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 BUTLER, SHAWN I | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $94,970.94 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $94,970.64 | Date 02/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMARISTA, PERPETUA D | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $94,970.39 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSTON, RICHARD J | Employer name Wyoming County | Amount $94,969.92 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,968.47 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFREY, RICHARD L | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $94,967.62 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAVALONE, KENNETH L | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $94,967.61 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, SAUDAAH N | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,966.35 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, ERIC D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,964.03 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, JOHN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $94,963.90 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYLES, RAY A | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,962.57 | Date 04/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, VICTOR M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,962.53 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKLI, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $94,962.07 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUCKS, CHERYL A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,961.80 | Date 10/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOL, T ANDREW | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $94,961.79 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEARINGIN, ELIZABETH L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $94,961.19 | Date 03/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUY, LINDA S | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $94,960.40 | Date 08/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, SHELDON B | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,959.36 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARBECK, DENISE | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $94,958.70 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROMANZO O, III | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $94,957.06 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $94,955.63 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, PEGGY A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $94,954.71 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, DAVID P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $94,953.12 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISLER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,953.03 | Date 01/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARKEY, JILL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,952.63 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROBISON, MARY ELIZABETH | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,952.00 | Date 08/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKNER, LUCAS JOHN | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,951.72 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZANGHI, MARIE R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,951.68 | Date 11/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, JAMIE L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,951.63 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $94,951.55 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMBERBATCH, TYRONE S | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $94,951.22 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, LINDSAY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,951.11 | Date 08/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTAMURO, TARA L | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $94,950.57 | Date 01/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAROCQUE, NANCY LEE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $94,950.56 | Date 10/20/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORENZA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $94,949.95 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCARI, KAITLYN N | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,949.89 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUTIDIS, ANGELIKA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,949.46 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAM, MARGARET D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $94,948.72 | Date 03/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, TANYA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,948.40 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURIA, MARK A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $94,946.65 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASPROWICZ, JOSHUA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,946.30 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, SONYA | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,945.41 | Date 03/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVERAS, DOREEN | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $94,945.41 | Date 04/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLLEY, RICHARD H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $94,943.62 | Date 01/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGSTROM, GERALD A, JR | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,943.34 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, MICHAEL D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,942.78 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGUIT SALONGA, JOHANNA L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,941.90 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBEAU, MATTHEW C | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $94,941.44 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELKA, MARY C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,941.33 | Date 11/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKE, CHARLES P | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $94,941.23 | Date 05/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARGARET R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,941.13 | Date 06/15/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MATTHEW J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $94,940.87 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIKE, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,940.60 | Date 03/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALEY, CHRISTOPHER F | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,940.25 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERONEK, SHARON | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $94,939.96 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRER, MARY E | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $94,939.60 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOEPPLER, MICHAEL G | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,938.74 | Date 08/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACCI, WILLIAM | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $94,938.67 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARRON, JAMES T | Employer name Elmont Fire District | Amount $94,938.19 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOGLER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Liberty | Amount $94,937.55 | Date 08/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHATZGER, STEPHEN L | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $94,936.93 | Date 11/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, MELISSA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $94,936.13 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNNELL, KIRBY J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,934.80 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTBROOK, PAMELA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,933.96 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PFALZER, ROBERT D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $94,933.61 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDS, JANET D | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $94,933.34 | Date 09/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRESS, DOUGLAS J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,932.63 | Date 08/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETRUCCI, LOUIS J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,931.98 | Date 12/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRABAL, RAFAEL | Employer name Finkelstein Memorial Library | Amount $94,931.84 | Date 11/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, ELIJAH | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $94,931.70 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOLLY, JEREMY W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,931.70 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-DENGLER, TRACY L | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $94,930.96 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORAN, DAVID, JR | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $94,929.76 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTOPHER, SCOTT E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,929.65 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DISTASIO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Washington County | Amount $94,929.19 | Date 08/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANKLE-WIEBOLDT, MARIE T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,929.02 | Date 10/18/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCELLIGOTT, THOMAS M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $94,928.58 | Date 01/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAVES, BING C, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,928.57 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIBERATORE, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,928.49 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING, ERIC S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,928.20 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCA, JAMES A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,927.96 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKUBACK, KAREN E | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $94,926.77 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, RICHARD I | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $94,926.51 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $94,926.15 | Date 01/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MENDOZA, DANIEL E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,924.97 | Date 01/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, PATRICK P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,924.85 | Date 09/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINMAN, GREGORY A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $94,923.96 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLAER, MARY B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $94,923.48 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCATELLA, SARAH B | Employer name NYS Association of Towns | Amount $94,923.19 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOEKER, DANIEL A | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $94,922.23 | Date 06/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAIDOME, EREWARIFAGHA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $94,921.62 | Date 10/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGANCAMP, DONALD | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $94,921.30 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCCI, MICHELLE A | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $94,921.07 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KYTOSKI, STEVEN | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $94,920.41 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, TERRENCE F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,919.28 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCHUGH, VICKY A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $94,919.06 | Date 02/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SEAN M | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $94,918.89 | Date 11/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOWETT, JOYCE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,918.81 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBENTISCH, CLARICE | Employer name Merrick UFSD | Amount $94,918.68 | Date 09/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, ASHLEY M | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $94,918.23 | Date 09/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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