260.27 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SHANNON E | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $95,259.31 | Date 12/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ARTHUR C | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $95,259.31 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, MARK S | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,258.29 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGILL, STACY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,257.21 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, PAUL A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $95,256.84 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,256.41 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SASSE, WALTER J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,256.38 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCARDI, RUDOLPH | Employer name Boces-Dutchess | Amount $95,255.62 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOULTON-DOUGHERTY, VICKI S | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $95,255.02 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDERER, JON D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $95,253.82 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUBBS, JOHN W, III | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,253.79 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDOCH, DAVID J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,252.11 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCK, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,251.43 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOX, WILLIAM J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $95,250.59 | Date 11/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFIN, LAURA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,250.13 | Date 05/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWNEY, DAVID P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,248.06 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, SANDRA K | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $95,246.65 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUREWITZ, DAVID M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,244.54 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, DEBORAH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,244.54 | Date 09/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDS, DONALD F | Employer name Boces Genes Liv'st Stu'Bn Wyom | Amount $95,244.40 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USHER, NINA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,243.17 | Date 11/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, KIM L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,242.67 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALRATH, STEVE M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,242.17 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, BRIAN D | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $95,242.12 | Date 10/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST MARY, JEANETTE | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $95,241.84 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERALES, JOSEPH JAMES | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,239.85 | Date 04/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREISLER, NANCY Y | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $95,239.82 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURG, MARGARET A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,238.76 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALZ, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $95,238.26 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBENS, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,238.00 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARRISH-MENSAH, BETTY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,238.00 | Date 09/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, EVELYNN | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $95,237.53 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOVSKY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,236.96 | Date 07/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON-SORRENTINO, KAREN B | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $95,236.90 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERDYKE, GLENN A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $95,236.19 | Date 01/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOCHARCZYK, PETER | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $95,235.58 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAY, JOHN P | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,234.72 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEINBOCK-PRATT, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $95,234.62 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, SHAWN P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,234.39 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHAMMED, SHELLY | Employer name Metropolitan Reference Library | Amount $95,232.47 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ELI S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $95,232.14 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLAR, RUSSELL S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $95,231.17 | Date 01/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, ANNE B | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $95,230.98 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISIEWICZ, SANDRA M | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $95,230.98 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSCA, GLENN | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $95,230.98 | Date 06/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARREDONDO, EDWARD L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,230.14 | Date 01/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREY, RANDY L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,229.38 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, CATHARINE ANN | Employer name Boces Wash'sar'War'Ham'Essex | Amount $95,229.18 | Date 04/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAULEY, RICHARD M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $95,229.05 | Date 01/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEOWN, BRENDAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,228.11 | Date 08/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAY, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $95,227.69 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, RICHARD D | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $95,227.69 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, GREGORY S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,227.67 | Date 05/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, THERESA R | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,227.57 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARSON, MELISSA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,226.69 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KABILYO, ROBERT H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,226.35 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEZIOLOWSKI, JAMES P | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $95,226.12 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, JOHN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,225.49 | Date 06/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, PAUL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $95,225.09 | Date 09/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUFT, IRENE M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $95,224.74 | Date 05/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINTA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $95,223.90 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, JONATHAN J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $95,223.23 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAY, PETER W | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $95,222.96 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, DOROTHY E | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $95,222.49 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCHA, MARY A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $95,221.03 | Date 02/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, BRENDAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,220.90 | Date 04/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OHARA, KEVIN R | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $95,219.13 | Date 12/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, WILLIAM T | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,218.85 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULL, KENT F | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $95,218.05 | Date 09/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, EDISON | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $95,217.78 | Date 05/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLOF, JUNE F | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,217.53 | Date 01/09/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, JOHN B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,217.20 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIREY, JEAN M | Employer name Kingston City School Dist | Amount $95,217.12 | Date 10/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAINES, DAMIEN J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,216.90 | Date 05/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLI, EMIL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,216.12 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,215.11 | Date 06/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHER, MOHAMMAD K | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,214.81 | Date 05/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, LISA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,212.97 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGAUER, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,212.92 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILTON, HENRY E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,212.73 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALADINO, THERESA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,212.11 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLIN, DALE R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,210.70 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECKINS, JEFFREY H | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $95,209.13 | Date 04/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RASCO, STEVEN W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,208.46 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, MICHAEL T | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $95,208.08 | Date 01/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWYER, JAMES R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $95,207.65 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDETTE, ARTHUR J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $95,207.60 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SURAK, GEORGE S | Employer name Village of Buchanan | Amount $95,206.17 | Date 09/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, ROBERT J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $95,205.13 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENIO, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $95,204.02 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELLINO, MAUREEN | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $95,200.09 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, JAMES F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $95,199.68 | Date 01/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SBARDELLA, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $95,199.46 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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