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 BIRSNER, LAURENCE J | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $78,444.11 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINNEY, GREGG E, JR | Employer name Broome County | Amount $78,443.74 | Date 04/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPTSEV, DMITRY | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $78,443.58 | Date 09/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSICO, VINCENT G | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $78,443.34 | Date 02/15/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, WILLIAM J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,443.30 | Date 07/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGH, PALWINDER | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $78,443.18 | Date 02/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWELL, JAMES E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $78,443.06 | Date 07/26/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $78,443.01 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHORTELL, PATRICK A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,442.39 | Date 06/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINER, MICHAEL C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,442.02 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHAMMAD, MALIYKA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,441.85 | Date 11/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALZANO, COLBY MARIE | Employer name Southampton UFSD | Amount $78,441.70 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE B | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,441.46 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, WAYNE F | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $78,441.21 | Date 04/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOUDY, ERIC A | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $78,440.45 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, CARLA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,439.77 | Date 11/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANT, CATHERINE RICKS | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $78,439.66 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLAN, RORY P | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $78,439.60 | Date 01/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DARQUIS J | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,438.92 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ANDRES E | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $78,438.56 | Date 12/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALEFSKY, ANN MARIE E | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $78,438.55 | Date 04/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIEVES, VERONICA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,438.49 | Date 11/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMITRIOU, SEDARIOS | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $78,438.28 | Date 03/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOQUETTE, KYLE N | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,437.90 | Date 06/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZOSTAK KUCHARCZYK, BOZENA | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $78,437.80 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMPTON, SANDRA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,437.72 | Date 12/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOSCANO, TRACY L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $78,437.66 | Date 06/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, GEORGE P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,437.18 | Date 04/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, CAROLYN R | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $78,436.57 | Date 09/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, DENNIS M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $78,436.45 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, SHARESE R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,436.21 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, LORRAINE | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $78,435.92 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALCHAR, LUDWIG P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,435.89 | Date 02/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHELO, MARCO | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $78,435.76 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINEFIERD, GEMMA C | Employer name SUNY College at Cortland | Amount $78,435.39 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, RALPH A | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $78,435.24 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE SILVA, VALENTINO, JR | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,435.18 | Date 11/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAMORE, ROSILYN R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,435.08 | Date 01/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFRENNING, BARBARA J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $78,434.40 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARGAR, MICHAEL J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $78,434.30 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALCZAK, JOHN, JR | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $78,434.26 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIN, CHRISTIAN J | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $78,434.22 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, MICHELLE | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $78,433.89 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, COURTNEY N | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,433.58 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALABRESE, MATTHEW G | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $78,433.53 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ, NICHOLE M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $78,433.37 | Date 08/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORIOLI, CHADD R | Employer name Brighton Fire Dist | Amount $78,433.32 | Date 07/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $78,432.98 | Date 03/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, JAY | Employer name Fallsburg CSD | Amount $78,432.92 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, ROBERT J | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $78,432.81 | Date 04/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACCONE, DAVID E | Employer name Syracuse Housing Authority | Amount $78,432.70 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, LAWRENCE B | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,432.50 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMORA, KEVIN N | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $78,432.46 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ROBERT J | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $78,432.38 | Date 08/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONE, JOSEPH F | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $78,432.35 | Date 04/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISULCA, AMANDA L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,432.26 | Date 06/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, RICHARD K | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $78,432.10 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALLADAY, NICHOLAS B | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,431.62 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUER, WILLIAM | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $78,431.60 | Date 02/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERGER, KENNETH A, JR | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $78,431.34 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEPLICK, WENDY J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,430.95 | Date 12/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRIS, LA TOYA | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,430.93 | Date 09/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFORD, RHONDA A | Employer name Greater So Tier Boces | Amount $78,430.00 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVESTRI, MICHELE V | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,429.42 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, ALLISON L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $78,428.74 | Date 08/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERESI, SALVATORE J, JR | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,428.14 | Date 01/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANDERLICH, KEITH C | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $78,427.73 | Date 07/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TYLER, WILLIAM K | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $78,427.55 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANVALKENBURGH, KATHLEEN | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $78,427.41 | Date 11/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANCI, PAUL F | Employer name Bellmore UFSD | Amount $78,427.17 | Date 07/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEFANIK, RAYMOND J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,426.06 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FRANCE, GREGORY L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,426.05 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRADY, STEVEN A | Employer name Town of Tuxedo | Amount $78,425.51 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIMMS, MICHELLE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,423.99 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENNER, JANELLE N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $78,423.97 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JUDY F | Employer name Finkelstein Memorial Library | Amount $78,423.96 | Date 02/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIBERTY, CORY W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,423.57 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARANELLO, JOHN R | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $78,423.56 | Date 10/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOOCH, JOHN M | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $78,423.40 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOBRIS, STEPHEN J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,423.33 | Date 04/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, DAVID T | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,422.08 | Date 01/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKOKOS, LISA A | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $78,421.98 | Date 04/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWACK, CHARMAINE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,421.68 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLACCO, CHARLES J, III | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $78,421.22 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIKORSKI, STEVEN M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $78,420.54 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, JEANNE S | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $78,420.33 | Date 12/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOHENSEE, SCOTT A | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $78,419.66 | Date 09/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, DANA J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $78,419.16 | Date 03/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALAMARI, ANDREW K | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $78,418.49 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALENCIA, MARIO E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $78,418.09 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTZLER, MICHAEL J | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $78,417.94 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTA, HAROLD D | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $78,417.62 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTHILL, GARY L | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $78,417.53 | Date 06/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVENPORT, EMILEE B | Employer name Warren County | Amount $78,416.55 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, KEITH | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $78,416.03 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, WILLIAM H | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $78,415.98 | Date 04/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DOWD, JOHN | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $78,415.85 | Date 09/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALEY, MARGARET A | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $78,414.86 | Date 09/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CESARE, LORENZO | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $78,414.66 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $78,414.56 | Date 11/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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