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 OBOT, OBOT A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $79,438.01 | Date 06/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDOLPH, JOHN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,437.81 | Date 02/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAREHAM, RONALD V | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $79,437.65 | Date 05/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, SARA R | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,437.20 | Date 05/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKWITH, MICHAEL E | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,436.74 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REPEC, JAMIE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,436.31 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SORRENTINO, STEPHANIE | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,435.97 | Date 01/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, ROBERT E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $79,435.61 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHNKEN, BARBARA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,435.22 | Date 04/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, JAMES E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,434.85 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUBBE, JAYSON J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,434.46 | Date 09/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRYER, SHARLA M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,434.09 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, TROY D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $79,433.94 | Date 06/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ANDREW, JR | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,433.59 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GASSNER, STEVEN J | Employer name Upper Mohawk Valley Water Bd | Amount $79,433.54 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, SEAN W | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,433.41 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLONE, JOSEPH K | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $79,433.20 | Date 07/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLY, ROBERTA A | Employer name Hamilton County | Amount $79,432.14 | Date 06/22/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLESAR, KATHERINE S | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $79,431.55 | Date 09/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARENTE, JOEL M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,431.34 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMERSMAN, MARK | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $79,431.20 | Date 01/07/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLOGG, KENNETH | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $79,431.03 | Date 01/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTEE, GARTH D | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $79,430.72 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, NATHANIEL B | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,430.47 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTGOMERY, INGRID L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $79,430.14 | Date 10/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATTRAY, MILLICENT L | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $79,429.69 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESAW, KENNETH H | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,429.69 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUDDEBACK, JANE M | Employer name South Colonie CSD | Amount $79,429.68 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRACCO, MARIE E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $79,429.02 | Date 08/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, SHELIA D | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $79,428.96 | Date 09/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, JEAN M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $79,427.77 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GADDIS, MAUREEN E | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $79,427.67 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OAKMAN, JAMES E, II | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,427.27 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, JEFFREY A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $79,427.01 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAX, JONATHAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,426.80 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYES, JOSE E | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $79,426.76 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIPPEL, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,426.53 | Date 07/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FINCH, PATRICIA E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $79,426.43 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, RANDALL S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,424.98 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORONA, KAREN A | Employer name Schenectady City School Dist | Amount $79,424.83 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONIN, RICHARD A, JR | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,424.74 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELNICHUK, IGOR | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,424.73 | Date 10/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MILTO, PAUL | Employer name Lagrange Fire District | Amount $79,424.48 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEIER, DENNIS J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,424.10 | Date 01/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, WAYNE | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $79,422.91 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIN, LISA A | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $79,422.84 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARTYKA, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $79,422.48 | Date 01/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAPPI, PAIGE V | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,422.31 | Date 10/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEITZ, JOHN P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,422.07 | Date 07/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, TARALEE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,421.96 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANTASKI, ROBERT S | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $79,421.93 | Date 01/13/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COULTER, ERIC R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $79,421.81 | Date 07/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHAEL A, JR | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,421.64 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUER, PAUL F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,421.09 | Date 11/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, ROBERT SCOTT | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $79,421.04 | Date 08/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, BRIAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,420.81 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY-PERUSO, ROBIN L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $79,420.09 | Date 07/10/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENNARD, SHARON E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,419.95 | Date 07/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDOL, JAMES | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,419.78 | Date 04/18/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALLAHAN, SHAWN E | Employer name SUNY College at Oneonta | Amount $79,419.69 | Date 01/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERCOLI, CHARLENE | Employer name Valhalla UFSD | Amount $79,419.01 | Date 06/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANUK, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $79,418.22 | Date 06/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, JOSEPH M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,417.91 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUKHRAJ, REUBEN S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,417.66 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLISON, JAMES C | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $79,417.53 | Date 10/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, GARRY L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,417.12 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JIGUERE, MICHAEL P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,416.98 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $79,416.58 | Date 10/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENKLE, ROBERT MELBOURNE | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $79,416.49 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEHU, LESLIE | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,415.48 | Date 01/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GARRITY, JAMES M | Employer name Barnard Fire District | Amount $79,414.85 | Date 05/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARD, STEPHEN B | Employer name Village of Waterloo | Amount $79,414.70 | Date 09/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA TOUR, JOHN K | Employer name Washington County | Amount $79,414.38 | Date 09/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARIAS, LEO D | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $79,413.92 | Date 07/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MARCIA N | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,413.88 | Date 08/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, RUDOLPH A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $79,413.51 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRATZER, JAMES F | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $79,413.43 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,413.42 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENZER, JAMES | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $79,413.10 | Date 08/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GUIRE, PATRICK J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $79,412.79 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALVO, MARK D | Employer name Albany County | Amount $79,412.45 | Date 10/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEYO, STEVEN M | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $79,412.15 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,411.72 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALAWANDER, MARY K | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,411.51 | Date 07/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLATCHLEY, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $79,410.89 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPERITO, DONNA LEE M | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $79,410.13 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDICT, BARBARA L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,409.81 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANERI, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $79,409.66 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYO, CAROLYN C | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $79,409.52 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMPEY-WILLIAMS, LINDA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,409.41 | Date 12/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAP, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,409.29 | Date 05/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, ADAM | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,409.02 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKEL, JOSEPH F | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,409.00 | Date 08/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAXBY, CHANTELLE C | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $79,408.54 | Date 06/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASER, CAROLE A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,408.08 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, JENNIFER L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $79,407.99 | Date 08/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERRILL, SCOTT D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,407.68 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORANO, BARBARA A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $79,407.28 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRACCO, STEVEN L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,407.14 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, RICHARD J | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $79,406.80 | Date 12/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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