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 SIDLEY, GEORGE T | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $86,335.24 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNETTA, JILL A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $86,335.21 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSMITH, ROBIN | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $86,335.03 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBOLI, JAMES M | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $86,334.76 | Date 09/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACHEMEISTER, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,334.44 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARWERDI, ALBERT S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,334.16 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, RICHARD A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,333.98 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORTH, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $86,333.35 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS-KING, TAWANA J | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $86,332.74 | Date 08/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, BRIAN M | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $86,331.52 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPERT, LINDSAY R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,331.36 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHERS, JAY S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,331.25 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, DANIEL J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,331.23 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMBRIO, SHEEN R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $86,330.97 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RADO, MICHAEL D | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $86,330.47 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPASODERO, LOUIS J | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $86,329.40 | Date 08/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO PRESTI, SALVATORE J | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $86,328.67 | Date 07/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINHEIRO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $86,328.65 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, DIANE M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,328.22 | Date 05/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, PETER J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $86,327.48 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, TY R | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $86,327.11 | Date 02/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANELLO, FRANK J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $86,327.06 | Date 06/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRAPESE, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $86,327.05 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,327.04 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, DONALD J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $86,326.39 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORMANDO, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $86,326.25 | Date 05/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISRAEL-ALCEUS, MARIE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,324.94 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTELLA, VINCENT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,324.10 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALERMO, LORETTA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,323.26 | Date 04/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, STEPHAN R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $86,322.75 | Date 05/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, LYNNE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $86,322.21 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGLER, JOHN F | Employer name Village of Monticello | Amount $86,321.69 | Date 09/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, TERRI A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,321.00 | Date 07/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, LINDA J | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,320.78 | Date 03/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTTON, DANIEL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $86,319.70 | Date 08/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTELLI, JUDY | Employer name Henry Viscardi School | Amount $86,319.60 | Date 03/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSI, THOMAS E | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $86,318.12 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, MARTIN J, JR | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $86,317.84 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTI, JOYCE | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $86,317.76 | Date 10/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEDRYS, DEBRA L | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $86,317.26 | Date 04/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOHN E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $86,316.37 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLA, MEGAN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,315.65 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGALA, DAVID E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $86,315.13 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAHEY, RYAN C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,314.35 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SESTI, MARK F | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $86,313.98 | Date 07/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMANN, PAUL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,313.96 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, JENNETTE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,313.20 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLINSON, LEONARD L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,312.71 | Date 03/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSEY, BRUCE D | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,311.96 | Date 07/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDA, CARYN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,311.74 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVILL, JOHN W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $86,311.24 | Date 11/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, HUGH F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,310.32 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVA, JOHN D | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,310.14 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, RONNESHEIA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,309.90 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, ELEANOR M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,309.90 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLINSKY-KAPLAN, MERYL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,309.90 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERNBACH, ABIGAIL A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,309.90 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASILLO, JEFFREY M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $86,309.73 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MARCIA L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,309.51 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRARD-FLANAGAN, KATHERINE | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,309.47 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, TIMOTHY C | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $86,309.20 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, LANCE E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $86,308.98 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAART, JASON P | Employer name Town of Geddes | Amount $86,308.84 | Date 07/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLARD, ROBERT J | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $86,308.79 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, DAVID E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,308.67 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLESZEWSKI, DAVID M | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $86,308.47 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NACCARATO, VALERIE | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $86,308.00 | Date 01/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURNESS, JOHN R | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $86,307.46 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINTE, MARK F | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,307.14 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRINELLO, RICHARD M, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $86,307.13 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWE, ROBERT | Employer name Finkelstein Memorial Library | Amount $86,307.06 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTON, SAMANTHA L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,307.00 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $86,306.68 | Date 10/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLINE, VIRGINIA E | Employer name Arlington Fire District | Amount $86,306.63 | Date 02/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COZZY, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Bethlehem | Amount $86,306.47 | Date 01/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRUMET, SUSAN B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $86,306.25 | Date 02/01/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTON, WILLIAM T | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $86,305.91 | Date 12/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGLIANO, ANDREA N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,305.76 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHER, WILLIAM R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,305.44 | Date 05/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, LOUIS | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $86,304.18 | Date 04/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, EDWIN | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $86,303.79 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTHUSSERIL, MARIAKUTTY A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $86,303.02 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FYVIE, TERRIE L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $86,302.78 | Date 04/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CHARLES G | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $86,302.54 | Date 03/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, RICHARD D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $86,301.95 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALI, OLATUNJI K | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,301.02 | Date 07/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALLONE, JOSEPH A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,300.60 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, ROGER W, JR | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $86,300.45 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, MARISOL E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,300.40 | Date 07/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREY, DANIELLE L | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $86,299.78 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADURA, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,299.68 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMPLE, JOHN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,299.60 | Date 08/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVCIMEN, MINE | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $86,299.02 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCOLI, HENRY R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,298.57 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, GEORGE P, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,297.49 | Date 11/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO MASCOLO, ANGELO J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $86,297.20 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENL, KEVIN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,297.12 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORDERS, SONDRA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $86,296.15 | Date 12/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, LEETHA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $86,295.81 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, CLAIRE | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $86,294.90 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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