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 SLESINSKI, DEBORAH L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,481.47 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMI, JUSTIN S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,481.39 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARAWAY, DONALD E | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $81,480.89 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTER, ROBYN A | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $81,480.69 | Date 03/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CAROLYN H | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $81,480.53 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL VALLE, JOSE M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $81,480.36 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURGEON, RICHARD M, SR | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $81,479.39 | Date 11/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE PAGE, DANA E | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $81,479.15 | Date 06/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, JOHN E | Employer name Department of State | Amount $81,478.76 | Date 01/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, KATHERINE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,478.28 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STECK, ADAM | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,478.09 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,477.96 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITCHEN, JENNIFER A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,477.46 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $81,476.88 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIL, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,476.47 | Date 03/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYUBO, ROBERTO M, JR | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $81,476.43 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMOES, MARIA F | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,476.43 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, MICHAEL C | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,476.34 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLACE, JUSTIN M | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,476.33 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAVON, STEVEN R | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $81,476.24 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOL, ROBERT P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $81,475.99 | Date 10/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERVAIS, DARIN A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $81,475.89 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACRON, ALEXANDER J | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,475.75 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIGUEROA, JORGE A | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $81,474.63 | Date 07/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, TINA L | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,473.21 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, DAVID E | Employer name Cooperstown CSD | Amount $81,472.84 | Date 09/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUNEZ, JOHN A | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $81,472.84 | Date 11/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, SHERRI S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,472.37 | Date 09/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,472.36 | Date 02/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANO, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $81,471.43 | Date 06/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSEN, VINCENT M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $81,470.47 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENEZIA, DANIEL S | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $81,470.40 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACHORSKI, RICHARD R | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $81,470.39 | Date 11/16/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUGHTERSON, ANTHONY V | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $81,470.34 | Date 01/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STREETMAN, GENE A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $81,468.26 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, DANIEL L | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $81,467.58 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHWORTH, RALPH W, JR | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $81,467.29 | Date 07/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KANCYR, LISA D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,466.89 | Date 11/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANEZ, JULES J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,466.84 | Date 02/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGARA, KAREN S | Employer name Salamanca City School Dist | Amount $81,466.41 | Date 05/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCINTYRE BREW, KAREN L | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $81,466.01 | Date 02/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSE, SHAWN D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,464.47 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUBIN, ANNA F | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,464.45 | Date 08/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, RITA T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,464.28 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCHARD, NEIL C | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $81,463.97 | Date 11/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIORELLO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,463.84 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIFENBERICK, CHAD M | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $81,463.04 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZURINKO, LINDA M | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $81,462.75 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMMARONE, EILEEN B | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $81,462.69 | Date 02/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COONEY, JAMES B | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,462.56 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES, SCOTT | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $81,462.28 | Date 09/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KROUPA, MIROSLAVA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,462.07 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGHORN, EDWARD K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,461.84 | Date 04/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARTZ, NADINE I | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $81,460.75 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGEMAN, ARNOLD M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $81,460.62 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCARINO, ELENA C | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $81,460.35 | Date 03/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, ROBERT M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $81,459.47 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITELY, ROBERT | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $81,458.94 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACHANCE, JASON M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $81,458.81 | Date 03/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $81,458.32 | Date 10/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MIRIAM J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,458.26 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TADDEO, JOEL | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,458.00 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHPOKAYTE, MARIA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,458.00 | Date 02/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, MICHAEL A, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,457.84 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINSON, SHAWN D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $81,457.74 | Date 09/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, JAMI E | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $81,457.74 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEDER, RACHEL A | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $81,457.36 | Date 11/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, STEPHEN C | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $81,456.92 | Date 02/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUPET, MARIE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,456.55 | Date 03/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANCHELLI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $81,455.60 | Date 12/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZURLO, JOHN H | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $81,455.27 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THWAITS, MELVIN M, JR | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $81,455.14 | Date 05/23/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAHAM, DAVID R | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $81,454.88 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOCH, LYUBOV | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $81,453.75 | Date 06/06/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASHOLLI, LAURA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,453.66 | Date 04/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNIS, THOMAS J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $81,453.48 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, CHARLES S, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $81,453.42 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUICCIARINI, ROBERT D | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $81,453.38 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERNIGLIA, SALVATORE J | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $81,452.80 | Date 01/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLELLA, JEFFREY M | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,452.64 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, GENE B | Employer name Village of New Paltz | Amount $81,452.33 | Date 09/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPIN, ROBERT F | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,451.47 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPE, STEVEN J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,451.22 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO CASTO, ANGELO | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $81,451.01 | Date 05/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, MARCUS J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $81,450.67 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, MARK K | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $81,450.64 | Date 09/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNIZ, JOSEPH S | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $81,450.41 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, JAMIE L | Employer name Rockville Centre Housing Auth | Amount $81,449.94 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREUTZBERG, KENNETH | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $81,449.06 | Date 07/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITHWICK, EDWARD | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,448.68 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, MARC A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,448.53 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, TAMMY M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $81,448.38 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHERN, JOHN J | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $81,447.31 | Date 08/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIATO, LAURA W | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $81,446.56 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGELMANN, WILLIAM | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $81,446.16 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVEN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,445.43 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNESSEL, TODD A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $81,445.16 | Date 11/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, ROBERT J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,444.15 | Date 08/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOJANOVSKI, SONYA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,443.46 | Date 09/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAMEN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $81,443.23 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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