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 WURST, GARY M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $94,685.55 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEWITT, KATHLEEN S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $94,685.32 | Date 09/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TALMAGE, RICHARD B | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $94,685.18 | Date 07/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALOVIN, SANDRA | Employer name Fallsburg CSD | Amount $94,685.15 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRONG, JUSTIN D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $94,684.96 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORNT, JAMES A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $94,683.58 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, CHRISTINE | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $94,683.08 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UCHENDU, JUDE C | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $94,682.48 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMANT, ANJANA | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $94,682.04 | Date 02/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, STEPHEN A | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $94,681.49 | Date 06/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURMASTER, BRYAN S | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $94,681.32 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRINNELL-CROSBY, BRENDA L | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $94,681.21 | Date 08/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANNING, JEREMY J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,681.20 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTT, JULIA K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,680.89 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIRNS, DANIEL M | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $94,680.49 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASO, PINA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JOHN T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESSICK, ROBERT G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, ROGER S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 08/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUILLEN, TERRI | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGE-WATSON, JOYSLIN M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 04/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, DALE L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUANG, MENG | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 03/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBROS, BARBARA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHANE, JULIE A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 10/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, HULDA V | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, RICHARD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIP, RONNY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 12/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYEN, CRAIG T | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYERS, PATRICIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 07/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, LLOYD | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,680.17 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, STUART JAY | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,679.98 | Date 07/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, WILLIAM F, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $94,678.56 | Date 04/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAWKINS, DONNA M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,678.15 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTIER, CHARMAINE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,678.15 | Date 02/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, PRISCILLA M | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $94,678.15 | Date 05/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CHRISTINE A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,678.01 | Date 04/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOUIS, BENGIQUE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $94,677.46 | Date 02/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANUIKA, SUSAN M | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $94,677.00 | Date 01/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIELAN, JACQUELINE S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $94,676.84 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JOHN H | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $94,676.79 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CHARMAIN A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $94,676.59 | Date 07/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEHMANN, ANNE E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $94,675.83 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEIL, KOLBE J | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $94,675.24 | Date 10/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARZELLA, VINCENT L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,674.66 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISENBERG, AMY L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $94,674.65 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIGAN, MARK K | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,674.35 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINARI, DAVID M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $94,673.92 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMMA, WILLIAM C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $94,673.91 | Date 07/31/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRENIER, RANDALL J, JR | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $94,673.89 | Date 06/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, GAETANO J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $94,673.88 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, MARGARET R | Employer name Albany County Airport Authorit | Amount $94,672.98 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHUNE, VERONICA | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,672.51 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, TERESA W | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $94,672.36 | Date 05/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIL, MOSS J | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $94,669.72 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUFF, HEATHER M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $94,668.71 | Date 11/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, JOSEPH | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $94,668.63 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOVICO, JESSICA M | Employer name Orange County | Amount $94,668.45 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMBRY, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $94,667.81 | Date 02/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONAHUE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $94,667.45 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMOZ, DANIEL N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $94,667.31 | Date 10/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAUSS, THEODORE W | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $94,665.30 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLY, DEBORAH M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,664.88 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRINO, MARGUERITE V | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $94,664.58 | Date 11/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSEN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $94,664.20 | Date 07/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NGUYEN, VICTORIA L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $94,662.63 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ALFONSO | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $94,660.09 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEYMOUR, JOSEPH S | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $94,659.15 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, RYAN M | Employer name Town of Ogden | Amount $94,658.93 | Date 03/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELLAMORTE, CHRISTIAN T | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $94,658.86 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELGADO-SANCHEZ, FELIX E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,658.51 | Date 02/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, JOSH B | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,657.51 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFARB, GAIL R | Employer name East Meadow Public Library | Amount $94,657.45 | Date 11/29/1971 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOUSLEY, KENNETH E, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $94,657.27 | Date 08/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, EARL ALLEN, II | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $94,656.04 | Date 12/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMPIER, FAWN | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $94,655.39 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, JACQUELINE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $94,654.17 | Date 03/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAFF, LESLIE V | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $94,653.34 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEPFER, JULIANNE E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $94,652.73 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, ROBERT M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,651.33 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEIXOTO, JOANIRA O | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,651.26 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNIE, ROSS M | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $94,650.61 | Date 03/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOANNA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $94,649.33 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIEGEL, BARBARA T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,648.96 | Date 12/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAUGH, DIANE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $94,647.53 | Date 03/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, JAMES P | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $94,647.04 | Date 03/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUPOLI, JAMES P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $94,646.84 | Date 12/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, JOSE F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $94,646.84 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIPP, STEPHEN W | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,646.28 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $94,646.12 | Date 10/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLEON, DAVID A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $94,646.07 | Date 03/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TANTALO, RICHARD P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $94,645.70 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, SHELLY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $94,645.53 | Date 10/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, DICK J | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $94,645.41 | Date 11/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLYZOS, HELEN M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $94,644.52 | Date 08/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSIK, CHRISTINE | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $94,643.81 | Date 09/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, BONNIE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $94,643.46 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVEY, JAMES R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $94,642.91 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WASSER, JILL A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $94,642.53 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, CAROLYN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $94,642.44 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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