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 LINDSTADT, MEGAN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,618.84 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, KIPP W | Employer name Madison Co Ind Dev Agcy | Amount $86,617.74 | Date 06/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAY, LAURA B | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $86,617.23 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANTY, CAROLLE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $86,616.88 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO CICERO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,616.01 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, WILLIAM D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,615.93 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVOREN, CARTHEN A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $86,614.46 | Date 09/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, SCOTT T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,614.33 | Date 12/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGBY, PAUL C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,612.94 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEDAYATI, DIANA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,612.87 | Date 09/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARTIS, VENESSA | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $86,612.40 | Date 02/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,610.14 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISPELL, VALERIE J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,610.10 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERDES, CHRISTINA D | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,610.09 | Date 07/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAVAN, SHERVIN P | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,610.09 | Date 07/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAH, RAVI N | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $86,610.09 | Date 07/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, DIANE | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $86,609.97 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, MICHAEL C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $86,609.95 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KIM M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,609.28 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, MICHAEL M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,609.23 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JAMES E | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $86,608.86 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANDY, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $86,608.66 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRFO, JOANNE F | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $86,608.57 | Date 09/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, SANTIAGO | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $86,607.82 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JAMES M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,607.15 | Date 06/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VENTRE, JEFFREY M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $86,606.42 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOSINSKI, KRIS T | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $86,605.74 | Date 04/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, ROGER A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,605.68 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, JACK A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $86,605.04 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBEY, ROBERT E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $86,603.88 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JULIAN, SHAHLA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,602.93 | Date 01/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, MARILYN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,602.62 | Date 02/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEINFELDER, KENNETH C | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $86,602.51 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SODERLUND, GERARD R | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $86,601.80 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, MICHAEL H | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,601.27 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, LAURA A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,601.12 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOON, DE'ETTA | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $86,600.75 | Date 03/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWMAN, LAWRENCE J, SR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,600.69 | Date 02/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSETH, COREY P | Employer name Lake Shore Fire District | Amount $86,600.38 | Date 04/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUETZMACHER, SCOTT B | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,600.20 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, JOHN | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $86,600.00 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELMAN-PORTER, JILL E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,599.79 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUPPER, ZACHARY J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $86,599.62 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTT, BENJAMIN K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,599.00 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIKEN, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,597.36 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, LAUREN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,597.26 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FIFIELD, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $86,597.12 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, TIMOTHY F | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,596.71 | Date 12/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANECHAK, JOYCE R | Employer name Long Beach City School Dist 28 | Amount $86,596.55 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, ALISSA S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $86,596.22 | Date 11/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, MICHAEL B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,596.00 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, ALGENIZ J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $86,595.85 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCATELLA, SARAH B | Employer name NYS Association of Towns | Amount $86,595.85 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMAINE, ORLIN C, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,595.63 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CATHY M | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $86,595.51 | Date 04/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEZEY, JACK, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $86,595.31 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, ANTHONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,595.18 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, ERIC J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $86,595.14 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWEDISH, ANN | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $86,594.71 | Date 05/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUTZ, KENNETH | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $86,594.56 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARDONE, VINCENT G | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $86,594.00 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUZZI, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $86,593.41 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, DAVID A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,593.34 | Date 05/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUSHELL, DAWN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,592.60 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, DANIEL K | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $86,591.52 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, JONATHAN J | Employer name Pub Employment Relations Bd | Amount $86,590.87 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAGH, MEGAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,589.65 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANESSA, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,589.48 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGANTI, ROCCO J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,588.89 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LARGETT, JOHN J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $86,588.30 | Date 11/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUHARNAIS, REGINALD | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,587.83 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILES, PATRICK A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,587.82 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATO, THOMAS A, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,587.41 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, WILLIAM J | Employer name Hicksville Water District | Amount $86,587.20 | Date 08/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDURAHMAN, KHELIFA A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $86,586.53 | Date 04/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CENTENO, JOSE R, JR | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $86,585.09 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PASCAL, STEPHEN C | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $86,584.96 | Date 08/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PONTIERI, MARY | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $86,584.32 | Date 05/29/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOUASSI, DAVIA F | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,584.25 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, ANNE H | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,584.03 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANISLAUS, SHEREEN S | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,583.11 | Date 03/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZELINO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,582.64 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ANDREWS, LISA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,581.36 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, BRUCE J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $86,580.66 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, DEBORAH D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $86,580.58 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUK, JOSEPH K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,580.00 | Date 01/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Windsor CSD | Amount $86,579.51 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, KEVIN G | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $86,578.67 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHUNIK, DAVID V | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $86,578.35 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODT, HOWARD B | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $86,578.35 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALSTER, GEOFFRY A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, TRINA Y | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DANIELLE | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 02/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, MOIRA P | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUINALDO, MELANY I | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 03/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBRON, BRUNILDA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 04/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, JENNIFER | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 01/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PATRICIA A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 09/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADISON, VANESSA R | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 01/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASKERVILLE, YOLANDA E | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $86,577.48 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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