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 FRIOT, JOHN J | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $89,075.23 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, MARK R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,074.68 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUBE, ELSY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,073.27 | Date 06/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINDLE, GLADYS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,073.20 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, DAVID R, JR | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $89,073.07 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARO, DAVID C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,072.57 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGAN, KRISTIN M | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $89,072.10 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VINTI, KAREN LYNN | Employer name Village of Owego | Amount $89,071.84 | Date 09/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SYMS, CAREN L | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $89,070.80 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUANO, MARIA L | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $89,070.74 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JEREMY P | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $89,070.62 | Date 02/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, ERIK A | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $89,070.26 | Date 07/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTLE, LUANNE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $89,070.16 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSLEY, JOANNE M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $89,069.77 | Date 08/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMICHAEL, JEFFREY P | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $89,068.92 | Date 07/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAY, JOHN | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $89,068.82 | Date 04/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILFER, ROBERT D, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $89,068.62 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HULL, TAWANNA | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $89,068.26 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, KATHLEEN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $89,067.79 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALLAWA, WILBERT S | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $89,067.42 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, LEONARD W | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $89,067.01 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAI, SABIHA KHATOON | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $89,067.01 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABIA, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $89,067.01 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, JONATHAN L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $89,066.97 | Date 04/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCESE, MARIE L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $89,066.65 | Date 03/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PATRICIA V | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $89,066.25 | Date 10/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, MELISSA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $89,065.47 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERLOCK, JILL | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $89,065.28 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHEN, JESSY | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $89,064.40 | Date 04/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASSIVERA, THEODORE S, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $89,063.19 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEROTTA, JOHN L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $89,062.71 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASKO, ROBERT W | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $89,062.45 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, SOSAMMA K | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $89,062.41 | Date 04/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, KYLE A | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $89,062.14 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JERROD A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $89,061.65 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, KEVIN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $89,061.36 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORFLEET, CAROL A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $89,060.99 | Date 08/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, NORMAN W | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $89,060.12 | Date 04/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, LEELAMMA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $89,059.66 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, TODD A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $89,059.35 | Date 03/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $89,058.42 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, JAMES P | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $89,057.40 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAIDAN, DARLENE A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $89,057.17 | Date 02/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-LOUIS, RACHELLE | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $89,057.09 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, LOVELY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $89,057.09 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, LAURENCE V | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $89,056.69 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, PAMELA A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $89,056.32 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANKER, JAMES S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $89,056.13 | Date 05/31/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, HOSEA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $89,055.80 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, BRENDA L | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $89,055.67 | Date 11/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAR, CHARLES T | Employer name Olympic Reg Dev Authority | Amount $89,054.44 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LERGNER, EARL J, IV | Employer name Village of East Rochester | Amount $89,054.13 | Date 02/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALEX, LITTY | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $89,053.89 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADMAEV, EULALIA | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $89,053.78 | Date 08/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GREG R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $89,053.34 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISCHAK, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $89,052.85 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANSDALE, JESSICA M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $89,052.42 | Date 11/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDELTON, NATHANIEL E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $89,052.33 | Date 07/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEEBE, ERIC P | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $89,052.26 | Date 09/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAYLE, LORRAINE M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $89,052.26 | Date 12/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, MELANIE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $89,052.26 | Date 12/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTEVEZ, OLGARINA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,052.14 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMBERGER, JONATHAN L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,051.40 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, DARRELL G | Employer name Albany County | Amount $89,050.57 | Date 01/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLPORT, CANDY | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $89,050.06 | Date 02/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IOANNOU, CAROLINE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $89,050.00 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTONDO, PAUL K | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $89,049.94 | Date 04/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAEUNER, ROBERT M | Employer name Village of East Aurora | Amount $89,049.91 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAUERBIER, KEVIN A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $89,049.03 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOX, ERIC L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $89,047.84 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARBOGAST, JOHN M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $89,047.58 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOECKNER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,047.31 | Date 02/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMAN, KEITH F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $89,047.12 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILOSLAU, PATRICE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $89,046.83 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENATORE, JOSEPH J | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $89,046.82 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, ROBERT O | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $89,046.61 | Date 05/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBERMAN, JAMES M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $89,045.28 | Date 06/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAWORSKY, STEVEN M | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $89,045.15 | Date 12/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELFORTE, JOSEPH L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $89,045.08 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, MARTA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $89,044.58 | Date 12/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELAZQUEZ, ANNETTE | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $89,043.13 | Date 11/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSA, JOHN A | Employer name Elwood UFSD | Amount $89,042.41 | Date 11/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, KAREN F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $89,042.11 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSUEGRA, ARTURO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $89,042.07 | Date 02/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABEU, RAQUEL E | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $89,042.03 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, DANIELLE P | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $89,041.92 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILARY, RICHARD C | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $89,041.34 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, JULIA R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $89,040.57 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINLEY, BARRY J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,040.07 | Date 03/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RICHARD P | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $89,039.96 | Date 06/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, MICHAEL A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $89,039.59 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENICHEL, EDWARD C | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $89,039.55 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASKLAR, JOHN S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $89,038.42 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLUDD, PAULA E | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $89,037.24 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALISE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $89,036.89 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CATHERINE V | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $89,036.08 | Date 08/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEMENT, JEREMY M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $89,036.07 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSINGER, MITCHEL | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $89,036.04 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, JENNIFER D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $89,035.98 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON-YOUNG, ROXANNE S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $89,035.72 | Date 10/31/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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