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 MCDONNELL, AMANDA K | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $76,465.05 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, DANIEL J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $76,464.86 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERTIN, LYNN R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $76,464.83 | Date 01/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRESE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $76,464.41 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANAYOTTI, BARBARA | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,464.37 | Date 06/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Glen Cove Public Library | Amount $76,464.18 | Date 08/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMOKE, SHARON S | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,463.97 | Date 06/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZARZ, WENDY K | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $76,463.90 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWLANDS, JANE E | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,463.88 | Date 08/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAKAR, IRKA | Employer name Bill Drafting Commission | Amount $76,463.28 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $76,462.74 | Date 06/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, BRYANT T | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $76,462.47 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARRA, CARMELLA A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $76,462.21 | Date 07/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMPATH, RONALD | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,461.97 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DEBBIE A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $76,461.33 | Date 12/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, IRMA M | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $76,461.09 | Date 09/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIPPELLI, ANTHONY D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,460.95 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAPMAN, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $76,460.92 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, MARK | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $76,460.91 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFLUGER, TODD C | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $76,460.70 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTERO, TANIA T | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $76,460.46 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, JEFFREY H | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $76,460.31 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, ROBERT R, JR | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $76,460.07 | Date 02/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DURLAK, ROBERT R | Employer name Erie County | Amount $76,459.92 | Date 10/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTIARDO, BENITO | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $76,458.97 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONDON, KIM C | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $76,458.17 | Date 11/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARING, NORA C | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,457.66 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICINIO, MICHAEL A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,457.16 | Date 03/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Monroe Woodbury CSD | Amount $76,456.25 | Date 12/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, MARTIN D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $76,455.57 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, KIMBERLY A | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $76,455.38 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, SCOTT W | Employer name Town of Macedon | Amount $76,454.92 | Date 01/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, ROBERT W | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $76,454.65 | Date 08/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFT, BRIAN S | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $76,454.32 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, MAUREEN P | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $76,454.11 | Date 10/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EFFEREN, ROBERT M | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $76,453.80 | Date 06/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, DAVID A | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $76,453.38 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOSIA, HELEN R | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $76,453.33 | Date 01/24/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, PATRICIA A | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $76,453.33 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRUS, STEVEN J | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $76,453.33 | Date 12/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOOREHEAD, NANCY | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,453.33 | Date 01/17/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHALID-VICK, RASHEEMA R | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $76,453.33 | Date 07/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARION, JO ANN | Employer name Rochester Corr Facility | Amount $76,453.33 | Date 05/31/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRETT, JEFFREY D | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,453.05 | Date 07/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIMBERLAKE, STEPHEN J | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $76,452.94 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD, ROBERT H | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $76,452.76 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHEARN, DANIEL G | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $76,452.01 | Date 08/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEDELL, ALISON E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,451.70 | Date 12/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPEY, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,451.70 | Date 07/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELEY, MOIRA N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,451.34 | Date 12/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASSMAN, CAROL F | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $76,451.12 | Date 01/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESAW, RONNIE A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $76,450.78 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAY, KEITH D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,450.70 | Date 03/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANS, MICHAEL E | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $76,450.67 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, LEW M | Employer name Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD | Amount $76,450.12 | Date 08/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARPEI, WILLIAM T | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $76,448.92 | Date 07/20/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHAPIRO, MICHAEL L | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $76,448.69 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHEL, DANIEL | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $76,448.57 | Date 02/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKOWSKI, ELIZABETH B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $76,448.43 | Date 10/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZUMCZYK, THOMAS R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $76,447.74 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITTNIEWSKI, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,447.35 | Date 11/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, STEPHEN J | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $76,447.26 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRETSON, TAMMY K | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $76,447.23 | Date 05/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINEO, DANIEL J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,446.99 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRISBEE, ALAN | Employer name Greene County | Amount $76,446.64 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUMBACH, STEPHEN C | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $76,446.55 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, MARGARET A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $76,445.93 | Date 03/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COWER, JAN J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $76,445.66 | Date 03/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAUER, JOSEPH F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,445.56 | Date 06/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, MCKINLY R | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $76,445.50 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHLEY, INEZ M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,444.94 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROJAN, KEITH E | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $76,444.30 | Date 02/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILMER, CHRISTY N | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $76,444.12 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WING, SHERI L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $76,444.00 | Date 02/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, BRETT J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $76,443.97 | Date 12/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ENRIQUE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $76,443.97 | Date 04/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATELUNAS, LEO R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $76,443.97 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECCHIO, MARK | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,443.84 | Date 01/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $76,443.50 | Date 10/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACON, TIMOTHY A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $76,443.38 | Date 09/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAIDHOF, JENNIFER L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,443.33 | Date 09/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARMITER, CHERYL L | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $76,443.08 | Date 08/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENARD, DEBORAH J | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $76,443.08 | Date 07/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMHOF, MICHAEL J | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $76,442.52 | Date 10/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, DAVID M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $76,441.94 | Date 10/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTI, MICHAEL S | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $76,441.75 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENIS, SCOTT W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,441.28 | Date 11/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROCE, CAROL M | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $76,440.99 | Date 11/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ANDRE | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $76,440.90 | Date 11/12/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, KENNETH A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $76,439.79 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTL, WILLIAM E | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,439.58 | Date 01/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODA, RALPH A | Employer name Boces-Orange Ulster Sup Dist | Amount $76,439.33 | Date 07/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $76,439.13 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEILES, MARGARET F | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $76,439.09 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JAMES, JASON | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $76,438.96 | Date 07/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACCA, JOHN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,438.95 | Date 12/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, BRIAN T | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $76,438.49 | Date 03/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, LINDA L | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $76,438.20 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOZO, RENE | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,436.88 | Date 07/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNET, MICHAEL A | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $76,436.68 | Date 10/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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