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 JONES, WILLIAM E | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,328.00 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, STEPHEN F | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $79,327.38 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRECCO, SALVATORE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,327.38 | Date 12/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GRAFF, TIMOTHY E | Employer name Ulster Co Resource Recovery Ag | Amount $79,327.11 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, MARIBEL | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $79,326.38 | Date 10/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWOOD, KAREN K | Employer name Boces Genes Liv'st Stu'Bn Wyom | Amount $79,326.31 | Date 02/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSHAW, BRIAN K | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $79,326.15 | Date 05/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAVICO, ANN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,325.90 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GWOREK, FRED | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,325.53 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSON, PAUL D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $79,323.93 | Date 04/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JOHN | Employer name Village of Highland Falls | Amount $79,323.93 | Date 11/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRABENDER, MARIA | Employer name East Islip UFSD | Amount $79,323.04 | Date 12/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, WILLIAM G | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,322.88 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIRVIN, GREGORY E | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $79,322.70 | Date 11/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, MARK G | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,322.70 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, LINDA A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,322.53 | Date 06/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BRAGUE, ROLAND G | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,322.12 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGHE, PATRICK G | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $79,322.10 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDERGAST, KATHERINE E | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $79,322.09 | Date 04/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALIVAS, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,322.06 | Date 10/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORYCZUN, KATHLEEN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $79,321.86 | Date 10/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, ELIZABETH | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,320.87 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCARONE, PAUL F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,320.87 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, CAROLINE E | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $79,320.83 | Date 11/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOBUGLIO, MATTHEW T | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $79,320.71 | Date 08/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, LUIS J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $79,320.46 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLEEN, JOHN J, JR | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,319.38 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLY, APPU | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,319.21 | Date 06/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAINE, PETER E | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $79,318.28 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, LAUREN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,317.70 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPLES, LAURIE A | Employer name White Plains Housing Authority | Amount $79,317.63 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKS, RANDALL S | Employer name Saugerties CSD | Amount $79,317.27 | Date 03/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHAN, ROBERT L, JR | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $79,316.77 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAUNER, DIANE G | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $79,316.03 | Date 06/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, MELANIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,315.94 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRIEFSKY, MICHELLE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,315.79 | Date 10/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECO, LOUIS J, III | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $79,314.97 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERONESI, MATTHEW B | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $79,313.78 | Date 05/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, CURTIS O | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $79,313.75 | Date 09/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIECKER, RICHARD J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $79,313.60 | Date 09/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZIALO, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $79,312.69 | Date 08/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LEWIS R | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $79,312.67 | Date 07/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LILLO, BARBARA A | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $79,311.65 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, EDWARD P | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,311.48 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIDUK, LISA M | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $79,311.43 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JEFFREY P | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $79,311.12 | Date 09/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE FRAINE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,310.69 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKUBACK, KAREN E | Employer name Office of Indigent Legal Serv | Amount $79,310.65 | Date 07/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JENNIFER | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,310.00 | Date 01/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, MICHAEL T | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,309.73 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKY, LARA | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,309.73 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEREDOWICH, GARY S | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $79,308.40 | Date 12/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENNER, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,307.87 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAPOLITANO, MICHAEL G | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,307.66 | Date 06/25/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROUGHN, CLAUDE L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $79,307.41 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, MICHAEL L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,307.05 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PARTIAN, GEORGIA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,306.59 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GAN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $79,306.49 | Date 12/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, JORGE J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,306.37 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFAYETTE, ERIC M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,306.03 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUTHBERT, STEVEN G | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $79,305.89 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWALJE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,305.18 | Date 03/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSMIERCZAK, JAMES P | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,304.90 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCIPE, ASHLEY L | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $79,304.87 | Date 12/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, RYAN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,304.29 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSO, SALVATORE P | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $79,303.46 | Date 08/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTERHOUT, RICHARD E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $79,303.23 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSELLA, MARGARET A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,303.09 | Date 12/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFTON, STEPHEN W | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,302.89 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORALSKI, ALEX B | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $79,302.89 | Date 02/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ROBERT J | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $79,302.79 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORICK, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,302.70 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPHERD, MICHAEL W | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,302.54 | Date 10/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, AARON N | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $79,302.38 | Date 03/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REITER, KEVIN T | Employer name City of Cohoes | Amount $79,301.62 | Date 07/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEASOCK, NOREEN A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,301.62 | Date 08/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, JEFFREY A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,301.34 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, SEAN R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,301.15 | Date 07/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COREY, DANIEL P | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $79,300.74 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DOUGAL, JEMA P | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $79,299.23 | Date 04/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGHORN, JAMES W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,299.00 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRI, LOUIS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,298.55 | Date 06/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAKY, JAMES B | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $79,298.34 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEY, TODD W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,298.09 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, BRITT | Employer name No Tonawanda Public Library | Amount $79,297.85 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANCO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Town of Ossining | Amount $79,297.79 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, WILLIAM V | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,297.44 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, MICHAEL R | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $79,297.44 | Date 05/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, SHAWN | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $79,297.35 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, REBECCA | Employer name NYC Convention Center OpCorp. | Amount $79,297.12 | Date 05/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMIDES, ODYSSEUS, JR | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,296.97 | Date 12/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATLER, PATRICK A | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $79,296.87 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STRAIN, HENRY A | Employer name Village of Westhampton Beach | Amount $79,296.70 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEWGE, KASSAHUN | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $79,296.51 | Date 09/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAND, KRYSTAL | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,296.49 | Date 01/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, JOHN J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,296.04 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATELLA, SALVATORE F | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,295.88 | Date 04/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE-ARRINGTON, SANDRA | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $79,295.84 | Date 12/13/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRIMAN, SCOTT A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,295.64 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLENEUVE, ALLAN P | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $79,295.44 | Date 05/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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