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 MATTHEWS, BOBBI JO | Employer name Albany County Airport Authorit | Amount $78,126.00 | Date 09/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRANDINO, ANTHONY M | Employer name North Babylon UFSD | Amount $78,125.89 | Date 01/21/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINI, PETER A | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $78,125.86 | Date 10/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYT, GARY E, SR | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $78,125.70 | Date 06/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMART, SHAWN L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $78,125.62 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JAMES J | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $78,125.22 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUY, JULIANN | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $78,124.94 | Date 06/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOFALO, MICHELLE T | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,124.80 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPSTON, DANIEL F | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $78,124.61 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSATO, CHRISTOPHER V | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $78,124.10 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASQUEZ, JULIO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,123.90 | Date 06/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERICKS, WAYNE A | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $78,123.88 | Date 08/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRINKERHOFF, MATHEW M | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $78,123.86 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLKE, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $78,123.86 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEGAN-SMITH, GENEANNE | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $78,123.63 | Date 02/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASIN, RUSLAN | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $78,123.30 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIARELLA, APRIL M | Employer name City of Salamanca | Amount $78,122.90 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, STEVEN A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $78,122.25 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRISJANIS, ELISABETH E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $78,122.13 | Date 11/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMERSALL, DENISE P | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $78,121.78 | Date 05/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, GIOVANNI | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $78,121.63 | Date 10/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, JEFFREY D | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $78,121.51 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ESTELLE C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $78,121.29 | Date 02/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYDER, LINDA K | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $78,121.02 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, VALERIE J | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $78,120.94 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEELE, TERRY L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $78,120.49 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESSO, JONATHAN | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $78,120.46 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIBBARD, TREVOR P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $78,119.67 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEATTY, MAUREEN S | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $78,119.38 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHISONE, MARIANNE E | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $78,119.38 | Date 05/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERIE, DIANE T | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $78,119.38 | Date 01/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAIANO, PATRICIA A | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $78,119.38 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, MARY RUTH V | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,119.37 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, SHAWN A | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $78,119.35 | Date 07/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISNIEWSKI, ERIC D | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $78,119.26 | Date 05/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVERNANTI, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $78,119.12 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONOVAN, LAURA | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $78,118.09 | Date 11/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUIE, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $78,117.95 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTATI, KIMBERLY ANN | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $78,117.94 | Date 06/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAJIGAS, LAWRENCE T | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $78,116.67 | Date 11/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAJSZCZAK, MICHAEL T | Employer name Erie County | Amount $78,116.09 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, JOHN H | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $78,116.04 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANKOWSKI, MELISSA A | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $78,115.58 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, DAVID L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $78,115.47 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, ALLEN JOE | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $78,115.38 | Date 09/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CREEDON, MOLLY D | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $78,114.96 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEMPE, DEBORAH | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $78,114.79 | Date 11/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, PETER A | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $78,114.72 | Date 12/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAISI, SHONDELL A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $78,114.66 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATERMAN, CAROL B | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $78,114.53 | Date 11/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, TANA J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $78,114.23 | Date 07/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANIFIN, KIM A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $78,114.03 | Date 10/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDERMUTH, ROBERT C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $78,113.57 | Date 02/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERLIN, OLGA | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $78,113.09 | Date 09/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, HEATHER M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,112.77 | Date 02/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARROW, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Essex County | Amount $78,112.68 | Date 11/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, THOMAS E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,112.51 | Date 02/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, JEFFREY R | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $78,112.33 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, RUBEN | Employer name Briarcliff Manor UFSD | Amount $78,111.86 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKANO, SARAH M | Employer name Jericho Public Library | Amount $78,111.79 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATNODE, JUSTIN W | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,111.30 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, JUSTIN M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $78,110.31 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBOSKI, JOAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,109.96 | Date 12/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORINI, NICHOLAS A, JR | Employer name Broome County | Amount $78,109.91 | Date 05/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, KAREN L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $78,109.59 | Date 12/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRST, MICHAEL K | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,109.42 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGGIO-SMITH, DEBORAH C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,109.41 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASH, THERESA | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $78,109.37 | Date 03/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORDIGLIA, VIRGINIA E | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $78,109.02 | Date 04/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMLEY-MC MANUS, CAROL A | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $78,109.02 | Date 08/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, LUCY | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $78,109.02 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INTORCIA, JEFFREY D | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $78,108.78 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGONESE, PETER A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,108.77 | Date 01/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CATHERINE M | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $78,108.59 | Date 08/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRIS M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $78,108.46 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURPURA, BRETT J | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $78,108.33 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIIS, RICHARD C | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $78,108.15 | Date 09/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAMAN, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $78,107.34 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, STEPHEN A | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $78,106.89 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALEN, RACHAEL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,106.35 | Date 09/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ANTHONY E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,104.64 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAB, TIMOTHY J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $78,104.57 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLEY, STEVEN H | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $78,103.85 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMAN, JACOB R | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $78,102.80 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SACCO, MICHAEL P, JR | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,102.35 | Date 12/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREA, DUBARY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,101.00 | Date 07/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, PING | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,100.98 | Date 02/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMES, ROBERT M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $78,100.70 | Date 10/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTO, REGINA A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $78,100.64 | Date 09/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBONE, MARY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,100.29 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, LEON W | Employer name Broome County | Amount $78,100.13 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, SEAN M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $78,100.09 | Date 08/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PALACIO, JOSE G | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $78,099.85 | Date 09/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENTINI, MICHAEL V | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $78,099.79 | Date 06/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, BRADY E | Employer name Central Valley CSD | Amount $78,099.48 | Date 01/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREMPER, JAMES A | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,099.28 | Date 08/21/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPPE, KEVIN F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,098.10 | Date 12/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, ROSEANN D | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $78,098.06 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DANIEL J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $78,098.02 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, ERIC R | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $78,097.88 | Date 06/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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