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 LYON-O'GARA, KAREN | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $86,232.23 | Date 05/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WIE, THOMAS M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,231.96 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, MARK A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,231.64 | Date 02/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, PATRICK J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $86,231.60 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NURSE, ALI H | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $86,231.41 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, MICHELE C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $86,231.10 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, CHRISTINE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,230.87 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGENT, PAUL L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $86,230.54 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARY D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $86,230.31 | Date 10/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, JENNIFER | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $86,229.54 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHECHTER, JOEL L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,228.53 | Date 12/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELI, MICHELLE T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $86,227.96 | Date 11/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLASS, DAVID W | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,227.93 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULZ, KATRINA L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $86,227.17 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLANO, ROBERT W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $86,227.14 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, BOGDAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $86,226.44 | Date 07/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, SEAN P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $86,226.41 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGOVAN, JASON S | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $86,226.35 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLISHAW, TERRI G | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $86,226.11 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCO, THERESA J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $86,225.93 | Date 01/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, CARMEN M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $86,225.93 | Date 06/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, JANET K | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $86,225.39 | Date 01/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, SHELLY J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $86,225.39 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDRE, TONY | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $86,224.53 | Date 08/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARROCCO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $86,224.14 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, JEAN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,223.52 | Date 03/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUN, CHERY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $86,223.43 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDER, RICHARD M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $86,223.27 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAUSE, TRAVIS A | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $86,223.26 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIELISZEK, KENNETH | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $86,223.23 | Date 05/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISH, RONALD P | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $86,223.12 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRISH, DARCY J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,221.81 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSZOWY, THOMAS | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $86,221.47 | Date 06/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILLETTE, WILLIAM M | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $86,221.45 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAUM, HOWARD J | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $86,220.55 | Date 08/24/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, JEFFREY R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,220.40 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, JOANNE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $86,220.25 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDDON, SHANE P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $86,220.08 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OVSYUK, MICHAEL | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $86,219.71 | Date 07/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTER, BRIAN C | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $86,219.29 | Date 09/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, THOMAS A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $86,218.60 | Date 06/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, ROBERT | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,218.51 | Date 04/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFAYETTE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,218.42 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHU, ANDREW | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $86,218.42 | Date 06/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERWIN, JONATHAN O | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $86,217.96 | Date 03/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUDIELLO, PETER J | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $86,217.96 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $86,217.79 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKILLIP, MARK D | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $86,217.60 | Date 09/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METZ, WILLIAM A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $86,217.06 | Date 10/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGSON, JOHN M | Employer name Hudson & Black Riv Reg Dist | Amount $86,216.18 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, MATTHEW P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $86,215.97 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIGIEL, JAMES J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $86,214.94 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESSUREAULT, GERALDINE M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,214.85 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $86,214.59 | Date 11/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALIK, JOSEPH J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $86,214.54 | Date 05/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISONE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $86,214.42 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOHN T, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $86,213.94 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'TOOLE, ANN MARIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $86,213.85 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGSDALE, DIBRIEL M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $86,213.79 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, STEPHEN B | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $86,213.59 | Date 12/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEZIO, STEVEN A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,213.23 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEIGH-MANUELL, ROBERT G | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $86,212.00 | Date 03/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYMAN, JOLENE M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $86,211.86 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $86,211.65 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMKE, TRAVIS W | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $86,211.38 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAIN, RICHARD T, II | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $86,210.65 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, SEAN D | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $86,210.14 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, JAMES | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $86,209.98 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORIF-MANGANE, DARLENE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $86,208.57 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, LATOYA N | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $86,208.57 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, ADELE A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $86,208.57 | Date 06/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST AUBIN, CHARLES E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,208.53 | Date 12/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVILLE, KERRY T | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $86,208.11 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAENZ DE VITERI, NORTON A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $86,207.99 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ROBERTO A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $86,205.99 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALISBURY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $86,205.33 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORRELL, HEATHER Y | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $86,203.77 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, WAYNE K | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $86,203.42 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, SEAN J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $86,200.76 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, SANDRA L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $86,200.64 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRRONE, ALINE M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $86,200.52 | Date 03/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, CHANNON O | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $86,200.50 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, JASON | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $86,199.25 | Date 10/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICK, VALERIE J | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $86,199.16 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALVAGGIO, JOSEPH D | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $86,198.91 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DISALVO, LEONARD J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,198.82 | Date 11/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, DAVID P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $86,198.63 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $86,198.04 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TOZIER, SCOTT E | Employer name Town of Ontario | Amount $86,197.48 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELLI, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $86,197.35 | Date 07/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCTOR, JAMES A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $86,197.24 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOERSHEIM, BEVERLY A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $86,197.02 | Date 07/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTKOWSKI, TAMMY M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $86,196.84 | Date 01/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODACK, MICHAEL F | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $86,196.83 | Date 05/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRETZLER, SHERYL | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $86,196.80 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, CAROLE | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $86,196.26 | Date 04/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, BRUCE W | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $86,196.00 | Date 11/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, JAMES W | Employer name Town of Ithaca | Amount $86,196.00 | Date 10/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, TERRANCE P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $86,195.93 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOBBY, WILLIAM A C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $86,194.79 | Date 09/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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