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 COUGHLIN, LISA A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $80,073.74 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORICI, KENNETH M | Employer name Levittown Public Library | Amount $80,073.39 | Date 02/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHAILA, DANA M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $80,072.70 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREEN, COLLIN J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $80,072.09 | Date 08/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CATARI, DEBRA A | Employer name Greece CSD | Amount $80,071.31 | Date 11/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SOUZA, ATIBA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $80,071.24 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSTROM, DANIEL R | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $80,070.46 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTIGLIERI, NEAL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $80,070.32 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIELLO, TIMOTHY P | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,070.07 | Date 07/08/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIS, KAREN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,069.89 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADSWORTH, BROCK C | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $80,069.10 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHAVEZ, FELIX A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $80,068.74 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSSOWSKI, ROBERT H | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $80,068.69 | Date 02/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLYNSKI, BLYTHE R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,068.59 | Date 04/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIKER, JOANNE M | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $80,068.09 | Date 06/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRANC, KRISTIN E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $80,068.04 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALEH, SHARESE L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $80,067.83 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROSANO, PENNY S | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $80,067.80 | Date 07/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENZER, RICHARD H | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $80,067.58 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBRECHT, REBECCA A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $80,067.26 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ZUTPHEN, CHARLES M | Employer name Wappingers CSD | Amount $80,067.01 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, ALMA GRACE P | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $80,065.99 | Date 08/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIPFEL, WILLIAM A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $80,065.72 | Date 11/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALKES, LYNN M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $80,065.49 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRADLIN, GLORIA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $80,064.89 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRAY, MIRA | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $80,064.65 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HU, YASHA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $80,063.73 | Date 04/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPLAN, LORALEE | Employer name Lavelle School For The Blind | Amount $80,063.51 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, MICHAEL C | Employer name Village of Goshen | Amount $80,063.43 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MICHAEL A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $80,063.25 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VORNDRAN, CHRISTINE J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,063.21 | Date 07/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRYSLER, ELAINE M | Employer name Skaneateles CSD | Amount $80,063.14 | Date 04/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, THOMAS J, II | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $80,063.12 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIANO, MICHELLE M | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $80,062.81 | Date 04/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIEBMAN, ALLISON H | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $80,062.76 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISACANO, PAUL J | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $80,062.26 | Date 06/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRERA, KAREN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $80,062.06 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JAMIE R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $80,061.94 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, EDWARD J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,061.51 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WLODARCZYK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $80,061.43 | Date 08/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURNSIDE, ALAN F | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,061.35 | Date 10/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT-HALL, TYHESIA T | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $80,061.29 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARNER, ZACHARY D | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $80,060.74 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRASQUILLO, MARICELIS | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $80,060.59 | Date 10/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGWARE, JAMES E, III | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $80,060.50 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALBOT, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $80,060.50 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, JOEL A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $80,060.50 | Date 05/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHAN, JOSEPH S, III | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $80,060.46 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, WILLIAM A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $80,059.94 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINOSA, INGRID ALEXANDRA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $80,059.89 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, PAMELA T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $80,058.91 | Date 08/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTIN, GREGORY | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $80,058.67 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODD, JEREMIAH S | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $80,058.67 | Date 08/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DALE, IAN Z | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $80,058.66 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OHL, DANIEL J | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $80,058.44 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTNAGLE, MARY A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $80,058.39 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAROLINO-NORTON, STACEY F | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $80,058.20 | Date 09/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINARO, STEVEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,057.54 | Date 08/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAPOLITO, NICHOLAS D | Employer name Village of Newark | Amount $80,056.58 | Date 03/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOH, MAWUSINU CHARITY | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $80,056.13 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAZAR, SOFIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,056.12 | Date 07/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRENKO, ELENA D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $80,055.72 | Date 05/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUMIER, LUCIEN W | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $80,055.46 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DONSEL, RICHARD C | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $80,055.11 | Date 02/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITMARSH, PATRICIA A | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $80,055.01 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO-GRAZIANO, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Utica City School Dist | Amount $80,054.77 | Date 08/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, CATHERINE E | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $80,054.53 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIU, JING | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $80,053.74 | Date 10/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNEY, MARLENE K | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $80,053.74 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARROTTA, VINCENT R | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $80,053.39 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, NANCY L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $80,052.91 | Date 04/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RULAND, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $80,050.91 | Date 01/18/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, ALINA R | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $80,050.82 | Date 05/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, ELROY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,050.80 | Date 06/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAS, TERIZENA S | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $80,049.49 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELORRIAGA, KRISTIN M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $80,049.17 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, WARREN J | Employer name Town of North Salem | Amount $80,048.10 | Date 02/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIRBROTHER, PETER R | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $80,048.04 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, TERENCE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,047.74 | Date 01/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRECO, BRANDON F | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $80,047.24 | Date 01/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, LAUREL A | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $80,046.66 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, GARY A, JR | Employer name Village of Chester | Amount $80,046.09 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'GALLAGHER, DEBORAH B | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $80,045.94 | Date 09/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARATTA, MARTHA A | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $80,045.82 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSSART, SCOTT D | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $80,045.33 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHNIK, HENRY J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $80,044.98 | Date 03/23/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBITSCH, KEVIN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $80,044.74 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ATTA, STEPHANIE L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $80,044.48 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBERT R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,044.30 | Date 09/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAVIS, GREG C | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $80,044.12 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERBER, MATTHEW L | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $80,044.10 | Date 10/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, RICHARD | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $80,043.88 | Date 03/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, MARK R | Employer name Village of Potsdam | Amount $80,043.73 | Date 11/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER-ROBERTS, TONJA M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $80,043.62 | Date 02/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, WAYNE W | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $80,042.09 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERLICH, ERICA C | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $80,041.84 | Date 11/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, MARIE L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $80,041.68 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, DANA J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $80,041.65 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOSEPH W, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $80,041.34 | Date 09/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, TRACEY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $80,040.79 | Date 09/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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