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 CORNELIUS, LAURIE SPRAGUE | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $81,380.54 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLUMERFELDT, LAURA L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,380.43 | Date 09/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, TODD D | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $81,379.52 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, DEBORAH A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,379.48 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, CONNIE E | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,379.37 | Date 03/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'SHEA, BERNADETTE M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $81,378.82 | Date 10/03/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSMORE, JOHN P, JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $81,378.79 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVERETT, CASEY S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,378.69 | Date 09/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLETT, KATJA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,378.59 | Date 10/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORZECHOWSKI, JOSEPH S | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,377.04 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGERSOLL, STEVEN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,376.99 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POHLE, DAVID | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $81,376.47 | Date 03/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVAGNARO, JOSEPH F | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $81,376.45 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILGNER, SHANASIA A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,376.34 | Date 12/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZA, CARMELO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,376.21 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, JOHN J | Employer name Utica Mun Housing Authority | Amount $81,375.58 | Date 06/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SODEN, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,374.51 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, SCOTT A | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $81,374.41 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLACKSHEAR, TOMEKA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,374.08 | Date 02/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODWIN, PATRICIA | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $81,373.75 | Date 01/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARAONE, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $81,373.69 | Date 09/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEMENSCHNEIDER, THOMAS M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $81,373.57 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CARLA A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $81,372.57 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSETT, DAVID J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,372.50 | Date 06/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHFORD, ANTHONY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,372.34 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARELLA, LEONARD T, III | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $81,371.93 | Date 12/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIEL, ALISON M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,371.39 | Date 05/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLS, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $81,371.34 | Date 01/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATRESE, CARMEN P | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $81,370.82 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINGANO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $81,370.82 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, JANE E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $81,370.25 | Date 01/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUGHTON, CINDY M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $81,370.06 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, WILLIAM C | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $81,370.01 | Date 02/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAW, JOHN M | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $81,369.70 | Date 12/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ARTHUR D | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $81,369.59 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDSOR, ANTHONY P | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $81,369.44 | Date 01/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, VICTORIA L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,369.03 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANSANTVOORD, ALEXANDER J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $81,368.60 | Date 11/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIALLO, CARLOS | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,368.39 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, MARGARET L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,368.17 | Date 11/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, SIJI | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $81,368.13 | Date 10/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SETARO, LORRI J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $81,368.08 | Date 01/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISSER, SARAH E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,368.07 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, NORMAN G | Employer name Village of Manlius | Amount $81,367.89 | Date 11/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FOWLES, CLIFTON P | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $81,367.42 | Date 11/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBENEDETTO, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $81,366.71 | Date 04/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, ENRIQUE B, JR | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $81,366.42 | Date 10/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVIASKY, JOHN | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,366.38 | Date 01/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST CLAIR, THOMAS J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $81,365.66 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIRO, ANTHONY G | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,364.89 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VINCENTIS, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $81,364.65 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, KAREN R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $81,364.22 | Date 02/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, CHERYL L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $81,364.11 | Date 12/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, LORRAINE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,363.47 | Date 04/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOW, JOHN | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $81,363.42 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINONES, DIANNA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,363.02 | Date 10/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, KATHY A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $81,362.58 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, CHIN-CHU JEAN | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $81,362.58 | Date 01/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, MELISSA K | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $81,362.50 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORY, JUSTIN M | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $81,361.58 | Date 11/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARRINGTON, WILLIAM W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,361.27 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNN, GARY D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,360.61 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYSLIWIEC, RONALD F | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $81,360.60 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAYEA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,360.49 | Date 07/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Brentwood Fire District | Amount $81,359.90 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN KOUGHNET, KEVIN L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,359.86 | Date 02/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, BRIAN M | Employer name Village of Highland Falls | Amount $81,359.49 | Date 07/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DORESTANT, CHRISTIAN | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,359.25 | Date 03/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANOSA, JAMES | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,358.85 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, ALEXANDER, SR | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $81,357.98 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REZIK, VIORICA S | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $81,357.87 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERINS, KEVIN T | Employer name New York State Canal Corp. | Amount $81,357.52 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, DANIEL A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,357.52 | Date 10/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, JACQUELINE N | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $81,357.18 | Date 05/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELLA, MARA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,356.80 | Date 05/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREMAUX, DANA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,356.80 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, JAMES J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,356.80 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROMAN, RUSTY B | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $81,356.38 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, Y PATRICK | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $81,355.98 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, ROBERT | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,355.74 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASON, CARL E | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,355.22 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, THOMAS W | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $81,355.14 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KUNJU KUNJU | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,354.97 | Date 05/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, LAURIE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,354.00 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARRINELLO-HALL, JULIE A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,354.00 | Date 05/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLES, PETER J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $81,354.00 | Date 10/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICARI, ADRIENNE T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,353.78 | Date 01/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLISON, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $81,353.18 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AURIA, JACQUELINE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,353.15 | Date 05/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, PAUL G | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $81,352.87 | Date 02/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARENDRAN, SUNDARARAJAN | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $81,352.73 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKE, WILLIAM G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $81,352.58 | Date 09/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, FRANK G, JR | Employer name Cheektowaga-Maryvale UFSD | Amount $81,352.16 | Date 11/08/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, FRANTZ | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,352.07 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNE, BILLY J | Employer name Town of Niskayuna | Amount $81,351.34 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZAMPELLA, AARON J | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $81,350.98 | Date 07/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, SELENA T | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $81,350.80 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOHN M | Employer name Village of Menands | Amount $81,350.79 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, PASQUALE | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $81,350.60 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOWLES, JAY | Employer name Ossining UFSD | Amount $81,350.22 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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