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.

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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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