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 MURPHY, LYNN | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $79,007.69 | Date 12/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, TIMOTHY | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $79,007.50 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BULL, GARY L | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $79,007.38 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELTCH, DIANE R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $79,007.06 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, TERRON L | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $79,006.64 | Date 09/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNIEWSKI, GLENNA J | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $79,006.31 | Date 05/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, ROSEMARY C | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $79,005.48 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERWIN, MARIE S | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,005.45 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEEN, OLIVIA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $79,005.06 | Date 03/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, CAROLE A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $79,004.76 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, JOSE M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,004.71 | Date 11/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JOSE | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $79,004.52 | Date 12/23/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMPFER, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $79,004.48 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARENA, DOUGLAS J | Employer name North Shore CSD | Amount $79,004.02 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADORE, DONAT E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,003.79 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, ANTONIO A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $79,003.57 | Date 07/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIEKARZ, JOSEPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $79,003.33 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUMP, GERALD E | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $79,003.28 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAGNOLA, SHELBY | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,002.74 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, DANIEL E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $79,002.63 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, BRIAN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $79,002.53 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONATO, ANDREW J | Employer name Genesee St Park And Rec Regn | Amount $79,002.18 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIZAUCKAS, SUSAN J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,001.88 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULVAUGH, ANDREW R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $79,001.81 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALCE, DANIEL M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $79,001.69 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANARD, ANITA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $79,001.38 | Date 07/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVES, DIANE M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $79,000.99 | Date 09/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZICK, LAWRENCE R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $79,000.96 | Date 02/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, LESLEY L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $79,000.74 | Date 06/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DERREK | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $78,999.96 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISHAW, MATTHEW R | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $78,999.38 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEARN, PETER T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $78,999.12 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, MATHEW J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $78,998.67 | Date 04/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, RAYMOND R | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $78,998.03 | Date 07/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVASTANO, ANTHONY III | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,997.71 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE-CHO, EUN JIN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,997.19 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, MAUREEN | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $78,996.73 | Date 09/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KODESCH, MARGARET T | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $78,996.26 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, VERONICA B | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $78,996.23 | Date 11/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAELS, LAURA L M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,996.02 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANICCIA, GREGORY | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $78,995.78 | Date 01/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEAUPRE, ANN MARIE | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $78,995.51 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RESENDES, GRETCHEN E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $78,995.28 | Date 10/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEVIER, STEVEN J | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $78,994.71 | Date 10/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, VERNAY R | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $78,993.90 | Date 10/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMALDONE, EVA R | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,993.68 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLATOS, PETER C | Employer name Plainedge UFSD | Amount $78,993.61 | Date 04/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, ROBERT J, IV | Employer name Village of Albion | Amount $78,992.41 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OBLIGADO, ANDRE A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,992.10 | Date 09/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYSEDORPH, TINA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,991.70 | Date 09/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMOFF, CAROL A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,991.44 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, BARBARA A | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $78,991.39 | Date 08/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ANTHONY C | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $78,990.67 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOMBARDIERI, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $78,990.53 | Date 10/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCE, RICHARD D | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $78,990.12 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, GALE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,989.79 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, MICHELLE M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $78,989.72 | Date 10/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WING, KATHRYN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,989.36 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PATRICK J | Employer name Village of Amityville | Amount $78,989.31 | Date 03/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SHARON S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,988.46 | Date 12/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, KRISTI L | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $78,988.00 | Date 10/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PYRONNEAU, MARGUERITE | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $78,987.79 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUSTANI, ROBERT B | Employer name Village of Pleasantville | Amount $78,987.77 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, BURNIS B | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $78,986.53 | Date 03/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,986.16 | Date 07/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINN, DANIEL B | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $78,986.15 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GIANOTTI, DENISE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,985.60 | Date 06/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATH, DAVID J | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $78,985.05 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, LORRIE D | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $78,985.03 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEADLE, LEEANN | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $78,984.89 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSS, EDWARD G | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,984.80 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, DANIEL J | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,984.63 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, JOSHUA M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $78,984.27 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMICA, MARK A | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $78,984.00 | Date 02/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, LAUREN D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,983.97 | Date 01/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RESCIGNO, CORI A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $78,983.92 | Date 12/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGHESE, JOHN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,983.27 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,982.86 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JETER, SOPHIA R | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,982.79 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GWOZDEK, RONALD G | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $78,982.55 | Date 07/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLS, MICHAEL E | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $78,982.21 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWCRAFT, NICHOLAS S | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $78,981.08 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KEVIN O | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,980.98 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PATRICIA A | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $78,980.40 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKURPSKI, STEPHEN P | Employer name E Syracuse-Minoa CSD | Amount $78,979.43 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENOVESE, COLETTE D | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $78,979.16 | Date 01/08/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, MARIA A | Employer name Court of Appeals | Amount $78,979.16 | Date 06/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AKINS, CRAIG W | Employer name Ridge Culver Fire District | Amount $78,979.01 | Date 12/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUEENER, FONTELLA | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,978.20 | Date 02/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $78,978.07 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, CHARLES J, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $78,978.01 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNDT, STEVEN D | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $78,977.84 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UTNE, NATALIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,977.65 | Date 07/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHROM, WILLIAM E | Employer name Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD | Amount $78,977.35 | Date 03/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, ROB R | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $78,977.23 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLUKE MC KANNEY, AYANA J Y T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,976.56 | Date 05/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC KINNON, BRYAN R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $78,976.29 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JOSEPH F | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,974.37 | Date 08/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, BRENT K | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,974.27 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIPTON, KENNETH D | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $78,974.25 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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