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 QUAYLE, LORRAINE M | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 12/21/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, HELEN FRANCINE | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 12/01/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURTIN, RICHARD S, II | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 02/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAROU, DEBORAH L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 04/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, MELANIE A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 12/05/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, KAREN A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BARBARA Z | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 12/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERMARK, BRENDA L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 07/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BRUIN, J DANIEL | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 01/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILL, JEAN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUAGLIANO, SHARON L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 08/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, REBECCA M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 05/25/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, CAROL A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,663.26 | Date 08/09/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, BARBARA A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $93,662.43 | Date 12/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODDEN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $93,662.12 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, DEBRA A | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $93,661.78 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, JOHN W | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,661.72 | Date 07/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, ROBERT B, JR | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $93,661.60 | Date 02/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOND, THOMAS M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,661.05 | Date 08/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of Hempstead Housing Auth | Amount $93,661.04 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENASUTTI-LUTZ, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,660.07 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLATT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Boces-Orleans Niagara | Amount $93,658.58 | Date 06/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOBLE, PASCUAL | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,658.57 | Date 08/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JOSHUA A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,657.73 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATKOSKY, BRANDON | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $93,657.69 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREVELDING, DONALD D, JR | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,657.16 | Date 08/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KETCHAM, FRANK S | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $93,656.37 | Date 01/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, RAYMOND E | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $93,656.28 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEITH, DAVID E | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $93,656.21 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, MARGARET D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $93,655.46 | Date 10/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEKETA, CHRIS M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $93,654.33 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHAN, STEPHEN V | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $93,654.18 | Date 05/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOMES, MARIA I | Employer name Long Island Power Authority | Amount $93,653.98 | Date 02/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDICAN, BRENDAN W | Employer name Town of Warwick | Amount $93,652.77 | Date 08/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KULESZ, FRANK | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,650.49 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MURRAY, RHONDA L | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $93,650.49 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUM, DANIEL D | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,650.18 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADDEN, THOMAS R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,650.18 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAGLIARO, ANDREW J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,650.18 | Date 12/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERINO, KARA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,650.18 | Date 06/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENBERG, PETER | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $93,648.73 | Date 10/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSARINO, JOHN F | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,648.70 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JAMES L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,648.28 | Date 09/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANFIELD, GWENN T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,648.27 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, CINDY L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $93,647.40 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRION, WESLEY V | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $93,646.17 | Date 07/29/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURNS, CHRIS | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,645.84 | Date 08/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMAN, KEITH F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,645.42 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PURRMAN, JENNIFER L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,645.25 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIFORD, NEAL T | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $93,644.42 | Date 06/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLIMAK, CASEY J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $93,644.30 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEISEL, TIMOTHY B | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $93,644.19 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Haverstraw | Amount $93,643.55 | Date 12/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAJARA, ERICK A | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,642.97 | Date 08/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAN, PING | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,642.93 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLATLEY, KEVIN T | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $93,642.77 | Date 10/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERSAUD, DAVID | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $93,642.72 | Date 12/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIL, PATRICIA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,642.02 | Date 09/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, LAWRENCE E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,640.55 | Date 07/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, KATRINA A | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $93,639.69 | Date 01/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERTENS, JOHN T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $93,638.82 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKWOOD, MARK W | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $93,638.55 | Date 01/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUART, CHARLES B, JR | Employer name City of Tonawanda | Amount $93,637.94 | Date 09/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BASILE, CARMEN P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $93,637.34 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, KAREN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,636.80 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSIAL, ANDREW D | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,634.77 | Date 09/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VOLLMER, ARELIS A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,634.58 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, HYACINTH F | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $93,634.52 | Date 04/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTOMAYOR, HECTOR L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $93,634.06 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORNAK, RICHARD M | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $93,632.60 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURY-SAMSON, WENDY J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $93,632.57 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, ROBERT K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,632.20 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTHER, LUCY | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $93,632.02 | Date 04/04/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNAN, THOMAS P | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $93,630.55 | Date 10/27/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABICH, LILIANA | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 02/09/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMARD, JESSICA J | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 01/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURO, DIANE S | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMARA, LUCAS C | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 08/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, KAREN B | Employer name Appellate Div 4Th Dept | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEARNS, DEBORAH S | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 02/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEPP, SANDRA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 01/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOFINSKI, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 08/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTAGLIA, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 05/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, ERIC J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $93,629.42 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNING, SUSAN M | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $93,629.23 | Date 01/04/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, BRIAN H | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $93,629.20 | Date 02/28/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI CARA, MARILYNN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $93,628.48 | Date 02/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTINARELLI, MARK D | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $93,628.11 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYKEN, ANN-MARGOT | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $93,627.49 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPPELER, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $93,626.38 | Date 02/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOVELY, GEORGE A, JR | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $93,624.77 | Date 01/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKLEHURST, ROBERT M, JR | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $93,624.17 | Date 10/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATT, ANCA M | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $93,624.15 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NEWELL, TED J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $93,624.09 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILKA, THOMAS S | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $93,623.97 | Date 04/02/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACERENZA, SUSAN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,623.30 | Date 04/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALONE, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,623.30 | Date 07/09/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, RICHARD C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,623.30 | Date 06/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSEN, MARY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,623.30 | Date 08/26/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, DARLENE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,623.30 | Date 10/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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