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 SINGH, YOWALI | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,804.37 | Date 09/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEANT, ADAM C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, HELEN E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSELRING, CYNTHIA E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 01/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTEA, CRISTIAN I | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 12/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENKE, JOANNE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 03/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, MIECZYSLAW | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMICO, PHYLLIS A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 08/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, CYNTHIA R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDALI, SALIM | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, TINA L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 08/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, WILLIAM J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 07/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, MICHAEL C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 08/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, THOMAS R | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $82,804.28 | Date 03/31/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEFTWICH, RODNI N | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $82,804.25 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, MICHAEL C | Employer name City of Johnstown | Amount $82,804.10 | Date 11/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANSKI, JOSEPH D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $82,804.03 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, DANIEL H | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $82,803.64 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASCELLO, RONALD J, JR | Employer name Village of Catskill | Amount $82,803.62 | Date 01/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERITAGE, ALAINE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,803.53 | Date 07/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, RALPH A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $82,803.39 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGIULO, LINDA J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,802.94 | Date 09/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNET, DAVID G | Employer name Natural Heritage Trust | Amount $82,802.74 | Date 12/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, BRIAN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,802.60 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, CHARLES L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $82,802.34 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVASSAUR, MARK W | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $82,801.77 | Date 10/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFOUNTAIN, MATTHEW A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,801.40 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, PATRICK J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $82,800.68 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETIENNE, LEONARD | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $82,800.35 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIZZINE, DENISE J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $82,800.12 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANGER, JUDITH A | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $82,799.62 | Date 10/14/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JACQUELINE L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,799.45 | Date 12/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLMAN, HEYWARD W | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,798.87 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, STEPHANIE M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,798.71 | Date 01/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGOBARDI, JENNA P | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $82,798.39 | Date 07/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPANY, JOHN P | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $82,798.06 | Date 05/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEBER, JONATHAN A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $82,797.76 | Date 02/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARBURGH, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $82,797.17 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTERS, SCOTT B | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $82,796.93 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAIN, HEATHER A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,796.59 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANKAY, EDWARD D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $82,795.83 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGSTEIN, LEE B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,795.69 | Date 01/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, DIANE O | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,795.69 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPP, NOAH M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,795.69 | Date 08/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, MATTHEW W | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,795.69 | Date 11/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRAGUE, JOSHUA S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,795.69 | Date 10/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, SHANNA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,795.62 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, JANET L | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $82,795.38 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATANZARO, JOHN M | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $82,794.99 | Date 08/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOETZEL, JOHN K | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $82,794.83 | Date 08/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULL, KELLY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,794.79 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILARY, SCOTT A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,794.70 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEDUMTHAKADY, JACOB Z | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $82,794.70 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDENBURG, MOLLI M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $82,794.68 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JAMES K | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $82,793.88 | Date 01/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLY, PETER J | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $82,793.87 | Date 04/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHY, JAMES H | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $82,793.51 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, JAMES H | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $82,793.42 | Date 08/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT-THOMAS, DAWN | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $82,793.32 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINSON, STEPHEN D, JR | Employer name Alden CSD | Amount $82,792.52 | Date 09/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONELLIS, JOHN R | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $82,792.00 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, RAYMOND, JR | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $82,792.00 | Date 06/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, FRANK V | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $82,792.00 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, JEFFREY | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $82,791.39 | Date 04/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPECE, VINCENT N | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $82,791.30 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOAO, GREGORY T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,791.04 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'POLKA, KYLE B | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $82,791.02 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALKNER, DAVID J | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $82,790.64 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MELINDA A | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $82,790.52 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIA, MARK A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,790.11 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NENNER, BERNARD C | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $82,790.11 | Date 07/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, JULIE A | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $82,789.59 | Date 02/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STODDARD, SHELDON J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $82,788.72 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, ERIN R | Employer name Ardsley UFSD | Amount $82,788.18 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, MICHAEL R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $82,787.96 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, BARBARA E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $82,787.87 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKOR, ADOLPHUS N | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,787.70 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIECHOWIAK, DENNIS M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $82,787.56 | Date 04/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALFAKIS, DIMITRIOS J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,787.20 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECLAIRE, PAUL J, SR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $82,785.71 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, WILLIAM A | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $82,785.68 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENCEBI, SYLVIA | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $82,785.30 | Date 03/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, CHARLENE G | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $82,784.54 | Date 06/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAJDJIS, DEAN S | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $82,784.42 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BUREN, JAMES C, JR | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $82,784.41 | Date 01/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENDINA, LISA J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,784.05 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELDEN, MARK R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $82,782.90 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRADEN, DANIEL R | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $82,782.84 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAVARO, MICHAEL A, SR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $82,782.24 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, LUCAS W | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $82,782.14 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCANSON, DENISE M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $82,781.95 | Date 03/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT T | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $82,781.81 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODROW, ANNE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,781.38 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, FAYE C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $82,780.81 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMRATH, DONALD M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $82,780.49 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MINONDO, MARIA | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $82,780.20 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSTRON, LISA L | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $82,780.20 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALAWENDER, GARY S | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $82,779.65 | Date 02/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, GLENN A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $82,779.57 | Date 05/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, TODD W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $82,779.45 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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