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 MARTINEZ, RUSSELL A | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $84,442.87 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATELLE, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $84,442.63 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIZNIK, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $84,442.35 | Date 05/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIESOW, VIRGINIA E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $84,442.34 | Date 01/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATAJCZAK, MATTHEW R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $84,442.09 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENDEMANN, JOSEPH | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,441.77 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAINE, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $84,440.72 | Date 02/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIA, LIPING | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,440.71 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $84,440.52 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGRO, SALVATORE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,440.27 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, HERMAN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,440.09 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, BETSY L | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $84,439.75 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLEHAN, JAMSHID | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $84,439.61 | Date 07/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORBES PHILLIPS, VENESIA E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $84,439.05 | Date 03/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARFATIA, RIPPLE M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $84,438.99 | Date 07/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D' EREDITA, JOHN F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $84,438.98 | Date 09/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, DENNIS E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,438.78 | Date 10/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, SCOTT R | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $84,438.30 | Date 02/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUZA, MARK T | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,438.29 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, MICHAEL F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $84,438.28 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDS, SEAN T | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $84,438.24 | Date 08/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKES, STACEY M | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $84,437.87 | Date 04/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, MILTON | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $84,437.86 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASSALL, GEORGE M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $84,437.23 | Date 12/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOTZ, DOROTHY | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $84,437.09 | Date 03/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERKEY, DENISE M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $84,436.99 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, DAVID S | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $84,436.91 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSBAUGH, MICHAEL R | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $84,436.72 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALBURN, DAVID A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $84,436.56 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISH, ROY B | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,436.31 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, CLIFFORD M | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $84,435.33 | Date 07/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, LINDA S | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $84,435.14 | Date 12/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLLEY, MIRLANDE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $84,434.60 | Date 05/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLUP, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $84,434.24 | Date 07/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWINTON-GONZALEZ, WANITA | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $84,433.96 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFMANN, JOHN C, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,433.11 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCO, BARBARA A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $84,432.98 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEY, CURTIS M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,432.97 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEBRON, VICTOR L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,432.47 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, MICHAEL W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $84,432.27 | Date 12/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, ANTONIO L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $84,432.11 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMICHAEL, WENDY S | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $84,431.98 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUEST, THOMAS J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $84,431.66 | Date 03/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,430.88 | Date 01/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, FELIX | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $84,429.28 | Date 12/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREINLINGER, JASON M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $84,428.50 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTRONE, JOSEPH A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $84,428.12 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, JONATHAN W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $84,428.01 | Date 09/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIA, MICHELE L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $84,427.77 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUELS, JANE H | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $84,427.75 | Date 10/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPEY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $84,426.79 | Date 04/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, STEVEN L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $84,426.70 | Date 09/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLIGAN, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,426.58 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JELLINICK, LORI L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,425.83 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULTRARA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $84,425.80 | Date 09/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARNOWSKI, BRIAN R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $84,425.43 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCK, WALLACE F | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $84,425.18 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROEH, PELISA S | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,424.85 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISCOPIELLO, ANTONIO R | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $84,424.20 | Date 10/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, MEGAN A | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $84,423.14 | Date 09/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, LISA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,422.63 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOWELL, JOSEPH E | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $84,422.50 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLETTI, TERI L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $84,422.39 | Date 07/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CINTRON-PREGOSIN, MONIQUE | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $84,422.26 | Date 03/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLIDAY, LINDA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,421.65 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCORMACK, HOWARD D | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,421.10 | Date 09/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO, JUANITA M | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $84,421.06 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARAY, EFRAIN, JR | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $84,420.35 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, DENISE Y | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $84,420.35 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMIL, MOUSA A J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $84,419.81 | Date 11/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DRESAR, ROBERT H | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,419.43 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBL, STEVEN D | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $84,418.54 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTENS, KATHLEEN G | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $84,417.42 | Date 10/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI PAOLA, DAMIAN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,417.36 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINBERGER, MARY P | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $84,416.64 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASTELLO, GREGORY J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $84,415.38 | Date 05/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA-CLAUBERG, OPAL | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $84,414.60 | Date 10/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASELLAS, ANTHONY C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $84,414.43 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUERGER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $84,414.38 | Date 09/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECK, CHARLES J | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $84,413.75 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WINCHELL, ROSEMARIE C | Employer name Village of Sagaponack | Amount $84,413.54 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, VICTORIA G | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $84,413.04 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, JAMES B, SR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,412.18 | Date 01/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTH, MARK R | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $84,411.88 | Date 02/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, DAVID R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,411.76 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MALIN, KIMBERLEY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,411.40 | Date 12/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERIFF, JENNIFER L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,410.64 | Date 11/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABIN, LESLIE S | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $84,410.62 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGANO, JAMES M | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $84,410.53 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRABELLA, DAVID V | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,410.52 | Date 11/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARY T | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $84,410.38 | Date 09/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, RICHARD | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $84,409.50 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, BRENDAN C | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $84,408.79 | Date 08/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEARY, GLENDON C | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $84,408.79 | Date 01/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, SCOTT A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $84,408.51 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, ANDREW J | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $84,408.16 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VACCARELLI, MICHELE H | Employer name Island Trees Public Library | Amount $84,408.00 | Date 03/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KECK, KATHERINE A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $84,407.37 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNAM, KIMBERLY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $84,406.85 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKEN, STEPHEN C | Employer name Village of Bath | Amount $84,406.81 | Date 04/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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