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 MITCHELL, WENDELL N | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $75,748.65 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RASULO, VINCENT, II | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $75,748.63 | Date 03/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALLOU, LISA M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,746.63 | Date 05/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSMER, BONNIE A | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $75,746.58 | Date 01/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURRAY, CAROL ANN | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $75,746.16 | Date 01/18/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILLANO, JOSEPH G | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $75,745.26 | Date 01/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ALVAREZ, OSCAR A | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $75,745.25 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $75,745.09 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOHN M | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $75,744.89 | Date 06/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHIEFERSTINE, MARGARET J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $75,744.50 | Date 07/30/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, PAUL F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $75,743.77 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIO, RICHARD | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $75,743.68 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMLIN, CHERYL A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $75,743.44 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLICKI, RICHARD W, JR | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,742.95 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAROFALO, JOSEPH E | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $75,742.80 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JESS, COLLEEN | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,742.68 | Date 02/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERARD, MARGARET M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,742.68 | Date 08/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNATO, JOHN P | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $75,742.62 | Date 07/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, JASON C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,742.47 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITHERSPOON, CARLTON W, II | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $75,742.25 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGHTNER, ELISABETH J | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,742.18 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILES, JUSTIN M | Employer name Village of Massena | Amount $75,742.09 | Date 10/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEWALD, ERIC S | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $75,741.56 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, PATRICK M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,741.34 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURLEY, DAWN | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $75,741.12 | Date 01/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, ROGER F | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $75,741.10 | Date 10/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUND, GEORGE V | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $75,741.09 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ANTOINE, RAY A, JR | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $75,741.07 | Date 02/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, DAVID F | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $75,741.07 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEIBOLD-SIMPSON, SUSAN M | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $75,741.07 | Date 05/20/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, KEVIN A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,740.97 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NAVEDA, OPHELIA | Employer name Insurance Dept-Liquidation Bur | Amount $75,740.63 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN, MARY K | Employer name Albany City School Dist | Amount $75,740.32 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, RAYMOND | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $75,739.78 | Date 12/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UGARTE, MARIO A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $75,739.74 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLPE, PAUL G | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $75,739.37 | Date 11/17/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, PATRICK T | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $75,739.03 | Date 02/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, SEAN C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $75,738.97 | Date 07/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $75,738.59 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGNER, SHIRLEY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,738.52 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEHRING, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $75,738.38 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISANO, LINDA A | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $75,738.27 | Date 04/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DREHER, CLAIRE E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $75,738.12 | Date 12/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIOTTE, GERALD A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,738.00 | Date 07/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHANY, DAVID J | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $75,738.00 | Date 04/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, GLENN E | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $75,737.86 | Date 02/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMON, STEPHEN E | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $75,737.79 | Date 08/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, ROBIN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,737.73 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TRAN, MY-NGHI I | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $75,737.48 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALIA, MATTHEW T | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,737.46 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, TIMOTHY G | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $75,736.97 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, THOMAS J | Employer name Buffalo City School District | Amount $75,736.88 | Date 11/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORKLUN, STACEY A | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $75,736.87 | Date 06/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMARA, KOULAKO | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,736.26 | Date 04/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODKIN, MICHAEL K | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $75,735.31 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PETERSEN, KENNETH J | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $75,734.96 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGHTY, BARBARA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,734.70 | Date 04/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, DANIEL W | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $75,734.39 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORATO, BRENDA J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $75,734.36 | Date 08/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEEK, JOHN J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,733.58 | Date 01/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPSCOMB, THOMAS E | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,733.50 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTS, TRACEY D | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $75,733.25 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOARIES, A'SHADIEEYAH E | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $75,733.06 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, CYNTHIA LEA | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $75,733.00 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DASHNAW, RICHARD E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,732.12 | Date 03/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACTON, WILLIAM R, JR | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $75,732.10 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WATERS, SHEILA A | Employer name Elmira Psych Center | Amount $75,731.91 | Date 05/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKER, ANDREW B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $75,731.75 | Date 01/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHCRAFT, TRAVIS L | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $75,731.23 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNIGHT, STEPHANIE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $75,730.90 | Date 01/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, JOHN M | Employer name SUNY College Technology Canton | Amount $75,730.80 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Iroquois CSD | Amount $75,730.65 | Date 05/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JEAN A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $75,729.94 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, EDWARD M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $75,729.08 | Date 12/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEATON, KEVINN L | Employer name Warren County | Amount $75,729.05 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMUEL, SIJU S | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $75,728.81 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, LUIS J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $75,728.32 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HRYN, DAVID M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,728.29 | Date 02/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIBBLE, SAM J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $75,728.08 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, FREDRICK W | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $75,727.85 | Date 08/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, BRIAN F | Employer name Baldwinsville CSD | Amount $75,727.08 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRZYWARA, MARISA L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,726.73 | Date 09/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDONA, MICHAEL M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $75,726.58 | Date 07/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN HORN, LUKE A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $75,726.39 | Date 10/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOURIHAN, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $75,726.06 | Date 12/13/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARKIN, KEITH K | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $75,726.02 | Date 12/18/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDOVAL, MARGARITA A | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $75,725.28 | Date 03/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOIACONO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $75,725.14 | Date 05/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, CHARLES W | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $75,725.13 | Date 04/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SENCHYNA, RUTH H | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,725.02 | Date 05/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERIN, SEAN S | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $75,724.84 | Date 07/07/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, CHRISTINE P | Employer name Dept of Economic Development | Amount $75,724.74 | Date 07/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUAREZ, EDGARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,724.64 | Date 06/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, ERIC A | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $75,724.49 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, COLETA E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,724.39 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ELAINA | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $75,724.22 | Date 03/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSTON, JOHN W | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $75,724.01 | Date 06/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name POIRIER, JUNE A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,723.97 | Date 03/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTESEN, KRISTOFER R | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,723.92 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, SHARON D | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $75,722.67 | Date 05/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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