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 STONE, LISA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,576.30 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, MAX | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,576.04 | Date 08/13/1962 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADVEY, WILLIAM E | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $81,575.97 | Date 06/30/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JANET L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,575.92 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIFFORD, WILLIAM J, III | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $81,575.85 | Date 01/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STERNBERG, WESLEY A | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $81,575.80 | Date 06/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, GEORGE T | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,575.33 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHL, MELVIN | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $81,575.23 | Date 08/07/1963 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, SCOTT E | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $81,574.85 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANDALL, CHAD M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $81,574.64 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRINER, ANDREW S | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $81,574.49 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DEBORAH L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $81,574.48 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNING, SCOTT D | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,574.44 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOECKER, JENNIFER L | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $81,573.93 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, ONIEL C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,572.94 | Date 04/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILT, JONATHAN L | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $81,571.83 | Date 02/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARAFTIS, LAURA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,571.70 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERNAN, PAMELA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,571.70 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, RONALD K | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $81,571.05 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIERZBICKI, CHARMAINE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,570.90 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURON, MICHAEL A | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,570.49 | Date 10/07/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUOHY, JOSEPH P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,569.79 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORVESE, CYNTHIA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,568.93 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANG, TERESA T | Employer name Town of Eastchester | Amount $81,568.84 | Date 07/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GIVNEY, JOHN A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,568.52 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERENE, MARK E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,567.84 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUEN, SUNNY YUETCHUN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,566.68 | Date 01/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILNE, CRAIG D | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $81,566.56 | Date 08/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, PATRICK T | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $81,566.32 | Date 07/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, ISAAC | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,565.78 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILSAIME, ANDREW | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,565.30 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, BRADLEY P | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,565.12 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODSON, KEITH D | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $81,563.83 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GLOIN, LOIS B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,563.44 | Date 11/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKE, PATRICIA E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,563.05 | Date 01/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,562.92 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, CHARLES L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $81,562.84 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CALL, VARONA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,562.83 | Date 10/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, MICHAEL D | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,562.77 | Date 09/23/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWISS, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,561.70 | Date 07/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALIKE, BRADLEY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,561.64 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, DAVID C | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,561.38 | Date 07/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAHREN, SUSAN A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,561.37 | Date 08/31/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, DIANE E | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $81,560.82 | Date 12/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $81,560.82 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAFT, MARJORIE A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,560.68 | Date 10/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRENCE, KAII M | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $81,560.63 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LALLY, JAMES D | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,560.44 | Date 11/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHFORD, KIMBERLY C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,559.75 | Date 10/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, KEVIN A | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $81,559.73 | Date 06/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSHKOSKI, JEREMY R | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $81,559.51 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, JASMIN B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,559.50 | Date 04/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URDANG, JASON L | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $81,559.28 | Date 02/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, KEVIN R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,559.05 | Date 05/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUENAU, LISA A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $81,558.78 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWIATKOWSKI, CYNTHIA M | Employer name Wheatland-Chili CSD | Amount $81,558.20 | Date 03/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GANN, FRANK | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,557.28 | Date 02/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVALAS, ROMANA A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,556.94 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINGO, HASA A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $81,556.82 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORHAM, MARILYN | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $81,556.30 | Date 04/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NWOGWUGWU, BETTY C | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $81,555.91 | Date 02/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, JAMES L | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $81,554.60 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYDEN, MARIANNE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,554.50 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAVA, BONNIE L | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $81,554.33 | Date 09/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZMAURICE, LISA A | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $81,553.89 | Date 11/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMEI, GREGORY A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,553.18 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZEROW, DEREK J | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $81,553.06 | Date 09/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, GORDON E, JR | Employer name Patchogue-Medford UFSD | Amount $81,553.05 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, RONNIE J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,552.83 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGER, GERARDETTE A | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $81,552.12 | Date 07/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, DANIEL R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $81,551.50 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, THOMAS W | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $81,551.39 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $81,551.32 | Date 03/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKS, SARA H | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $81,550.99 | Date 11/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHIOLI, VIRGINIA T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,550.42 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTIS, TODD P | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $81,550.04 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, STEVEN E | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $81,550.00 | Date 04/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGENTHALER, KIRSTEN M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,549.98 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMACHO, DANY | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $81,548.56 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARRERO, NADINE L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,547.15 | Date 03/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, STEVEN M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,547.14 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, LUCIANO J | Employer name No Hempstead Sol Wst Mgmt Auth | Amount $81,547.06 | Date 04/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEIERTZ, MARK A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,546.24 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABER, RYAN J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $81,546.13 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, ERIC L | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $81,545.82 | Date 03/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALMER, MATTHEW J | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $81,545.58 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, ANNETTE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,545.49 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, ALISON C | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $81,544.58 | Date 11/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, WILLIAM R | Employer name South Huntington Water District | Amount $81,544.56 | Date 06/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUAZIZ, ABDELGHANI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,544.21 | Date 01/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCIPE, JENNIFER D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,544.13 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, VINCENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,543.63 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAHLHUT, MICHAEL T | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $81,543.63 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA MONICA, VICTOR A | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $81,543.06 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, CARMEN A | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $81,541.81 | Date 03/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAU, THOMAS H | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $81,541.73 | Date 10/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURIN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Warren County | Amount $81,541.44 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTSON, IAN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,541.32 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,540.76 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, PAULA A | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $81,540.54 | Date 06/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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