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 GOODRICH, AKUA A | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $94,713.23 | Date 05/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSMAN, SHANUNU S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,712.78 | Date 05/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, CRAIG | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,712.38 | Date 12/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, LYNETTE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,712.27 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, PRINCE M | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $94,712.25 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, MICHELE L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,710.93 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMEAD, EDWARD J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $94,709.62 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, ALLISON M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,709.59 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, PAUL A | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $94,709.40 | Date 09/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHLIG, GERARD E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,709.20 | Date 04/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,708.32 | Date 09/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHEW, JOHN E, JR | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $94,708.04 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, MELANIE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,707.99 | Date 04/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGSTEAD, ROBERT J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,707.73 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'HUY, GERARD J | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $94,706.04 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, DAVID J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,705.18 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOAD, ROYCE C | Employer name Bath Mun Utility Commission | Amount $94,705.14 | Date 01/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSO, JAMES J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $94,705.13 | Date 02/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $94,705.11 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, KATHERINE | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $94,703.79 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOUS, EDWIN M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,703.77 | Date 02/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, SHERRY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,702.79 | Date 07/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWOMEY, BERNARD A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $94,702.66 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULIHAN, THOMAS E | Employer name Troy Housing Authority | Amount $94,702.19 | Date 12/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERLOCK, PATRICK M | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $94,702.18 | Date 03/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSETT, RICHARD A | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $94,701.72 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, HULDA V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,701.69 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENTZ, ROBIN L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $94,700.78 | Date 02/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, DANIEL J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $94,700.44 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, MICHAEL F | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $94,698.07 | Date 06/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHEWICZ, ERIN M | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $94,697.26 | Date 05/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SCENZA, CAROL A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,696.68 | Date 08/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AQUIAR, DIANA S | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,696.67 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHROBET, ELEANOR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,696.53 | Date 02/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAMAN, TARA L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,696.47 | Date 05/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERING, RALPH E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,695.70 | Date 09/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUE, CONSTANCE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,694.73 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPA, DANIEL | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $94,694.65 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBSON, STEPHEN H | Employer name Town of Pittsford | Amount $94,694.58 | Date 02/21/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, BETH E | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $94,694.00 | Date 02/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREVI, DARYL F | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $94,693.89 | Date 11/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WITT, JASON R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,693.58 | Date 12/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ-MARTINEZ, YOLANDA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,693.10 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMALDI, FRANK T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,692.86 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGALITE, SHEMIKA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,691.26 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, THOMAS C | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $94,690.42 | Date 03/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARDELLA, TODD M | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $94,690.42 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERSON, RISA B | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $94,689.98 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN-SUTNICK, YVETTE E | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $94,689.57 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SALLE, ELLEN A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $94,689.40 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YATTAW, JOSEPH W | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $94,689.38 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARLETTA, DANIEL P | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $94,689.05 | Date 10/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARA, JULIA H | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,688.88 | Date 02/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROW, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $94,688.88 | Date 07/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGADEN, BRIDGET M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,687.94 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, LORI A | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $94,687.56 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERVICE, KARLA P | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,687.20 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, DREW H | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $94,686.86 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, RICHARD J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $94,686.76 | Date 02/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESHLEMAN, JOHN E | Employer name Town of Gates | Amount $94,686.38 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUMBERBATCH, YVETTE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $94,685.88 | Date 01/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORT, BRIAN T | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $94,685.45 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWSOME, THERESA ANN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $94,684.99 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DYSON, TERRY C | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $94,684.82 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACRI, GIOVANNA | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $94,683.48 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPACZEWSKI, RICHARD A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,683.06 | Date 06/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES I | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,682.52 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATES, MARVIN L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,682.08 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, JULIE A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,681.47 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, LINDA J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,681.35 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNBAR, ROBERT D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $94,680.06 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENEGRI, MARLENE V | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $94,680.04 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANDREW J | Employer name SUNY College at Potsdam | Amount $94,678.95 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, KAREN D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $94,678.83 | Date 12/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARBONNEAU, WILFRED F, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $94,678.41 | Date 12/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIZZINGRILLO, JOHN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,678.12 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONDS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,677.56 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITCH, SCOTT R | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $94,677.46 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, PATRICIA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $94,677.44 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, RHONDA M | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $94,677.41 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANORDEN, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,677.31 | Date 08/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAY, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $94,676.96 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, SHAWN L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $94,676.83 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMMER, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $94,675.98 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAZIO, BRYAN R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $94,675.75 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, ROBERT A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $94,675.72 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPANELLA, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,675.45 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NIGRO, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,675.44 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, JOHN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,675.27 | Date 12/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLEIGHT, DAVID C | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,674.17 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MANGANIELLO, ANGELO F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $94,674.16 | Date 06/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, JACQUELINE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,673.32 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORGIE, JOHN B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,673.25 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JEFFREY P | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $94,672.18 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOBIN, PAMELA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $94,671.72 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTI, VINCENT F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,671.66 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSUMANO, PATRICIA E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,670.36 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATTOLO, FRANK L | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $94,669.98 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKNER, LUCAS JOHN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,669.79 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OHER, SUSAN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $94,669.77 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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