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 FARLEY, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $82,937.70 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, IRIS D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $82,936.67 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELZI, WILLIAM A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $82,936.51 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEXELL-OUKACINE, CANDACE J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,936.34 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MARGARET A | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $82,936.08 | Date 12/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, PAUL EDWARD | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,935.93 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIG, RAHEELA | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $82,935.91 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARLEY, BARBARA A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $82,935.56 | Date 01/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, MARY ANNINA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,935.48 | Date 02/22/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORR, JEFFREY B | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $82,935.34 | Date 08/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUCCI, ANTHONY, JR | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $82,935.16 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLASENCIA, MIGDALIA A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,934.66 | Date 02/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINSEY, CAROL A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $82,934.39 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMO, JOHN C | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $82,934.29 | Date 05/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, PARAS A | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $82,933.74 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIHERVUORI-KENNEDY, PIRJO T | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $82,933.26 | Date 09/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFFAN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $82,932.88 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARANA, WILSON | Employer name Westchester Library System | Amount $82,932.43 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIDRIG, BARBARA L | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $82,931.92 | Date 02/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, JENNIFER M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $82,931.91 | Date 04/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILAC, BLAINE I, III | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,931.86 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARDIROSSIAN, BERGE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,931.19 | Date 08/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVRE, JUSTINE C | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $82,930.62 | Date 06/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WREN, MAUREEN F | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $82,930.54 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLEMS, HENRY T | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,930.38 | Date 06/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVA, JOSEPH | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $82,929.79 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, EUN HEE | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $82,929.35 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, EDWARD J | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $82,928.50 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APONTE, EDWIN M | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $82,927.64 | Date 11/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWASNIEWSKI, ROBERT | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $82,926.94 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMAS, EVELYN | Employer name North Bellmore UFSD | Amount $82,925.95 | Date 09/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGDON-ALEXIS, BRENDA | Employer name NYS Corr Serv,NYC Central Adm | Amount $82,925.63 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GANNON, MARTIN T | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $82,925.11 | Date 03/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, BRYANT | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,925.10 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, STEPHEN A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $82,924.66 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ROBERT J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,923.99 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALERNO, BRANDON N | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $82,922.63 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIMINO, ROBERT | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,922.41 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, MARILYN J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,922.30 | Date 09/03/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORSBERG, DANIEL M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $82,922.12 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASENATO, CHRISTIAN B | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $82,922.06 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, DANIEL A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $82,921.78 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLANSKY, CARL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,921.49 | Date 11/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERETTO, JOHN D | Employer name NYS Assembly - Members | Amount $82,921.26 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZEGORCZYK, DAWN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,921.02 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $82,920.85 | Date 05/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESUALDI, DANIEL J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,920.78 | Date 06/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHES, LYNN | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $82,920.73 | Date 10/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGE, MARSHA A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $82,920.44 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIO, SARAH L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,920.16 | Date 08/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MECCA, WILLIAM D | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $82,920.04 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORLOWSKI, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $82,919.86 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, SUSAN M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $82,919.48 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRDAUSKAS, FRANK A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,919.14 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROPIN, CHRIS H | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $82,918.91 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASILE, KEN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,918.52 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SOLAN, BRIAN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $82,917.74 | Date 01/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWALK, SCOTT M | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $82,917.48 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, TIMOTHY P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,917.25 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, SHAWN P | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $82,917.03 | Date 03/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, RAYMOND | Employer name Town of Blooming Grove | Amount $82,916.80 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE VINO, JOHN J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $82,916.17 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAWCZAK, LISA A | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $82,915.80 | Date 07/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, DANIEL | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $82,915.70 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRZOZOWIEC, TERESA K | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $82,915.10 | Date 12/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRIER, HERBERT G, JR | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $82,914.51 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, MARY K | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,914.50 | Date 09/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREPIN, KELLY M | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $82,914.50 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALB, MARJORIE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $82,914.35 | Date 09/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAYTON, MARGARET A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $82,913.70 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, KIM R | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $82,913.62 | Date 12/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, EDWARD | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $82,913.35 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAND, JODI D | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $82,913.22 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, DONNA M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $82,912.68 | Date 12/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, HEATHER F | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $82,912.55 | Date 04/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WROBEL, LINDA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,912.26 | Date 10/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COKER, MARGARET R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $82,910.88 | Date 05/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, SCOTT J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $82,909.87 | Date 11/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, WILLIAM | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $82,909.41 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, JUSTIN T | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $82,909.41 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONIN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,909.21 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POUPORE, ROCKY A | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $82,908.27 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMULLEN, EDWARD M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,907.48 | Date 09/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIONNE-STREIN, DONNA L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,907.40 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUCHNEWICH, WILLIAM A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,907.14 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, ALFRED J | Employer name Middletown City School Dist | Amount $82,906.79 | Date 08/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, RICHARD E, JR | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $82,906.18 | Date 03/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, MARK E | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $82,906.16 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PLACA, CARMEN M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,906.13 | Date 01/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOUGHT, PHOEBE J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,905.52 | Date 10/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, MARIA E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,905.39 | Date 07/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTIZER, REGINA E | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $82,904.87 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARDYS, IAN D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $82,904.87 | Date 10/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURLONG, JOHN T | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $82,904.87 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, THOMAS R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,904.69 | Date 10/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, SHANNON | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,904.25 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADHU, RAMDIAL | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $82,903.87 | Date 01/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSHING, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Central NY St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $82,903.54 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, CHRISTINE V | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $82,903.06 | Date 07/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIDELL, MARK D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,902.82 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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