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 ENGEL, ERIK M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $87,030.28 | Date 08/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES K | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $87,030.27 | Date 03/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYNDOCK, TAMMY S | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $87,030.23 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE MON, ROBERT G, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,029.90 | Date 05/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENNILLO, DEBORAH G | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,029.54 | Date 03/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKER, TUREEN R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,029.54 | Date 03/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGEL, KAREN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,029.54 | Date 06/12/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYER, FREDERICK W, II | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,029.54 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLASS, G COLTON | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,029.54 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEGHORN, JULIE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,029.54 | Date 06/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PAZ, ARIEN S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,029.35 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINALDI, SALVATORE J, JR | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $87,028.59 | Date 01/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UPADHYAY, ROBERTA C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 06/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, DALE E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 09/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEALON, JACQUELYN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 04/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALK, ANNETTE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 05/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEBUS, EDWIN E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, VANESSA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONOVER, CHERYL B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 01/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, LISA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, TOM P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 09/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BUREN, ROBERT G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGEY, DOUGLAS R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 12/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, JAMES E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 03/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, SCOTT D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 09/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIETER, GAIL A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDA, HALINA W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 04/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, SUSAN M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 05/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, PHILIP F | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 05/25/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, JIN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTBAK, PIPER | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, KATHRYN A | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 08/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUTANT, CRAIG T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, JANET M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 08/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRI, SCOTT L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 12/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIN, LI-DON | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 10/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LU, FENG | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 07/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLATO, LISA E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,028.24 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $87,027.84 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNER, SHARON WENDY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,025.64 | Date 12/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAD, MELISSA J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,025.64 | Date 07/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSNEY, CAROL L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,025.64 | Date 11/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEANBURG, DONNA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,025.64 | Date 02/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDER, CHERYL A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,025.64 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, JOHN V | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $87,025.56 | Date 10/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, RICHARD E | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $87,025.52 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, ADAM S | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $87,025.18 | Date 02/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORRELLI, LILIANA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,024.85 | Date 02/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORAM, JESSICA | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $87,024.74 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNAN, JOHN R | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $87,024.32 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MORGAN A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,024.28 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, NICHOLAS E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,022.91 | Date 01/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENRICK, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $87,022.84 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINSON, JAMES T | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $87,022.61 | Date 03/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MELVIN L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $87,022.57 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERQUA, SALVADORE J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, LENA T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASSELIN, RAYNALD J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTTER, GEORGE J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 05/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMIGIELSKI, JENNIFER WEISS | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROUSE, ROBERT K | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMOL, CAROL | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANSTON, CHARLES D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURMASTER, DAVID M, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 08/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLOCK, DORIS A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 08/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEARITY, CARL T | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANION, PHILIP N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 06/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, EMILY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULSEAPPLE, PAUL D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, MARK C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, NELLI A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, AMANDA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,022.52 | Date 09/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRETEL, SHARON L | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $87,022.26 | Date 05/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOVERALL, JUNIOR A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $87,022.00 | Date 10/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKENSTROM, ERIC E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $87,021.57 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ERROL V | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $87,021.28 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, JEAN M | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $87,021.22 | Date 08/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRY, JAMES D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,021.14 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALOTTO, RUTHANNE S | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,020.70 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ROBERT T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,020.57 | Date 02/26/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCHER, VERONICA | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $87,020.21 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLOMBEK, LYNNE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $87,020.17 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, VINCENT F, JR | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $87,020.02 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHAROAH, JENNIE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $87,019.75 | Date 06/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MORSLYN M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $87,019.00 | Date 03/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLER, MICHAEL P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,018.88 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, DAIN A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $87,017.95 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, MICHAEL E | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $87,017.62 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRETTI, KATHLEEN | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $87,017.06 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA LIBERTE, THOMAS C, JR | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $87,016.65 | Date 02/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELUSE, RALPH A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $87,016.48 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUGHLIN, LYNN | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $87,016.40 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERMAN, GEORGIA H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, KENDELL C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, JAMES A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHM, ROBERT | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 08/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, CLIFFORD P | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEN, CAROLYN M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 02/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHAWN P | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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