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 JONES, WILLIAM S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $86,375.15 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFIELD, KATARZYNA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,374.90 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,373.90 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JAMES, JR | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $86,373.85 | Date 10/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EXUM, DARREN D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $86,372.98 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WADE, JASON M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,372.83 | Date 03/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FALCO, NICHOLAS A, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $86,371.78 | Date 07/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIERS, CHARLES A | Employer name Town of Pound Ridge | Amount $86,371.74 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, TAMIKA N | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $86,370.54 | Date 02/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JOHN C | Employer name Babylon UFSD | Amount $86,370.25 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLIN, SABINE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,370.05 | Date 09/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAKINS, VERA-JULIA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,369.38 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUTTON, MARGARET | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $86,369.06 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIELY, JEREMIAH T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,368.90 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANERI, FRANK | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $86,368.33 | Date 07/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, LUIS | Employer name Chappaqua CSD | Amount $86,367.31 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENSLEY, THOMAS E | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,367.29 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, LAURA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $86,367.13 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ALLISON F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,366.90 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTTING, JENNIFER | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $86,366.80 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULNES, WENDY L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,366.76 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, KELLY M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,366.60 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, VIRGINIA C | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $86,366.46 | Date 09/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $86,366.43 | Date 01/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAAKMANN, MARSHA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,366.28 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUTE, STACY E | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $86,366.00 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name UNTERBORN, BRIAN H | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,365.26 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, SOTONYE A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,364.82 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCHKIW, WILLIAM J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,364.50 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUDREAU, LAWRENCE J | Employer name Albany County | Amount $86,364.39 | Date 12/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN-DE CENZO, BRIGETTE A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $86,362.52 | Date 05/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORGONAS, SCOTT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,362.36 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMERFORD, MAUREEN A | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $86,361.64 | Date 09/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, ROBERT L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $86,361.35 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGEN, ROBERT A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,360.39 | Date 12/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSON, DOUGLAS P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,360.31 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNHA, ODETE A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,359.80 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPOLI, JASON D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,358.54 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWUSU, KWABENA BOAKYE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,358.48 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMSON, JANET M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $86,357.99 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $86,357.67 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, JOHN J | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $86,357.21 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAWRAT, CHRISTINA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,356.83 | Date 05/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANRAHAN, MELISA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,356.80 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, JERMAINE W | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $86,356.68 | Date 08/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKARIUS, MICHELE T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,356.61 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, SUSAN B, MS | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $86,356.22 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDAK, GRACE J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,355.72 | Date 10/07/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIGORITO, RENATO M | Employer name Lynbrook UFSD | Amount $86,354.88 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, FRANCIS R | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $86,353.24 | Date 12/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOODSPEED, MARY M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,352.81 | Date 12/08/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTI, KELLY A | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $86,352.61 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALWANT, BALKARAN | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $86,352.37 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DEE, JOHN B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,352.26 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPILLMAN, RICHARD R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,352.06 | Date 12/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDULLAH, NISAA B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,351.76 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALESTO, EILEEN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,351.76 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVIA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,350.85 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLON, RICHARD J | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $86,350.29 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALI, COSIMO | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $86,349.74 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTIS, KEATH W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,349.12 | Date 06/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, DAVID L | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $86,348.95 | Date 01/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERSKINE, HOWARD L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $86,348.89 | Date 01/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARLIN, RICHARD M | Employer name Pine Plains CSD | Amount $86,348.50 | Date 10/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADKE, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $86,347.88 | Date 03/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISHANUK, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $86,347.88 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VIGNE, SCOTT S | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $86,347.53 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, NIGEL W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $86,347.47 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERSON, ALICE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,347.43 | Date 03/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIEDMONTE, DANIEL W, JR | Employer name Village of Geneseo | Amount $86,347.07 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLATER, GEORGE L, JR | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $86,346.64 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, DAVID T | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,346.50 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WROBEL, EDWARD F | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,346.35 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHET, ELAINE K | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $86,346.25 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, TENISHA Y | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,345.90 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGLIONE, DOMENICK F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,345.76 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDINI, ELVA ANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,345.75 | Date 12/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, SUSAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,345.70 | Date 12/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, TYRONE S | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $86,345.70 | Date 09/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZLER, MAUREEN A | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $86,345.10 | Date 12/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOEPFEL, KEVIN L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,343.57 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERLING, JOAN H | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $86,343.46 | Date 06/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARY, FRANCIS C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $86,343.41 | Date 10/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHDE, HEATHER M | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $86,342.87 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARACINO, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $86,342.82 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSCO, NICOLE C | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $86,342.43 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, BRIAN | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $86,342.23 | Date 07/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEMAN, JOHN R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,341.07 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAMMES, LIZEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,340.05 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOWALSKI, MARK F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,339.68 | Date 08/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $86,339.58 | Date 09/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDIHY, RYAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,338.66 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTOCZAK, PAUL W, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,338.16 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELSBURY, TAMMY L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $86,337.85 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, ELIZABETH | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $86,337.61 | Date 02/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROZDIEL, DAVID E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $86,337.23 | Date 05/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARYS, MIROSLAW K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,337.11 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTIT, PAUL W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $86,336.90 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAVEY, JAMES R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,336.00 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, PATRICK, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,335.53 | Date 10/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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