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 HADCOCK, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $79,991.26 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAGH, TARA C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,991.25 | Date 11/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKESLEE, ROBERT S | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $79,990.71 | Date 03/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, WALTER | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $79,990.05 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, MARK J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $79,989.99 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANT, AMY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,989.95 | Date 06/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVET, MICHAEL J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $79,989.93 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATNAUDE, JAMES M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,989.90 | Date 07/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUIDO, JEAN-MARIE | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,989.52 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSO, JUDITH | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,989.43 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOBLER, RAYMOND M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,989.40 | Date 11/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAIN, ELLEN T | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,988.38 | Date 05/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEAGHER, KELLEY A | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $79,988.02 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGLE, KENNETH M C | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,987.77 | Date 03/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTS, JOHN T | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $79,987.44 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYOE, DAVID M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,987.32 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACINELLI, DEBORAH | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,987.13 | Date 08/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECAKES, GREGORY J | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $79,986.92 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,986.84 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BARGE, EDMUND R | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,986.35 | Date 05/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNCAN, RAYMOND K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,986.28 | Date 08/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLDEN, BRIAN W | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $79,986.24 | Date 09/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROSEN, DEBORAH A | Employer name Hyde Park CSD | Amount $79,986.23 | Date 01/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSTICK, ANDREW L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,986.09 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, KRISHNA A | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $79,985.83 | Date 10/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEROSALETTI, PAUL E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $79,985.82 | Date 04/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, ROBERTO | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $79,985.48 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOZDEN, MARTHA S | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,985.39 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, JENNIFER D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,985.38 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, DENISE J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,985.37 | Date 06/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTWELL, TINA L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,985.34 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALLMER, DANIEL F | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,985.10 | Date 05/19/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Hudson & Black Riv Reg Dist | Amount $79,985.07 | Date 01/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLE, KATHY L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,984.86 | Date 02/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKTON, GEORGE C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,984.31 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOLOFF, LLOYD B | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $79,984.03 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWLEY, JOHN H | Employer name Albany County | Amount $79,983.18 | Date 08/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARL, ORLANDO A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,983.09 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULIA, TREVAR H | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,982.12 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOARE, JOSEPH F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,981.81 | Date 06/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLINSON, EVON M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $79,981.28 | Date 07/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIAVONE, JOSEPH N | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,981.22 | Date 10/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, VALERIE R | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $79,981.14 | Date 04/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITCHNER, KRISTIE | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,980.45 | Date 08/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORTON, GREG D | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $79,979.94 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUSEY, KEISHA L | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $79,979.62 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, THOMAS M | Employer name Boces-Del Chenang Madis Otsego | Amount $79,979.53 | Date 06/09/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANCI, JOSEPH F | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,979.53 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTHWORTH, KRISTIN L | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,978.86 | Date 03/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIAFE, JANET | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $79,978.72 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, GREGORY R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,978.67 | Date 05/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSAH, SAMUEL O | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $79,978.61 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMITT, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $79,977.33 | Date 07/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, TAMMI D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,976.85 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMANNA, MICHAEL W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,976.75 | Date 02/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENO, ALAN VINCENT M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,976.33 | Date 02/17/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOSE, SONI | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,976.30 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AQUILINO, BRANDEE E | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,975.67 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIN, LOUISE | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $79,975.57 | Date 03/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIF, BRAD M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,975.15 | Date 06/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, SANDRA C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,975.13 | Date 06/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, JOHN | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,974.62 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, JOANNE N | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,974.41 | Date 09/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $79,973.84 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, AMBER A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,972.70 | Date 10/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THELLIYANKAL, MARY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,971.76 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLA, JENINE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,971.70 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, ROBERT F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,971.08 | Date 05/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, PAMELA E | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $79,971.02 | Date 10/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANHAM, DAVID D | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $79,970.90 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORBACZ, PAUL S | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $79,970.69 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, JOHN T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,970.28 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERO, JOSEPH C | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,970.28 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGLER, SCOTT F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,970.28 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ERIC J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,970.28 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCKHOLM, SETH W, JR | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $79,970.28 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CRICKERT, JOHN L | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,969.95 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENDAMANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,969.37 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUH, PETER A | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $79,969.25 | Date 08/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGULA, STEPHEN A | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $79,968.67 | Date 03/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI SALVO, CAMILLE | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $79,968.16 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSIER, JUSTIN K | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,967.40 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, JOHN D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,967.31 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ERLEAN, JAMES F, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,967.14 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERAFINO, DAVID A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,966.96 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOBIN, STEPHEN D | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $79,966.95 | Date 12/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGUSTE, WERNST P | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,966.86 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, DAVID A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,966.81 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEFFER, DANIEL P | Employer name Allegany St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $79,966.74 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOLLERS, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,966.48 | Date 03/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSARELLI, LAURIE | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,966.13 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAND, ANDRINE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $79,965.74 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWFER, CHARLES L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,965.30 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, TIMOTHY B | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $79,964.56 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPURBACK, NICHOLAS J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $79,964.40 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RACHUNA, DAVID M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,963.63 | Date 01/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASIT, MOHAN | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $79,963.27 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAY, DENISE B | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,963.11 | Date 02/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, RODNEY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,962.82 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCOTTI, COLETTE T | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $79,962.78 | Date 07/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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