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 MANEELEY, GREGORY S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,607.20 | Date 06/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EARLE, SHAWN E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $83,607.11 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, BRENDAN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,607.10 | Date 12/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, CHRISTINA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,607.10 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, ROBERT L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,607.10 | Date 05/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, CHARVON R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,607.10 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUICCIARINO, SETH A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,607.10 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, BOBBY A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $83,606.85 | Date 03/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARNHAM, ROBERT E | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,606.27 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DHANIRAM, DAIRANIE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,606.09 | Date 04/08/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, LYLE R | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $83,605.85 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RICHARD A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $83,605.56 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVERSTEIN, HOWARD J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,605.37 | Date 06/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLONI, FRANK P | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $83,604.39 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSISTO, JOHN V | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,604.30 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNZ, JOHN P | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $83,604.10 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSTON, CAROLYN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,604.09 | Date 04/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, KIRK L | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $83,603.92 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, VALENCIA M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,603.69 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, WILLIAM E, JR | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $83,603.54 | Date 09/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGSLEY, RICHARD G, II | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $83,603.29 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRYS, MATTHEW | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $83,602.21 | Date 05/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISENER, SCOTT J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $83,601.89 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERSOLE, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $83,601.78 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUBER, DAVID J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $83,600.70 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS-HERRING, CORINNA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $83,600.66 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIZZI, MICHAEL D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $83,600.65 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, CURTIS | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,599.89 | Date 06/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, JOSEPH C | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $83,599.78 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, RICHARD A | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,599.10 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MLODYNIA, JAMES J | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,598.90 | Date 09/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARILLO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $83,598.32 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, ROBERT R | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $83,597.39 | Date 05/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $83,597.28 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, STEVEN L | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $83,597.25 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRADLING, KATHLEEN E | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,597.19 | Date 01/25/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,597.10 | Date 06/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, NICOLE A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,597.09 | Date 09/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPANSKI, SCOTT J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $83,596.72 | Date 07/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWANI, FAKHERA K | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,596.58 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, DAVID | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $83,596.32 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, BONITA S | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $83,596.26 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISKER, DEBORAH A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,595.33 | Date 05/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, JONATHAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $83,594.89 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, GARY | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $83,594.55 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEABLE, JAMES H | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $83,594.54 | Date 04/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIMM, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,593.93 | Date 07/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, FRANCES M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,593.62 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURKA, JEFFREY S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $83,593.46 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM H | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $83,592.50 | Date 06/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $83,591.55 | Date 02/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, KENNETH J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,591.32 | Date 05/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSI, DIANE E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $83,591.04 | Date 07/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBERT, CLIFFORD E | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,589.91 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DOUGLAS A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,589.28 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWER, PETER J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $83,589.26 | Date 04/28/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $83,588.39 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BANKER, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,588.00 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JEAN L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,588.00 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALEY, NANCY A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,587.84 | Date 12/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUSER, MARY A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,587.79 | Date 07/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $83,587.77 | Date 02/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTER, PAUL J | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $83,587.57 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, DENISE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,586.70 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, LISA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $83,584.89 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SHARON | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,584.24 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYDE, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,583.82 | Date 06/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUSDA, JARROD D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $83,583.26 | Date 10/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEER, JOSEPH K | Employer name Village of Avon | Amount $83,582.68 | Date 06/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORKENHAGEN, DARRELL E | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $83,582.61 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VUTURO, PETER | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $83,582.26 | Date 06/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNDAKER, SHEREE L | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $83,582.09 | Date 07/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESLAV, VICTORIA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,582.07 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, EDWARD T | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,581.79 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAHEN, JAMES F | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $83,580.90 | Date 08/31/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, JONATHAN R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $83,580.77 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, GERALD V | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $83,580.45 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLINO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Shoreham-Wading River CSD | Amount $83,580.08 | Date 02/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANG, POONAM | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,580.04 | Date 07/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELFER, JOHN D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,579.81 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, RUCIEN M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $83,579.28 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEY, RONALD J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $83,578.72 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIL, MICHELE A | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,577.92 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,577.84 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC HALE, MARK F | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $83,577.67 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEVELAND, LOWELL D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,577.15 | Date 03/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WITT, MAUREEN M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,576.67 | Date 04/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRATT, SHANNON M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $83,576.53 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HART, ADAM J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,576.42 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, JOHN A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,575.35 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, DEREK J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,574.33 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOWIE, NAJET S | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,573.69 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JUDITH | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $83,573.47 | Date 06/21/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZALESKI, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,572.98 | Date 11/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, THOMAS J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,571.76 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDJY, MICHAEL B | Employer name Hicksville UFSD | Amount $83,570.99 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLORD, ROSEMARY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,570.55 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-PAUL, KERRISHA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $83,570.24 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPACCIO, ANDREW M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $83,570.09 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARIELLO, FRANCESCA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,569.46 | Date 02/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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