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 HERRERA, ESMERALDA Y | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,013.19 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, MARYBETH F | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $81,011.75 | Date 01/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, ANTHONY | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $81,011.75 | Date 04/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TODD A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,011.34 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFTON, STEVEN F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $81,011.05 | Date 10/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOBCZAK, JIMMY T | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,011.04 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JAMES O | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $81,011.01 | Date 03/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODCOCK, PEGGY S | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $81,010.85 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGI, BENJAMIN L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $81,010.79 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENECH, KIMBERLY C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $81,010.70 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEIGHAN, DAVID S | Employer name Hudson Falls CSD | Amount $81,010.60 | Date 12/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESINCE, LISANDRA S | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $81,010.36 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HART-BADER, BETH A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $81,010.28 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKWELL, JOHN B | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $81,009.99 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANTO, GERALD C | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $81,009.93 | Date 08/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUNARIDES, MICHAEL | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $81,009.86 | Date 06/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAMM, ANDREW L | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $81,009.68 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, REGINALD L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,009.40 | Date 07/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDAZZO, JOHN E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,009.40 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANICH, RICHARD J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $81,009.36 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACINO, LINDA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $81,008.60 | Date 11/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTO, JAMES M | Employer name Village of East Hills | Amount $81,008.30 | Date 10/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUO, WEI | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $81,007.90 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KAY, MATTHEW G | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $81,007.79 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PRAIRIE, MARK A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $81,007.74 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUKOWSKI, MARY JANE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,007.57 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, JUSTIN M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $81,007.56 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZISKIN, RENATA | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $81,007.25 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDIAKO, PAULINA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $81,006.85 | Date 08/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSALONE, THOMAS A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $81,006.81 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMARO, MARIO A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $81,006.31 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARDITO, JOSEPHINE D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $81,006.12 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDOWELL, DAVID G | Employer name Central Square CSD | Amount $81,005.77 | Date 01/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, BRENDAN | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $81,005.48 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, GERARD SCOTT | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $81,005.44 | Date 11/22/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINARI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $81,005.36 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENHARD, ERIC M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $81,005.35 | Date 01/23/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACHOWIAK, LINDSAY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $81,005.32 | Date 01/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCH, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $81,005.32 | Date 06/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIGODON, ROSE M R R | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $81,004.75 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RADDO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Rochester-Genesee Trans Auth | Amount $81,004.31 | Date 04/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDMARK, RICHARD E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $81,004.14 | Date 06/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, JOSE R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $81,003.33 | Date 06/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC DONALD, VALEDA | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $81,003.04 | Date 04/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORWHAT, LAURENCE J | Employer name Town of Glenville | Amount $81,002.96 | Date 07/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC HUGH, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $81,002.49 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JAMIE V | Employer name Garden City Pk Fire & Water Dist | Amount $81,002.17 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, BRUCE G | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $81,002.04 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGRAVINESE, LUCY | Employer name Education Department | Amount $81,001.44 | Date 11/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, CHARLES E | Employer name Executive Chamber | Amount $81,001.21 | Date 06/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, MATTHEW A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $81,001.06 | Date 07/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENKEL, BRIAN J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $81,000.63 | Date 09/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, JAMES M | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $81,000.60 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, PHILLIP M | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $81,000.59 | Date 04/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POITRAS, LAWRENCE D, JR | Employer name Welfare Research Inc | Amount $81,000.25 | Date 07/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHARAJ, MOHINDER K | Employer name Lawrence UFSD | Amount $81,000.00 | Date 08/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, RYAN C | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $80,998.52 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUTAGGIO, JOANN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,998.38 | Date 04/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOONAN, KATHRYN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,998.30 | Date 02/24/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL-VINSKI, BARBARA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,998.30 | Date 11/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLUS, COLETTE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $80,998.18 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVOY, LISA | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $80,997.72 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVINO, SUSAN M | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $80,997.40 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAZARD, DONALD C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $80,997.15 | Date 06/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONAK, RAYMOND J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $80,997.00 | Date 09/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTIER, VINCE E | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $80,996.61 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DERBY, JAY F | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $80,996.55 | Date 02/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASEKH, SAIFULLAH | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $80,996.37 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELAK, LENORE T | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $80,995.95 | Date 04/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUPIED, RANDY J | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $80,995.35 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATOLI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,995.32 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLACK, MARY N | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $80,995.06 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, MATTHEW D | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $80,994.68 | Date 09/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIKER, LYNN M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $80,994.27 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENSON, KERRY-ANN A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $80,993.72 | Date 03/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOPPENBORG, RICHARD F | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $80,993.66 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, CURTIS J | Employer name Queensbury UFSD | Amount $80,993.24 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANO, ANDREW | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $80,993.18 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBRANSKY, ALAN P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $80,992.49 | Date 02/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, MARY H | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $80,992.30 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNST, DAVID L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $80,991.57 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRYS, THOMAS J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $80,991.49 | Date 01/29/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZANFANLINO, KEVIN G | Employer name Nesconset Fire District | Amount $80,991.48 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, KAREN F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $80,991.44 | Date 02/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLGAST, JOSHUA M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $80,991.10 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NORMOYLE, RAYMOND, III | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,990.87 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, JUAN C | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $80,990.25 | Date 11/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURN, THOMAS G | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $80,990.25 | Date 06/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPIN, PATRICIA M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $80,989.66 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWING, TYESHA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $80,989.51 | Date 11/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLETTA, JOHN J | Employer name Halesite Fire District | Amount $80,989.30 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONITO, JOSEPH | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $80,988.88 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBIDEAU, DAVID J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $80,988.80 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, BARBARA S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $80,988.77 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMEL, SCOTT K | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,988.67 | Date 05/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABAUT, CRAIG J | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $80,988.48 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNEY, LYNNE B | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,988.34 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARKOWSKI, MARGARET E WELCH | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $80,987.91 | Date 01/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAGOLA, LOUIS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,987.88 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUYEA, JASON | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $80,987.66 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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