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 NORTHROP, TINA J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVERSANO, ROSEMARY T | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 09/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 06/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, ROSE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE BLANC, DAVID J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 10/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, TERESA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 10/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSEN, TAMARA M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROOTEN, STEPHANIE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULZE, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETRAULT, MICHAEL T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMENDOLA, RICHARD C | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEID, ERIN | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 11/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPTULA, CARLEEN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 06/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, MARK A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,016.28 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, JOAN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,015.50 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIS, MARIE B | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,015.42 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINSMEYER, BRIAN P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $87,015.40 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, MARK W | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $87,015.25 | Date 02/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRY, MAUREEN M | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $87,014.99 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENEY, BASIL W | Employer name Village of Canton | Amount $87,014.52 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'SULLIVAN, ROBERT G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $87,014.29 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZADVORNEY, JOEL B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $87,014.27 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TREACY, DAVID M | Employer name Department of State | Amount $87,014.24 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HLADIK, JEFFREY M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,013.94 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, CHING-YEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $87,013.88 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSUDA, KENICHI | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $87,013.88 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKLES, DERRICK T | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $87,013.72 | Date 12/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLAKOSKI, MARCIA H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,012.90 | Date 06/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPI, GLENN C | Employer name Massapequa Bd of Water Commis | Amount $87,012.30 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, TODD A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,011.33 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOPP, MICHAEL F | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $87,010.92 | Date 04/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUTUS, SHENEZ | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $87,010.62 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARR, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $87,010.57 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, MICHELE W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $87,010.56 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, MARK F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $87,010.15 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMES, MICHAEL P | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $87,009.87 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEADE, JACK B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $87,009.82 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONROSE-GAUTHIER, MARIE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $87,009.55 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSAN, JOHNSIE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABIE, NANCY V | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 08/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGA, KIM M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 06/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVANATH, MADHAVI | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ODHNER, DARYL J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEDER, WILLIAM C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 07/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACK, G EDWARD | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 01/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, KEVIN E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 10/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KODADAR, LORI E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 07/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, DAVID J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEGIACCHI, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $87,008.74 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLO, PAUL | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $87,007.80 | Date 05/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MATTHEW C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $87,007.57 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, PAUL S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $87,006.99 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, RONALD A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,006.14 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAUSS, AMY E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $87,005.85 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORKAN, MESBAHUDDIN | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $87,005.84 | Date 04/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, PAUL E, JR | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,005.36 | Date 08/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HERN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $87,004.32 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANCHO, BENJIE L | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $87,003.39 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, ANN M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $87,003.28 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNBULL, ROSELLA M | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $87,003.24 | Date 06/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIPLING, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $87,003.17 | Date 07/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLUCCI, LAURA W | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $87,002.99 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAGH, PATRICK E | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $87,002.53 | Date 05/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JAY L | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $87,002.29 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPORALE, FRANK | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $87,001.91 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODERICK, CHRISTINA M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $87,001.86 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JACQUELINE E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $87,001.46 | Date 08/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBB, RALPH K | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $87,001.46 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREMO, GARY C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $87,001.46 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALLNER, ARTHUR L, JR | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,001.46 | Date 11/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, AVOLINE P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $87,001.27 | Date 08/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES-KELLY, BOBBETTE M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $87,001.06 | Date 12/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, NANCY E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $87,000.94 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGGART, ROBIN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $87,000.94 | Date 06/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAATEN, LUCIA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 01/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, JEANETTE L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, BARBARA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 10/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLON, DEBRA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREATIS, APRIL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFEY, ANNA-MARIA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MARSHA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 09/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, LANA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 09/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGE, CARLA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMEE, MARTHA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, THOMAS F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 11/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDERSON, TERESA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, KATHLEEN H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUZIO, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 10/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAMMON, GINA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOESSER, LYNNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ALLEN, RUTH S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 06/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINER, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, NANCY K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEMBA, DONNA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $87,000.80 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAULAC, MICHELLE L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $87,000.68 | Date 08/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORENZ, STACEY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $87,000.50 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNES, KELLEN J | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $86,999.90 | Date 12/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MAGGIO, PAUL A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $86,999.87 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEILS, JULIE A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,999.38 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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