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 BAYAS, DUPONT | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $85,371.44 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIER, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $85,370.75 | Date 12/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWLES, ROBERT | Employer name City of Oneida | Amount $85,369.74 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'GARRO, TREMAINE H | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $85,369.02 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, EVER S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $85,368.96 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHABAZZ, HASAN | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $85,368.87 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,368.78 | Date 01/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, JEFFREY S | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $85,368.64 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HEARITT, DARREN R | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $85,368.16 | Date 01/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICKI, KAREN A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $85,368.11 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUVIRAJARATNAM, NANDAKUMAR | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $85,367.93 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUGER, CARL W | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $85,367.75 | Date 08/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWYER, KATIE E | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,367.66 | Date 09/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, NANETTE P | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,367.21 | Date 05/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILSON, GLENN R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $85,367.05 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGSON, DAVID M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $85,364.89 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONALD, PAUL H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $85,364.20 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTOSH, WENDY J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $85,364.02 | Date 02/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, WALTER J, III | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $85,363.97 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDI, DONALD J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $85,363.83 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAHR, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $85,363.75 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLANTO, JULIE Y | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,363.35 | Date 10/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUCK, MICHAEL T | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $85,363.04 | Date 12/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORDANO, LINDA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,362.64 | Date 02/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, ANNA E | Employer name Glen Cove Public Library | Amount $85,361.86 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, WILLIE MAE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,361.83 | Date 12/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLAS, MARTA | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $85,361.74 | Date 12/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELEHER, JAMES B | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $85,361.45 | Date 02/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, JEFFREY W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,361.23 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CSENCSITS, LISA | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $85,359.48 | Date 01/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $85,359.32 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDI, BARBARA I | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,358.26 | Date 03/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DUANE E M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,357.20 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLETT, SCOTT E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $85,356.89 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMENDORF, PEGGY A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $85,356.45 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEIL, DONNETTE H | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $85,355.92 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRITSAY, NINA | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $85,355.92 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLYDEN-JETER, EDITH K | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $85,354.99 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JAMES A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $85,354.59 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINVILLE, DIANE L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $85,354.43 | Date 09/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, R GEOFFREY | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $85,354.36 | Date 05/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESCOTT, ROBERT H | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $85,353.27 | Date 01/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, STELLA C | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $85,352.95 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREINER, SUSAN | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $85,352.71 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLIS, HOPE A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $85,352.58 | Date 05/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINGUEZ, RAMON A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $85,352.51 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MATTHEW T | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $85,351.51 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WU, XIN B | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $85,351.50 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HESS, WILLIAM J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $85,351.13 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENIFEE, JAMELL A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $85,351.06 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWLEDGE, ALLEN W | Employer name Massena CSD | Amount $85,350.54 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, MICHELLE A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $85,350.20 | Date 08/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINHOFER, ALFRED | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $85,349.74 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, LESLEA E | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $85,348.95 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ANILA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,348.50 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OARE, STEVEN R | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $85,348.40 | Date 10/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOK, SHERYL A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $85,348.38 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINCKNEY, KATHY ANN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $85,348.01 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, CAROLYN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,347.88 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTZ, MARINA E | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $85,347.81 | Date 10/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, DARIO A | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $85,346.55 | Date 03/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZICKL, ROBERT R | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $85,346.28 | Date 02/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, DAVID J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $85,345.80 | Date 12/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LORENZO, JOANNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,345.51 | Date 08/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZINSKI, CAROL E | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $85,345.40 | Date 09/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, WILLIAM M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $85,345.25 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORMAN, KEVIN C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,344.84 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAUSNER, ERIC | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,344.84 | Date 01/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ANTWERP, EARL S | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $85,344.21 | Date 11/19/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $85,343.84 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, EUREKE L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $85,343.47 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERY, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Town of Rotterdam | Amount $85,343.06 | Date 03/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERON, CLARETTE E | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $85,343.04 | Date 02/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALACE, ELIZABETH T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,342.23 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, WENDY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $85,340.86 | Date 02/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENECAL, JAMES F, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $85,340.52 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKNER, STEVEN A | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $85,340.51 | Date 05/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JEFFREY W | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $85,340.09 | Date 05/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, CARLYN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $85,339.80 | Date 07/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, EYMARD J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $85,339.79 | Date 04/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO, ANTHONY L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $85,339.59 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIORDILISO, DAVID V | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $85,339.18 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MARIE-JOSEE | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $85,338.77 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNER, MERRILL J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $85,338.55 | Date 11/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIESA, JASON R | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $85,338.53 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWYER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $85,338.31 | Date 07/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLOMEI, MEGAN L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $85,338.26 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEMPLETON, ERIC D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $85,337.98 | Date 04/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, RUBY | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $85,337.21 | Date 01/30/1964 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFRICA, PRIMITIVO | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $85,337.16 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYELL, KEITH J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $85,337.12 | Date 04/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZARIU, VICTORIA G | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $85,335.90 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOW, TINA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $85,335.04 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, LENNOX O | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $85,334.93 | Date 09/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMBAS, LISA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $85,334.86 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGGART, THOMAS E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $85,334.41 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINEHAN, JOHN D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $85,333.80 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $85,333.36 | Date 07/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATOUI, ALIMA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $85,333.30 | Date 01/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALO, FRANK A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $85,333.11 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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