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 BULERA, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,609.54 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RISOLI, JOHN R | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $81,609.31 | Date 11/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPKINS, WILLIAM | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,608.99 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEIKATA, DANIELA | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $81,608.43 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, JOSE O | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,608.16 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAMPTON, RANDY A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,606.73 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLENN, MELISSA E | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,605.53 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, JENNY M | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $81,605.47 | Date 10/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, KRISTINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,605.40 | Date 05/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AVEN, LINDA A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,604.98 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRLEY, EVAN S | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $81,604.74 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUETTNER, DANIEL R | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $81,604.63 | Date 02/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARLINGHOUSE, REBECCA | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $81,604.44 | Date 02/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRARY, MARIANNE D | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $81,604.38 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOHN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $81,604.36 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBSON, WILLIAM E, III | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $81,604.33 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORST, STEVEN W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,604.30 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHL, ANGELA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,604.30 | Date 07/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, SEAN P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $81,603.32 | Date 10/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZIR, ALI | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,602.60 | Date 07/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON-BAPTISTE, SARAH E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,602.60 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORELL, TIMOTHY V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,602.60 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLIS, THOMAS A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $81,602.58 | Date 07/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNELLA, BRIAN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,602.47 | Date 04/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAHL, RICHARD H | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $81,602.21 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOURGEOIS, BRIAN | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,601.69 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANDSOR, LAVONNE R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,601.47 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIRCHENOUGH, JON D | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $81,601.37 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTALVO, APHRODITE C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,601.26 | Date 09/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RUTH A | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $81,601.26 | Date 08/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPSON, STEPHEN W | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $81,600.87 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASARE, ABENA A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $81,600.87 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKOWSKI, ROBERT J | Employer name Purchase Fire District | Amount $81,600.00 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYREE, KAHIL D | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $81,599.86 | Date 08/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS C, JR | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,599.28 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZARIO, NATALIA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,599.15 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STABLEWSKI, AIMEE B | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,598.38 | Date 06/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, FREDI L | Employer name Hutchings Childrens Services | Amount $81,598.34 | Date 10/25/1967 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, KYLE J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,598.14 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ENGELSEN, MARGARET M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,598.10 | Date 08/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHORR, CINDY H | Employer name Plainview Water District | Amount $81,598.10 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEISTHAMEL, JAMES E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,597.80 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIENTA, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $81,597.63 | Date 01/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name APEL, ROBERT J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,597.27 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTALATIN, CHRISTIAN J | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $81,597.24 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, BERNARD G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $81,597.02 | Date 09/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARGIA, ANTHONY B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,596.55 | Date 05/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROSKO, MARGARET A | Employer name East Williston UFSD | Amount $81,596.47 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANSUETO, ROCCO | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $81,595.95 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAGIOVANNI, ELAINE M | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $81,595.86 | Date 10/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLEBRANDT, CHARLES W, JR | Employer name Greenwich CSD | Amount $81,595.19 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADKINS, GRANT E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $81,593.72 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIFFOLO, MARY ANN | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $81,593.72 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAWRONSKI, KEITH R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $81,593.72 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, WILLIAM D, III | Employer name Town of Montgomery | Amount $81,593.62 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCHESTER, SHARON A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $81,593.21 | Date 08/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANG, SU-HUA KO | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $81,592.95 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUOCCO, MARYANN | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $81,592.84 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOSPODARSKI, PETER P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,592.37 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, RONALD F | Employer name Beacon City School Dist | Amount $81,592.11 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADWAY, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,592.10 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, JONATHAN N | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,592.03 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALANTE, ANGELA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,591.85 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISAFULLI, DAVID M | Employer name Oswego City School Dist | Amount $81,591.40 | Date 02/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCARANGELLA, GERARD F | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $81,591.36 | Date 05/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMEROY, SEAN T | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,591.31 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BEN SCHOTEN, JUDSON L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,590.93 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIRLEY, THOMAS E | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,590.57 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAEMLEIN, MARK M | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $81,588.52 | Date 07/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GEORGE J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,587.82 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ROSCOE | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,587.60 | Date 03/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, STEPHEN D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,586.95 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,585.35 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, DAVID M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,584.52 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEAR, MELISSA J | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $81,583.51 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, CLAUDIA A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,582.63 | Date 10/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRONIE, THERESA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,581.46 | Date 11/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURRETT, DANIEL R | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $81,581.24 | Date 01/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAIKEN, ADAM P | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,581.01 | Date 07/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, DEBORAH | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,580.93 | Date 08/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SGUEGLIA, CATERINA P | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $81,580.76 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVERITTE, KENNETH M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,579.49 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEARD, VERONICA G | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,579.39 | Date 01/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERTS, JOHN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,578.92 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILCHRIST, ERICA S | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,578.91 | Date 10/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,578.75 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELETICHE, LORRAINE C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $81,578.72 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAGHER, RYAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $81,578.69 | Date 06/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAIOLI, RONALD J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $81,578.14 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTIER, MARK A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $81,577.80 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKEREKE, CHRISTINA C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,577.48 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, LOUISE A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $81,577.15 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, IVY D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $81,577.07 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, KEITH R | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $81,576.77 | Date 02/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAHL, SCOTT P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $81,576.56 | Date 10/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ALFRED D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,576.54 | Date 04/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCKERT, JOSEPH J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,576.30 | Date 08/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUGHTALING, MARK | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,576.30 | Date 05/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZABO, PATRICK J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,576.30 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLAVIK, CAROLYN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,576.30 | Date 09/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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