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 RESTO, NANCY | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $90,585.45 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLITIS, LEMONIA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $90,585.39 | Date 10/30/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIRD, LISA A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $90,585.32 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANO, S KURT | Employer name Education Department | Amount $90,585.32 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DEBORAH A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $90,585.11 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRATTINGER, GREGORY M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,584.54 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, LESLIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,584.28 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRANGELO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,584.00 | Date 07/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, JOSEPH F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,583.28 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLEJA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,582.85 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REESE, LORI J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $90,582.84 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINTE, DAWN M | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $90,582.32 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOELGER, DIANE H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $90,582.31 | Date 04/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMI, ABDULKADIR A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $90,582.17 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, JOHN A | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $90,581.59 | Date 01/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IOCOVELLO, JOHN P | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $90,581.51 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIEST, REGINA A | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $90,581.28 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMANN, STEVEN B | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $90,581.01 | Date 07/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KENNETH J, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,580.42 | Date 03/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, HEATHER M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $90,579.24 | Date 03/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, RUSSELL R | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $90,578.42 | Date 04/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, ROBERT M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $90,578.29 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE THOMASIS, JOSEPH | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $90,576.86 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, KATHLEEN C | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $90,576.74 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIDDANE, LORI | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,576.08 | Date 12/04/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHANSSON, KAREN J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $90,575.73 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIEKARSKI, KEVIN | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $90,575.69 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINCHER, JONI L | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $90,575.56 | Date 05/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIESA, MATTHEW R | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $90,575.56 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENECKE, MARTIN C | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $90,575.40 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMBAS, CHERYL A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $90,575.16 | Date 09/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBONE, ROCCO, JR | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,574.32 | Date 07/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, ROCHELLE | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,574.32 | Date 10/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLERIE, MARIA | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $90,574.26 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO-EARL, TAMMI C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,574.00 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONETTA-DAVIS, SETH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,573.92 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IOZZINO, WILLIAM | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,573.62 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENNIS, GRAHAM A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $90,573.20 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSSEY, THERESA | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $90,572.91 | Date 10/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIES, SUSAN B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,572.86 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, PETER R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $90,571.85 | Date 06/11/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, SIOMARA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $90,571.08 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALAGUERA, JACK E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,570.62 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEAMAN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,570.29 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TITUS, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $90,570.20 | Date 07/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAZDINS, MARC D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,569.24 | Date 02/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS W | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $90,566.83 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCE, DONALD M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,565.90 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAGON, MARIANNE E | Employer name Nassau Library System | Amount $90,565.50 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, THERESA M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,565.42 | Date 06/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRINNELL-CROSBY, BRENDA L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $90,565.07 | Date 08/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERKNAPETIAN, ANAIT | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $90,564.99 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DEBRA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $90,563.14 | Date 02/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROEDER, LISA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $90,563.08 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHATRCHYAN, ALLISON M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $90,562.38 | Date 10/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, CRAIG S | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $90,562.13 | Date 02/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, JOYCELYN L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $90,561.70 | Date 10/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, ALFREDO, JR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $90,561.67 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, JEFFERY A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $90,561.52 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKEE, EILEEN T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,561.38 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERSTEIN, JEFFREY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,561.38 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCHUGH, VICKY A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $90,561.26 | Date 02/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, KENNETH P | Employer name Afton CSD | Amount $90,561.00 | Date 10/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSER, RAYMOND J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,560.22 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, DEBORAH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,560.18 | Date 08/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ANN YVETTE | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $90,558.79 | Date 01/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORROW-PARKER, BONNIE L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $90,558.48 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, FRANK J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $90,558.26 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVENSON, YI LEI | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $90,558.00 | Date 04/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNTHER, DANA L | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $90,556.35 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEFFNER, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $90,555.90 | Date 07/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUSCHUCK, ROBERT J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $90,555.85 | Date 10/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPLE-BROWN, SUSANNE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,555.80 | Date 07/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL-MILLER, KRISTIN M | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $90,555.59 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRISH, BRIAN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,555.08 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, CHRISTINE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $90,554.56 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANEA, SHEILA F | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $90,552.70 | Date 01/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAGER, PAUL R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,552.02 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEENSTRA, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $90,550.88 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWORTH, PETER P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,550.69 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPARFELD, JESSICA M | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $90,550.11 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, FRANCIS A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $90,549.75 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUARIGLIA, DAWN M | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $90,549.43 | Date 04/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, BEVERLY J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,549.30 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, DAVID D | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $90,548.52 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDENBERG, IGOR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,548.43 | Date 04/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNA, ANDREW C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,548.15 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name INGUANZO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,546.82 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONK, PAUL M | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $90,546.25 | Date 08/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DAVID C, JR | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $90,545.86 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, TINA M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $90,545.62 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, WILLIAM J | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $90,545.02 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, RICHARD T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,544.98 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NWOKOCHA, ROWLAND I | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $90,543.76 | Date 06/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLTYS, ERIC S | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $90,542.85 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSSIE, RICHARD J, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $90,542.03 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLAER, MARY B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,541.88 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZKO, LORI L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $90,541.70 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZOSNYKOWSKI, HARRY G | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $90,541.50 | Date 03/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KRISTINA | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $90,541.15 | Date 11/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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