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 MATHEW, ALICE K | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $83,391.15 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, EMMANUEL F | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,390.76 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUGINO, PATRICK R | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $83,390.55 | Date 09/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWAM, DEANNA | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $83,388.99 | Date 10/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSER, GEORGE W, JR | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $83,388.90 | Date 11/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANNON, JOSEPH | Employer name Lakeland Fire District | Amount $83,388.41 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, NICOLE S | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $83,388.35 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBURN, JUDITH B | Employer name Orange County | Amount $83,387.89 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, ANGEL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $83,387.32 | Date 07/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUNDER, SCOTT J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,387.18 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTELLA, JOSEPH A | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $83,386.91 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALEY, LYNN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $83,386.32 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIN, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,385.87 | Date 11/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN-FRANCOIS, MARIE ELIZABETH | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,384.86 | Date 05/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARR, LYNN M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,384.55 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWERS, EARL L | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $83,384.39 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGUSKI, BRYAN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,384.29 | Date 10/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHUNIK, STEVEN V | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $83,383.44 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASIRICO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,383.42 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STICKLES, STEPHEN M | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $83,383.33 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDEN, SHAVONE M | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $83,383.28 | Date 06/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNANTUONI, LORRAINE K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,383.23 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, JESSICA A | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $83,383.16 | Date 09/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUTER, PATRICK J | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $83,383.14 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLEDAHL, ROBERT | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,382.83 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTARELLA, LUCAS J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,382.03 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CASTELLI, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,381.82 | Date 01/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBLIN, CLEOPHAUS | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $83,381.50 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSERENPUNTSAG, BOLDTSETSEG | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,381.38 | Date 03/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, SUSETTE L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,380.83 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, EILEEN E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $83,380.64 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FONCE, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $83,379.66 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHUN, MYUNG H | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $83,379.32 | Date 02/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEDMAN, LISA A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $83,379.03 | Date 02/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAFF, DAVID J, JR | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $83,378.99 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBITT, JAMES C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,378.35 | Date 08/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WILLIAM E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $83,377.59 | Date 11/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANDISH, LAUREN M | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $83,377.57 | Date 09/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOSKI, JOHN W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,377.53 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JANEL L | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $83,377.52 | Date 06/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOSLER, CONSTANCE A | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $83,377.45 | Date 11/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACHARA, ANGELICA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,377.24 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCAINO, GIACOMO | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $83,376.22 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRIGAN, JOANNE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,375.13 | Date 03/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, ELLEN R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $83,375.02 | Date 04/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,374.03 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOGUT, DIANE F | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,373.85 | Date 05/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERAVALLIL, MATHEW VARGHESE | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $83,372.55 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODARD, RICKY T | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $83,372.34 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, PATRICK W | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $83,371.49 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILTON, RACHAEL M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,371.33 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, MARCUS E, III | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,371.26 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GROSSHANS, JAMES R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,371.05 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCORMICK, BERNARD M | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $83,370.97 | Date 08/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUERTZ, CATHERINE M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $83,370.90 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANIAGUE, KETTLEY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,369.67 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, STEPHANIE R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,369.12 | Date 07/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUEVAS, CARLOS A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $83,368.41 | Date 10/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICK, JARED P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $83,368.36 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSARELLI, FELICE | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $83,367.92 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUA, JOSEPH | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,367.58 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, THOMAS P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,367.06 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALLARD, CHERYL B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $83,366.81 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, DEAN | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $83,366.75 | Date 08/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELMAN, JANET G | Employer name Victor CSD | Amount $83,366.50 | Date 08/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELVIN, LAMONT | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,366.02 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUSO, ANDREW J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,365.70 | Date 01/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAPPELLE, JEFFREY B, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $83,364.93 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, CLIFFORD P | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $83,364.64 | Date 08/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUREANO, MIGDALIA | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,364.61 | Date 02/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POCHATKO, GARY M | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $83,364.57 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEGLER, ROBERT L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $83,364.53 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILINSKI, DARIUSZ | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $83,364.32 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROUX, RICHARD | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,364.16 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRESSLER, BRIAN E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,363.13 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, ERIN S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $83,362.84 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRINK, KELLY G | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $83,362.61 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, ANGELICA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,362.45 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUANGRATH, PHOUSAVATH | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,362.06 | Date 07/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREITUS, ARTHUR W | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $83,361.69 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, MELISSA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,361.64 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, MARSHALL A | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $83,361.58 | Date 10/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUSIN, HARRIS A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $83,361.46 | Date 01/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRITCHARD, ALLAN P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,361.09 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYDOSH, GEORGE | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $83,359.67 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JOSE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,359.60 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMENDOLA, BRIAN S | Employer name Ridge Culver Fire District | Amount $83,359.55 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HENDRICKSON, KEVIN G | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $83,359.43 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, PATRICIA M | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $83,359.34 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TRACEY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,358.53 | Date 09/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JULIO, GREGORY J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $83,358.45 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, SHITAL | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,357.56 | Date 10/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNI, RICHARD M | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $83,357.48 | Date 07/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUSSBAUM, BRIAN H | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $83,357.20 | Date 08/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNBAR, JANET M | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $83,357.18 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELCASTRO, LUIGI A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,356.80 | Date 02/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMER, MICHELLE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,356.68 | Date 08/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, DAILEYNE | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $83,356.66 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $83,355.56 | Date 06/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, LISA ANN | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $83,355.48 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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