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 REED, DEBORAH A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $87,589.49 | Date 12/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, PIETRO | Employer name Great Neck North Water Auth | Amount $87,588.97 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, RICHARD L, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,588.94 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, PATRINA A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,588.29 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEEN, RONALD J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $87,587.51 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERZEL, ANDREW L, JR | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $87,587.28 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANUS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,587.23 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLINKMAN, CATHERINE A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,586.56 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRYSZYN, DAVID S | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $87,586.47 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BABCOCK, DARLENE L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $87,586.25 | Date 03/26/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDZEL, STEPHEN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $87,586.19 | Date 12/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRATO, JOSEPH C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,585.77 | Date 10/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,585.47 | Date 01/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DONALD, LYNN D | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $87,585.25 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUST, JOHN C | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $87,585.13 | Date 09/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALEY, NOELLE C | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $87,584.41 | Date 06/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRINO, MARGUERITE V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,584.13 | Date 11/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTORE, RANDY C | Employer name Town of North Greenbush | Amount $87,583.34 | Date 05/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, NINA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,582.44 | Date 09/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMSON, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $87,582.42 | Date 10/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARFAGNO, GARY J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,581.40 | Date 11/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONG, YVONNE M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $87,581.28 | Date 06/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONUCCI, ANTHONY P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $87,580.99 | Date 03/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELINGADO, ANDREA L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,580.32 | Date 02/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSEY, PETER J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,580.23 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, BABU | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,579.69 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACCO, FRANCINE M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $87,579.03 | Date 12/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILES, ANTHONY M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $87,577.79 | Date 08/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERNSTEIN, MILDRED S | Employer name So Huntington Public Library | Amount $87,577.75 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORK, DAVID V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $87,576.90 | Date 09/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOMFIELD, JAMES W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,576.48 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGGERT, THOMAS B | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,576.01 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, ROBIN E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $87,575.86 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANGEL, NICHOLAS G | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,575.28 | Date 08/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENI, ANDREW S | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,575.17 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCA, ADAM M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $87,574.97 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THAYER, ROBERT J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,573.34 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIM, HEEYUN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,572.99 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, DOUGLAS W, II | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,572.80 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POCZKALSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,572.61 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, STEPHEN P | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,572.50 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, JOHNNY M | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $87,571.52 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GARVEY, KEVIN J | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $87,571.46 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, WILHELMINA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $87,570.26 | Date 07/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERSTED, JODY D | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $87,569.83 | Date 01/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JEROME J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $87,569.71 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BARBARA ANN K | Employer name NY Institute Special Education | Amount $87,568.81 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZZOLINO, CATHERINE | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $87,568.53 | Date 07/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIAIL, JAMES A | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $87,568.53 | Date 03/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEPHART, KITTEN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $87,567.88 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCHETT, ROBIN C | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $87,567.81 | Date 11/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, C ELIZABETH | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $87,567.77 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDJOE, ARLENE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,567.76 | Date 12/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $87,567.71 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MIELEWSKI, ROBERT B | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $87,567.63 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKOVIC, ROBERT N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,566.98 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMICK, SCOTT A, II | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,566.53 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTARO, CRISTINA L | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $87,566.33 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIDE, MINA J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $87,566.23 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, SHANNON L | Employer name Niskayuna Fire District #1 | Amount $87,566.05 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERMANCE, GREG M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $87,566.00 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBLE, SHEILA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,565.40 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $87,564.53 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKE, ELIZABETH J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,564.37 | Date 12/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, RICHARD S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $87,563.71 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, CYNTHIA J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $87,563.70 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEXSMITH, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $87,562.23 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, KENNETH A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $87,561.74 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANDY, ANTHONY R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $87,560.35 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SUSAN N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,560.20 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKYPE, KEVIN M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $87,560.05 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHEWICZ, MICHAEL S | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $87,559.98 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POULIN, RAYMOND J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,559.16 | Date 06/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWKINS, COREY R | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $87,558.93 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KIEFFE, CAMILLE M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,558.82 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTA, JAMES S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,558.66 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITCHIE, SUSAN | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,557.73 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBS, KIM E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,557.37 | Date 05/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTHNER, GEORGE M | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $87,555.62 | Date 08/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, SHELIA | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $87,554.24 | Date 10/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALEY, WAYNE A, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $87,553.04 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, ELENI | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $87,552.94 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESKETH, BRIANNE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,552.55 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAMBELU, DEAN N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,552.01 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARIA, RANY | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $87,550.91 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, CAMERON T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,550.69 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DERRICK C | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $87,550.06 | Date 11/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JAMES M | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $87,549.84 | Date 07/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHEIBLE, BERNADETTE E | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $87,549.58 | Date 07/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEW, SHEELA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,549.10 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEID, THOMAS L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $87,549.04 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, SYDNEY C | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $87,548.87 | Date 05/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, DANIEL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $87,548.48 | Date 09/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENG, BETTY YING | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,548.00 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, ROBERT | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $87,547.10 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, JOHN R | Employer name Albany County | Amount $87,546.53 | Date 01/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILMORE, DANIEL W | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $87,545.58 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYNE, RONALD E | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $87,545.45 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, RONALD P | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,544.72 | Date 12/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMSMOKE, CHARLES D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $87,544.23 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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