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 FIORICA, ELIZABETH G | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $95,065.34 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMELL, CATHY L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $95,064.38 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISER, SCOTT C | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $95,063.75 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENDERGAST, FRANK, JR | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $95,063.58 | Date 10/28/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, JAMES R | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $95,063.55 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERG, PAUL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,062.00 | Date 08/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, STEPHEN D | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $95,061.33 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, AVA J | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $95,061.21 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROVENGER, ELENA Y | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $95,059.52 | Date 01/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIOSE, DONNA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,059.43 | Date 12/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANDREW J | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $95,058.65 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, CHARLES S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,058.30 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, DANIEL R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,058.16 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SALVIN, DANIEL F | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $95,058.04 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEARY, KAREN T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,057.87 | Date 11/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTON, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Batavia City-School Dist | Amount $95,056.61 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, ROSABEL A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $95,055.09 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, HOLLY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,054.07 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ANDREA M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $95,053.86 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, JUDITH M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $95,053.62 | Date 10/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, LEANNA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,053.46 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, LAUREN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $95,053.32 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENGENROTH, NICHOLAS E | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,052.79 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINK, KRISTIN N | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,052.78 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURPOSKA, KELLY L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $95,052.63 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAZIE, SHEILA A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $95,052.62 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIXON, JESSICA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $95,052.49 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, SHANNA Z | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $95,052.25 | Date 02/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSKURTH, DAVID A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,051.87 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JASON P | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $95,051.81 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, JOHN B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $95,051.78 | Date 04/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEAGLE, STEPHEN R | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $95,051.46 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARAAS-JOHNSON, CRAIG A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $95,051.29 | Date 03/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, THOMAS D | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $95,050.57 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUBIK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,050.42 | Date 05/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAINES, THOMAS D | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $95,049.69 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYSARZ, JOSEPH R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,049.58 | Date 02/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $95,048.88 | Date 08/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAKENBURY, COLLEEN M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $95,048.71 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NZE, HELEN A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $95,048.34 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREACY, CHRISTINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,047.99 | Date 11/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, YVONNE | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $95,047.73 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE-WONG, IDA YIM | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $95,047.50 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOCKSTADER, LUANNE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,047.15 | Date 07/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, CANDICE R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $95,046.95 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARTIN E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $95,046.66 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFREY, BRIAN P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $95,046.60 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, THOMAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,046.41 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERSTROM, PATRICIA A | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $95,046.06 | Date 03/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUS, RICHARD R | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $95,045.94 | Date 03/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERSEY, OLIVIA A | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $95,045.85 | Date 12/15/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUMES, ROSEANNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,045.74 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, KIERAN J | Employer name Dix Hills Fire District | Amount $95,045.18 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACKBURN, CHARLES M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $95,043.57 | Date 11/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, CATHERINE S | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $95,043.42 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRIERA, TRACEY L | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $95,043.35 | Date 09/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARGO, THOMAS J | Employer name Highlnd Falls-Ft Mntgomery CSD | Amount $95,043.02 | Date 06/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATER BURCH, KASEY A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $95,042.95 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAPHAM, ROBERT A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $95,042.42 | Date 04/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, MARIA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $95,042.38 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEE, MIN-HENG | Employer name Roosevelt Island Oper Corp. | Amount $95,041.36 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWSER, KENNETH C | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $95,040.88 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLERIUS, FRANK | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $95,039.47 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYLACRAINE, DAVID C | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $95,039.38 | Date 10/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLEAN, BRADLEY W | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $95,039.28 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENIG, KIRK | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $95,038.21 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, MARK C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,037.07 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA RUEZ, JAMES E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $95,036.96 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROLON, JORGE E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $95,036.83 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMEONE, JAMES J, JR | Employer name Westbury Water District | Amount $95,036.60 | Date 12/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVEROS, OMAR E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,036.49 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADAY, JOHN S | Employer name Warren County | Amount $95,035.72 | Date 09/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROIANNI, ONA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,034.24 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARLAND, DAISY | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $95,034.08 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $95,034.05 | Date 03/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAUGHTER, DELORES, MRS | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $95,033.76 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, THILDEN O | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,033.64 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULICE, JOSEPH A, III | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $95,033.37 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENTRICE, SHEILA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $95,033.30 | Date 10/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUNDLE, KENNETH P | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $95,033.17 | Date 01/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GREE, LEROY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $95,032.85 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AVERSA, LUIGI B | Employer name Port Washington Water Poll Dist | Amount $95,032.13 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, KRISTOPHER F | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $95,030.62 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEASE, JOHN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $95,029.65 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTT, RICHARD A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $95,028.84 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, ERIC | Employer name East Quogue UFSD | Amount $95,027.86 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, CATHERINE L | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $95,027.68 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFIN, JOY R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $95,027.12 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, LINDA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $95,025.83 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARNER, KATHERINE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $95,025.44 | Date 10/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, KEVIN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,025.13 | Date 02/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, ROBERT M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $95,024.64 | Date 02/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSTON, CHIDI E | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $95,024.04 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACS, LESLIE S, JR | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $95,024.04 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $95,023.91 | Date 08/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANGE, NOAH M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $95,023.86 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACLAINE, CAROLINE | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $95,023.48 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD, JOHN W | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $95,022.54 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNAPP, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $95,022.52 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, RAUL, JR | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $95,021.81 | Date 05/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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