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 DESTITO, CATHERINE M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $77,376.52 | Date 09/19/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASHANT, RICHARD W | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $77,376.00 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, COLLEEN H | Employer name NYS Education Department | Amount $77,376.00 | Date 01/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIAU, TRAVIS J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,375.90 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARNEY, JAMES S | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $77,375.90 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRANTI, ELAINE | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $77,375.76 | Date 03/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACIE, PETER G | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $77,375.70 | Date 02/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESICK, SANDRA W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,375.48 | Date 05/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACCHI, GREGORY | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $77,375.45 | Date 09/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORF, KAREN M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $77,375.15 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGENHARDT, RICHARD | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,375.12 | Date 01/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLEA, PATRICK C | Employer name Village of Yorkville | Amount $77,374.54 | Date 06/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORCELLI, JOSEPH P | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,374.34 | Date 05/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSETTI, RICHARD M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,374.32 | Date 11/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERRIGNI, JOSEPH R | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $77,374.02 | Date 01/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMMARATO, STEVEN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,373.90 | Date 06/23/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN STRY, LORI A | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $77,373.85 | Date 02/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALAIMO, ELISA | Employer name Town of Bedford | Amount $77,373.69 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZUR, KRISTEN A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $77,373.67 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JAHODA, THOMAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,373.50 | Date 06/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFO, HEATHER M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $77,373.40 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, MICHELLE A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,373.19 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, IRENE M | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $77,373.08 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLDHAM, KARISSA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $77,372.94 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALCICCHIO, NICHOLAS | Employer name Bedford CSD | Amount $77,372.82 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASZLUGA, KRZYSZTOF J | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $77,372.59 | Date 04/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOHS, HANS, JR | Employer name Village of Island Park | Amount $77,372.12 | Date 06/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTON, ROGER R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $77,371.92 | Date 05/28/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRAD M | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $77,371.44 | Date 11/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROHRING, NANCY L | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $77,371.36 | Date 12/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITETTI, LORIE-ANN | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $77,370.02 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERLAIN, DAVID | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,369.98 | Date 06/28/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTROWSKI, SUSAN | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $77,369.50 | Date 01/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHON, DENNIS R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $77,369.47 | Date 03/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNACCHIO, PETER T | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $77,369.34 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREY, SUSAN M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $77,369.23 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, JASON | Employer name Town of Chester | Amount $77,368.88 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WYNANT, DIANNE D | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $77,368.59 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCIANO, JEFFREY J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $77,368.20 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, TONI J | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $77,368.06 | Date 07/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GESSLEIN, ROBERT F | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $77,367.46 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, KEVIN M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $77,367.03 | Date 06/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUBAIRU, FATMATA S | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $77,366.78 | Date 12/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, SHAWN B | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,366.71 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOUDENBERG, ROBERT A | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $77,366.29 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAYTER, RONALD W | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $77,365.94 | Date 10/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPP, KAREN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,365.48 | Date 02/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLOCK, DAVID G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,365.44 | Date 05/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VECCHIO, VICKY L | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $77,364.78 | Date 09/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMSNYDER, RICHARD J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $77,364.53 | Date 07/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUFF, LATANYA D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $77,364.49 | Date 03/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, JAMES M | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $77,363.10 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLNAR, GERALD C | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $77,362.50 | Date 12/24/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYOR, AARON R | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $77,362.38 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPE, SUSAN M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $77,362.11 | Date 09/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, DINA | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $77,361.47 | Date 06/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, KAREN A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $77,361.47 | Date 11/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, DARBY S R J | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $77,361.47 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIEU, KIET A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $77,361.36 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLIN, TERESA J | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $77,360.88 | Date 11/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTROMARINO, MARY ANN | Employer name Village of Old Westbury | Amount $77,359.89 | Date 03/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, ANGEL L | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $77,359.84 | Date 10/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORNSCHEIN, JEFFREY R | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $77,359.74 | Date 06/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEPKE, PAUL S | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $77,359.57 | Date 01/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, MARIE E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,359.40 | Date 05/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPEC, RICHARD | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $77,359.08 | Date 07/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETER, BRITTNEY E | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,357.62 | Date 07/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-BURKE, DIANA | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,357.49 | Date 01/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELEFELD, DONALD C, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $77,357.16 | Date 07/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, SARA K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,356.80 | Date 08/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, MARK K | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $77,356.30 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, HOLLIE M | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $77,355.94 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITHE, RODNEY A | Employer name City of Hudson | Amount $77,355.87 | Date 06/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, EDWIN, JR | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $77,355.72 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZIKOWSKI, MARYBETH | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $77,355.65 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAULPAUGH, TIMOTHY T | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $77,355.46 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCELY, WILLIAM D | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,355.42 | Date 01/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARZYNSKI, JOHN K | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $77,354.93 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, STAFFORD A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $77,354.63 | Date 12/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, MARY | Employer name New Rochelle Public Library | Amount $77,354.58 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNAS, JENNY C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,354.02 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALTON, CAROLYN | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $77,353.54 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, MARA Y | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,353.12 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAVIN, BEATRIZ D | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $77,353.09 | Date 09/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUICK, STEPHEN D | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $77,353.01 | Date 05/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DI CERBO, DIANNE M | Employer name Town of New Castle | Amount $77,351.93 | Date 11/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANVILLE, RYAN P | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,351.66 | Date 04/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAFRANEK, PAUL T | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,351.20 | Date 05/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANTON, VALERIE E | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $77,350.70 | Date 07/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, LISA M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $77,350.48 | Date 08/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOGAN, SHANNA M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $77,350.10 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STATEN, SHARICE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $77,350.10 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERIBONIS, DIANNE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,350.00 | Date 04/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTOLA, MICHAEL P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,349.95 | Date 04/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURKEY, DAVID M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $77,349.37 | Date 02/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MATTHEW F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,348.34 | Date 10/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSKAL, TRACY L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,348.33 | Date 06/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANI, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $77,347.92 | Date 07/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IVERY, JANICE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,347.90 | Date 08/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BERNADETTE M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,347.90 | Date 04/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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