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 KNOWLES, JAMIE C | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,160.44 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, SEAN P | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $83,160.36 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BURNIE, JENNIFER L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,159.82 | Date 08/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGOVERN, BRYAN | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,159.25 | Date 01/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASKIN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Westbury Mem Public Library | Amount $83,159.16 | Date 12/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINGER, CATHY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,159.00 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODWARD, DIANE J | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $83,158.40 | Date 01/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, SHACOLE J | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $83,158.28 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, VALARIE D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,156.84 | Date 12/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLFINGER, GLEN M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $83,155.94 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, JAMES S | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $83,155.54 | Date 04/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RANDALL S | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $83,155.36 | Date 03/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLOCK, MICHAEL P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,155.26 | Date 09/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASCA, TODD A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $83,154.45 | Date 05/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAMARONE, KIMBERLY J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,154.39 | Date 11/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, NATASHA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,154.10 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRY, JACOB T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,153.20 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, KEVIN M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $83,152.93 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARVA A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $83,152.73 | Date 04/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISENBERG, BONNIE L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $83,152.62 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSETO, GIOVANNI I | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,152.21 | Date 10/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZZI, JOHN J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $83,152.19 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, LISA J | Employer name Massapequa Public Library | Amount $83,152.18 | Date 10/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, STEVEN J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $83,151.99 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSTAMANTE, JAIME, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,151.28 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, DOUGLAS J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,151.02 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, WILLIAM K | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $83,150.95 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSIRULNIK, VALERY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,150.81 | Date 11/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPI, NICOLE M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $83,150.68 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURIANO, MARGARET A | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $83,150.22 | Date 03/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI GREGNI, DAWN A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,149.65 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RADO, JEFFREY M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $83,148.66 | Date 06/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RADEZ, JAMES J | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $83,148.52 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEZ, NELLIE | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,148.45 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDEN, DAMIEN J | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $83,148.35 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORTON, MATTHEW R | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $83,148.27 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VANNO, THOMAS V | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $83,147.60 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARSEN, SAYAKA | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,147.36 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAWORSKI, BRIAN D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $83,147.23 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, DAWN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,146.19 | Date 10/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEN, BARRY E, JR | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $83,145.61 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKELL, RONALD A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $83,145.55 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAYAG, VERONICA | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $83,145.52 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, BETH A | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $83,145.41 | Date 12/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHURA, DARRYL T | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $83,145.31 | Date 05/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, MARK A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,145.08 | Date 07/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, RONALD J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,145.05 | Date 08/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, JEFFREY C | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $83,144.47 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, ROBERT E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $83,144.36 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZETELA, KRZYSZTOF A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,144.33 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,143.75 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSANO, GLORIA | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $83,143.62 | Date 11/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, ROBERT R | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $83,143.61 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERSON, LINDA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,143.52 | Date 11/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONE, MATTHEW W | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $83,143.00 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKS, CATHERINE | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $83,142.72 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTEMANN, DONNA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,141.93 | Date 12/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, THOMAS V, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,141.17 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, RINO | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $83,141.13 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROVICH, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $83,140.58 | Date 06/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLNER, JEAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,140.39 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $83,140.18 | Date 10/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHERIAN, RENI | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $83,139.92 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEESTER, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $83,139.34 | Date 05/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRULLI, RAYMOND H | Employer name Town of Deerpark | Amount $83,139.11 | Date 02/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CELANO, PATRICIA | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $83,138.21 | Date 09/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDBAUER, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,138.08 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JOHN, JR | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $83,137.92 | Date 07/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DELL, CROSSLEY P | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $83,137.44 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLER, DAVID D | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $83,136.87 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, APRIL L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,136.80 | Date 09/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, KERI A | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $83,136.57 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, JESSICA E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $83,136.28 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, PATRICK M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,135.75 | Date 06/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATERA, MEGAN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,135.27 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, NICOLE M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,135.15 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, EDWIN | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $83,135.11 | Date 07/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POIRIER, SHANE M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,134.43 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEE, DEBORAH R | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $83,133.80 | Date 10/14/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELKEY, DEBORAH C | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $83,133.37 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORNEY, LANCE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $83,132.92 | Date 03/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DALESIA Y | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $83,132.91 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, AISHA T | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,132.62 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOCHIK, MARY LISA | Employer name Newburgh City School Dist | Amount $83,132.44 | Date 07/26/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINSON, PHYLLIS F | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $83,132.16 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELL, JAMES G | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $83,131.77 | Date 06/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YENGEL, KIM L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $83,131.74 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARRETT, KEMAR J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $83,131.05 | Date 12/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, ROBERT P | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $83,130.96 | Date 05/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, PATRICIA A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $83,130.64 | Date 01/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEWOLE, ADEDAYO J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $83,129.74 | Date 10/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVOOR, SUSAN N | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $83,129.43 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBAD, GEORGE | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $83,129.35 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSSELIN, RUSSELL J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $83,128.77 | Date 08/01/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, THOMAS F | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,128.47 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNETT, LEE R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,128.38 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMEO, FRANCINE | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $83,128.16 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $83,128.03 | Date 10/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYNCKEL, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $83,127.06 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POAT, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,126.51 | Date 09/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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