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 JACKSON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $82,035.20 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDLANDER, GEOFFREY R | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,034.83 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, DONALD | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $82,034.26 | Date 06/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEVINE, MALCOLM D | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $82,034.05 | Date 11/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOOLE, JAMES A | Employer name Gates Fire District | Amount $82,033.57 | Date 02/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, JONI M | Employer name Port Washington Library | Amount $82,033.49 | Date 10/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUTON, JASON P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $82,033.16 | Date 02/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGO, THOMAS L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,033.08 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETT, JONATHAN D | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $82,032.24 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, KEVIN L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $82,032.19 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAK, JEANETTE J | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $82,031.50 | Date 08/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANICKER, DETTY J | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $82,031.37 | Date 01/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URMAN, ANDREA H | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $82,031.17 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, SHIRA R | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $82,031.17 | Date 07/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERS, EDWARD J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $82,030.43 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALUSKI, MARK E | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $82,030.40 | Date 04/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PURCELL, ERIN A | Employer name Office For The Aging | Amount $82,030.40 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOLANDA B | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $82,029.63 | Date 03/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANK, BRIAN E | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $82,029.44 | Date 04/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $82,029.33 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTTON, JAMIE C | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $82,029.00 | Date 03/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTMAN, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $82,028.32 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, FRANCKEL | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $82,027.96 | Date 04/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANN, BRIAN E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $82,027.56 | Date 04/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELENDEZ, HILARIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,027.03 | Date 02/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUE, ANTONETTE Y | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $82,026.75 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, MARK B | Employer name Albany County | Amount $82,026.61 | Date 07/22/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITTERLY, DEBRA L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $82,026.58 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYLATH, DONNA M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $82,026.57 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEEL, MARY ALICE | Employer name Albany County | Amount $82,026.55 | Date 11/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JOHN C | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $82,026.36 | Date 07/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, DERRICK | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $82,025.71 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MERCEDES | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $82,025.66 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUMMERS, KEVIN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $82,025.17 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOLL, ASHLEY J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,025.17 | Date 08/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, JOSEPH H | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $82,024.84 | Date 08/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANCROFT, WARD C | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $82,024.63 | Date 02/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, MICHELLE C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $82,024.60 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, GREGORY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $82,024.54 | Date 07/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $82,024.42 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJO, CHAD B | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $82,024.29 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARAVUSO, EVA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,023.96 | Date 11/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, ROBERT G | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $82,023.95 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUPLER, STEPHEN J | Employer name Dutchess Water Wastewater Auth | Amount $82,023.74 | Date 06/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERVANTES, SALVADOR | Employer name Pocantico Hills CSD | Amount $82,023.53 | Date 04/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOZANO, JOSE | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $82,023.15 | Date 03/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZERVOS, JAMES S | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $82,023.14 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, ANTHONY K | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $82,022.55 | Date 12/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINSON, DENNIS R | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $82,022.53 | Date 04/17/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKIN, SHARON | Employer name Orange County | Amount $82,022.39 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KIERNAN, DENIS P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $82,022.00 | Date 05/22/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCARDI, ANNE M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $82,021.97 | Date 09/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, WILLIAM V | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $82,020.81 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONRAD, LEE R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,020.54 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMSON, MICHAEL A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $82,019.36 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ELWAIN, STEPHEN C | Employer name Dev Auth of North Country | Amount $82,018.46 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEEHAN, JEFFREY P | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $82,018.02 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLIAN-REYES, PATRICIA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,017.76 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSETTA, JAMES V | Employer name Pearl River Public Library | Amount $82,017.76 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZESKOW, PETER S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $82,017.69 | Date 07/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANNI, ANTHONY | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,016.04 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANKERSLEY, SHERRY A | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $82,016.00 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKMAN, RAND S, JR | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $82,014.74 | Date 01/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, SUSAN J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $82,013.63 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PILLMORE, THEODORE K | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $82,013.53 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOBEN, ALICIA A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $82,013.22 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWD, LAURY L | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $82,012.93 | Date 01/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTRONOVO, DANIELLE M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $82,012.78 | Date 05/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLAT, KAREN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $82,010.37 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, LORN | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,010.25 | Date 05/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLUCK, BARRY D | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $82,010.22 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JAMES J, III | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $82,009.82 | Date 12/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDALL, DOREEN A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $82,009.79 | Date 01/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUDYN, JOEL SCOTT | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $82,009.49 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABLE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $82,008.55 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, JUDITH | Employer name Westhampton Beach UFSD | Amount $82,008.27 | Date 03/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINDELL, STEVEN K | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $82,007.98 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INFRANCA-GAMBARDELLA, ROSARIA A | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $82,007.83 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUXTON, DAVID C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $82,007.60 | Date 01/27/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELTZER, ROBERT L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $82,007.22 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASSAB, EILEEN | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $82,005.91 | Date 07/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNO, JOHN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $82,005.57 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLO, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Newburgh | Amount $82,005.52 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIMENEZ, WELLINGTON | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $82,005.27 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, GABRIEL K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,004.00 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, IVETTE E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,004.00 | Date 06/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, SHANE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $82,004.00 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAWLINS, LISA A | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $82,003.68 | Date 04/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SANTO, JOSEPH | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $82,003.66 | Date 05/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, STEVEN A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $82,003.60 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRO, CAROL A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,003.23 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENCARNACION, SAMUEL | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $82,003.21 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, SUZANNE | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $82,003.00 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BUONO, EDWARD G, JR | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $82,002.98 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVES, DEBRA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $82,002.91 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISCH, CHARLES R | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $82,002.29 | Date 06/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTOVANI, ELISSA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $82,002.25 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTH, JASON R | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $82,001.69 | Date 11/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFERSCHING, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $82,001.55 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, MICHAEL D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $82,001.34 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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