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 BERNHARDT, CHARLES M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $79,768.78 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHART, DAVID M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $79,768.27 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Great Neck | Amount $79,767.95 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, DAVID P | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $79,767.72 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEGENDRE, NICOLE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $79,767.54 | Date 03/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNISON, DEAN J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,767.44 | Date 04/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIDNEY, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,767.40 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEVENSON, THOMAS D | Employer name Kings Park CSD | Amount $79,766.81 | Date 07/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULMONE, RICHARD T | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,766.80 | Date 09/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, JOHN H, JR | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $79,766.03 | Date 12/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ETZKORN, JOHN L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,765.87 | Date 02/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODROW, JOSEPH R | Employer name Cheektowaga-Sloan UFSD | Amount $79,765.52 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESCOTT, RICHARD M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $79,765.44 | Date 03/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLASS, JAMES F | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,765.28 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDQUIST, LONNIE | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,764.71 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARELUS, ETIENNE | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $79,764.45 | Date 10/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BELLO, PETER A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,763.77 | Date 02/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVONA, NICHOLAS | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $79,763.74 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANE, DOREEN M | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $79,763.68 | Date 02/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TINE, DAVID J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,763.53 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, HECTOR L, JR | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,763.43 | Date 10/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETT, KENNETH S, SR | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $79,762.84 | Date 04/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLETTIERE, DIANE | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $79,762.69 | Date 04/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELLA, ANTHONY | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $79,762.60 | Date 06/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, VINCENT | Employer name Village of Dobbs Ferry | Amount $79,762.04 | Date 09/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOCK, DANIELLE D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,761.96 | Date 07/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOFTUS, EDWARD | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $79,761.36 | Date 03/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNATO, KEITH M | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $79,761.33 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PROFETTA, LARRY C | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $79,761.20 | Date 03/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENHILL, LAURINA M | Employer name Village of Gouverneur | Amount $79,761.01 | Date 06/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, ROBIN | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,760.90 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASKIELL-CLOSI, SUSAN F | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $79,760.61 | Date 12/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITTERLY, LUCILLE D | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $79,760.06 | Date 07/10/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, THOMAS D, II | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $79,759.92 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIMI, MELISSA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,759.42 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATER, CHARLES W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,758.84 | Date 03/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, THERESE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,758.51 | Date 07/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSBROOK, LEE E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,758.04 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREW, KEVIN R | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,757.76 | Date 12/05/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUGUIN, JASON A | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $79,757.13 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICHESTER, GENE E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $79,756.68 | Date 05/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKMAN, BERNADETTE A | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $79,756.20 | Date 10/28/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, CAESAR D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $79,755.76 | Date 09/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $79,755.63 | Date 10/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORGELLA, KATHERINE W | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $79,755.15 | Date 02/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WITT, STEPHEN M | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $79,755.09 | Date 11/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMUDEZ, CARLOS A | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $79,754.28 | Date 11/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARI, ANTHONY R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $79,754.07 | Date 07/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARCHALIS, CAROL L | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $79,754.00 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIARAVALLE, ANNA | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $79,753.83 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYNDAL, ANTHONY N, JR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,753.81 | Date 01/29/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EVAN, JOSEPH F | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,753.81 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIEBOLD, SCOTT F | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,753.50 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, YESENIA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,753.27 | Date 05/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, SUSAN M | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $79,753.23 | Date 05/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGUIRE, JASON J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,753.18 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TCHORZNICKI, ALFRED A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $79,752.84 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKUBIS, ROBERT P | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,752.45 | Date 12/29/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, JAMES P | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $79,752.36 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWANICK, MICHELLE M | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $79,752.27 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIZZA, KATIE E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,752.22 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, BRIAN P | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $79,752.08 | Date 10/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, RAYMOND J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,751.76 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, DAVID G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,750.96 | Date 12/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRINCIC, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $79,750.68 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UMBLE, RICHARD M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $79,750.16 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GERRY T | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,750.06 | Date 09/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCKEY, MARY | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $79,750.02 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, GLENN H | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,749.90 | Date 08/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JAMES P | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $79,749.43 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MARGARET M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,749.24 | Date 10/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOW, STEPHEN C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,749.18 | Date 11/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTE, CHEYENNE | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $79,748.09 | Date 09/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RADWAN, ALAAELDIN A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $79,747.97 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,747.95 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREAK, DANIEL A | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $79,747.20 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEIRNE, MARY E | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $79,747.14 | Date 04/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, JOHN M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,746.92 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CECOT, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Town of Massena | Amount $79,746.92 | Date 06/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNOLD, JUSTIN C | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,746.91 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JILLIAN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $79,746.88 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VISCARDI, CAROL R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,746.54 | Date 10/14/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEMOLI, JOHN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,746.50 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KATZ, JUSTIN D | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,746.21 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JARED E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,745.77 | Date 11/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, BRYAN L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,745.58 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, BEATRICE DIANE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,745.30 | Date 10/05/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANO, KEVIN P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,744.43 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CODNEY, JOSEPH R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,744.36 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHANG, LU | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $79,744.34 | Date 04/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, DAWN M | Employer name Frontier CSD | Amount $79,743.97 | Date 07/09/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIERZWA, MIROSLAW | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $79,743.96 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, MINI | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $79,743.53 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIE, JACQUELINE N | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $79,743.31 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUER, SCOTT B | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $79,743.04 | Date 08/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELFAISON, ARNALDO S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $79,742.86 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANGELA L | Employer name Niagara Falls Housing Authorit | Amount $79,742.82 | Date 05/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRON, LUCAS J | Employer name Town of De Witt | Amount $79,742.09 | Date 10/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KOBER, SEAN | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,741.37 | Date 04/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILBRIDE, SANDRA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,741.23 | Date 01/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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