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 DAWES, MAULET M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,257.81 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DU BOIS, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $86,257.74 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, MARK T | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $86,257.55 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERNA, DEBORA C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,257.43 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NWAEFUNA, PATRICIA M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $86,256.96 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO, MARIE C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.99 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IGNARRI, EDWARD A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.98 | Date 11/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, ANDREW K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.96 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, THOMAS D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.96 | Date 06/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, ADAM M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.95 | Date 07/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RION, FREDERICK J, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.93 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATTER, VIRGINIA V | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.93 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVING, PAUL D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.91 | Date 10/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.91 | Date 08/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRABELLA, FRANK P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.90 | Date 06/04/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUCK, MICHAEL | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $86,255.89 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, GARY G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,255.87 | Date 11/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMEC, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $86,255.86 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NITCHMAN, ROBERT A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,255.45 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HACK, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $86,255.24 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANGELET-TORRES, VANESSA B | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,254.17 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYENG, EVA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,254.01 | Date 10/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLISLE, BARBARA M | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $86,253.81 | Date 03/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGUGLIA, TRACY J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,253.78 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEHOWSKI, JOHN A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 11/14/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FASTESON, VALERIE T | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 12/13/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, TINA M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 04/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORSETH, JENNIFER A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 10/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, JAMES P | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 09/08/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, THOMAS C | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 03/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CISCO, SANDRA L | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOESCH, ROBERT W | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORTELL, CYNTHIA C | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 12/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGDEN, LISA T | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,253.74 | Date 05/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, BRIAN T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,252.84 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JEFFREY S | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $86,252.73 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARIFI, SIDIQ | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $86,251.02 | Date 02/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MICHAEL G | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $86,249.73 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINCKNEY, KENNETH A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,249.55 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUILTY, ANDRE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,249.52 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, JOHN F | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $86,249.27 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANCU, ADRIANA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,249.26 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADDY, CRAIG D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,249.03 | Date 05/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECHNER, BETH A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,248.68 | Date 03/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEDFELD, ROBERT | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,248.65 | Date 09/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLENBOGEN, MARIE C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $86,248.05 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURILLO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,247.99 | Date 12/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMIESON, KEVIN R | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $86,247.84 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGAN, THOMAS B | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $86,247.76 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATERSTRIPE, JAMIE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,247.70 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLINGO, RICHARD M | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $86,247.41 | Date 11/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSI, LUCY | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $86,247.35 | Date 09/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ROBERT A | Employer name Warren County | Amount $86,246.98 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, MARK A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,246.84 | Date 07/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QIU, XINYE | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $86,246.82 | Date 03/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, JING | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $86,246.76 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTONE, MATTHEW W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,246.58 | Date 06/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPI, MARCELO E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,246.43 | Date 01/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEGA, RICHARD R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,245.38 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOHLER, SCOTT R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,245.33 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSH, LARRY P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,245.11 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVES, LAWRENCE P | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,244.56 | Date 10/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,244.08 | Date 03/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENT-JOACHIMI, SUZETTE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $86,244.06 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANOS, PAUL D | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $86,244.01 | Date 05/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, DANIEL C | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $86,243.82 | Date 06/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEER, RONALD W | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $86,242.40 | Date 03/16/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAILLEY, JULIE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $86,242.03 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $86,242.00 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUILIANI, AMY E | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $86,241.31 | Date 02/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CZEBATOL, TODD M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $86,241.03 | Date 09/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, THERESA D | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $86,240.94 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMIE, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $86,240.63 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOSTOLECKI, MARK F | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $86,240.62 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIBOWITZ, ILENE E | Employer name North Merrick Pub Library | Amount $86,240.62 | Date 12/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERWITZ, PHILIP J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $86,240.41 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, ALBERT M | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $86,240.12 | Date 03/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDDER, LYNDA M | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $86,239.85 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Village of East Hills | Amount $86,239.35 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATTO, JAMES L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,238.31 | Date 10/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, LARRY F | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $86,238.14 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLEDORF, MELISSA B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,237.83 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $86,236.57 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDIVER, DEDRIAN B | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,236.44 | Date 03/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTICA, SUZANNE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,236.29 | Date 10/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAILSFORD, ROBERT S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,235.50 | Date 04/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUMAN, DANIEL M | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $86,235.49 | Date 05/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELBURG, VALERIE | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,234.73 | Date 04/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, MARY T | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $86,234.65 | Date 04/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, DENISE L | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $86,234.57 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BURNIE, CHARLENE C | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $86,234.46 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGNOTTA, FRANK R, JR | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $86,234.10 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $86,233.93 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDRICH, JAMIE | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $86,233.64 | Date 08/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, BRIAN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,233.63 | Date 11/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, OMAYRA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,233.63 | Date 09/04/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,233.63 | Date 09/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERIAN, SELANMON T | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $86,233.57 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, ANNE M | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $86,233.00 | Date 04/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI ROMA, PAUL J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,232.97 | Date 01/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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