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 BAUMGARTEN, DEBRA C | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $88,081.33 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTHOLF, MARY ANN | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,081.05 | Date 07/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, DAVID | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,080.99 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNETT, WILLIAM H | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $88,080.60 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, PATRICK T | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $88,080.60 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELZ, LEANORE K | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $88,080.31 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERHARDT, ARTHUR A, JR | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $88,079.41 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, RICHARD G | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $88,079.15 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCH, LUCILLE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $88,078.60 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALAWENDER, DAVID W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $88,078.36 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNER, MARGARET S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $88,076.98 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONAMICI, ANITA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $88,076.50 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANI, ALFRED S, JR | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $88,075.57 | Date 03/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METRO, STACEY M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $88,074.40 | Date 02/17/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, VERA A | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $88,074.20 | Date 05/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, RETA E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $88,074.14 | Date 07/21/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANZIANO, JEANETTE | Employer name NYS Association of Counties | Amount $88,073.75 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUTISTA, ANTONETTE M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $88,073.15 | Date 01/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GREGORY M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $88,073.02 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOCHENAUR, MARTIN G | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $88,072.61 | Date 03/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSTON, LESLIE V | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,072.41 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTI, ANN R | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $88,071.86 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAIMO, RUSSELL M. | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $88,071.36 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN SCHAICK, CHRIS A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,071.11 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, DAVID L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $88,070.54 | Date 05/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERRUSA, CONNIE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,070.41 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAY, CHARLTON A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $88,069.12 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDULLA, ANITA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $88,069.12 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUNG, TIEN-HUEI | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $88,069.12 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, JOAN E | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $88,068.91 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, JOSEPH H | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $88,068.75 | Date 07/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAHAN, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $88,067.86 | Date 07/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, DANIEL E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,067.70 | Date 01/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCHRAN, HELEN | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $88,067.42 | Date 10/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERBER, RICHARD C | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $88,066.82 | Date 05/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLOKE, KEVIN B | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $88,066.20 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINCA, SANDRA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $88,066.05 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONWAY, DREW | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,064.51 | Date 05/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ANTHONY B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,064.32 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, DIANNE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,064.15 | Date 05/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEBELD, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $88,063.99 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, WILLIAM E | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $88,063.75 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, NICOLE C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,063.75 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAISANO, RICHARD A | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $88,063.71 | Date 12/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARBAK, JANINE M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,062.67 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NALLY, JOEL A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,062.11 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THORNE, KRISTEN M | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $88,061.63 | Date 03/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VENTRESCA, ASSUNTA R | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $88,061.60 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTZ, CHARLES W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,059.75 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAYEEM, AMTUL | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,058.88 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, HERBERT R, JR | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $88,058.47 | Date 11/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MICHAEL S | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $88,058.06 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GULLO, LESLIE ANN B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $88,057.84 | Date 10/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHINEA, DANIELE L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $88,057.32 | Date 10/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, REMY | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $88,057.32 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHISON, SARAH E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $88,057.32 | Date 02/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DEVIN | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $88,057.32 | Date 10/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIROY, BRADLEY R | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $88,057.02 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DARYANI, HASSAN G | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $88,057.00 | Date 04/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, STAFFORD | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $88,056.72 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZGER, EDWARD E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $88,056.53 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SCOTT A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $88,056.46 | Date 12/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, JACQUELINE A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $88,055.51 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHORNSTEIN, IRVING A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,055.40 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CACCIA, PAUL R | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $88,055.10 | Date 11/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, OLGA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,054.60 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ROBERT J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $88,053.59 | Date 10/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, MICHAEL P | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $88,053.25 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DITTMER, FREDERICK W, JR | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $88,053.20 | Date 09/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUSK, KELLEY L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,052.75 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, PETER J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $88,052.36 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWICKI, SHIRLEY C | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $88,052.35 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEUERING, TRACY A | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $88,051.53 | Date 05/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, BENGIQUE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $88,051.49 | Date 02/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRABO, MELISSA A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $88,051.00 | Date 06/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANG, SOO H | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $88,050.48 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $88,049.93 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANG, EVAN D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $88,049.83 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUSZYNSKI, JEROME M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $88,049.43 | Date 07/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCHER-SCOTT, ZAUNDRA F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,048.79 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, ERIC A | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $88,048.06 | Date 04/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, NANCY H | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,047.68 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $88,045.94 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, LISA A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,045.88 | Date 08/03/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUSA, DEBRA J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $88,045.85 | Date 03/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, ALAN | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $88,045.35 | Date 10/26/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $88,045.33 | Date 04/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RITA R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,045.11 | Date 06/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, CALVIN M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,045.03 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OHNMEISS, WILLIAM L, JR | Employer name Town of Ellicott | Amount $88,044.36 | Date 04/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAY, WILLIAM G | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $88,043.72 | Date 05/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYNOR, IVY E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,043.64 | Date 12/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYSK, ROBERT J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $88,043.62 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRILL, FREDERICK S | Employer name Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Auth | Amount $88,043.60 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEESE, RICHARD L, JR | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $88,043.28 | Date 01/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHS, CINDY L | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $88,042.80 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVESTRI, ROBERT P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $88,042.79 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, RAJEN S | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $88,042.77 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, TARA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $88,042.45 | Date 08/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RE, VINCENT A, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $88,042.11 | Date 12/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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