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 PALMER, PAMELA G | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $88,042.06 | Date 09/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ARPA, LOUIS, JR | Employer name Oyster Bay Sewer District | Amount $88,041.27 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARIA C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,041.12 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AULIFFE, BRIAN F | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $88,040.87 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, MERLINA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $88,040.83 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DOROTHY R | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $88,040.58 | Date 11/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETZER, MELANIE C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $88,039.35 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWLICKY, SUSAN J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $88,039.24 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAGOSO, DIANA S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $88,038.26 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWELL, MARY L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $88,037.80 | Date 01/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, CRAIG | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $88,037.16 | Date 03/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEEBAN, CIJI | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $88,037.15 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISSER, TIMOTHY E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,037.14 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REYES-MILAN, BENNY R | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $88,036.52 | Date 06/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, MARY | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $88,036.51 | Date 08/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, STANLEY C | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $88,035.14 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAL, LANCE L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $88,034.37 | Date 11/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSOGNIA, RINARDO N, III | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $88,033.60 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIMONDI, MICHELE A | Employer name Rhinebeck CSD | Amount $88,033.37 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSINSKI, SUSAN J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $88,032.89 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINGWALL, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $88,031.80 | Date 04/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, PATRICIA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $88,031.74 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $88,031.27 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BENISH, ROGER A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $88,030.72 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $88,030.45 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANZ, JOHN F | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $88,029.90 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINOZA, SANDRA K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $88,029.73 | Date 03/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCIO, JOHN P | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $88,029.10 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, JUAN A | Employer name Great Neck North Water Auth | Amount $88,028.84 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOVER, DAMON A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $88,028.81 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEN-AIME, GREGORY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,028.50 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRISTAN, ENRIQUE C | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $88,028.44 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERBOCY, JOHN S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $88,028.39 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUNE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $88,027.44 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, DONALD | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $88,027.42 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, PETER V | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $88,026.60 | Date 07/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASHER, MICHAEL E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $88,026.49 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, CRAIG W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $88,025.80 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTAGENA, MELISSA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $88,025.51 | Date 11/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASIUKIEWICZ, MARK | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $88,025.29 | Date 01/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVA, VICKI J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,024.96 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUEHN, KAREN L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $88,024.47 | Date 03/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISALES, CYNTHIA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $88,023.46 | Date 09/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, RAYMOND G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $88,022.47 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEAT, DAVID S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $88,022.06 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $88,021.66 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, GEOFFREY P | Employer name Port Washington Police Dist | Amount $88,020.62 | Date 10/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINKLEY, JAMES E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $88,019.60 | Date 10/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, ROBERT K | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $88,019.46 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VUJNOVIC, DRAGAN | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $88,018.74 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, VIPUL A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $88,017.24 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAGHAN, THOMAS R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $88,017.15 | Date 05/12/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ADAM, SEAN P | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $88,015.54 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADDIST, MICHAEL L | Employer name SUNY College of Optometry | Amount $88,015.47 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, STACIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $88,014.28 | Date 05/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CILLIS, FRANK, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $88,013.90 | Date 08/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, DELLA T | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $88,013.52 | Date 10/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBERSTONE, JUDITH A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $88,013.40 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, BARTHOLOMEW | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $88,013.39 | Date 03/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, KATHLEEN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $88,013.21 | Date 09/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIDBALL, KEITH G | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $88,012.56 | Date 10/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYNER, INNETTE S | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $88,011.45 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWLIS, ALICE M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $88,010.80 | Date 10/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, COLIN | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $88,010.40 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, PEARLINE E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $88,010.27 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYE, KELLY L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $88,010.24 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEN, ALVIN G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,010.00 | Date 11/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMMINGS, CARLTON M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $88,010.00 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $88,009.80 | Date 01/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE CICCO, DAVID | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $88,009.04 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, ANTHONY R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $88,008.91 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, ELISA C | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $88,008.78 | Date 01/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORCE, LOURDES | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $88,008.31 | Date 12/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, LORRAINE V | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $88,008.08 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNTH, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $88,007.73 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEMOLA, OLUWAYINKA M | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $88,007.17 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEERS, MICHAEL P | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $88,007.13 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, EDWARD | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $88,006.53 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAKMAK, DIDEM U | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $88,006.36 | Date 09/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBCZYK, MITCHELL | Employer name Tuckahoe Common Sd | Amount $88,005.06 | Date 12/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLISON, ERIK M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $88,004.28 | Date 03/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METCALFE, AMY A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $88,002.99 | Date 09/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'MALLEY, ARLENE H | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $88,002.96 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAN, SIXTO A | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $88,002.72 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, CHARLES H | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $88,001.88 | Date 11/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, CURTIS L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $88,001.40 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRODER, BRUCE P | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $88,001.17 | Date 09/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKETT, DAVID F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $88,000.47 | Date 05/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, DAWN V | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $88,000.12 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEAGUE, WILLIAM W | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $88,000.12 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILUS, JARED B | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $88,000.12 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUAN, GAO BO | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $88,000.08 | Date 12/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUGHLIN, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,999.78 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDETTI, NICHOLAS F | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $87,998.19 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRAIOLA, JANNINE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,997.62 | Date 02/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARITATO, PAUL G | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $87,997.42 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENEZIA, CAROL A | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $87,997.36 | Date 12/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCHER, THERESE M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $87,996.54 | Date 08/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $87,996.26 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Canandaigua | Amount $87,996.25 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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