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 FRAZIER, JASON W | Employer name Village of Geneseo | Amount $79,294.67 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERPACK, CHERYL L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,294.31 | Date 03/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUK, EDWARD C | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $79,294.10 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULA, ROBERT E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,294.07 | Date 03/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAGE, MARSHAL L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,293.94 | Date 12/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWLEY, MATTHEW J | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $79,293.70 | Date 12/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HASELEY, CHARLES E | Employer name Town of Niagara | Amount $79,293.34 | Date 08/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOAL, EMILY R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,293.03 | Date 09/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, HEATHER S | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $79,292.81 | Date 08/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANTON, SETH JB | Employer name Boces-Rensselaer Columbia Gr'N | Amount $79,292.15 | Date 02/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSTICO, MATTHEW R | Employer name Town of Elmira | Amount $79,292.10 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEANTY, NADIA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,292.07 | Date 05/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, JASON D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,291.54 | Date 09/11/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PAUL B | Employer name Cold Spring Harbor CSD | Amount $79,291.08 | Date 12/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVIANO, NANCY J | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $79,290.87 | Date 01/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, GWENDOLYN | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $79,290.35 | Date 10/18/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHN, CHAD D | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $79,290.17 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKETT, ALAN | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $79,289.65 | Date 06/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWE, GENE R | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $79,289.57 | Date 06/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTOLI, FREDERICK M | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $79,289.52 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, HEIDI L | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $79,287.96 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPPE, LAURA M | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $79,287.26 | Date 07/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $79,287.20 | Date 05/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAACS, HAZEL H | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,287.06 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKRETCH, JAIME L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,286.67 | Date 10/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUMA, MARGUERITE L | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $79,286.49 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MARTIN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $79,286.21 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HROSTOWSKI, HENRY G | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $79,286.01 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, KEVIN G | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $79,284.43 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, TODD E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,284.38 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERNICK, BRIAN R | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $79,283.30 | Date 01/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OCEPA, STEVEN G | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $79,283.21 | Date 04/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALISSANDRELLO, ELIZABETH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,282.56 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SHEILLA | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $79,282.26 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHADRICK, DANIEL L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,282.03 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAVIN, GERALD, JR | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $79,281.39 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERMANO, GARY A | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $79,281.19 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARACCIOLO, ANTHONY | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,280.90 | Date 12/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETHIN, CAROL | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,280.90 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONGARZONE, DOMENIC | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $79,280.11 | Date 07/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JAMES S, JR | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $79,280.04 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STATES, SAMUEL J | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $79,279.66 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURGESS, JAMIE K | Employer name Village of Horseheads | Amount $79,279.66 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAYCO, LIBRADO D, JR | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $79,279.16 | Date 11/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, KELLY M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $79,278.26 | Date 08/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENDLER, JOSEPH R | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $79,278.16 | Date 09/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHAEI, KEVIN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,278.14 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, DEBORAH ANN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,278.05 | Date 06/17/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEGUSKY, CHARLES F, III | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $79,277.84 | Date 06/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,277.61 | Date 06/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, BRIAN L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,277.52 | Date 11/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DEBRA A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,277.09 | Date 09/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYNES, BARRY D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,276.60 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, IRENE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,276.59 | Date 11/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN VORST, WILLIAM J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,276.59 | Date 04/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, LIONEL | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $79,276.35 | Date 08/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, BRIAN R | Employer name Bayport-Bluepoint UFSD | Amount $79,276.23 | Date 07/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBALL, DAVID A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $79,275.51 | Date 09/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SENIW, ROMAN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,275.43 | Date 09/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KATRINA A | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $79,274.88 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERSCH, JASON W | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $79,274.85 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, MICHAEL L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,274.63 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, ROBERT S | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $79,274.19 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, COLIN E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,274.00 | Date 02/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOVER, SAMANTHA A | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $79,273.29 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, SUSAN A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $79,273.12 | Date 07/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, MAX L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,272.99 | Date 08/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEILING, MICHAEL T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,272.97 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $79,271.87 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASFORD, DARREN | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $79,271.84 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, ROBERT A, JR | Employer name Village of Walden | Amount $79,271.08 | Date 04/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, STEVEN M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $79,270.92 | Date 07/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, SAMUEL F | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,270.52 | Date 05/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTAVIANO, JILL J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,269.89 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEROME, SANON | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $79,269.86 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESERVEY, STEVEN J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,269.82 | Date 08/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRIGGS, VICKI | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $79,269.56 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RONALD E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,269.39 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOECKER, EDWARD B | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $79,269.20 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, JONATHAN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,268.88 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELLARI, ALLEN J | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $79,268.59 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, JAMES N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $79,267.47 | Date 09/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, VICTORIA E | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $79,267.39 | Date 09/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASELLA, PETER | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,267.30 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANCIULLI, LINDA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,267.15 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORZIO, ANTHONY L, II | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $79,266.70 | Date 02/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THORPE, MARY E | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $79,265.60 | Date 11/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, MARILYN | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $79,265.54 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORCE, JAMES P | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,264.73 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKENSTYRE, LAURIE B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $79,264.60 | Date 07/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMBLE, ARNOLD DALE | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,264.53 | Date 07/31/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, ANGELA M | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $79,264.22 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MARIANI, DAVID, JR | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $79,263.08 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LUCILLE B | Employer name West Babylon Public Library | Amount $79,263.07 | Date 02/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, SOPHIA C, MS | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,262.86 | Date 07/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIBLING, JOHN E | Employer name Village of Hudson Falls | Amount $79,262.36 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARMBRUSTER, JOHN N | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $79,261.90 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGNANO, LUKE | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $79,260.96 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMBROSE, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $79,260.75 | Date 12/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEARS, MICHAEL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,260.67 | Date 11/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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