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 GRANNUM, PATRICK S | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,508.25 | Date 02/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, PATRICIA M | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $95,506.97 | Date 07/07/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIGGINS, RICHARD R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $95,505.95 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAIA, GEORGE M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $95,505.95 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,505.18 | Date 11/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODT, STEPHANIE N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,505.18 | Date 04/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUGEN, KEITH M | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $95,504.88 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $95,504.01 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONG, JONATHAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $95,501.95 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHET, ELAINE K | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,501.90 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIPPER, CHERYLANN C | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $95,501.05 | Date 04/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, WAYNE R | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $95,500.97 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, MICHAEL D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,500.28 | Date 11/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIAY, TERESITA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,500.20 | Date 07/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALEFSKY, ANN MARIE E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $95,500.16 | Date 04/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, WAYNE J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $95,498.90 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUROS, NICHOLAS E | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $95,498.64 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASSANO, VINCENT F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $95,498.25 | Date 03/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, JAMES P | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 13 | Amount $95,498.22 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, ADRIAN | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $95,497.18 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, CAROL L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,496.35 | Date 06/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GILL, THOMAS W | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $95,496.25 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPPENBERG, NEAL T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,495.87 | Date 10/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLERT, DONALD L, JR | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $95,495.52 | Date 06/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORGIE, JOHN B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,495.10 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, EDWARD C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,492.29 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURIAN, GEMINI V | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $95,491.87 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAULEY, GAIL A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,491.37 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, JASON C | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $95,490.04 | Date 03/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADDLEMIRE, ALFRED G | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,489.45 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, SEAN A | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $95,489.38 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, BRETT A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,489.37 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASBARRO, DAVID | Employer name Red Creek CSD | Amount $95,486.88 | Date 03/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENICASE, ALAN S | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $95,486.86 | Date 08/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TONEY, MARYLAND M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $95,486.48 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAISLEY, RUSSELL D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,485.56 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLINE, HEIDI M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $95,485.41 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, JORGE L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,485.20 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAGNESE, LINDA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,484.82 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $95,482.42 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLEDGE, MC KINLEY, JR | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $95,482.38 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPARELLA, JOSEPH A | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $95,482.10 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINLEY, BARRY J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,481.75 | Date 03/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ELOISE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $95,481.13 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JERRY L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $95,480.35 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANZER, CHERESE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $95,479.93 | Date 10/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOEL, JOAN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,479.89 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, RONALD E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $95,479.87 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKWOOD, DONALD C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $95,479.56 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, RICHARD J | Employer name Village of Elmsford | Amount $95,478.70 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLADO, JULISSA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $95,478.30 | Date 05/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUBERT, JOHN H, II | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,478.05 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSCITTI, CINDY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $95,478.04 | Date 11/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'TOOLE, DANIEL | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,477.83 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, BRANDI M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,477.70 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOSINSKI, KRIS T | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $95,477.27 | Date 04/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, KENNETH M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $95,476.80 | Date 07/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUSTIN, NICOLE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $95,476.78 | Date 09/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDEMAN, JOHN L | Employer name Akron CSD | Amount $95,475.18 | Date 05/30/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMOTHEE, CARLINE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $95,474.81 | Date 06/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCOGLAN, BRANDON P | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,474.69 | Date 01/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTANEZ, PAUL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,474.18 | Date 01/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $95,473.85 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARAHRAMYAN, SHEILA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,473.25 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURCELL, SARAH A | Employer name Natural Heritage Trust | Amount $95,472.94 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSELL, NICHOLAS M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $95,472.73 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, DANIAL J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $95,472.54 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEDMAN, CARL D | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $95,472.51 | Date 06/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, LINDA J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $95,472.51 | Date 04/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, DAVID W | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $95,472.51 | Date 05/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAVEN, HEATHER L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,472.47 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, ERIC S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,472.47 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,471.74 | Date 06/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTEAD, LEROI W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,471.74 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAREEF, AKHTER A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $95,471.74 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESEMER, BARRY A | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $95,470.16 | Date 07/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, MONCY ABRAHAM | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,469.82 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREY, PETER J | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $95,469.05 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOVSKY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $95,468.87 | Date 07/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGANI, SALVATORE, JR | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $95,466.98 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVAS, GREGORY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,466.61 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMURRA, WILLIAM M | Employer name Village of Suffern | Amount $95,465.87 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, SCOTT L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,465.86 | Date 05/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAMBELIS, GEORGIOS | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $95,465.70 | Date 04/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUMANN, THOMAS M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $95,465.59 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPE, HARLAND D | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $95,465.16 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, DENISE S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $95,464.70 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAJEUNESSE, CINDY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,463.98 | Date 03/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BERNIE L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,463.98 | Date 10/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKARZYNSKI, JAMES E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,463.98 | Date 12/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARADA, MARCO T | Employer name Village of Irvington | Amount $95,463.54 | Date 12/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, ANGEL L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,463.48 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, DENISE A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $95,461.56 | Date 09/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, JAMES R | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $95,461.18 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, JOHN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $95,461.15 | Date 10/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $95,460.67 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, KURT | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $95,460.63 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIOBROWSKI, KENNETH R | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $95,460.44 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, DANIEL T | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $95,460.36 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAMMARCO-DELMONT, RENEE S | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,460.23 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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