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 MAURO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $82,379.89 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASPER, SCOTT E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,379.86 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,379.47 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHTENTHAL, JAY M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $82,378.17 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHANDEL, RICHARD D, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,377.72 | Date 12/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTEZ, RAFAEL S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $82,377.57 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGA, DAVID A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $82,377.16 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, JOHN A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $82,376.15 | Date 11/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASWELL, JEFFREY J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $82,375.92 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEEDHAM, CHRISTINE M | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $82,375.90 | Date 09/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEROLLE, MICHAEL | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,374.13 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, THOMAS J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $82,374.03 | Date 10/29/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DEBORAH P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $82,373.97 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, STEVEN J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $82,373.60 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, SEAN P | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,373.18 | Date 12/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALLIMANIS, DAVID F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $82,372.70 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, RODERICK | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,372.70 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUSINS, JEFFREY J | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $82,372.65 | Date 11/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THIELE, INGE A | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $82,372.40 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIEDROWSKI, SCOTT P | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $82,372.28 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, KELLIE A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,371.43 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORSKI, WILLIAM J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $82,371.15 | Date 11/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIESTLEY, BRIAN M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $82,371.12 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNE, TANYA J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $82,371.12 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAW, RICKIE A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $82,370.73 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLESPIE, RONALD A | Employer name Corning Painted Pst Enl Cty Sd | Amount $82,370.72 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, MICHAEL B | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $82,370.52 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GINTY, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Bethlehem Public Library | Amount $82,369.60 | Date 06/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKARD, MARTHA B | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $82,368.78 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYEWAH, VIOLET A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $82,368.21 | Date 09/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBICHLER, RAYMOND P | Employer name Town of Putnam Valley | Amount $82,368.05 | Date 09/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUITOR, HAROLD J | Employer name Town of Niagara | Amount $82,367.74 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, CHARLES E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $82,366.97 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEDDERTZ, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $82,366.70 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CASSANDRA M | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $82,366.51 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYLE, RICHARD | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $82,366.25 | Date 04/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCO, JUMOKE | Employer name Education Department | Amount $82,365.49 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $82,365.01 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOVE, MICHAEL O | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $82,364.06 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, STEVEN | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,363.94 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, EDWARD A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $82,363.57 | Date 11/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, KRISTOPHER D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,362.78 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEAVITT, BRUCE | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $82,362.76 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, VINNI R | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $82,362.05 | Date 12/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCKELL, ALISON D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,361.37 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUANT, JUSTINE M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,361.37 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALKER, SCOTT J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,361.37 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMBROSKI, DAVID A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $82,361.03 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JEFFREY J | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $82,360.99 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAUER, ARTHUR J, III | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $82,360.91 | Date 08/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BUFF, ROBERT A | Employer name Greene County | Amount $82,360.60 | Date 04/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELVEN, FLOYD M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $82,360.56 | Date 09/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBYAH, TODD J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $82,360.44 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEREDIOUK, ROMAN | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $82,360.12 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLISTO, MICHAEL E | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $82,360.09 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBINO, RACHEL M | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $82,359.95 | Date 09/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, STEVEN D | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $82,359.82 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, ROBERT F | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $82,359.41 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALASPINA, EMILY G | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,358.77 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKES, MELANIE J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $82,356.28 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, MAURICE J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,356.28 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CORTE, SHANON N | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,356.07 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRINGTON, DOLLY R | Employer name No Hempstead Housing Authority | Amount $82,355.63 | Date 08/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIGER, CARL W | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,355.33 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATSON, JAMES W | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $82,354.72 | Date 01/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLHAUCK, JOHN F | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $82,354.56 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOKICH, MERCEDES S | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $82,353.64 | Date 11/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAS, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $82,353.43 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, ADAM M | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $82,353.42 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, THOMAS J | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $82,353.01 | Date 11/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDE, MARTIN J | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $82,352.60 | Date 06/12/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKUZINSKI, DENISE A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $82,352.11 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDETTE, DONALD D | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $82,351.61 | Date 03/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNO, MARY E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $82,351.49 | Date 12/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROIOS, EVAN G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,350.90 | Date 04/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUMPF, CARL L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $82,350.86 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEGAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Appellate Div 1St Dept | Amount $82,350.58 | Date 12/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNIDE, TODD S | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $82,350.55 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILIC, DIJANA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,350.10 | Date 10/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRING-TROTT, NATHANIEL P | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $82,350.03 | Date 09/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTROSE, MERYL J | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,349.76 | Date 01/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, GAYLE M | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,349.76 | Date 07/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURUVILLA, RAJU | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $82,348.80 | Date 04/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DION, MATTHEW M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $82,347.92 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, WILLIAM M, JR | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $82,347.78 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISHE, JOHN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Auth | Amount $82,347.66 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, KRISTINA M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $82,346.74 | Date 06/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, MICHAEL | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $82,346.45 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNELL, SANDRA J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $82,345.64 | Date 11/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPOZELLA, ANTHONY C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $82,345.57 | Date 07/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, EDGARDO | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $82,345.07 | Date 12/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIEJEWSKE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $82,344.67 | Date 01/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ELTON, ANNE L | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $82,344.64 | Date 01/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUZZERIO, MICHAEL C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $82,344.53 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEYMAN, THOMAS J | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $82,344.46 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, KEVIN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,344.43 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CACCIOLA, ANTHONY F | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $82,344.38 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEGOLIS, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $82,343.80 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, ROBERT A | Employer name Jamestown City School Dist | Amount $82,343.80 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKOWSKI, KEITH C | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $82,343.55 | Date 06/12/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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