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 BEVELACQUA, ANTHONY F | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $86,998.77 | Date 12/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBERT, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,998.37 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Rochester Housing Authority | Amount $86,998.10 | Date 10/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREWENCKI, CLIFFORD T | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,997.56 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLPERT, JOSEPH C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,996.51 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, JOSEPH M | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $86,996.28 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KONKLE, LANCE R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,995.87 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, THOMAS P | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $86,995.85 | Date 12/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIS, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,995.74 | Date 08/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEBALLOS, ELIZABETH | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $86,995.56 | Date 02/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOYER, LISA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,995.22 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMISTEAD, MICHAEL W | Employer name Mahopac CSD | Amount $86,994.97 | Date 09/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, BARBARA C | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $86,994.63 | Date 12/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, MICHELE D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,994.44 | Date 06/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATTEN, THOMAS B | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $86,994.44 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,994.44 | Date 03/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEB, JAY R | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $86,994.44 | Date 05/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLOP, JOHN F | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $86,994.44 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, DANIEL E | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,994.44 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABBIA, PAUL A | Employer name Rome City School Dist | Amount $86,994.40 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALYS, SUSAN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,994.18 | Date 08/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTMANN, PAULA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,993.52 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANECAK, DENISE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,993.40 | Date 02/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVER, CATHERINE A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $86,993.40 | Date 09/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, MICHELLE A | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $86,992.96 | Date 08/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, THOMAS G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,992.96 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, PAULETTE C | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $86,992.82 | Date 11/26/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYWULSKI, ROBIN C | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $86,992.36 | Date 07/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCHIS, WANDA R | Employer name Mid York Library System | Amount $86,992.34 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, ANN MARIE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,991.84 | Date 03/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENYENIHI, BASSEY ULO | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,991.67 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURFEY, LANCE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,991.58 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNZMAN, RANDY E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,990.74 | Date 02/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVONE, ANTHONY | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $86,990.28 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRRO, CHAD M | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $86,990.11 | Date 05/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABIB, PETER H | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $86,989.90 | Date 05/19/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, LINDA A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $86,989.26 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARPE, PETER M, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $86,989.05 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCENT, EARL D | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $86,989.05 | Date 09/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINN, THOMAS S | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $86,988.84 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI TULLIO, KENDRA L | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $86,988.71 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBINS, EDWARD J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,988.68 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, KELLY M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,988.61 | Date 05/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KMIEC, LAURIE A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,987.68 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, WANDA I | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,987.68 | Date 12/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEGARTY, WILLIAM F | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $86,987.51 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNING, JANE M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $86,987.17 | Date 12/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, THERESA L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $86,986.91 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIBB, STUART D | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $86,985.99 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELLIGAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,985.86 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERIO, TODD D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,985.50 | Date 02/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMSTOCK, SCOTT D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,985.36 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSBANDS, ALFA D | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $86,984.88 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name XUAN, HAIYAN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,984.56 | Date 04/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLADITSCH, SUZANNE E | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 11/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYRES, JANE B | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 03/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, ROBIN B | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSICK, SUZANNE L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, LINDA L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, KRISTIN A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEIGER, KAREN L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEIN, KAREN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 05/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, JOSEPH C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,984.30 | Date 12/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOTTFRIED, PATRICE K | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $86,984.10 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, SHAWN D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,983.88 | Date 07/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, DAVID S | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $86,983.78 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALK, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,983.78 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JENNIFER L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,983.78 | Date 04/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, JOSEPH G | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $86,983.78 | Date 12/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, BARBARA J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $86,983.78 | Date 07/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CHRISTINE S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,983.78 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, EDWARD J | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $86,983.52 | Date 02/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEETLAND, JENNIFER M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,983.20 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSI, JOHN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,982.80 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGLISH, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Kirkland | Amount $86,982.40 | Date 09/20/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTANGELO, MICHAEL P | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $86,982.32 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMAIN, GIOVANNA D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORN, CARA J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKRENT, BETTY S | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 09/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSINI, JOHN P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 08/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOREN, MARK | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 04/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, PAUL F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, THOMAS C | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 05/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, TAMMY L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 05/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, HEATHER L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATELLI, DONNA J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 12/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, THERESA A | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 09/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISCEGLIA, JAIME J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIACETIS, MICHELLE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 08/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSONS, RUTH E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, JOANN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIM, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $86,981.96 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHENKIN, YURI | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $86,981.85 | Date 04/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, ROSS D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,980.92 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANABLE, SANDRA D | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,980.66 | Date 05/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHATT, KIM E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $86,980.66 | Date 10/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JEAN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,980.25 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, STEVEN R | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,980.14 | Date 06/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, JOHN H | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $86,980.14 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELONG, LARRY A | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $86,979.92 | Date 09/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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