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 SHANAHAN, ROBERT M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,888.34 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUTLAND, RAYNARD | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,887.96 | Date 07/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $79,887.79 | Date 12/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLEGER, ANNETTE E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,887.77 | Date 12/14/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEIN, JAMES C, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,887.56 | Date 01/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONANNO, JOSEPH | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,887.45 | Date 04/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, KENNETH E | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,887.40 | Date 10/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, LINDSEY A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $79,887.11 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINI, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $79,887.02 | Date 11/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, REGINA L | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $79,887.00 | Date 10/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEWARD, JASON T | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,886.77 | Date 07/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAGL, NANCY P | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,886.62 | Date 10/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, DOUGLAS S | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,886.40 | Date 12/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FENG, JING MIN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,886.04 | Date 07/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHINNAN, M PHILIP | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $79,885.84 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGAGLIA, JOANNE | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $79,885.80 | Date 02/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, BONNIE W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELYEA, PETER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 12/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, JOCELYN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, LOURDES M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 07/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIERASCH, KIMBERLY W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 12/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRRERA, EDGARDO L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUGER, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINICOZZI, LAURA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFISTER, TRACEY M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRISCO-MATTIA, NICOLE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULLEN, SHARON A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEGELBAUM, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLSEY, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,885.00 | Date 10/13/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKEL, ERIC J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $79,884.75 | Date 06/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, EVAN C | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $79,884.73 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMOYEDNY, SCOTT F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,883.70 | Date 10/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, CHARLES G | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,883.00 | Date 09/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARNOFSKY, KEITH M | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,882.77 | Date 11/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALASUBRAMANIAN, INDRA | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $79,882.27 | Date 03/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, ROBERT J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,882.19 | Date 08/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSEN, GARY D | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,882.19 | Date 09/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIEGLER, FRANCIS W | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,881.89 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, SUZETTE M | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $79,881.78 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZZELL, STEPHENIE | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $79,881.66 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARGENT, FRED E | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $79,881.55 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLERY, TRACY | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,881.39 | Date 11/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULSIFER, RICHARD L | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $79,880.90 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLANAGAN, LAWRENCE M, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,880.65 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTON, PATRICIA M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $79,880.38 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAJI, SEENA | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $79,880.04 | Date 09/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBLIONIS, NATASHA D | Employer name Brookhaven-Comsewogue UFSD | Amount $79,879.89 | Date 04/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNEKES, RAYMOND J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,879.53 | Date 01/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILDINE, MICHAEL L | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,878.51 | Date 09/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JOSE, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,878.12 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAVID C | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $79,877.57 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINO, STEVEN F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,877.52 | Date 02/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURI, KENNETH J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,877.45 | Date 03/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKIDMORE, LEANNE L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,877.17 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, LISA A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,877.02 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, JAMES | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,876.86 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RUZZIO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $79,876.59 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVARRO, MIRIAM | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,876.27 | Date 12/22/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLET, DAWN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $79,876.12 | Date 05/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROD, JOSEPH S | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $79,875.85 | Date 08/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTNER, CLAYTON C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,875.66 | Date 04/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALPAUGH, ROBIN M | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $79,875.19 | Date 02/25/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STABEL, NANCY E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,875.12 | Date 10/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NITTI, TIFFANY M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,874.89 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,874.45 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINLAY, MICHELE | Employer name Islip UFSD | Amount $79,874.26 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARVIS, DONNA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,874.13 | Date 07/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, DAVID P | Employer name Village of Horseheads | Amount $79,874.09 | Date 11/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO, KATHRYN N | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,873.64 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, PAUL R | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $79,873.60 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIARTY, CHELSEA F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,873.33 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKHARDT, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $79,873.32 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANOLDE, JOHN | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,872.92 | Date 07/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLL, ADAM J | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $79,872.69 | Date 11/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNELLA, JONATHAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,872.00 | Date 08/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, MA THERESA G | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $79,871.48 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ANDREW R | Employer name Town of New Hartford | Amount $79,871.18 | Date 07/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, ISAAC Z | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $79,871.09 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENN, PAULA M | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $79,870.37 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERBECK, THOMAS E, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,870.30 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETO, GERARD | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,869.36 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWARZ, LINDA D | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $79,869.36 | Date 11/15/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIBERT, ELIZABETH | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,868.87 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZWEIFEL, KAREN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,868.61 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTIRIOU, WILLIAM R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,868.48 | Date 06/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $79,868.20 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JACOB | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $79,867.64 | Date 09/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, PAMELA A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $79,867.51 | Date 06/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYLE, PATRICK X | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $79,867.35 | Date 06/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, ROBERT P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,865.86 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, TRACI A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,865.65 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUZSKA, PAUL | Employer name Great Neck Park District | Amount $79,865.65 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVEL, JUDITH A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,865.06 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,864.93 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BARKSDALE, CHRISTINE M | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $79,864.85 | Date 10/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DECICCO, GWENDOLYN J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,864.78 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, MICHAEL | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $79,864.68 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANQUINHO, ANNA N | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $79,864.45 | Date 09/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRITO, FILIPPO | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $79,864.25 | Date 08/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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