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 LA FAVE, RICKY J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $82,722.23 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTS, REGINALD D | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $82,721.80 | Date 05/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $82,721.74 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, BRIAN J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $82,721.08 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINO, GARY J | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $82,721.04 | Date 06/23/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FESTA, CHERYL L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,720.64 | Date 12/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYEA, SCOTT G | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $82,720.55 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CESPEDES, SEYMOUR M | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $82,720.30 | Date 06/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDLEBROOKS, CRAIG | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $82,720.28 | Date 07/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILANESE, DANIEL | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $82,720.20 | Date 03/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOWKA, HEATH M | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $82,719.26 | Date 10/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARTINO, HELENE F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,719.00 | Date 07/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARCENE, WILLIAM P, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,718.93 | Date 03/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, EDWARD S | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $82,718.52 | Date 01/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,718.40 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAJULU, DEEPA T | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $82,718.22 | Date 01/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCIO, JOSEPH, III | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $82,717.86 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, PAULETTE V | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,717.33 | Date 03/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, SANDRA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,716.93 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSIT, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,716.67 | Date 09/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIMANIS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $82,716.66 | Date 02/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUNTRYMAN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $82,716.45 | Date 04/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS-HARGROVE, MYRNIA P | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $82,715.81 | Date 06/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISSO, LISSETTE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,714.70 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFOLENO, GINA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,714.70 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCHUNGUZI, SABA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,714.70 | Date 03/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, JEANNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,714.70 | Date 03/27/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUN, ERNEST W, JR | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $82,714.00 | Date 01/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULTON, KEITH P | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $82,713.60 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUGIER, DONALD F, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,713.58 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETRONIRO LEWIS, JAMIE J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,713.04 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GINSTER, CAROL A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $82,713.02 | Date 05/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, ERIN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,712.93 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JOY M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,712.88 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFA, ANTHONY | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $82,712.85 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, DUDLEY A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $82,712.76 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDBETTER, JEFFREY R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,712.73 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAHEY, JOSEPH P | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,712.23 | Date 06/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, JAMES E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,712.01 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JON C | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $82,710.79 | Date 10/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINTZEL, ERIC D | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,710.74 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, DEIRDRE A | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $82,709.94 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, SAMONE R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $82,709.80 | Date 08/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BADALA, JOSEPH A | Employer name North Patchogue Fire District | Amount $82,709.43 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERSON, STEVEN M | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $82,709.20 | Date 09/05/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,708.60 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERCHEN, TIMOTHY R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $82,707.92 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARRONE, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $82,707.66 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, WILLIAM M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $82,707.28 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, MICHAEL B | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $82,706.86 | Date 08/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGER, JOHN J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $82,706.22 | Date 03/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRZEMINSKI, GEORGE | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $82,705.97 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, KELLI M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $82,705.97 | Date 11/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NADOLNY, MATTHEW W | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $82,705.40 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAYCHACK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $82,704.66 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, VALETA R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,704.24 | Date 10/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name Village of Spring Valley | Amount $82,704.07 | Date 07/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIGNORIELLO, JOANN | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $82,703.40 | Date 10/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON, JEAN K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,702.60 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI MARZO, WAYNE V | Employer name Commack UFSD | Amount $82,702.50 | Date 09/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JUNE D | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $82,702.41 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDOVANO, KIM A | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $82,702.33 | Date 04/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALDWIN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $82,702.10 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENIUK, JERZY | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $82,701.71 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNISI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $82,701.66 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOVACS, ZSUZSANNA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $82,701.24 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AROCHO, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $82,701.14 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, STEVEN D | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $82,700.48 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEWRAJ, REKHA | Employer name Battery Park City Authority | Amount $82,700.02 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUSINSKI, MELISSA A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,700.02 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, STEVE J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $82,699.59 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUNK, DONNA L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $82,699.50 | Date 11/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, STEVEN P | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $82,699.06 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, ADAM D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $82,698.82 | Date 10/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPIK, JOSEPH R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $82,698.72 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRABHAM, ADIJAH S | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $82,698.68 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOCCIA, NICHOLAS D | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $82,698.29 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, JUDITH M | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $82,697.19 | Date 04/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, TROY J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,697.05 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANACORE, MICHAEL | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $82,696.94 | Date 03/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIGREGORIO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $82,695.97 | Date 01/18/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECTOR, SHANNON K | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,695.79 | Date 05/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIVER, DANIELLE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,695.58 | Date 07/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALISE, PATRICK J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $82,695.20 | Date 01/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, SALLY J | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $82,695.08 | Date 11/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASSA, PATRICK E | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $82,694.92 | Date 05/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSTERNA, CHARLES B | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,694.49 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKOKHA, JANE M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $82,694.44 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, BRYAN W | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $82,694.37 | Date 07/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPEENBURGH, DONALD J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $82,694.24 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGAN, JOSE L | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $82,692.84 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, JOSHUA R | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $82,692.80 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, MICKEY Z | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,692.48 | Date 03/31/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DIANNE I | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,692.48 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHS, JULIE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $82,692.48 | Date 01/31/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, CHARLES P | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $82,691.86 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELASQUEZ, RUBEN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,690.42 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARRETT, EZRA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $82,690.28 | Date 08/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRINCHER, ANNETTE T | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $82,690.25 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CITROEN, JAMES A, II | Employer name Plainview Vol Fire Dept | Amount $82,690.05 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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