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 POWERS, PATRICIA D | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $81,129.35 | Date 03/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EIRAND, RYAN S | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $81,128.78 | Date 10/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOACHAMIN, MIGUEL A, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,127.44 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GETHICKER, JOHN C | Employer name Boces-Cattaraugus Erie Wyoming | Amount $81,127.10 | Date 10/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CWIKLINSKI, GREGORY J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $81,126.62 | Date 08/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, WILLIAM A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $81,126.41 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLOCHESSY, JOHN C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $81,126.13 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEISNER, RUSSELL A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,126.06 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAGNON, JEAN F, JR | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $81,125.20 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLON, CHARLES M | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $81,125.08 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTASKI, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,124.97 | Date 01/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $81,124.97 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORR, BRIAN M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $81,124.60 | Date 02/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLAK, GEORGE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,123.97 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOUPER, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $81,123.39 | Date 05/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSARO, DANIELLE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,123.33 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERENES, JOSEPH | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $81,123.26 | Date 11/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, CARMEN E | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $81,122.77 | Date 11/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOKER, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $81,122.13 | Date 12/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TYNER, DANNY L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $81,121.79 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLERI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $81,121.35 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHELOTTI, MARIAN | Employer name Port Chester-Rye UFSD | Amount $81,120.00 | Date 09/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REBHOLZ, PAUL J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $81,119.70 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTHSTEIN, ANDREA I | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,119.48 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KEVIN M | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $81,119.48 | Date 06/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC LEOD, SUSAN P | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $81,119.48 | Date 05/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, KEITH A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $81,119.31 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORZUMATO, JAMES V | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $81,119.18 | Date 02/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERHARDT, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $81,119.07 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, MARK S | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $81,118.74 | Date 04/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPOUTSOS, DEMITRIOS | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $81,118.48 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENESE, JOSEPH M | Employer name East Northport Fire District | Amount $81,118.08 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, ERIC W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,117.67 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANDE, MAUREEN A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $81,117.66 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTEAD, CALVIN J, III | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $81,117.47 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MELITON, ASHLEY A | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $81,117.14 | Date 12/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, MARGARET E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $81,116.56 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, SHARON L | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $81,116.55 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUELER, MARK E | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,116.45 | Date 01/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,116.32 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, CAROL ANNE | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $81,116.28 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRODER, DARREN P | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $81,116.07 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDINA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $81,115.95 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, SHANEE C | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,115.80 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEN, EUNICIA U | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $81,115.79 | Date 04/26/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALAUSSENA, LOUIS | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $81,115.64 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHTEYNGART, ANNA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,115.51 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMZER, PHILIP E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,115.41 | Date 12/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTH, BRIAN C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $81,115.26 | Date 01/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERHUNE, CHARLES R | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $81,114.75 | Date 03/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,113.67 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANLEY, FRANCIS J | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $81,113.52 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, DAVID J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $81,112.60 | Date 07/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTERS, NANCY | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $81,112.55 | Date 09/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKLAND, GAIL E | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $81,112.42 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLOOD, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $81,112.18 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURGENS, WILLIAM B | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $81,111.95 | Date 01/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, JOHN C | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $81,110.60 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, SUSAN T | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $81,109.65 | Date 05/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLOM, GREGORY K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $81,109.57 | Date 02/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBBINS, MONIQUE D | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $81,109.31 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTE, ROY G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $81,107.71 | Date 03/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, NANCY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,107.61 | Date 07/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, SUSAN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,106.86 | Date 07/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHURR, ROBERT G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,106.61 | Date 05/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REINHART, JOSHUA N | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,106.55 | Date 03/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERF, EILEEN M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $81,105.94 | Date 11/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVIHILL, KEITH R | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $81,105.90 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, RENEE M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $81,105.37 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, CHARLIE, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $81,104.45 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURRETT, BOBBY G, JR | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $81,104.15 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCANTARA, CARLOS J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $81,103.59 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, FRANK S | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,103.45 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, ANDREW T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $81,101.00 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, DARRELL D | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $81,100.31 | Date 12/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAURISSEAU-COOK, URANIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,100.25 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, KELLY W | Employer name Albany County | Amount $81,099.75 | Date 10/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUPTMAN, RUSSELL R | Employer name Village of Elmira Heights | Amount $81,099.41 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, RICKY G | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $81,099.24 | Date 09/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSAW, SARA A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $81,098.53 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONYEA, LARRY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,098.41 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLATO, SHEILA M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $81,098.17 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WALTER L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $81,097.52 | Date 08/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $81,097.48 | Date 10/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, GLORIA I | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $81,097.48 | Date 12/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, JOHN M | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,096.37 | Date 11/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITZENRATER, ROBERT B | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $81,095.64 | Date 12/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALDONADO, REBECCA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $81,095.32 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PALMA, SCOTT L | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $81,095.04 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYCHMAN, VITALY L | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $81,094.93 | Date 10/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL, DENNIS C | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $81,094.81 | Date 11/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, LINDA L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $81,094.75 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, HEATHER L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $81,094.67 | Date 11/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERRIKER, SHARON L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $81,093.91 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONOWITZ, EDWARD | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $81,093.60 | Date 07/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, WILLIAM D, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,092.57 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERZIAN, JOHN V | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $81,092.52 | Date 07/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, STEVEN M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $81,092.35 | Date 04/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCARINO, JOSEPH R | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $81,092.29 | Date 07/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, MICHAEL H | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $81,091.80 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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