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 WOODRUFF, STEPHEN R | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $95,569.09 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBRON, JAIME, JR | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $95,568.11 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LAURA L | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $95,567.40 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, DAVID G | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $95,565.44 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JENNIFER L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,564.04 | Date 02/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, COREY B | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $95,563.83 | Date 07/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCIORTINO, AJA E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,563.71 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPE, BRENDAN L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,563.44 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GENAO, GEORGE | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,562.93 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, THERESA M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $95,562.62 | Date 05/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JADOTTE, MAYBELLE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,562.00 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, BRENT G | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $95,561.80 | Date 05/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, PAUL J, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $95,560.18 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, JOHN M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $95,560.18 | Date 08/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VILLARRUBIA, WILFREDO V | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $95,560.06 | Date 05/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANI, JOSEPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,559.92 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLICKINGER, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,559.29 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, PATRICK C, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $95,558.35 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEIS, MICHAEL Y | Employer name Greenlawn Fire District | Amount $95,558.15 | Date 08/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSICO, DOROTHY M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,557.72 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, DAWN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,557.60 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEBZDA, EDWARD A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,557.02 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, COLLEEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,556.98 | Date 10/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALOY, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $95,556.20 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUSUF, A T M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $95,555.30 | Date 02/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, SIOBHAN M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $95,555.03 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSTON, KATHLEEN D | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $95,555.03 | Date 02/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, KENNETH J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $95,554.54 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSA, RICHARD V | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $95,553.80 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, LINDSEY N | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,553.11 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINLAN, JANINE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,552.25 | Date 03/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CRAIG S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $95,551.43 | Date 05/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSE, KAREN S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,551.30 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALAMARI, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $95,550.92 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALEM, GEORGE L, JR | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,550.70 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, LAURA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,549.97 | Date 05/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTTMAN, ROSS J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,549.68 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGHTON, ROBERT M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,549.43 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, DAVID M, JR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $95,548.87 | Date 01/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, JEREMAIH F | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $95,547.75 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIDKIN, SCOTT C | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,546.58 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $95,546.44 | Date 09/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAINERI, DAVID R | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $95,546.11 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLE, JOHN F | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $95,544.95 | Date 05/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, GAIL P | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $95,544.55 | Date 06/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGEN, EDWARD F | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $95,544.29 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CACCIAPUOTI, JOHN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,543.74 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, MICHELE L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $95,542.68 | Date 03/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDDLETON, ROBERT F | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $95,541.50 | Date 08/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KALLAUR, PETER | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $95,541.02 | Date 12/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYNE, CHRISTIANE C | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $95,540.55 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLENDER, VARON L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,539.80 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, CARLOS A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,538.81 | Date 09/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALOY, MIRIAM | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,538.55 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ESAU R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,537.40 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, SHANNON B | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $95,537.14 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PONCE, JOHN A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $95,535.79 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, STEVEN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,535.77 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE LA CRUZ, OIHA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,534.80 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, DEBRA D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $95,534.24 | Date 03/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ERIC C | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $95,534.20 | Date 03/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, PERRY | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $95,533.87 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOISELLE, AMANDA K | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,533.36 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTI, HEATHER A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $95,532.93 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHRADER, KEVIN L | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $95,532.38 | Date 06/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,532.22 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEBER, HARRY L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $95,530.70 | Date 07/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSSO, MARY ELLEN | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $95,529.27 | Date 01/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVARALI, MARIANNA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,528.86 | Date 05/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSS, THERESA M | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $95,527.60 | Date 02/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILDA, SOLOMON S | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $95,527.38 | Date 04/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, DEREK R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $95,526.52 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEVENTO, SCOTT | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $95,524.40 | Date 03/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARTMAN, GRETCHEN M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,524.25 | Date 02/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, MICHAEL S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,524.15 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON-LOFFLER, CRYSTAL M | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $95,523.91 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARACINO, ANTHONY P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,523.73 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOJARSKI, DEBRA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $95,523.15 | Date 01/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, ANTHONY T | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $95,523.13 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN SICKLE, KURT C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,522.68 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JAMES S | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $95,521.18 | Date 01/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEPIS, ANTHONY D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,520.13 | Date 06/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, APRIL D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $95,519.98 | Date 08/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EADES, GEORGE | Employer name Franklin Co Solid Waste Mgt Au | Amount $95,519.98 | Date 03/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POFF, GEORGE F, III | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,519.79 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKASZEWSKI, RAYMOND T | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $95,519.75 | Date 04/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TUMBARELLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $95,519.40 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIDDENS, BRENDA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,519.37 | Date 04/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, ALFREDO J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,517.28 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARMON, MOLLY C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $95,516.92 | Date 06/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, KEISHONTA D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,514.37 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMAN, ZENA S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,514.05 | Date 12/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEN-AIME, GREGORY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,514.00 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFUS, JEROME A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,513.25 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOY, MATT R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $95,513.16 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, CHARLES L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $95,513.00 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STODDARD, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Plattsburgh | Amount $95,512.76 | Date 02/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERAS, FRANCISCO | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $95,511.50 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, JOANNE | Employer name Huntington UFSD #3 | Amount $95,511.03 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARPENA, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $95,510.07 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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