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 SIDIBE, ABIKE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $94,269.30 | Date 10/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTERO, KATHERINE M | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $94,267.95 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, ROBERT A | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $94,267.35 | Date 02/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, DAVID M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $94,266.10 | Date 04/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COY, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $94,263.34 | Date 01/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOJCZYK, KARIN E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,263.26 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGOLO, ROBERT D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,263.03 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, GREGORY M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,262.76 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, JOHN J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $94,262.72 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKNER, BLAKE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $94,262.30 | Date 07/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, ADAM | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $94,262.08 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, JANICE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,261.95 | Date 07/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $94,261.89 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOUSTEIN, DIANE M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,261.18 | Date 04/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIMBURG, KIM L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,260.20 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTERLY-KLAAS, LISA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $94,260.05 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, MARIE | Employer name New City Library | Amount $94,259.97 | Date 05/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, GABRIEL J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,259.96 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELINI, DONALD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGWARDT, FREDERICK P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRIST, RICHARD C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 07/29/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWE, CHARLES R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESSEL, HOWARD R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWIND, DANIEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ERIC J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 01/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, ROBERT M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $94,259.46 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKONECKI, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $94,258.89 | Date 07/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAUFIELD, DANIEL K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,258.21 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAILLANCOURT, ROGER E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $94,257.93 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AARON W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,257.84 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAMAS, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $94,257.24 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENZA, ERIC R | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $94,255.88 | Date 03/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,255.25 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, RONALD E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,255.16 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUSSO, JOSEPH G | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $94,254.95 | Date 01/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERMAAT, ANTHONY J | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,254.62 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOCOLA, MARK A | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $94,254.37 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDONELLO, RICHARD, JR | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $94,253.56 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, JOHN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,253.37 | Date 01/28/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAPILLATO, DEBRA J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $94,253.29 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TERESA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,252.79 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNO, MICHELLE A | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $94,251.73 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, BRIAN M | Employer name Ballston Spa-CSD | Amount $94,251.16 | Date 01/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, EDONN V | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,250.61 | Date 03/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,250.17 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRECKLETON-LEWIS, LINDA R | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,249.74 | Date 12/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLISS, SCOTT L | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $94,249.15 | Date 03/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSSMAN, DEBORA M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $94,248.86 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISCUOLO, LOUANN M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $94,247.65 | Date 07/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITENIGHT, JASON R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,247.32 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $94,246.88 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GURDO, LAWRENCE F | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,246.81 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, JANET M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $94,246.75 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUCCI-PETERSEN, DANIELLE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,245.70 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EL-TURK, JAMAL F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $94,245.43 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, DAVID L, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,245.27 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSTON, JONATHAN A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $94,244.33 | Date 10/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, MICHAEL T | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $94,243.13 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTIE, MICHELE S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,242.89 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLILLO, PAUL T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,238.72 | Date 07/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, ANDREW D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $94,238.25 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZARIAN, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,238.04 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MERSMAN, BRYAN A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,237.90 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STIGI, ERNEST C | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $94,237.89 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZZARANO, ANDREW G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,237.81 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, MARIE A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,237.74 | Date 03/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, ROGER L | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $94,237.68 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUZZESE, ELLEN F | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $94,236.84 | Date 02/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, KEVIN D | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $94,236.37 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERILLO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,236.31 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMORE, CECIL A, II | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,236.22 | Date 02/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINTE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,236.22 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMO-BRISSON, KRISTEN M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,236.22 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAXE, CHARLES J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,236.22 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $94,236.22 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, MARTINE N | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $94,235.50 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, JOHN L | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $94,235.28 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLOTKIN, CAROLINE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $94,235.10 | Date 11/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENVENUTO, GIANNI | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $94,235.10 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKWAY, ROY G, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $94,235.06 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, EILEEN | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,234.25 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBIN, RACHEL M | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $94,233.63 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULASKI, ANIA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,232.34 | Date 09/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELAPAZ-PLAN, RAYLISA S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,232.16 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, WENDELL M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $94,231.83 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAREWOOD, BARRY | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $94,231.36 | Date 10/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, STEPHEN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,230.36 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROUD, JOSEPH G | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $94,229.39 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEVILACQUA, LISA S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $94,228.04 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, TODD J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,227.97 | Date 09/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERBOGART, PATRICK M | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $94,227.81 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $94,227.46 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, JACQUELYN M | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $94,226.14 | Date 08/26/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, JON C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $94,225.96 | Date 08/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKLEY, MICHAEL R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $94,225.00 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, TIMOTHY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $94,224.89 | Date 11/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKESLEE, KAREN W | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $94,223.85 | Date 05/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGRAVES, SUSAN M | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $94,223.75 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, RAYMOND A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $94,223.64 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELOCCI, MARIANN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $94,223.11 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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