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 SHERIDAN, BRYAN J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $83,055.21 | Date 08/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUFFA, LISA A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $83,054.58 | Date 04/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODY, EDWARD S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $83,054.33 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMM, DAWN M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $83,054.24 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, LORILEE | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $83,054.12 | Date 09/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, JAMES E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $83,054.05 | Date 03/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPRIANO, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $83,053.61 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARDINO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $83,053.32 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, REGINA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $83,052.76 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLATCHEK, CHAIM | Employer name Village of Kiryas Joel | Amount $83,052.24 | Date 12/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTWOOD, RODNEY J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $83,052.23 | Date 05/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALES, KATHLEEN R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $83,051.80 | Date 11/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, VILMA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,051.77 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNEHY, SEAN | Employer name St Francis School For Deaf | Amount $83,051.64 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIL, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $83,051.64 | Date 03/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKRODELIS, ULDIS A | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $83,051.24 | Date 10/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, ELLEN M | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $83,051.02 | Date 10/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JOHN H | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $83,051.00 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, FRANCENE J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,050.44 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA POINT, JAMES S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $83,050.16 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, ALEXANDRIA N | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,050.04 | Date 06/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBY, THOMAS G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $83,049.98 | Date 08/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, LAWRENCE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $83,049.45 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, DAVID | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,048.88 | Date 02/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERNATT, JEAN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $83,048.69 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADEKOYA, BOLANLE A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $83,048.50 | Date 01/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEISHMAN, GARY M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,048.40 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANKHEAD, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,047.88 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $83,047.56 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAPRETE, PAMELA S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,046.69 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, SUSAMMA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,046.21 | Date 12/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARADISE, GEORGE J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $83,046.19 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEWITT, KEITH A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $83,046.06 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKINSON, BARBARA A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $83,045.80 | Date 01/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALINSKI, THOMAS P | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $83,045.39 | Date 07/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JAMES P | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $83,045.21 | Date 09/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNUTSEN, GEORGE V | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $83,045.14 | Date 02/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERIAN, JITHIN P | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $83,045.10 | Date 02/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGIOSE, JOSEPH | Employer name Commack Fire District | Amount $83,044.61 | Date 03/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZYCH, ROBERT M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $83,043.48 | Date 08/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARDOLINO-COMERFORD, RITA | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $83,043.42 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAATZ, NORINE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $83,043.18 | Date 08/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLETTE, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $83,042.82 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROW, JASON E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,042.73 | Date 03/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, CHAUGHN H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $83,042.65 | Date 06/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMAN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $83,042.64 | Date 10/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cornwall | Amount $83,042.47 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, ELYSE N | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $83,042.36 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRECKMAN, RORY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,041.69 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, JAMES | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $83,041.22 | Date 10/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CHICK, STEPHEN M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $83,041.02 | Date 05/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, MATTHEW J | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $83,041.02 | Date 08/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNURA, MARIA M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $83,040.65 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMINIE, HAROLD E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $83,040.56 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERBYSHIRE, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Tuxedo Park | Amount $83,039.37 | Date 06/20/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, THERESA A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $83,039.28 | Date 11/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, SCOTT A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $83,039.22 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHTER, RANDY L | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $83,038.72 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, JESSICA K | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $83,038.65 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHARDT, JULIE A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $83,038.58 | Date 03/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATTS, MARIA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $83,038.16 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, ROSE MARIE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $83,037.92 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, KEITH M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,037.81 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYALA, EDDIE | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $83,037.68 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, MARK B | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $83,037.44 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, WILLIAM M | Employer name SUNY College at Geneseo | Amount $83,037.05 | Date 11/04/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, TYRIQ | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,036.92 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, MICHAEL A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $83,036.41 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANKLIN, LEO R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $83,036.29 | Date 01/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSMAN, MELANIE G F | Employer name Department of State | Amount $83,036.18 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, SHANNON N | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $83,035.94 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, JANE M | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $83,035.94 | Date 12/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERVASE, VICTOR N | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $83,035.55 | Date 11/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKOMSKY, VALERIE A | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $83,035.19 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRIST, FRANCES E | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $83,034.98 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVAREZ, VANESSA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $83,034.85 | Date 12/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODSTUPKA, RICHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $83,034.71 | Date 05/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFE, RUSSELL S | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $83,033.91 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARDABELIAS, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $83,033.86 | Date 07/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $83,033.58 | Date 11/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INTYRE, BRIAN R | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $83,033.42 | Date 08/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELTZER, NATALIE J | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $83,033.39 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSI, SHAWN L | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $83,033.27 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, STEPHEN L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $83,032.42 | Date 08/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, MARK P | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $83,030.58 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESE, BRIAN C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,030.33 | Date 05/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROULX, DAVID L | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $83,029.77 | Date 06/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, LINDA M | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $83,029.05 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE OLIVEIRA, FERNANDO L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,028.73 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUGHMAN, LORRY A | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $83,028.29 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES-ALEXIS, EARTANA P | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,027.96 | Date 07/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D AMBROSE, MARTIN G | Employer name Village of East Rochester | Amount $83,027.38 | Date 02/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS-HALL, LORRAINE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,027.10 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, CATHERINE E | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,027.10 | Date 10/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTENHOUSE, TRISHA M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,027.10 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VATORE, CLAUDETTE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $83,027.10 | Date 09/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERVILLE, STEVEN K | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $83,027.10 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBULNICK, MARK S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $83,026.53 | Date 01/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETT, SHANNON E | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $83,026.36 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, MANUEL J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $83,026.00 | Date 11/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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