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 GUTHRIE, CASSANDRA A | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $93,818.37 | Date 02/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, LAWRENCE W | Employer name Albany County | Amount $93,817.46 | Date 07/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAVER, SCOTT A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $93,817.14 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, MARIA | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $93,816.87 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, MARK J, II | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $93,816.69 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSSWAY, DINAH M | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $93,816.06 | Date 07/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, NANCY G | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,815.62 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABDULLAH, NISAA B | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,814.87 | Date 09/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENEZIA, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,814.10 | Date 02/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDES, PATRICIA M | Employer name Corning Community College | Amount $93,813.98 | Date 10/21/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, WAYNE G | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $93,813.81 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELTZ, RICHARD E | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $93,813.41 | Date 09/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSHUA, ANA I | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,812.65 | Date 12/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCO, FAUSTO | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,812.11 | Date 06/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESCE, LEONARD A | Employer name Herricks UFSD | Amount $93,811.30 | Date 02/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFKO, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $93,810.94 | Date 08/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODDY, ROBERT W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,810.65 | Date 05/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USURIN, DANIELA A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,810.07 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABIAN, THOMAS E | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,809.80 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAZAUSKAS, WALTER | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,809.56 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, JEAN MARIE | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $93,808.62 | Date 03/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERRERO, CARLA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,806.82 | Date 10/10/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, KATHRYN A | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $93,806.70 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVING, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $93,804.76 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHIELS, KIMBERLY | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $93,804.51 | Date 05/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIEDIMONTE, FRANK N | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $93,804.42 | Date 01/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVEL, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Guilderland | Amount $93,804.31 | Date 08/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GADDIS, CLARENCE | Employer name Larchmont Mamaroneck Garb Comm | Amount $93,804.26 | Date 11/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARODIN, JOHN L | Employer name Carle Place UFSD | Amount $93,804.22 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, JENNIFER J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,803.85 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, JOSEPH E | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $93,803.65 | Date 10/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, BARRY J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,803.55 | Date 01/17/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON SCHMIEDER, KARLINE N | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $93,803.20 | Date 05/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDINA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Town of Poughkeepsie | Amount $93,803.00 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LI, CHU-FANG | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,802.89 | Date 04/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIERRO, SCOTT N | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $93,802.66 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSSAVELLA, JEAN B | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,802.17 | Date 04/04/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, ELIZABETH M | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,801.14 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWES, JOHN F | Employer name Eastchester Fire Dist | Amount $93,800.85 | Date 03/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALVORSEN, INGRID M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $93,800.49 | Date 05/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOWELLS, LERON J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,800.34 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, DAVID M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $93,800.33 | Date 12/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, FREDERICO E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $93,800.33 | Date 04/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORNE, JOHN G | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $93,800.16 | Date 08/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DEAN L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $93,799.50 | Date 11/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIGGS, JEFFREY P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,799.13 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANG, JOSEPH W | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $93,798.47 | Date 04/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREAS, CRAIG R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,797.00 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSS, JILL S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,797.00 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KERNER, SHARON WENDY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $93,796.30 | Date 12/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIECO, ANGELA M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,795.96 | Date 10/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARVIN, JAMES J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $93,795.25 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHEL, JEAN DARCEL | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $93,795.24 | Date 03/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, BENJAMIN | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $93,795.13 | Date 11/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANT, EDWARD M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,794.82 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, WILLIAM W | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $93,794.77 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DERMOTT, LAUREN M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,794.67 | Date 08/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KLIGERMAN, THOMAS R | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $93,793.37 | Date 05/24/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLOSSER, MARK P | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $93,792.06 | Date 10/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMAN, JOHN F | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $93,791.60 | Date 02/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLE, BARBARA | Employer name Lexington School For The Deaf | Amount $93,791.44 | Date 03/29/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, KEVIN P | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $93,791.43 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILBRANDT, DANIEL P | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,790.99 | Date 01/31/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, YOLANDA C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,790.87 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILOCK, NICHOLAS A | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $93,788.11 | Date 04/19/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNN, JOHN R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,787.85 | Date 07/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOROMA, BRIMA | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,787.04 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTONE, MATTHEW W | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $93,787.04 | Date 06/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZO, ROSE MARIE | Employer name Cleary School Deaf Children | Amount $93,787.00 | Date 09/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODD, JEREMIAH S | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $93,786.67 | Date 08/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHNEIDER, JOHN J | Employer name Ramapo Catskill Library System | Amount $93,786.46 | Date 06/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPPAS, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $93,786.41 | Date 08/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA FAZIA, MICHAEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,786.40 | Date 06/15/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, ANTHONY J | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,785.95 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEST, CLARENCE W | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $93,785.94 | Date 09/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAMPHILE, JEAN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $93,785.20 | Date 08/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENWOOD, PAUL G | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $93,784.92 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITAYIK, JOHN A, JR | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $93,784.74 | Date 05/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERRITT, SHAWN E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,784.67 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHNIK, PAUL L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $93,784.40 | Date 09/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, FABIAN F | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $93,784.15 | Date 04/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWIRE, JENNIFER A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,783.49 | Date 01/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC AULEY, MARY F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,782.91 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINTER, ANN | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $93,782.77 | Date 09/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SUSAN A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $93,781.80 | Date 12/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YADAV, INDU | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,781.45 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BIASE, DENISE | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $93,781.15 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFLER, JAMES | Employer name Irvington UFSD | Amount $93,780.92 | Date 02/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPERSINO, LOUIS, II | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $93,780.69 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, CHARLENE | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $93,779.64 | Date 09/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILVESTRI, ROBERT P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $93,779.05 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLANVILLE, BARBARA A | Employer name Broome County | Amount $93,778.55 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, JEFFREY | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $93,777.76 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEVERETT, TERRY N | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $93,776.63 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MAUREEN D | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $93,776.08 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, CORRIE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $93,775.90 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHINNERS, DAVID A | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $93,775.85 | Date 05/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEATHERS, MICHELE L | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $93,775.85 | Date 08/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRAZIER, DONNA E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $93,775.20 | Date 07/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISE, MICHAEL T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,775.18 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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