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 GREENE, KATHLEEN T | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $79,033.44 | Date 01/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIAM, WILLIAM C | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $79,033.29 | Date 11/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELLA, KENNETH J | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $79,033.19 | Date 01/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STETLER, HAROLD M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $79,032.90 | Date 04/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSH, KATIE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,032.56 | Date 07/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAE, JOHN J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $79,031.97 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAVOLARO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $79,031.77 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREWSTER, DEBRA A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $79,031.66 | Date 05/14/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, JASON M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,031.45 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIP, ROLLINGTON B | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $79,031.33 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACCETTA-PUGH, TERESA | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $79,031.32 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, DAVID | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,031.19 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TWORKOWSKI, JEAN C | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $79,030.01 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAS, NICHOLAS T | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $79,029.65 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCARDLE, HELENE A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $79,029.34 | Date 03/04/1969 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELLUSI, JANET M | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $79,029.31 | Date 05/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELDON, JOANNE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 09/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANZIONE, MICHELLE | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 01/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOI, SOO-JUNG | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 04/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAW, MARTIN | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 06/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLISH BLUM, SHARON | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 07/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, SUZANNE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 04/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINARES, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROZELMAN, HELEN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SELESNER, ERIC B | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, SUSAN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 05/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETITT, ROBERT H | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $79,029.08 | Date 08/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUYLER, MARK F | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $79,028.71 | Date 10/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASABIANCA, SALVATORE | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $79,028.66 | Date 02/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALL, LAURIE J | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $79,027.44 | Date 08/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASENAUER, RYAN L | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $79,027.38 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, THEODORE R | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $79,027.22 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONZALEZ, ELSIE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $79,027.13 | Date 04/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESZCZYNSKI, SARAH J | Employer name Montgomery County | Amount $79,026.86 | Date 04/07/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, CRAIG R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,025.92 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRATT, STEVEN | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $79,025.40 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OUTHOUSE, MICHAEL D | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $79,025.35 | Date 01/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARNETI, CONCETTA M | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $79,024.92 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, ALICIA F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,024.92 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINE, JEFFREY | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $79,024.92 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, VIRGINIA M | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $79,024.81 | Date 02/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, ERIC A | Employer name Village of Larchmont | Amount $79,023.80 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOFFEL, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $79,023.62 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAJARA, LUIS G | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $79,023.61 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULICK, GREGORY J | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $79,022.63 | Date 04/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPITINI, LORI ANN | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,022.62 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNELLE, RICKY A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $79,022.57 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAISER, TIMOTHY R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,022.42 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, SARAH A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,022.04 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKAUS, RICHARD P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,021.80 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, JOHNNY R | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $79,021.02 | Date 03/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, KRISTIN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $79,021.01 | Date 02/12/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONABOY, MARY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,020.84 | Date 09/04/1963 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, PAUL A | Employer name Village of Churchville | Amount $79,020.46 | Date 12/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MILLEN, MARY LOU | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $79,020.40 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUIZ, JUNIOR A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $79,019.55 | Date 11/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $79,019.38 | Date 09/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEINBERG-ROSS, CARLA M E | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $79,019.33 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSAR, MARIANN N | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $79,018.89 | Date 05/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, SAMUEL L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $79,018.26 | Date 02/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFRESS, DONNA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $79,017.38 | Date 01/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, TIMMY A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $79,017.26 | Date 10/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAIONTS, IRINA | Employer name Great Neck Library | Amount $79,016.80 | Date 01/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, ROBERT J | Employer name Village of Floral Park | Amount $79,016.71 | Date 05/27/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUQUA, MATTHEW | Employer name Erie County | Amount $79,016.38 | Date 01/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, SCOTT W | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $79,016.26 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEKEEL, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $79,016.15 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, SUZANNE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,016.09 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS-HILL, SONJA N | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $79,015.98 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHURIN, SUZIE | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $79,015.55 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLOMBO, ANTHONY H | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,015.16 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, ROY P | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $79,015.16 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, KAREN A | Employer name Connetquot Public Library | Amount $79,014.97 | Date 02/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPASPYROU, DANIELLE | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $79,014.30 | Date 11/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSFELDER, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $79,014.06 | Date 06/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURGIO, SUSAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,013.74 | Date 08/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDREWS, BRIAN J | Employer name Village of Briarcliff Manor | Amount $79,013.67 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIDORE, KEVIN M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,013.29 | Date 07/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, LARRY P | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $79,013.18 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HANLON, EUGENE | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,013.15 | Date 01/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GUDONIS, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,012.58 | Date 10/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, JOHN P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $79,012.32 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASRAJ, CYREL L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $79,012.19 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZZENGA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $79,011.86 | Date 12/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, WALTER C | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $79,010.87 | Date 12/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, MICHELE M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $79,010.82 | Date 05/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, DEBORAH A | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $79,010.66 | Date 06/25/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, TIM J | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $79,010.34 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDER, LAWRENCE L | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $79,010.32 | Date 06/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, PETER | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $79,010.14 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREY, SARAH J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $79,010.08 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSATO, RICHARD N | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $79,009.28 | Date 08/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNELLY, KARA M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $79,009.16 | Date 07/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHNICA, TIMOTHY | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $79,009.04 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ASARO, LEONARDO | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,008.84 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARMITER, RITA C | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $79,008.84 | Date 04/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGERSON, FRANK K | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,008.67 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, DORIAN L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,008.64 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYLOR, REGINALD E | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $79,008.61 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERATH, DAVID C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,008.34 | Date 03/13/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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