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 GLAB, JOSEPH W | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $81,510.25 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLNER, GINA Y | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,510.00 | Date 01/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEITZ, DAVID M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,509.68 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ROBERT J | Employer name St Paul Blvd Fire Dist | Amount $81,509.60 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, GERALD W | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $81,509.13 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, CINDY L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $81,508.92 | Date 08/22/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, CLAUDIA NG | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,508.37 | Date 11/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNELLA, CANDICE N | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,507.53 | Date 05/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAFFER, BRADLEY I | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $81,507.16 | Date 04/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DILLABOUGH, ERIC S | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $81,507.10 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OMMUNDSEN, TRACY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,506.85 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAS, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $81,506.56 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMAN, JAMES R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,506.05 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, MARTIN F | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $81,505.53 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONTRATA, KATHLEEN M | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $81,505.35 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRCLOUGH, JOHN E | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $81,505.17 | Date 10/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATRICCINO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $81,503.81 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, ROY W | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,503.35 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, JANET E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $81,503.32 | Date 09/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNDY, MARK E | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $81,503.30 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, JOHN F | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,503.00 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PAUL K | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,502.69 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NANCE-MOORE, NINA | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $81,502.24 | Date 04/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KATHERINE B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,502.15 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $81,501.99 | Date 04/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPASODERO, GERARD F | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $81,501.69 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, DENNIS C | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $81,501.48 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGUR, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,500.80 | Date 01/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONSTANTINE, JOE | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,500.52 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORN, MARTIN L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $81,500.40 | Date 02/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, JOSEPH L | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $81,500.16 | Date 09/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSERO, MARLON S | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,500.05 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUPERT, SCOT A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $81,499.99 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JAMES J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $81,499.42 | Date 11/22/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIWAPRADIT, PRAWPAN | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $81,499.02 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, ERIKA C | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $81,498.99 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JOHN J, III | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,498.98 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, PRESTON R | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $81,498.61 | Date 08/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE DUC, RAYMOND A, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,497.89 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEITEKAMP, JAMES | Employer name South Huntington Water District | Amount $81,497.47 | Date 10/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENSON, COSSANDRA D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $81,497.07 | Date 05/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, VICTOR A | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,496.87 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCADO, DAVID | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $81,496.79 | Date 03/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JOHN J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,496.63 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, SAMANTHA N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,496.51 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, ADAN | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $81,496.03 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTES, DIANE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $81,495.69 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURFEE, STEVEN G | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,495.13 | Date 02/04/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RICHARD E | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $81,494.67 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINE, JOSEPH | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,494.57 | Date 11/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDILLO, TARA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,494.15 | Date 08/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZARA, LINDA | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $81,494.11 | Date 05/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANSSON, DEREK R | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $81,494.07 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STAPLETON, KEVIN L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,493.79 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISE, NANCY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,493.51 | Date 10/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESNER, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,493.41 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESSBERG, ERNEST K | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,493.32 | Date 09/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIDOTTI, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $81,492.96 | Date 10/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELAK, KAREN J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $81,492.52 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOCKSTADER, TODD R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $81,492.19 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,492.19 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, JOHN W | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,491.99 | Date 03/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, DONALD N, II | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $81,491.69 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, PAUL F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,491.51 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, DENNY | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $81,491.45 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IARUSSO, JAMES J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $81,491.04 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SEAN A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,490.75 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, KEITH J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,489.89 | Date 02/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLOU, NORMA J | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $81,489.64 | Date 01/25/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEHONT, KARLA M | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $81,489.64 | Date 05/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACEY, NICHELLE S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,489.00 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, DALE H | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $81,488.88 | Date 09/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSE, SANDRA L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $81,488.70 | Date 08/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHIER, URSULA M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,487.86 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREGOE, DAVID L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,487.61 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASOFSKY, MARIA R | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $81,487.57 | Date 03/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, JASON P | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,487.53 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EINHORN, BLIMA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,487.48 | Date 01/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEBYAH, BARRY A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,487.43 | Date 02/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOOTE, ANDREW D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,487.27 | Date 08/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $81,487.20 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, MARY P | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $81,487.18 | Date 10/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENECAL, RICHARD E, II | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,486.96 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARBY, DONALD E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,486.52 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEHER, MARY ELLEN | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,486.30 | Date 03/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, COLLEEN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,486.25 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SZTUK, MARK R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,486.11 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, MYRNA M | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $81,485.89 | Date 11/02/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASO, DENNIS W, II | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,485.47 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $81,485.40 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAAS, JAMIE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,485.35 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABER, JOANNA M | Employer name Miller Place UFSD | Amount $81,485.10 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARDI, DONNA M | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,485.02 | Date 10/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIPE, DANIEL D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,485.00 | Date 05/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SENECKER, EDWARD M | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $81,484.29 | Date 01/03/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTMAN, NANCY L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,482.73 | Date 03/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTELLO, CLAUDINE M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $81,482.66 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, SHELIA F | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,482.33 | Date 09/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, CAROL SUTRICH | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,481.63 | Date 10/15/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TULSHIJORAWAR, JOAN B | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $81,481.58 | Date 10/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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