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 GORISH, WAVERLY A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $84,100.25 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTO, REGINA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $84,100.13 | Date 10/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERDUTI, DANIEL C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $84,099.16 | Date 08/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESSAINT, JEFFREY W | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $84,098.67 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAHAROPOULOS, IDA | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $84,097.66 | Date 05/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, SHANNON A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $84,097.35 | Date 11/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENBERG, PETER | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $84,097.31 | Date 10/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZOLTAK, LISA M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,097.24 | Date 06/12/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $84,097.03 | Date 04/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SHARON J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $84,096.88 | Date 07/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DOUGLAS | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $84,096.75 | Date 04/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONVILLE, DENNIS | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $84,095.22 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHANNON L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $84,094.64 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOURNIER, HILARIO J | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $84,093.09 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, HEATHER M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,093.05 | Date 01/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEEN, TRACY L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $84,092.84 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITH, BRIAN C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $84,092.71 | Date 10/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SEAN M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,091.89 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONELLO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $84,091.05 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, DEBORAH | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $84,090.53 | Date 11/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, CHARLES O | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $84,090.00 | Date 07/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, MARGARET G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,089.82 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHILIMOVA, YELENA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $84,089.59 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERN, FREDERICK | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $84,089.19 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NYAHUMA, DAMANI H | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $84,089.17 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, LEONARD J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $84,089.07 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCHMANSKI, WALTER | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $84,088.50 | Date 05/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICK, GWEN H | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $84,088.50 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKAL, ANNA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,088.47 | Date 09/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOFFOLI, CHRISTINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,088.00 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHAAR, VINCENT | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,088.00 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, DANIEL A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $84,087.56 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, SCOTT C | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $84,087.14 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORCINO, CARA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,086.47 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTAMURO, JEREMY W | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $84,086.33 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, MICHAEL F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $84,085.37 | Date 08/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, MILLARD S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $84,084.98 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCCI, ANDREW J | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $84,084.13 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOWELL, VERA C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,083.43 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLICH, PAUL J, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $84,083.23 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANKL, ELISABETH E | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $84,082.16 | Date 03/31/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, AUSTIN N | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $84,082.10 | Date 08/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRERO, JENNY L | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $84,081.38 | Date 07/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMES, PAUL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,080.70 | Date 01/18/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINNICK, WILLIAM M | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $84,080.69 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOURNIER, BRIAN M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $84,080.50 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANEHL, DEBRA | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $84,080.12 | Date 08/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODD, ERIC P | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $84,080.01 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHITTEMORE, ELLEN D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $84,079.74 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAFFARANO, STEPHEN D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $84,079.63 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENT, DESMOND D | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $84,079.34 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILDAR, MOHINIE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $84,079.33 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Town of Canandaigua | Amount $84,078.83 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ROBERT E | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $84,078.15 | Date 01/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, ALISON S | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $84,078.14 | Date 05/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEY, TROY M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,077.96 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, PIETRO G | Employer name Village of Rye Brook | Amount $84,077.44 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRANO, ZAIRA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,076.43 | Date 08/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULRICH, MICHAEL | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,076.32 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEHNE, GABRIELLA S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,075.96 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERR, KEVIN K | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $84,075.50 | Date 01/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOELTING, RUSSELL W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,074.09 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIOGUE, ARMIONE GRACE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,073.86 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, SHERLIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,073.75 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURIANI, APRIL AMBER | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $84,073.71 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANYA, ALONZO F | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $84,073.60 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, JENNIFER | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,073.26 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALB, DEBORAH | Employer name Levittown Fire District | Amount $84,072.91 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABOL, DANIEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $84,072.07 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULAHAN, NANCY J | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $84,072.00 | Date 08/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, MARIE A | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $84,071.91 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLTELLI, JOHN | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $84,071.88 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, SCOTT K | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,071.67 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAIMO, PHILIP P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,071.29 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUZIO, SANTO J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $84,071.20 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANIR, TANIA T | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,070.74 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMIEUX, THOMAS J | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $84,070.39 | Date 10/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAYLONIS, DAWN | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $84,070.12 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALGAM, ARVIND K | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $84,070.09 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSTAKIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $84,070.09 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINO, ROSE M | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $84,070.00 | Date 04/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, DAN | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,069.58 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELSH, ELISE R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,069.56 | Date 06/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUALTIERI, NICHOLAS R | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,067.58 | Date 11/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEAL, PATRICIA M | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $84,066.90 | Date 07/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, MARK A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $84,066.57 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOPP, GEORGE | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $84,066.45 | Date 08/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, LAURI A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $84,066.18 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEAU, LINDA L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $84,065.72 | Date 11/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEMP, KEITH A, SR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $84,065.18 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, CATANYA D | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $84,065.03 | Date 05/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, TYRONE | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $84,065.01 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCK, PAMELA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 01/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREW, TIMOTHY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 02/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINKELMEYER, MARILYN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 02/17/1958 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPERSEN, PAUL H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 04/05/1965 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARITATO, JAMES J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 04/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, JOANNE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JULIO R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 10/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENTKOWICZ, JAMES J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,064.70 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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