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 HERTEL, DARRYL R | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $77,082.88 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTLES, MICHELLE A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,082.79 | Date 04/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATWOOD, TIMOTHY W | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $77,082.29 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Shoreham-Wading River CSD | Amount $77,081.75 | Date 11/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERER, WILBUR A, JR | Employer name Northport East Northport UFSD | Amount $77,081.57 | Date 09/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TETI, JOHN F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $77,081.18 | Date 06/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRENDAN A | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $77,081.10 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMERO, TIMOTHY N | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $77,080.99 | Date 08/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, DONNA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $77,080.92 | Date 07/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGGAN, ROBIN E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,080.83 | Date 01/13/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDS, JASON E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $77,080.76 | Date 08/15/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, ROBIN L | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,080.40 | Date 04/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, JOHN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,080.40 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, CHRISTINE M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $77,080.39 | Date 03/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOOMIS, JAMES J | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $77,080.39 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICCOLI, VINCENT A | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $77,080.39 | Date 01/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANDAZZO, RANDY J | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $77,080.30 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, MARY C | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $77,080.20 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, COLLEEN S | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $77,079.23 | Date 08/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, KENNETH | Employer name Rockville Centre UFSD | Amount $77,078.93 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTON, GENE R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $77,078.54 | Date 10/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNINI, JOSEPH A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $77,077.23 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, JAMES P | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $77,077.17 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIANO, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $77,076.55 | Date 02/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAMAN, PATRICIA MARIE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $77,076.48 | Date 06/18/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, RICHARD S | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $77,076.47 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC GONIGAL, TYLER J | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $77,076.39 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAROWITZ, LAURA B | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,076.09 | Date 12/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYFORD, KEITH B | Employer name Kenmore Town-Of Tonawanda UFSD | Amount $77,075.75 | Date 07/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARCHOUN, JO MARIE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,075.69 | Date 05/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLOSS, MATTHEW | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $77,075.60 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLEA, HELEN W | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $77,075.54 | Date 04/02/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOLICKER, MICHAEL D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,075.46 | Date 07/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELOCK, PETER J, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $77,074.83 | Date 04/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TRACY A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,074.77 | Date 10/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THONGER, TOD W | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $77,073.91 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, JONATHAN T | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $77,073.72 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOCHYNSKI, DANIEL J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $77,073.09 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORENZINI, JOHN F | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,072.90 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLL, CHARLES C | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $77,072.68 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, THOMAS C | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $77,072.52 | Date 07/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, MARK R | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $77,072.18 | Date 11/30/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRY, JAMES A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $77,072.12 | Date 04/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDEL, ANN MARIE | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $77,072.00 | Date 12/28/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, PAUL J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $77,071.18 | Date 01/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIDINGS, JAMES D | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $77,071.12 | Date 08/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, TAMMIE L | Employer name Westbury UFSD | Amount $77,071.00 | Date 09/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, CARL R, II | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $77,070.98 | Date 07/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ZIGMANT, PAUL J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $77,070.75 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, MATTHEW L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $77,070.64 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENWALD, DANIEL N | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $77,070.36 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, MARISOL | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $77,070.24 | Date 03/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLINO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $77,069.75 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, LAURA D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $77,069.16 | Date 05/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLES, KYLE J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,068.92 | Date 10/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, JESSE S | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $77,068.61 | Date 03/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, JOSEPH M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $77,068.53 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOSLEY, RANDY D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,068.34 | Date 03/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAGWIN, LORRAINE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,068.34 | Date 02/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERICKSON, KYLE H | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $77,068.23 | Date 09/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDDY, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Town of Brunswick | Amount $77,068.15 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $77,067.41 | Date 09/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, MICHAEL H | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $77,067.29 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $77,066.93 | Date 12/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUTERAN, NANCY M | Employer name Village of East Hills | Amount $77,066.93 | Date 01/22/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA SHOMBE, MARYANN L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $77,066.60 | Date 08/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNLEAVY, MARYANN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,066.59 | Date 01/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, YVETTE E | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $77,065.94 | Date 02/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLLMER, DIANE | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $77,065.65 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAUL, DIEUDONNE N | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $77,065.51 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKOS, STEPHEN, JR | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $77,065.28 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, KAREN M | Employer name Boces-Monroe | Amount $77,065.21 | Date 09/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, EDWARD P | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $77,065.18 | Date 04/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, JOHN R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,064.94 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, RANDY S | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $77,064.67 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LULEY, ELLEN V | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $77,064.61 | Date 03/06/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OROLOGIO, BRITTANY A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $77,064.52 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORIARITY, KATHLEEN F | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $77,064.28 | Date 03/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUTE, ZACHARY S | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $77,063.82 | Date 05/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, MICHAEL B | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $77,063.81 | Date 08/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, KURT D | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $77,063.31 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, DAVID F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $77,063.12 | Date 02/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTINARI, ALBERT F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $77,062.24 | Date 04/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, ROBERT M | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $77,061.24 | Date 05/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $77,061.06 | Date 07/13/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUGO, JOSEPH L | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $77,060.66 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSAK, MARGARITA | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $77,060.50 | Date 05/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, CATHERINE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $77,060.21 | Date 05/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLS, ALLAN R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $77,060.18 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIELS, JAMIESON A | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $77,060.17 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTON, ALLEN J | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $77,059.90 | Date 09/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAVO, OSCAR M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $77,059.52 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERZKE, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Mendon | Amount $77,059.51 | Date 06/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM E | Employer name Town of Mendon | Amount $77,059.51 | Date 01/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERRASTRO, WILLIAM L | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $77,059.32 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLMES, JOSEPH F, SR | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $77,059.15 | Date 09/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, LEVERDA | Employer name Erie County | Amount $77,058.96 | Date 10/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEWKSBURY, DAVID O | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $77,058.93 | Date 03/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $77,058.56 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRULBY, MICHAEL C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $77,058.28 | Date 05/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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