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 BEALS, KENNETH T | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,864.48 | Date 01/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, JAMES M | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $95,862.62 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, LUCILLE B | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $95,862.59 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANARD, PAUL R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,862.31 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, DEBORAH A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,861.96 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, BRADLEY J | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $95,861.35 | Date 01/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWING, TYESHA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,861.25 | Date 11/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, WILLIAM P | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,861.20 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIESY, JONATHAN C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $95,860.77 | Date 12/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATON, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $95,860.34 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WYMANSTOLL, MICHELLE N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,859.67 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZENFELD, TATYANA | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,859.67 | Date 09/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLS, STANLEY R, II | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $95,859.00 | Date 01/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOVACH, JULIE ILANA | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $95,858.37 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, ROBERT A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $95,856.64 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, TOD O | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,856.58 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERZEL, ANDREW L, JR | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $95,856.31 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, JAMES R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $95,856.08 | Date 02/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOXLEY, KENNETH A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARP, JONATHAN S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 08/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTTLER, BRIAN R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 07/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, JAMES C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 12/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECOMB, JUDITH C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 11/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIELE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 09/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, DAVID W | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 11/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAEGLOW, THERESA N | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYETTE, SUE A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADIGAN, ANNE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROY, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSBURGH, EILLEEN M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 10/31/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEY, GEORGE E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 11/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, DINA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,856.02 | Date 06/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTELLI, JOHN | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $95,855.98 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABERCROMBIE, BARRY | Employer name Village of Great Neck | Amount $95,855.73 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGERSON, BRIAN S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $95,855.52 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCHSTADT, MARSHA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,855.20 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSDICK, JEFFREY A | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $95,854.37 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELEMEN, GREGORY A | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $95,853.95 | Date 03/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, RICHARD S | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $95,853.49 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COFIELD, JONATHAN J | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,851.63 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYER, ERICKA LYN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,849.57 | Date 11/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZO, ANTHONY | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $95,848.70 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, GERALD | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $95,847.92 | Date 01/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, MICHAEL D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,846.42 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUDDY, ALLEN S | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $95,846.38 | Date 05/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMSON, LAURIE J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,846.12 | Date 06/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, JONATHAN J | Employer name Pub Employment Relations Bd | Amount $95,845.03 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARK, HUIJU | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,844.78 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, DANIEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,844.57 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, DERYL L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,844.28 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERENA, HILDA Y | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,844.09 | Date 02/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDEN DOOREN, JOHN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,842.70 | Date 08/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, ROSENMARIE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $95,842.54 | Date 08/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,842.30 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,842.30 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALISE, PETER F | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $95,841.90 | Date 05/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRIS, DENIS J, JR | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,841.31 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUREWITZ, DAVID M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,841.18 | Date 06/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOUBERT, LINDA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,841.18 | Date 10/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, DEBORAH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,841.18 | Date 09/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVOIE, ANNE MARIE E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,840.70 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, STEPHEN T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $95,840.20 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, ARNOLD E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,840.17 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTICA, SUZANNE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,839.06 | Date 10/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWAN, EDMUND W | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,839.01 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AWAD, WAEL K | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $95,838.59 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMAK, JENNIFER | Employer name Education Department | Amount $95,838.37 | Date 09/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOITIA, RODNEY E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,837.60 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUDA, ROBERT G | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,836.67 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWEFF, JULES | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,836.67 | Date 09/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PIERRO, JOHANNA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,836.51 | Date 11/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, SEAN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,836.28 | Date 03/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, CHARLTON H | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,836.00 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSTAWA, THOMAS R | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $95,834.21 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ADAM J | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $95,831.82 | Date 02/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, MILOXSSI | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,831.02 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAISER, ERNEST N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,830.79 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, WALTER W | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $95,830.71 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIOCCHI, CAROL | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $95,829.08 | Date 06/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CRESCENZO, LISA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $95,828.23 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, GERARD J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,827.44 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, STEPHEN M | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $95,827.23 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUWIRTH, JOHN P | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,827.23 | Date 08/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, DONALD M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $95,827.23 | Date 11/10/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, TIMOTHY M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,826.74 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOWELL, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $95,825.78 | Date 03/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HONG, CHRISTY H | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,822.31 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINCAID, JOHN A | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $95,821.94 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, JOSEPH W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,821.01 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEURER, JOSEPHINE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,820.99 | Date 12/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZIARZ, PRZEMYSLAW C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,819.80 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, RAFAEL | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $95,819.56 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS- YATCO, ALMA A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $95,819.48 | Date 03/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALMONESE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Greenlawn Water District | Amount $95,819.21 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATHAWAY, BRADLEY | Employer name Village of Lake Placid | Amount $95,819.20 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TARA C | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,819.10 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, MATTHEW B | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $95,818.41 | Date 10/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEARITT, DARREN R | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $95,818.26 | Date 01/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TREMANTE, CHRISTINA N | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $95,817.89 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERELLI, PHILLIP M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,817.86 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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