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 TOWNSEND, CYNTHIA S | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $77,189.66 | Date 10/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, DONALD C | Employer name Riverhead CSD | Amount $77,189.31 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILISAUSKAS, PATTI | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $77,189.14 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINDERMAN, JENNIFER M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $77,188.85 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMBRUNO, VINCENT | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $77,188.76 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARAGONA, CATHERINE A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $77,188.22 | Date 02/22/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCHES, JORGE E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $77,188.17 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCARELLI, PATRICK | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $77,187.90 | Date 07/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EASTON, MARK J | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $77,187.78 | Date 11/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MRKALL, NORMAN J, II | Employer name Town of Grand Island | Amount $77,187.60 | Date 01/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIGAS, MICHAEL A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $77,187.52 | Date 07/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, ANDREW J, JR | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $77,187.46 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CAPPUCCIO, FELIX V | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $77,187.35 | Date 01/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROBEL, STEPHEN D | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $77,187.11 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, DAVID B, II | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $77,186.85 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODENSTEIN, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $77,186.65 | Date 02/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIGELOW, KATY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,186.53 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUCH, FRANK A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $77,186.46 | Date 07/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANZESE, NICOLE | Employer name Delaware County | Amount $77,186.41 | Date 06/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ILVAIN, BRADLEY D | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $77,185.77 | Date 12/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MATTINA, ROBERT K | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $77,185.44 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, PHYLLIS M | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,184.45 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREIRA, YOLANDA K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $77,183.90 | Date 08/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, GEORGE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $77,183.75 | Date 02/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAZ, JAIME A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $77,183.48 | Date 02/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, ROBERT L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $77,183.16 | Date 01/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWIATEK, LAURA A, MRS | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $77,182.95 | Date 07/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, VERONICA L | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $77,182.04 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, LOUIS M | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $77,182.04 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHMEADE, VANESSA J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $77,182.04 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONVERSE-EVANS, LAURIE A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $77,182.00 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAYLE, KEISHA R | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,181.95 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RISTANO, KATHY A | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $77,180.79 | Date 10/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAZIR, MIAN Z | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,180.22 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVITSKY, BARBARA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,179.70 | Date 03/12/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, RONALD P, III | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $77,179.65 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROPHY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $77,179.11 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, PAUL S | Employer name Brewster CSD | Amount $77,179.05 | Date 09/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, CHRISTINE E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $77,179.01 | Date 06/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKERSON, CAROLYN E | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $77,178.95 | Date 10/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MATTHEW J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $77,178.93 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCOLO, GREGORY L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,178.89 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOULES, THERESE L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,178.73 | Date 06/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROGERS, KEVIN C | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,178.68 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAKOMAS, ISIDOROS M | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $77,178.53 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAHLKE, JEFFREY S | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $77,178.13 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIXSON, CHARLES | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $77,177.84 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, COLLEEN | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,177.47 | Date 02/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOI, BONNIE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,177.36 | Date 10/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIESEN, IRWIN L | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $77,177.26 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRD, JAMES R | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $77,177.09 | Date 01/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILDAY, SHAWN M | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $77,177.03 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, FREDERICK B, III | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $77,176.96 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, WILNER | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,176.90 | Date 05/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKEY, KRISTINA L | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,176.59 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, KEVIN C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,176.21 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAUFMAN, JOANNE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,175.84 | Date 07/16/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,175.60 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, MALIK H | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $77,175.47 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YODER, KIMBERLY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $77,174.99 | Date 06/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, KATHLEEN | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $77,174.53 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUHOFF, KRIS C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $77,174.27 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUMSTED, ROBERT M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $77,173.66 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZEMCSAK, DAVID D | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $77,173.37 | Date 11/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERSILLO, FRANK | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $77,173.13 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE MARZIO, PETER A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $77,173.04 | Date 11/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JEFFREY G | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $77,172.73 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, DANIEL | Employer name Office NYS Inspector General | Amount $77,172.65 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, LAWRENCE K, JR | Employer name Delaware Co Soil Water Con Dis | Amount $77,172.16 | Date 08/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORLEY, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Honeoye Falls-Lima CSD | Amount $77,171.48 | Date 09/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH-ABBATIELLO, JASON A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $77,171.05 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSHNER, LINDSAY M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,170.91 | Date 01/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, LUIS O | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $77,170.47 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATCH, MARK | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $77,170.46 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINNEN, JOANN | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $77,170.33 | Date 04/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, PAUL L | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,170.32 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, CAROLE M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $77,170.27 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOLEY, JAMES T, III | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $77,170.08 | Date 11/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIDDIONE, CARL J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $77,169.43 | Date 02/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORN, JULIA A | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $77,169.02 | Date 07/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTEL, ROBERT P | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $77,168.90 | Date 12/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, JOSE E | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $77,168.78 | Date 11/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGAN, SARA J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,168.67 | Date 10/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIDOCK, TOD P | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,168.34 | Date 01/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASE, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $77,167.83 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JILAINE A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,167.58 | Date 10/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENSON, JENNIFER M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $77,167.51 | Date 07/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALSTON, EVELYN M | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $77,166.93 | Date 03/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDSON, BARBARA A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,166.76 | Date 04/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DADAMIO, JAMES D | Employer name Broome County | Amount $77,165.76 | Date 01/18/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, ALESCIA | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $77,165.05 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLFLEIT, MARYJO | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,164.48 | Date 05/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PEW, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $77,164.41 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, MIRIAM L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $77,164.27 | Date 10/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLEN, CLYNTON P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,163.98 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSON, JASON M | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $77,163.61 | Date 10/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAYEWUNMI, SHERI O | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $77,163.38 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAENSLY, GARY S | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $77,162.67 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEN, MATTHEW C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,162.35 | Date 08/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUSO, DOUGLAS M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,162.02 | Date 08/13/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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