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 ROBERTSON, DAVID J | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $76,107.87 | Date 01/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DIANA C, MRS | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $76,107.79 | Date 01/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEAVER, ROBERT D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $76,107.51 | Date 11/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLACI, PHILIP P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $76,107.45 | Date 11/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGGIO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $76,106.65 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUTER, GARY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,106.58 | Date 06/04/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINCHESTER, JONATHAN R | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $76,106.52 | Date 02/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OMAR, ABDUL R | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,106.35 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENN, TERRI L | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $76,106.06 | Date 11/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NECCI, BENJAMIN | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $76,106.00 | Date 02/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILES-WEITZEL, SUE | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,105.75 | Date 11/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZASADA, ERIC J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,105.64 | Date 05/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEACORD, PHILLIP | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $76,105.11 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELFANCE, BRYAN W | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $76,104.95 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOKER, ROBERT R | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $76,104.94 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADY, GLENNIS M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $76,104.30 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PTAK, MICHAEL J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,104.26 | Date 03/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LI, YUNSHU | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $76,103.74 | Date 12/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERS, LUCIUS E, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,103.47 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAL, ROBERT E | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $76,103.24 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUPERNALL, JOHN D | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $76,102.75 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPARD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $76,102.25 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPINAL, ELTON | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $76,102.20 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARNEY, DONNA M | Employer name Village of Great Neck | Amount $76,101.85 | Date 09/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ARPA, JOSEPH J | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $76,101.66 | Date 04/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILLIE, MICHELLE N | Employer name Erie County | Amount $76,101.58 | Date 04/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BHEAMSAIN, NETYANAND | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $76,101.35 | Date 08/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARBLE, DONALD C, II | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $76,101.24 | Date 01/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, GLORIA C | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $76,100.76 | Date 08/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACOSTA, MARCIAL | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $76,100.55 | Date 08/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, DEANNA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,100.53 | Date 12/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRESCHER, ELENA M | Employer name Marcellus CSD | Amount $76,100.40 | Date 05/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROLLETTE, HOWARD J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $76,099.83 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOZZI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $76,099.83 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYLES, MARTIN L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $76,099.47 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROODER, KEVIN M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $76,099.21 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEHM, SUZANNE E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,098.48 | Date 08/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERVELT, KARL M | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $76,097.92 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Broome County | Amount $76,097.88 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSIN, DEBORAH A | Employer name East Islip Public Library | Amount $76,097.87 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOCK, TAMMI L | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,097.57 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTONDARO, LAURIE A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,097.57 | Date 07/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERMERHORN, PAUL A | Employer name West Genesee CSD | Amount $76,097.53 | Date 07/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, DENNIS L | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $76,097.44 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, JILLIAN C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,097.32 | Date 10/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, REBEKAH E, MS | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $76,097.30 | Date 04/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, CAROLE R | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $76,097.00 | Date 06/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODYEAR, BARBARA KATHERINE | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $76,096.38 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDENMAIER, MICHELLE M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $76,096.30 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, DE ANNE M | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $76,096.27 | Date 03/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANZI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Mastics Moriches Shirley Libr | Amount $76,096.23 | Date 06/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGAR, JOANNE M | Employer name Berkshire UFSD | Amount $76,096.11 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, CHRISTINA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $76,096.02 | Date 04/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUCK, GLEN I | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $76,095.92 | Date 06/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANCTO, DONALD C | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $76,095.61 | Date 04/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAUS, VALERIE J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,095.61 | Date 11/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, NATHAN M | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $76,095.52 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARMISTEAD, ANTHONY R | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $76,094.50 | Date 09/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESSETTE, REARDON T | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $76,094.47 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MATTHEW | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,093.94 | Date 12/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNELL, RONALD H | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $76,093.88 | Date 04/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREADWELL, PAUL J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $76,093.50 | Date 05/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANTANEN, SIGRID E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $76,093.49 | Date 10/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, MATTHEW R | Employer name Thousand Isl St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $76,093.49 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, JENNIFER LYN | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $76,093.26 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGSAM, JEFFREY M | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $76,093.10 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLOWSKI, WILLIAM D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $76,092.96 | Date 12/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, PATRICIA | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $76,092.82 | Date 01/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROWDER, PROVIDENCE | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $76,092.79 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORWARD, RACHEL | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $76,091.60 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUCHS, DENISE J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $76,090.93 | Date 04/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULZMAN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $76,090.89 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, ANDREA E | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $76,090.56 | Date 10/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROSCIA, DEBORAH A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $76,089.79 | Date 12/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZARYCHTA, RICHARD M | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $76,089.64 | Date 06/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOLZ, CHRISTINE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $76,089.47 | Date 08/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYE, KAREN J | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $76,089.33 | Date 09/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMER, IAN S | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $76,089.29 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DIPCHAND, WINSTON | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,089.26 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORDE, SUE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,088.74 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELLER, CARMEN L | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,088.74 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, BERNADETTE | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $76,088.70 | Date 01/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINK, BRIAN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $76,088.61 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZUMDER, NURE ALAM MD S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $76,088.48 | Date 07/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, DAVID A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $76,088.24 | Date 09/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYCOCK, ERIC B | Employer name Tupper Lake Housing Authority | Amount $76,087.78 | Date 07/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, WILLIAM G | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $76,087.77 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KROPP, LISA GANGEMI | Employer name Suffolk Coop Library System | Amount $76,087.26 | Date 09/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAFFNEY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $76,086.52 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POPLAWSKI, JOSHUA D | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $76,086.03 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERAINO, JAMES | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $76,085.73 | Date 08/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,085.62 | Date 02/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINGER, LORI E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $76,085.51 | Date 10/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI ROSE, PATRICIA E | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $76,085.20 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEMENT, RONALD J | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $76,085.17 | Date 07/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOODSINGER, DENNIS M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $76,084.88 | Date 07/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFIERI, DEBRA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $76,084.84 | Date 02/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGNESS, ASHLEY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $76,084.71 | Date 10/11/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBER, AMANDA A | Employer name Cortland Soil,Water Cons Dist | Amount $76,084.58 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELON, BEATRIZ | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $76,084.34 | Date 12/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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