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 ODELL, JEROME C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $87,284.79 | Date 06/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STITT, DEBORAH A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $87,284.58 | Date 11/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGUYEN, LINH N | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,284.20 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, SHANE W | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $87,284.11 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, CATHERINE L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $87,283.88 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, RONALD J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $87,283.59 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JAMES J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $87,283.38 | Date 06/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRESDORF, TYLER E | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $87,282.96 | Date 03/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTINGS, GRACE E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $87,282.56 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,281.75 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITAYIK, JOHN A, JR | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $87,281.72 | Date 06/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINO, MARIE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,281.60 | Date 01/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, CHRISTIE R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,281.53 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, WENDY S | Employer name Lisbon CSD | Amount $87,281.20 | Date 05/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVERT, BRAD M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $87,281.04 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBBINS, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $87,280.30 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIARDINA, LAUREL A | Employer name Nassau Co Interim Fin Auth | Amount $87,279.99 | Date 04/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MATTHEW J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $87,279.91 | Date 04/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTER, ANN | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $87,278.55 | Date 09/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, MONIQUE A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $87,278.43 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMPHRIES, TERRY E | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $87,277.50 | Date 02/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABAN, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $87,277.49 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX-MONTEMAYOR, JEANINE | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $87,275.24 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, KRISTI L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $87,275.24 | Date 05/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTENSCHON, MEGAN M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $87,275.24 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCH, JANINE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $87,275.24 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAIGHT, HOLLY M | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $87,274.55 | Date 03/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRESSLER, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $87,274.52 | Date 06/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERLE, PAUL | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $87,274.20 | Date 07/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, SEAN F | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $87,274.20 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHUM, NEVILLE D | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $87,274.13 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMAHON, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,273.96 | Date 02/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KEVIN M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,273.35 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTOX, JOHN D | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $87,271.67 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNER, JAMES | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $87,271.08 | Date 10/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOE, MI JIN | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $87,269.69 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITALE, BENJAMIN P | Employer name Centr NY Reg Market Authority | Amount $87,268.50 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHERN, DEBRA J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $87,268.11 | Date 06/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAZIGO, CAROLINE N | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $87,267.25 | Date 09/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYOE, STEPHANIE J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,267.02 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLOYEDE, IBRAHIM F | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $87,266.90 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABOY, SANTIAGO, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,266.70 | Date 09/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HALE, JOHN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,266.49 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WANZER, BETH A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,266.14 | Date 02/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRA, KENNETH F | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $87,265.77 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHANDE, JEANNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,265.29 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCEBAUGH, SCOTT M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,265.13 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANDEWATER, CHARLES F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,264.76 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, PATRICIA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,264.36 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASS, JAMIE K | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $87,264.21 | Date 03/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name SUNY College Techn Morrisville | Amount $87,263.95 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDRICK, JANE C | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,263.69 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGIOU, CATHERINE ANN | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,263.13 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONER, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,262.63 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSTERHOUDT, ERNEST L | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $87,261.96 | Date 11/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MYRTHIL, MARIE FRANCE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,261.57 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEDALIS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $87,260.89 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, THYRA D E | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $87,260.36 | Date 11/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON KENNEDY, SALLY | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,260.21 | Date 11/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONLEY, SUZANNE T | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $87,259.86 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, THERESA L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,259.62 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBECK, DEREK R | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $87,258.04 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, MEGAN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $87,257.58 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTAKIS, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $87,257.30 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYLIGER, GEORGE | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,256.79 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH A | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $87,256.14 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMBROSIO, PAUL F | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $87,255.24 | Date 09/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEXIDOR, DANIEL L, JR | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $87,254.97 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGER, REBECCA A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $87,254.58 | Date 06/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, ARIELLE B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,253.47 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, JAMES T | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $87,252.08 | Date 10/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARISELA | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $87,251.98 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MARTYN W | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $87,251.84 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, BARBARA J | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $87,251.61 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLES, ANDREW L | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $87,250.89 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASERTINO, PETER D | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $87,250.68 | Date 01/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name D'ARCANGELIS, LAURA D | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $87,250.57 | Date 02/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, BRETT M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,250.28 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIESE, SHANNON D | Employer name Village of Dansville | Amount $87,250.20 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAGLIERI, RICHARD J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,249.79 | Date 03/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERZER, JONATHAN E | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $87,249.69 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, EILEEN M | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $87,249.26 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BIRE, STEVEN D | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $87,247.70 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, FRANK | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $87,247.33 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, CHARLES H, III | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $87,247.33 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNICK, LAWRENCE | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $87,247.33 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAHR, MELANIE G | Employer name Elmira Childrens Services | Amount $87,247.33 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOORNBOS, DONALD D | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $87,247.33 | Date 09/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDBOOM, JAMES C | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $87,247.33 | Date 10/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, KEVIN J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $87,246.86 | Date 02/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILD, AMY M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $87,246.64 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERTSEN, AMY L | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $87,246.53 | Date 07/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORKOWSKI, DONNA J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,246.51 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, MARK B | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $87,246.19 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGNESE, LINDA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,245.94 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, KIMBERLY J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $87,245.59 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, GEORGE E, III | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $87,245.41 | Date 08/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, KEITH R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,244.84 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFERY, KEITH T | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $87,244.82 | Date 01/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUNTE, SHERRON | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,244.14 | Date 11/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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