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 SVENJAK, MARK | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,767.84 | Date 10/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOKEY, LAURA MARIE | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $77,767.78 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, SEAN B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,767.65 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELCHER, CRAIG R | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,767.16 | Date 01/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, DAVID R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $77,766.58 | Date 09/14/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYCE, AMY S | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,766.26 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENTZ, JOHN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $77,765.78 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGEL, RYAN M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $77,764.78 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, DENNIS | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $77,764.57 | Date 05/11/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIOFFI, ROSARIO | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $77,764.16 | Date 11/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIAGO-JONES, MARTA I | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,764.00 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, MARTIN E | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $77,763.47 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LELLEK, JOHN A | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $77,763.46 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURZYNSKI, TAMMIE J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,763.20 | Date 04/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYNOR, DENISE M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,762.82 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERKLEY, JONATHAN | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $77,762.55 | Date 09/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENOIT, JAMES J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,762.53 | Date 06/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, VICTOR M, JR | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $77,762.27 | Date 10/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORNE, CARL D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,761.48 | Date 05/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARYL, DAVID D | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $77,761.33 | Date 04/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIANFARANI, TINA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $77,761.23 | Date 09/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADDELL, JAMESINE L | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $77,759.85 | Date 12/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARIM, KANEEZA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,759.39 | Date 12/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHON, JEFFERSON A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $77,759.12 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOAN, ROBIN | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,759.10 | Date 06/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, CASEY A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $77,758.94 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGHE-WILKINSON, BARBARA | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $77,758.88 | Date 05/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AFTUCK, EDWARD D, JR | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $77,758.76 | Date 09/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOTIN, MARTHA J | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $77,758.38 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLLIGER, PAUL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,758.26 | Date 06/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARECKI, ERIC S | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $77,758.17 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEON, TERRANCE W | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $77,757.97 | Date 04/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZRAMKA, DAVID R | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $77,757.63 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMPERSAUD, KAMPTA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $77,757.34 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPSON-DOWNS, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $77,756.90 | Date 12/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUISI, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $77,756.84 | Date 10/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, ARIANA R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,756.62 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMPSEY, MICHAEL F | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $77,756.57 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZOS, BRIAN D | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $77,756.46 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPUTO, DAVID V | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $77,755.85 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, DAVID L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $77,754.78 | Date 05/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, JESSE D | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $77,754.51 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, MARY BETH | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,754.39 | Date 06/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, KEVIN J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $77,754.27 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, BARBARA A | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $77,754.27 | Date 12/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, ANTHONY | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $77,753.94 | Date 10/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, DAVID | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,753.42 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBANESE, ANNE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,753.16 | Date 01/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRONS-RINDFLEISCH, AMANDA J | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $77,753.14 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELL, JORDAN E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $77,752.33 | Date 04/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI NARDO, WILLIAM T | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $77,751.93 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $77,751.83 | Date 05/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REO, FRANK | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,751.41 | Date 11/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $77,751.21 | Date 04/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISK, JONATHAN | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $77,750.92 | Date 01/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLANDO, LEONARDO, III | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $77,750.91 | Date 03/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTMAN, PAUL E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $77,750.44 | Date 12/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, ANDREW D | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $77,750.01 | Date 03/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIACENTI, MARC A | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $77,749.68 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEUBERT, SANDRA A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,748.82 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANISTREET, LYNDA C | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $77,748.32 | Date 03/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $77,748.02 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, MICHAEL T | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $77,747.63 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $77,747.00 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTMELL, DONALD C | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $77,746.71 | Date 03/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERRATORE, FRANK | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $77,746.66 | Date 05/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDISON, WENDY S | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $77,746.52 | Date 07/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANGIONE, JAMES W | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $77,746.41 | Date 07/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVOURAS, CHRISTINA C | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $77,746.28 | Date 12/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, MICHAEL | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $77,746.12 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANETTIERE, DAVID J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $77,746.00 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JAMES | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $77,745.88 | Date 11/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSEKNECHT, DANIEL S | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $77,745.85 | Date 09/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, TERESA M | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $77,745.79 | Date 01/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, RANDY A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $77,745.76 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, HECTOR E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $77,745.72 | Date 01/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPTICH, LISA A | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $77,745.48 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROCKETT, KATHERINE L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,745.32 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WUERFEL, GARY J | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $77,745.31 | Date 01/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DENNIS M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $77,744.65 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAMMINA, ROSEANN | Employer name Longwood Public Library | Amount $77,744.52 | Date 10/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, TERRY E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,744.38 | Date 02/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSTROM, JENNIFER L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,744.30 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANOFF, REBECCA L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $77,743.71 | Date 09/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, GORDON B | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $77,743.68 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SKERRITT, ELIZABETH | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $77,743.66 | Date 08/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLIO, CELIE J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,743.64 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSNER, MARIE L | Employer name Village of East Williston | Amount $77,743.52 | Date 01/17/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLOSON, ALLAN | Employer name City of Geneva | Amount $77,742.72 | Date 04/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDGREN, GEORGIANNE L | Employer name East Islip Public Library | Amount $77,742.70 | Date 03/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHENG, DAVID R | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $77,742.33 | Date 10/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLYNN, MICHAEL C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $77,742.29 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALUMBO, JOANNA E | Employer name Village of Sands Point | Amount $77,742.29 | Date 03/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORES, RONALD J | Employer name Manhasset Lakeville Water Dist | Amount $77,741.18 | Date 03/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, NAOMI P | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $77,740.96 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROLLETTE, LINUS C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,740.74 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, THOMAS J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $77,740.33 | Date 04/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, MIGUEL | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $77,739.74 | Date 09/27/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODA, DEBORAH LAURA | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $77,739.52 | Date 02/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUGOLO, EDWARD F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,739.28 | Date 05/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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