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 HOVANEC, SCOTT J | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $90,161.31 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, JULIE C | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $90,161.17 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWD, TROY J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $90,160.86 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, RICHARD W, JR | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $90,160.10 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, KENNETH I | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $90,160.06 | Date 07/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RACINE, PATRICK T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $90,159.72 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ERIN T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $90,159.24 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROOP, NATHAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,159.05 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELD, JILL R | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $90,159.05 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEO, DOODNATH | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $90,158.21 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDELL, JOSEPH T | Employer name Ridge Culver Fire District | Amount $90,157.44 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SERANI-ESPOSITO, PAULA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,157.36 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO, HECTOR E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $90,157.18 | Date 03/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULESZ, FRANK | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $90,157.02 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, JAMES R | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $90,156.28 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, CLAUDE A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $90,155.37 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WOLFE, RANDY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $90,154.84 | Date 07/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELLY, BARBARA FRANKEL | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,154.65 | Date 11/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, STEPHEN P | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $90,152.16 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHINE, MARY E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $90,151.12 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JOSEPH P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $90,150.77 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNES, MARY E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,150.60 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RATTI, MICHAEL E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,149.85 | Date 06/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, RAKIA E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $90,149.07 | Date 10/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, RICHARD B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,147.98 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, EBONY L | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $90,147.69 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRA, JILL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,146.41 | Date 10/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, GAETANO J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $90,145.74 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKS, EDWARD J, JR | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $90,145.53 | Date 03/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLITOR, CHAD L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $90,145.43 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROBERTL | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $90,144.65 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTAVIANO, JOSEPH V | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $90,144.62 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRIELLO, JEFFREY J | Employer name Cairo-Durham CSD | Amount $90,144.11 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUDOUIN, KAREN E | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $90,144.06 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RETAS, GEORGE J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,143.96 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAM, GWENDOLYN J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $90,142.07 | Date 04/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEYER, JOHN J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,141.74 | Date 05/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNEY, JIMMY | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $90,141.74 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LORNA S | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $90,141.74 | Date 04/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOERA, EDWARD H | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $90,141.24 | Date 12/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVAUX, MICHAEL H | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $90,140.70 | Date 01/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILIOTTI, SILVIA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $90,140.70 | Date 09/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EATON, NORMAN R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $90,138.89 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, KELLY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $90,138.41 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, STEPHEN T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $90,138.40 | Date 09/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARADA, LYDIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $90,138.20 | Date 12/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIFIORE, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $90,138.17 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUKETT, SHANE A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $90,137.27 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, KAM-PIU | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $90,136.80 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIDSON, MAUREEN C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $90,136.80 | Date 10/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEGLEY, JOHN | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $90,136.80 | Date 02/28/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENG, THOMAS | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $90,136.80 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANNA, JOHN | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $90,136.56 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, VICTOR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $90,136.30 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLES, RAY A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $90,135.68 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOME, JOSEPH L | Employer name Onondaga Co Res Rec Agcy | Amount $90,135.64 | Date 08/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGHTY, FELECIA J | Employer name Peekskill City School Dist | Amount $90,135.38 | Date 06/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARISANO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $90,135.09 | Date 09/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENTICE, ALAN G | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $90,132.91 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, BURT A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $90,132.83 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAROTT, JOSEPH | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 09/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEITELBAUM, JACOB | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEBLETT, GEORGE A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 06/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICARD, DARLENE A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 02/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESSER, GARY J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 06/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LESSIE M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTHUPARAMPIL, MATHEW A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULLAS, PAUL T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $90,131.34 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, AARON K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $90,130.30 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSWALD, HENRY M | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $90,129.18 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETUS, DAWN M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,129.07 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JOHN F | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $90,128.79 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONASSEN, GERALD W | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $90,128.74 | Date 06/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUST, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $90,128.33 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARADIS, JOHN L | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $90,127.86 | Date 03/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBAUM, ROBERT S | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACHI, LAMBERT I | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 07/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANAEMEJE, FESTUS O | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, WEN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTELLE, WILLIAM J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, PAUL | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OYENUGA, FRANCIS K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTH-BARNABY, PAULINE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOTTAM, CYRIAC M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARIBOKO, FRANCIS Y | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JULIUS | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $90,127.44 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, BRAD P | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $90,127.29 | Date 03/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, ERIC D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $90,127.16 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MISSO, FRANK D | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $90,127.15 | Date 08/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUADRA-HIBBERT, MIREYA | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $90,126.89 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRONE, CYNTHIA D | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $90,126.72 | Date 11/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSNER, RUTH A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $90,124.84 | Date 06/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSHANS, KYLE D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $90,124.83 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, DAVID K | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $90,123.74 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AVOLIO, ANTHONY | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $90,123.72 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, RONALD D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $90,123.71 | Date 04/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER-ELLIS, SARAH E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $90,123.54 | Date 01/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASIMIR, GARRY | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $90,123.54 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX-SMALLS, ZENJA D | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $90,123.54 | Date 11/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERENINI, JANE N | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $90,123.54 | Date 07/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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