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 CARRETTA, PHILIP J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $78,615.84 | Date 12/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, JEFFREY | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $78,615.79 | Date 11/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, LAWRENCE W, JR | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $78,615.58 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLARY, TYESHA N | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,615.33 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUANE, BRENDA L | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $78,615.08 | Date 03/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITCHIE, BRIAN A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $78,614.42 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, JAMES P | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $78,614.04 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CZARNECKI, JAMES R | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $78,613.99 | Date 05/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $78,613.90 | Date 10/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUILLEN, HENRIETTA B | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $78,613.76 | Date 11/14/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGONEGRO, ZINA B | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $78,613.68 | Date 08/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUERRIE, WILLIAM S | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $78,613.64 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY-DISPENSE, MICHELLE | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,613.60 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NINA A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,613.54 | Date 03/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POMERANTZ, JONATHAN C | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $78,613.47 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAKHSHON, IRAIDA S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $78,613.45 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFINO, CLAIRE A M | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $78,613.45 | Date 09/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, ANN MARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,612.82 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUB, DANIEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,612.64 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCA, JO ANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,612.18 | Date 12/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPIN, RICHARD D | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,611.52 | Date 07/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEFRANEK, WILLIAM T | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $78,611.44 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, THOMAS G | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,611.16 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCANELL, BRIAN M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $78,610.80 | Date 05/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAROLLO, PAUL T | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,610.40 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIAMONTE, TATIANA | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $78,610.31 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINKFIELD, JIMMIE LEE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,610.22 | Date 09/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KATIE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,610.19 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUA, ROBERTO | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $78,610.16 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISAMORE, TROY A | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $78,610.03 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FREESTONE, STEVEN J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $78,610.01 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AIKENS, JOAN P | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,609.80 | Date 06/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, THOMAS G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,609.54 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRONIN, SCOTT W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,609.54 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRENG, KEVIN M | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $78,609.49 | Date 10/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, YVETTE | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $78,609.17 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, JOY C | Employer name St Marys School For The Deaf | Amount $78,609.09 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OBRIEN, THOMAS | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $78,609.07 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GONCH, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $78,608.99 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOOTH, DONALD W, III | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $78,608.42 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANDRADE, EDWARD | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $78,607.92 | Date 01/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, KATHLEEN | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $78,607.64 | Date 09/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALTER, JEANETTE H | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $78,607.64 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC AULEY-GITIN, NORA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,607.55 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, ROBERT C, JR | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $78,607.48 | Date 06/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JEFFREY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,607.45 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERMEJO, TABATHA K | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,607.42 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSTIN, APRIL A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,607.24 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEG, SCOTT R | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,607.24 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $78,607.13 | Date 02/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKOWITZ, MIRIAM G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,606.69 | Date 02/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSSKOPF, PATRICE A | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $78,606.11 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABERT, JOHN D | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $78,605.94 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEST, ROCHELLE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,605.90 | Date 03/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINELLI, DAVID M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $78,605.56 | Date 08/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, CHERYL A | Employer name Orchard Park CSD | Amount $78,604.98 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLMAN, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,604.90 | Date 01/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAGOSO, OCTAVIO P | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,604.52 | Date 09/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHADER, DONALD L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $78,604.39 | Date 01/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST MARY, KRISTIN A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,604.22 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENINGER, TERESA | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $78,604.14 | Date 07/10/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENDEZ, VENUS | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $78,604.11 | Date 10/15/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, ROBERT C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $78,603.52 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSER MEEHAN, STACEY H | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $78,603.29 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASTILLO, CINDY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,603.27 | Date 12/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGAND, JOHN G | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $78,602.98 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKES, CINDY L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $78,602.93 | Date 02/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUSCHER, KENNETH C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,602.68 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMSON, THOMAS R, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,602.60 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JURIK, JACQUELINE M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,602.06 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREER, GREGORY | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,602.05 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WETHERELL, SARAH L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,601.77 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDEMANN, PETER J | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $78,601.53 | Date 07/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, PATRICIA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,601.01 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $78,600.93 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINMAN, JILL M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $78,600.12 | Date 08/31/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAROCHINI, PHILIP | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,600.03 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOZEMPA, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $78,599.94 | Date 04/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOMBKOWSKI, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $78,599.82 | Date 06/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOKIC, SINISA | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $78,599.77 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDRE-WALTHALL, DAPHNEE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,599.39 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMURO, STEVEN | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,598.89 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, BENTLEY S | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,598.72 | Date 08/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTIS, PATRICICA A | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $78,598.39 | Date 10/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, SHARON A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $78,598.00 | Date 09/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIXLEY, JOHN S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,597.45 | Date 11/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOZNIAK, JENI L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,596.35 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGIN, STEVE | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $78,595.88 | Date 10/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENWARE, NICHOLAS W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,595.69 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVES, VANESSA R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,595.64 | Date 06/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, MAX | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $78,595.34 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTHNER, PETER J | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $78,594.96 | Date 09/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTH, JEREMY | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $78,594.81 | Date 08/19/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRIGAN, THOMAS J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $78,594.54 | Date 09/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, TERRY M, JR | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $78,594.09 | Date 09/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORETTI, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,593.77 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MARGARET E | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $78,593.54 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIBERTO, MAUREEN E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,593.46 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOREN, AARON J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $78,592.87 | Date 10/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIEKERT, STEVEN C | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,592.55 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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