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 OHAKWE, RAYMOND C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $80,812.68 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLADE, MARTIN D | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $80,812.08 | Date 08/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, WILLIE, JR | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $80,811.41 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, HAROLD L | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $80,811.18 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLDER, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $80,810.42 | Date 12/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEID, WILLIAM H | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $80,809.81 | Date 01/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCHARIK-LAPORTA, BARBARA A | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $80,809.44 | Date 09/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMB, JOEL E | Employer name Town of Salina | Amount $80,809.33 | Date 11/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, EDUARDO A | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $80,808.77 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, JOHN P | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $80,808.56 | Date 09/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLO, SANDRA J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,808.00 | Date 07/05/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, JAMES | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $80,807.79 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLER, STEPHANIE M | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $80,807.35 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLEDGE, MICHAEL J | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $80,807.17 | Date 12/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KING, SARAH C | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,806.22 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JONATHAN B, JR | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $80,806.20 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRO, FRANK D | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $80,806.14 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUSTAFSON, GAIL | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $80,805.97 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACKEL, THOMAS L | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $80,805.29 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULYSSE, MONIQUE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $80,805.18 | Date 09/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BARI, THOMAS G | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $80,804.98 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANZ, KAREN G | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,804.95 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERT, DWAYNE M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $80,804.77 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERGINA, AILEEN FELICE V | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,804.68 | Date 03/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKE, JONATHAN W | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $80,804.54 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNLOP, MARION M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $80,804.33 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, JENNIFER N | Employer name Erie County | Amount $80,803.45 | Date 08/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTINO, PATRICIA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $80,803.37 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, MARK E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $80,803.22 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMRHEIN, WILLIAM | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $80,803.15 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JEFFREY E | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $80,803.10 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERLACH, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $80,803.02 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SARACINO, EMANUELE | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,802.73 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPOS, TOMAS | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $80,802.69 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUND-GOHR, JOANNE M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $80,802.15 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, MICHAEL D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $80,802.07 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, ROBERT J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $80,801.97 | Date 07/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, GLENN J | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $80,801.87 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, GLENN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,801.68 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, LESLIE | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $80,801.64 | Date 06/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSDELL, CRAIG T | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $80,801.31 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $80,801.30 | Date 12/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSETT, DANA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,801.20 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN A, II | Employer name Town of Ramapo | Amount $80,800.71 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHETLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $80,800.20 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRISH, JOHN D | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $80,799.00 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, GLEN R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $80,797.94 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, MARTIN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $80,797.57 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ-PETRESCU, LIORA | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $80,797.53 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIERER, SHIRLEY | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $80,797.17 | Date 09/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, DANIEL T | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $80,797.10 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, VICTORIA R | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $80,796.71 | Date 04/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONO, CAROL C | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $80,796.29 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, GLEN D | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $80,795.76 | Date 12/10/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTZ, MAYA | Employer name SUNY College Techn Farmingdale | Amount $80,795.17 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, GLORIA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,794.79 | Date 05/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRELL, BRUCE M | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $80,794.40 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $80,794.38 | Date 10/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATISTA, LOURDES B | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $80,794.10 | Date 12/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNOR, JASON M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $80,793.50 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAINOLFI, MICHAEL T | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $80,793.21 | Date 11/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKS, BRENDA L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $80,791.80 | Date 10/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, PATRICIA K | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $80,791.54 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRANTZ, JOSHUA J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $80,791.46 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, VICTOR V | Employer name Village of Ardsley | Amount $80,791.35 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRUGGIA, PETER A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $80,791.19 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADKHAN, NAAZ R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,791.10 | Date 10/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEHEN, PATRICK K | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $80,790.82 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEARNS, GREGORY | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $80,790.17 | Date 02/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SICKINGER, KURT W | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $80,789.65 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICHAK, BONNIE M BOWERS | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $80,789.64 | Date 06/25/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI FULIO, JAMES A | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $80,789.57 | Date 07/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZANNI, KAREN L | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $80,789.34 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, REILLY | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $80,789.10 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRERA, PENNY L | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $80,788.95 | Date 03/07/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERRMANN, RICHARD J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $80,788.94 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, RANDY M | Employer name Village of Hudson Falls | Amount $80,788.44 | Date 11/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, JOSEPH C | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $80,788.34 | Date 03/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRABON, JAMES M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $80,788.23 | Date 02/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JAGER, EDWIN J | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $80,786.80 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, CHARLES M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,786.63 | Date 04/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKBEE, DEBRA A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $80,786.42 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $80,786.14 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OWENS, JASON T | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $80,785.68 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $80,785.40 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, LINDA V | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,784.66 | Date 09/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALIA, ALKA P | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $80,784.47 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, RONALD | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $80,784.47 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDERN, THOMAS R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $80,784.47 | Date 12/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICKES, MARLEE E | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $80,784.47 | Date 06/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSEILLE, CARL | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $80,784.47 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDLER, HELENE P | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $80,784.47 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, ROBERT E | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $80,784.25 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JENNIFER S | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,784.18 | Date 12/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KATHERINE N | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $80,783.98 | Date 01/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, KEVIN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $80,783.48 | Date 07/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $80,783.15 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RYERSON, ANGELINA N | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $80,782.86 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIANCO, JOSEPH L, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $80,782.41 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CALLUM, MARYAM | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $80,781.68 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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