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 WILLIAMS, JOHN J | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $78,562.33 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DRILLINGS, JOEY | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $78,562.32 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROUNSE, ROBERT M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,561.86 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODE, STACY L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,561.57 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLINDT, MARCAS W | Employer name Chenango County | Amount $78,561.40 | Date 07/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, DAVID A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,561.34 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNER, CHRISTOPHER A, SR | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $78,560.48 | Date 03/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPELAND, GAIL W | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $78,559.87 | Date 04/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYCE, SUSAN N | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $78,559.87 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLCHINSKI, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $78,559.87 | Date 12/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROCOPS, TONI | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $78,559.87 | Date 10/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, PATRICIA A | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $78,559.87 | Date 07/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNER, ROSEMARY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,559.82 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELEWSKI, KENNETH W | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $78,559.68 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHONEY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,559.52 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURDY, ERIN M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,559.52 | Date 09/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARKER, SUSAN I | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $78,559.30 | Date 03/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULL, JOSHUA J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $78,558.68 | Date 03/28/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSICO, ANNE F | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $78,558.42 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTIMURRO, ELISA A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,558.27 | Date 02/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGGLES, DANIEL G | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $78,558.15 | Date 01/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPERI, MICHAEL J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,558.06 | Date 12/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNIFF, MELISSA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $78,557.70 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VITA, ANDREW A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $78,556.72 | Date 04/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOWDHURY, DEBI | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,556.21 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANDA, RUI | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,556.12 | Date 04/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEXTER, ARLENE A | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $78,555.59 | Date 07/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RELL, BRET S | Employer name Town of Saugerties | Amount $78,553.84 | Date 10/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAUF, MATTHEW B | Employer name Albany County | Amount $78,552.48 | Date 08/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, MICHAEL S | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $78,551.96 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCALL, MICHAEL A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $78,551.89 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, PRAMWATTIE | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $78,551.03 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, MICHAEL O | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $78,550.86 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KIERNAN, JOHN J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $78,550.76 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCIGNA, BRIAN W | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $78,550.60 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULUBABOV, SIMONSARKIS L | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,550.01 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANO, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,549.98 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $78,549.58 | Date 08/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, CANDICE J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,549.39 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUMMOND, KATHERINE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,549.03 | Date 03/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACLIN, MICHAEL, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $78,548.79 | Date 01/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,548.77 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKS, EDWARD J | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $78,547.82 | Date 11/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASSARI, KATHY A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $78,547.53 | Date 01/28/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEARNS, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $78,547.47 | Date 12/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDEN, LINDA J | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $78,546.51 | Date 08/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, ROBERT M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $78,545.82 | Date 08/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROFF, BRADLEY C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $78,544.74 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENNESSY, ROBERT M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, KEVIN P | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOUCATEL, STEVEN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 06/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIFERT, HOWARD M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLES, RICHARD B | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUMAIS, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CREEGAN, DENNIS M | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLAM, LAWRENCE C | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELVAC, JOSEPH J, III | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $78,544.70 | Date 01/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLUM, PETER A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $78,543.93 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, PAUL F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,543.71 | Date 02/21/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, KATHERINE M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $78,543.53 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAMMERSTORF, SUSAN | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $78,543.27 | Date 02/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIPIRRO, AMY E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,542.36 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, JENNIFER K | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $78,542.36 | Date 03/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, KEVIN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $78,542.36 | Date 06/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, THERESA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $78,542.36 | Date 01/31/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACKROW, KAREN C | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $78,542.36 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, NANCY M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,542.36 | Date 05/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTATI, MARIA F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $78,542.36 | Date 06/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIUROWSKI, ROBERT C | Employer name SUNY College Technology Delhi | Amount $78,542.28 | Date 07/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWINSKI, JOANNE M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,542.04 | Date 08/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, ANTHONY J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $78,541.88 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, STANLEY E | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $78,541.79 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNETT, WAYNE T | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,541.37 | Date 01/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, ALISSA K | Employer name Education Department | Amount $78,541.11 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, MICHAEL R | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $78,540.94 | Date 12/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAIR, ANTIONETTE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,540.80 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RICHARD M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $78,540.45 | Date 11/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLESON, TRAVIS C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,540.39 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, ROBERT W, III | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $78,540.34 | Date 11/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIZZI, ANN MARIE T | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $78,540.30 | Date 08/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL ODDEY, BETSY | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $78,540.20 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSGANG, MARK | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $78,540.16 | Date 06/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CIOCCIO, DEBORAH C | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $78,539.91 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATTMAN, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $78,539.75 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYNE, JAMES F | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $78,539.64 | Date 04/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERESTAL, VENANTE M | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,539.32 | Date 10/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, STEVEN R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,539.02 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIS, PHYLLIS D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $78,537.51 | Date 08/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIBLEY, RYAN M | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $78,537.41 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKUN, DAVID S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $78,536.90 | Date 01/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURCUME, JEFFREY D | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $78,536.38 | Date 01/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GISMONDI, ALFRED G, JR | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,536.02 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS, LAURIE K | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,535.77 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOENER, CYNTHIA H | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $78,535.71 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEEN, FATMATA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $78,535.43 | Date 05/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $78,535.42 | Date 04/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEY, CURT A | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $78,535.41 | Date 11/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLEY, KARLENE G | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $78,535.16 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOVERN, STACEY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,535.01 | Date 02/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROTTY, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,534.58 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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