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 RIVERA, MOSES J | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $81,690.14 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAND, MICHAEL P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,689.78 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, ELISABETH L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,688.56 | Date 01/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, GEORGE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,688.42 | Date 10/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JAMES, LAURA E | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $81,688.25 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LATASHA Y | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $81,688.10 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUYEA, MARY G | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $81,688.00 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUKALO, THOMAS J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $81,687.99 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRANCE, PHILIP G | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,687.37 | Date 03/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMENDOLA, BARRY F | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $81,686.88 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEXTON, THOMAS J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,686.71 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRISSELL, JONATHAN D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,686.52 | Date 01/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, IRMA T | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,686.45 | Date 01/31/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERDRAGER, MARLENE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,686.45 | Date 11/14/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, ELENA | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $81,686.36 | Date 01/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CODY J | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $81,686.31 | Date 01/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORNER, DARLENE F | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $81,686.07 | Date 08/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERSO, JODI L | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $81,685.61 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BOMBARD, BRIAN A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,684.77 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, DWAIN K | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,684.62 | Date 11/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEFARELLI, EDWARD M, JR | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $81,684.38 | Date 02/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, LAWRENCE P | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $81,684.34 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVORY, PETER DN | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $81,684.31 | Date 02/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, LOUIE M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,684.08 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BELLAS, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,683.99 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, ROSALIND L | Employer name Department of State | Amount $81,683.68 | Date 05/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AASEN, ANITA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,683.20 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGIN, KEVIN A | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $81,683.16 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, NANCY A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $81,683.16 | Date 12/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVOTI-ELIA, THERESA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,682.79 | Date 09/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANN, GREGORY R | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $81,682.78 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, DANIEL F, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $81,682.25 | Date 10/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPPLE, STEVEN P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,682.02 | Date 12/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINK, RANDALL E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,681.92 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOX, DONNA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $81,681.72 | Date 06/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERESKO, CHERYL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,681.70 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCK, BENJAMIN H | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $81,681.38 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DURCAN, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $81,681.24 | Date 05/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENG, JOHNNY H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,679.90 | Date 04/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOHN T | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $81,679.73 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DONALD S, JR | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $81,679.51 | Date 06/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOAN E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,679.39 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISCOE, JOHN J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $81,679.05 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, IVETTE | Employer name Pine Bush CSD | Amount $81,678.56 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, GERARD J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $81,678.36 | Date 04/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICATONE, JOHN JAMES | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,678.20 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERR, GORDON L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,678.16 | Date 06/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLITTIERI, CRAIG D | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $81,678.13 | Date 06/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALTON, WENDY C | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,677.58 | Date 01/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCE, CHRISTINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,677.11 | Date 06/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASCOLILLO-SOTO, GINA M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $81,676.55 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NEIL A | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,676.43 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, TINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,676.40 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEEKS, REGINA E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,676.32 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEVILLS, THEODORE T | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $81,675.85 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOOMA, KAREN | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $81,675.70 | Date 03/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIFERT, MICHAEL V | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,675.67 | Date 11/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, DANIEL J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $81,674.56 | Date 12/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DETTE, PHILIP A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $81,674.37 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCKELVEY, THOMAS W, JR | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $81,673.17 | Date 06/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZARNECKI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,672.94 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAQUES, JEFFRY P | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $81,672.64 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CHRISTOPHER M J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $81,672.64 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLESCIA, GERARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,672.37 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENBERG, LISA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,672.16 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHISTER, ANGELA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,672.16 | Date 09/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELMAN, IRINA | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $81,671.88 | Date 01/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOREK, WESLEY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $81,671.81 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJNAROWSKI, WALTER M | Employer name Deer Park UFSD | Amount $81,671.20 | Date 01/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROADBENT, TERRENCE P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,671.09 | Date 05/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANA, JENNIFER M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,670.86 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, SUSAN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,670.40 | Date 03/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LYNNE M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,670.37 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONEY, PATRICK F | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $81,669.93 | Date 09/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUATTERY, MICHAEL L | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $81,669.68 | Date 08/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DIANE C | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $81,669.15 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUMBO, TRAVIS J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,668.37 | Date 05/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHMIELEWSKI, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,667.37 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DIANE A | Employer name Nassau Library System | Amount $81,667.33 | Date 06/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHORT, ROBERT M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,667.19 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAAMANO, SADITH | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,666.27 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMEDIOS, AIDA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,665.16 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUBIA, PHILIP J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,664.50 | Date 08/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWAN, JASON A | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $81,664.05 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, GERALD W, JR | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $81,663.22 | Date 05/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, WILLIAM W, VIII | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $81,662.91 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSKE, DAVID F | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $81,662.60 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARN, BAWAN K | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $81,662.16 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, JASON D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $81,662.00 | Date 04/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERGHELA, MARY H | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,661.96 | Date 01/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGULSKI, KEITH E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,661.92 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORRECA, ALLAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $81,661.87 | Date 08/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMCOTT, MATTHEW E | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,661.73 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, JOSEPH E | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $81,661.67 | Date 01/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENA, CHRYSANTHI | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $81,661.61 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULEA, PETER C | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $81,659.69 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCLELLAN, CAROLINE M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,659.58 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONOVAN, PATRICK J, JR | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,659.57 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VONDRACEK, JAMES J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $81,659.39 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MARY M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,658.96 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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