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 NOWOTARSKI, MARY H | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $87,203.79 | Date 10/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEGER, LARRY G | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $87,203.77 | Date 04/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUE, YUEN-SEK ERNIE | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,203.74 | Date 12/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MATTHEW W | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $87,203.14 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINTI, CAJETAN V | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $87,203.12 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLMAN, ROBERT O, JR | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $87,202.27 | Date 08/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTAMURO, TARA L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $87,202.13 | Date 01/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHESBRO, MARY E | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $87,201.62 | Date 07/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICKLER, ERIK I | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $87,201.59 | Date 08/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARISTHILDE, PHILOME | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,201.55 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CRAIG E | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $87,201.13 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,201.10 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEDRA, JASON D | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $87,200.95 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHDE, JULIE K | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $87,200.57 | Date 01/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTHER, JESSE L | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,200.46 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, LILLIAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,200.00 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, TOM | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $87,199.78 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREAULT, JOHN A, JR | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,199.58 | Date 06/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAO, JIE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,199.06 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL K | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $87,198.53 | Date 05/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, TODD M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,197.76 | Date 01/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBURN, TATE A | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $87,197.39 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUEVAS, WILLIAM S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,197.17 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWLING, THOMAS J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,196.56 | Date 01/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEREMIAH, THERESA M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,196.48 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTAROLA, DANIEL R | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $87,196.46 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKHURST, AARON J G | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $87,196.43 | Date 11/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESAI, HEENA Y | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $87,195.97 | Date 11/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, JASON R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $87,195.84 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINNEKIN, RICHARD S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $87,195.07 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLEYNIK, TARAS | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $87,194.67 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESLIE, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $87,194.55 | Date 05/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOROVOY, SHAHLA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $87,194.33 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANN, LOURDES R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,194.30 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYLACRAINE, DAVID C | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $87,194.16 | Date 10/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEBROWSKI, JOBRIATH A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,194.08 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHORNEY, GREG M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $87,193.66 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, THOMAS M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,193.22 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEFF, JACINTA A | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $87,193.08 | Date 03/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,192.69 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LJILJANICH, DAVID B | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $87,192.59 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC NALLY, BRIAN D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,192.06 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, TRAVIS J | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $87,190.91 | Date 03/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, OSCAR J | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $87,190.63 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CHARLES C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $87,190.47 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATEUS, NANCY M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,189.86 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLASS, JOHN R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,189.56 | Date 06/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, AARON D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,189.04 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CITTADINO, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,188.92 | Date 04/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, RYAN D | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $87,188.82 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORGROVE, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,188.40 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCO, PERRY J | Employer name Islip Terrace Fire District | Amount $87,187.59 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PATRICK D | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $87,187.58 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACKETT, CAROLE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,187.02 | Date 08/17/1967 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICAL, KEITH R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $87,186.72 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGGIANO, GINA M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $87,186.64 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, MAUREEN A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $87,186.35 | Date 01/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCZAK, GEORGE W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $87,185.68 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPKA, CHARLES P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,185.54 | Date 06/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEILS, EILEEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,185.28 | Date 10/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROMBLEY, PAUL D, JR | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $87,184.86 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIAS, DEAN | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $87,184.77 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGRAFFENRIED, TAMMY M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,184.10 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, WENDY S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $87,183.72 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, OPAL J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,183.62 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALGADO, OSCAR A | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $87,183.49 | Date 10/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $87,183.05 | Date 08/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASKIN, LISA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $87,182.54 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ETTEN, GLENN W | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $87,182.54 | Date 10/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLINGTON, MAX D | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $87,182.44 | Date 08/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, KELLY A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $87,181.80 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPREY, JOHN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,181.41 | Date 01/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ROZELL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,181.29 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEMITZ, RENEE A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $87,180.70 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAYNOR, ROGER J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $87,180.34 | Date 02/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, JULIE M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,180.00 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUETI, CONNIE L | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $87,179.88 | Date 12/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARAVATI, JOSEPH S, JR | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $87,179.88 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOSSOM, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $87,179.28 | Date 06/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYBOER, MARVIN, III | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $87,179.17 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-MCRAE, VANESSA R | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $87,179.01 | Date 05/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAM, JOSEPH D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,178.98 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, SHAWN A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,177.43 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, DAVID J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,177.24 | Date 05/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANWOERT, SALLY J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $87,177.15 | Date 09/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZITO, DAVID, JR | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $87,177.12 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITTORINI, RICHARD A | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $87,176.88 | Date 01/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETT, JAMES A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $87,175.89 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIERBA, THOMAS R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $87,175.40 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANESSENDELFT, JEFFREY S | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $87,174.71 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEARY, AMY B | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $87,174.60 | Date 10/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAWGO, TRACY L | Employer name City of Norwich | Amount $87,173.07 | Date 10/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, WAYNE G, JR | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $87,172.62 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSICK, LISA A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $87,171.76 | Date 07/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, PAULA M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $87,171.76 | Date 12/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMONTE, MIGUEL A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $87,171.51 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDDIE, GROVER T | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $87,170.61 | Date 02/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN COTT, KENNETH J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $87,170.52 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODFORD, CLINTON L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,169.62 | Date 08/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTENSKY, M CHERYL | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,169.60 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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