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 WIELGASZ, KENNETH M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $78,097.43 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEZIN, CARL | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $78,097.39 | Date 09/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURREN, ALLAN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $78,097.12 | Date 04/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EALEY, TRACI A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,096.87 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, SEAN R | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $78,096.85 | Date 07/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMAN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $78,096.62 | Date 06/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, JAMES R | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $78,096.60 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, DALE P | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $78,095.72 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKAR, WILLIAM J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,095.53 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, FAITH I | Employer name Kiryas Joel UFSD | Amount $78,094.98 | Date 09/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROONEY, MATTHEW | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $78,094.79 | Date 08/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI TOMASSO, STEPHEN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,094.60 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, TODD M | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $78,093.80 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, MATTHEW C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,093.35 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUTTILLA, MARYELLEN | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $78,093.21 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCATORE, GERLYNDA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,092.73 | Date 02/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, MARTA | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $78,092.65 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORONA, STEVEN M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $78,092.11 | Date 08/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODKIN, JACQUELINE M | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $78,091.97 | Date 05/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBRUZZESE-WERLING, NEDRA D | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $78,091.44 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMA, ABEL S | Employer name Albany County | Amount $78,091.25 | Date 01/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALDAROLA, VINCENT | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,091.22 | Date 09/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMEZ, PAUL | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $78,091.00 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGARD SOLOMON, ANGELA M | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $78,090.79 | Date 06/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLOLIO, FRANK J | Employer name Village of Nyack | Amount $78,090.67 | Date 02/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOYETTE, CAREY | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $78,089.93 | Date 08/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WISE, GARY L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,089.73 | Date 04/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $78,088.33 | Date 08/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, JEFFREY M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,087.78 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRKENFELD, PAMELA J | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,087.58 | Date 06/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANGELISTA, PATRICK | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $78,087.10 | Date 04/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JERMAIN, BRADLEY R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $78,086.69 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, AARON J | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $78,086.59 | Date 03/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, BENJAMIN | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,086.59 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKSYM, BOGDAN | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $78,086.46 | Date 08/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOYOS, HECTOR M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $78,085.85 | Date 12/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGORY, TODD M | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $78,085.64 | Date 11/24/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALE, AMY S | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $78,085.49 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCGUIGAN, SARAH B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $78,085.28 | Date 07/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, RONALD J | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $78,085.05 | Date 11/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, DARRYL T | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $78,084.66 | Date 10/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BERNARDO, LINDA | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $78,084.45 | Date 11/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOEBEL, MARY ELLEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $78,084.31 | Date 04/06/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JOAN M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $78,084.20 | Date 05/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMMIRATI, PHILIP | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $78,083.89 | Date 05/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, PAUL | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $78,083.40 | Date 03/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, WILLIAM B, JR | Employer name Warren County | Amount $78,083.26 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPINELLI, DANIEL B | Employer name Town of New Paltz | Amount $78,082.46 | Date 12/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEST, DAVID C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $78,082.32 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KOY, BEVERLY D | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $78,082.28 | Date 02/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVENCIA, LUIS | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $78,082.19 | Date 11/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOELLER, DAVID E, JR | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $78,082.12 | Date 06/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, RAQUEL L | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $78,080.60 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABIAN, DOUGLAS B | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,080.45 | Date 09/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAWKO-GOULD, MARY F | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $78,080.02 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANCINI, DANIEL J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $78,079.73 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $78,079.56 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINGHAM, THOMAS J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $78,079.56 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERS, DREW E | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $78,079.50 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAZILE, STEPHANIE | Employer name Orange County | Amount $78,079.50 | Date 08/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAICEDO, JOSE | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $78,078.30 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELTON, LISA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,078.29 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INSULL, CHRISTINE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,078.06 | Date 08/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IADEVAIA, VIRGINIA A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $78,077.42 | Date 09/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAGEL, DONALD A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $78,076.88 | Date 04/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPP, MICHAEL | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,076.27 | Date 05/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIANA, CHRISTINA E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $78,076.05 | Date 10/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOVE, JOSEPH | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $78,075.79 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHABAZZ, KASON A | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $78,075.56 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEVERLY, CHARLENE L | Employer name Sagamore Psych Center Children | Amount $78,075.39 | Date 02/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERRERA, AMELIA | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $78,075.33 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCCHIPINTI, SHAWN M | Employer name Town of Kirkland | Amount $78,075.23 | Date 06/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POLLACK, ALAN M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $78,075.02 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENENDEZ, RICARDO | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $78,074.83 | Date 01/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, DEBORAH E | Employer name Comsewogue Public Library | Amount $78,074.70 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAWGO, JON E | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $78,074.65 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $78,074.09 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLANTONIO, FRANK A | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $78,073.98 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIGANTE, COLLEEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $78,073.06 | Date 05/30/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURAN, CESAR A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $78,072.76 | Date 06/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMES, LAMAR M | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $78,072.74 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL POZO, ERIC | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $78,071.29 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRELL, DEBORAH | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $78,071.18 | Date 02/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, SHELBY J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $78,071.10 | Date 10/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEMO, CYNTHIA C | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $78,070.44 | Date 11/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZARD, YVETTE | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $78,070.23 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, MALVIA | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $78,070.06 | Date 02/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GSELL, EUGENE W, III | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $78,069.97 | Date 06/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJCIK, GREG G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $78,069.50 | Date 12/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, WILLIAM P | Employer name Massapequa Bd of Water Commis | Amount $78,069.45 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, KELLY E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $78,069.39 | Date 04/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHTON, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Boces-Del Chenang Madis Otsego | Amount $78,069.35 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, GEORGE A | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $78,068.99 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JASON, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $78,068.48 | Date 01/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMOSINSKI, MARY E | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $78,067.86 | Date 06/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, LARRY C, II | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $78,067.77 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, SCOTT J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $78,067.19 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KENNETH W | Employer name Warren County | Amount $78,067.12 | Date 07/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, MARIA VIOLETA | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $78,067.03 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENITTO, ORLANDO V | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $78,066.98 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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