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 NIELSEN, STEPHEN C | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $85,496.52 | Date 07/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGHELLS, STEVEN A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $85,495.72 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, BRIAN K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $85,495.22 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVI, SALVATORE | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $85,494.69 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTSKEVER, MARK | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $85,494.62 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAIMONDO, ANN | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $85,494.50 | Date 02/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, LAUREN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,494.50 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANNE D | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $85,494.40 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLESON, SAMUEL R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $85,494.36 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGACKER, WARREN A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,494.24 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONROY, LORI-ANNE | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $85,493.67 | Date 02/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, BENJAMIN | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $85,493.42 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLON, BRIGID C | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,493.07 | Date 07/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, VALERIE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,493.07 | Date 08/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFFEL, MYRA P | Employer name Education Department | Amount $85,493.07 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, RIVA S | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $85,492.43 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEIER, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $85,491.88 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, VENECIA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $85,491.65 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLIS, EDWARD M | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $85,491.07 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER-ANDERSON, DORELL D | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $85,490.90 | Date 11/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHY, ERIKA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,490.81 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVELIEV, KRISTYN A | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $85,490.73 | Date 10/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GIRONIMO, ELISABETTA T | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $85,490.62 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLINGS, EILEEN A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $85,490.12 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, MARCIAN M | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $85,489.67 | Date 11/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $85,489.49 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLING, AARON K | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $85,489.48 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGGLER, HAROLD G, III | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $85,489.36 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLIGORIJEVIC, LINDA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,488.00 | Date 04/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SHERRY D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $85,486.66 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINCE, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,486.48 | Date 01/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIXON, COURTNEY C, SR | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $85,486.41 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVARD, DAVID M | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $85,484.95 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUCCI, TODD W | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $85,484.83 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOLLER, JAMES S | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $85,483.79 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSARETTI, NICOLE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,483.05 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $85,482.66 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, THOMAS S | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $85,482.58 | Date 07/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLEOD, RUSSELL S | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $85,482.15 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUKER, KAREN L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $85,482.05 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAULFIELD, JAMES P | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $85,481.36 | Date 08/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSINS, DARYL S | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $85,480.60 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREY, RICHARD S | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $85,479.77 | Date 07/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, CHERYL R | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $85,479.74 | Date 10/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBRAVA, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $85,478.88 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BELCHER, WILLIAM T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,478.40 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $85,477.53 | Date 03/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EPISCOPO, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,477.43 | Date 02/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, SUZANNE L | Employer name Rockland Co Solid Waste Auth | Amount $85,477.23 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, LOVELIN C | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $85,476.14 | Date 04/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEE, SARA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $85,475.16 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARADAY, JASON R | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $85,474.85 | Date 08/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONNERS, LYNN M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $85,474.66 | Date 04/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCURE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $85,474.29 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARVER, SHAUNA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,473.67 | Date 08/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEFFT, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $85,473.57 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHEIA-JONES, PAULA E | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $85,473.38 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRITSCHER, EILEEN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,471.50 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITZ, TAMMY L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,471.50 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKRIDGE, RAYMOND R | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $85,471.48 | Date 01/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOPF, EDWARD F | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $85,471.11 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCAFUSCA, ANDREW J | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $85,470.75 | Date 11/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, RAYMOND C | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $85,470.53 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOLE, MORGAN T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,470.42 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROADWATER, PHILIP S | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $85,470.40 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOOMFIELD, KRISTEN A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,470.09 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRICK, KIMBERLY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $85,469.38 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGUSA, LOUIS M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $85,468.76 | Date 02/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALISZEWSKI, JOHN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,468.64 | Date 04/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOTO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Village of Bayville | Amount $85,467.64 | Date 01/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUN, LINDA | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $85,467.13 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RUSSELL R | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $85,466.75 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TATE, BRYAN W | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $85,466.61 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRAZENICA, JILDA M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $85,466.38 | Date 12/07/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, SAMUEL, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $85,465.93 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA-LAVINIO, ANGELA M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,465.70 | Date 09/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, DAVID R | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $85,464.80 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREYTAS, JEANNETTE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $85,464.60 | Date 10/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, RICARDO W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,464.50 | Date 06/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDEL, EVELYN | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $85,463.77 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, WILLIAM A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $85,463.55 | Date 05/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIPA, ADAM C | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $85,462.70 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPPACOSTA, ANTHONY, JR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,462.64 | Date 06/21/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, WAYNE A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $85,462.50 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGLEY, JANET E | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $85,462.50 | Date 03/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, SEAN P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $85,461.52 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECK, WARREN J, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $85,460.10 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, MARIE J | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $85,460.02 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEE, CHIU M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,458.81 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIONTKOWSKI, KEVIN J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $85,458.77 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOB, DAWN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,457.98 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, ANDREW J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $85,457.17 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, MAUREEN | Employer name Warren County | Amount $85,457.06 | Date 09/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGGERI, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,456.12 | Date 04/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLANDER, ROBERT E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,455.44 | Date 11/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIMES, MARK E | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $85,455.28 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALE, KATHLEEN C | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $85,455.00 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAKOWSKI, HEATHER M | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $85,454.98 | Date 05/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGGIO, JOSEPH W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $85,454.68 | Date 06/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, CHRISTOPHER T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,454.44 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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