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 ZINGONE, JAMES J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $79,599.64 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KARLA D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,599.20 | Date 04/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIGGETTS, ANTHONY D | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $79,599.20 | Date 03/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USMAN, NARHID | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,598.44 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIACCO, THERESA E | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,598.22 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, SUZANNE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,598.22 | Date 05/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, CHERYL M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $79,598.16 | Date 05/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASSARELLA, NICHOLAS | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $79,598.12 | Date 04/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALP, CARL E, JR | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,598.06 | Date 03/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMLIN, KYLE L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $79,597.96 | Date 12/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITZMAN, APRIL | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $79,597.88 | Date 03/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, JAMES W | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,597.56 | Date 02/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, EDWARD G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,595.98 | Date 09/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REALE, ANDREW | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,595.95 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERDZIK, HENRY | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,595.63 | Date 08/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACCIANO, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,595.02 | Date 12/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALM, DAVID R | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $79,594.80 | Date 10/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIPOLLA, GEORGE W | Employer name Rondout Valley CSD at Accord | Amount $79,593.22 | Date 02/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, STEPHEN M | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,593.16 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNIGAN, JAMES G, III | Employer name City of Rensselaer | Amount $79,593.15 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PECORARO, CINDY | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,592.74 | Date 07/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN-DESERTO, TRACY M | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $79,592.20 | Date 04/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACDONALD, LAUREN A | Employer name Schodack CSD | Amount $79,592.12 | Date 11/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ, MARICELLY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,591.91 | Date 08/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, MARIA D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,591.68 | Date 12/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOPFER, MARK D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,591.15 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, IAN H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $79,591.06 | Date 03/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAQUE, AKM M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,590.76 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REA, ROBERT E | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,590.58 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, BRYAN D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,590.24 | Date 02/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRASSARD, MATTHEW W, SR | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $79,590.17 | Date 12/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTICK, COLIN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,589.64 | Date 11/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAINARD, JERROLD J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $79,589.53 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, JOSE L | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $79,589.47 | Date 03/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARD, LESLIE E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,588.86 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCOTT, EATON L | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $79,588.68 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, BRIAN P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,588.23 | Date 07/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACKER, NICOLE S | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $79,588.23 | Date 04/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAHILL, FRANCIS R | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,588.07 | Date 04/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTSON, JOSEPH E | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $79,587.87 | Date 08/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILLS, LINDA M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,587.82 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NENNI, CHRISTINA E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $79,587.71 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, DONALD | Employer name Palisades Int St Pk Comm Nonst | Amount $79,587.63 | Date 10/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAC, JASON K | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,587.17 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, DORA S | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $79,587.12 | Date 08/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKWAY, DANIEL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $79,586.74 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, PATRICIA J | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $79,586.65 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLINTON, VERNON L | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,586.16 | Date 10/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ARMSTER J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,585.99 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURRELL, JUSTIN A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,585.22 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYAMI, SHERMAN | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $79,585.16 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, BENJAMIN C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $79,585.13 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDZIAK, PHILLIP J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,584.97 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAMAN, NICHOLAS C | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,584.96 | Date 12/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MERS, DANIELLE M | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $79,584.96 | Date 07/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALATESTA, SUSAN | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,584.96 | Date 10/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE CERCE, BILLY-JOE E | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $79,584.96 | Date 03/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELY, DAVID I | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $79,584.80 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEARN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,584.58 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREARER, JEROME S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,583.92 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JAMES T | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $79,583.69 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TEDESCO, JOSEPH | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,583.53 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, KENNETH G | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $79,583.03 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOSKO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,582.77 | Date 02/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETHERTON, BRETT | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,582.71 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORWITZ, SOLOMON DOV | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $79,582.10 | Date 07/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURDOVAL, JAMES H | Employer name Village of Endicott | Amount $79,582.09 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANIFF, JAMALUDEEN M | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,581.42 | Date 08/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UCCELLO, THOMAS G | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,580.96 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, AMADO | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $79,580.85 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OVERBAUGH, PAUL R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $79,580.70 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, ELLEN F | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $79,580.48 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEANDRO, PETER J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,580.16 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, TIMMY D | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $79,580.08 | Date 01/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAUVELT, KELLY J | Employer name Town of Highlands | Amount $79,579.76 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JASON R | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,579.33 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETROVICH, ROBERT M | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,579.18 | Date 06/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECTOL, AMY M | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $79,579.05 | Date 09/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, KENESHA E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,578.40 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANASZAK, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,578.13 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MALCOLM E | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $79,576.71 | Date 03/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, JOSHUA J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,576.64 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MIGUEL A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $79,576.60 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAMER, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,575.76 | Date 10/20/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PTACEK, MAURA C | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,574.97 | Date 06/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMODY, BRIAN R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,574.43 | Date 10/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGLEY, HEIDI J | Employer name Office of Employee Relations | Amount $79,574.04 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUPTA, ALKA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,573.97 | Date 09/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMPTON, MARK A | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $79,573.73 | Date 07/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDBILLIG, ROBERT T | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,573.66 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONOLOGUE, JAIME | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,573.43 | Date 05/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMICK, SUSAN M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,573.41 | Date 09/12/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, JOAN C | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $79,573.32 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALDUN, DAVID | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,572.90 | Date 06/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECKELIS, JEFF R | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $79,572.90 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, GERALD R | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $79,572.57 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL PALMER, SOPHIA E | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,572.41 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, KEVIN M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $79,571.46 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYNDALL, LAWRENCE M, JR | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,569.81 | Date 03/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKLIN, KENNETH A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,569.75 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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