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 SHEFFEY, ROY | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $75,036.27 | Date 08/03/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGAN, MICHAEL E | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,036.26 | Date 12/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, ROBERT J | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $75,035.70 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRUEFER, MARY A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,035.39 | Date 02/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURPIEL, PHILIP M | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $75,034.94 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILCOX, STEPHANIE J | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $75,034.91 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLISON, JON M | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $75,034.63 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, DANIEL P | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $75,034.44 | Date 02/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, ALBERTO | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $75,034.28 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, VINCENT | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $75,034.27 | Date 05/24/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGES, KEVIN N | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,034.00 | Date 07/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDT, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Village of Greenport | Amount $75,033.96 | Date 06/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YERMOLENKO, ILYA Z | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $75,033.84 | Date 05/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORKEY, JAY A | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $75,033.00 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, JUNIOR | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $75,032.94 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROVOST, THOMAS B | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,032.83 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNS, WILLIAM E | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $75,032.74 | Date 07/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENOVESE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $75,032.02 | Date 01/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAFFE, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $75,031.81 | Date 09/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUHS, KEVIN | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,031.74 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, PHOEBE V | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $75,031.66 | Date 01/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOMMERVILLE, RYAN D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $75,030.87 | Date 02/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUMBLE, JAMY S | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $75,030.07 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEROUSSI, SARAH L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $75,030.06 | Date 05/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURTON, VIRGINIA M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $75,029.99 | Date 02/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EULIAN, JOSEPH | Employer name Warren County | Amount $75,029.92 | Date 09/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, THOMAS Q | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $75,029.71 | Date 05/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASSO, LISABETH L | Employer name Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD | Amount $75,029.39 | Date 03/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREG, DONBOSCO | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $75,029.37 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLTON, JAMES G | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $75,029.15 | Date 10/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $75,029.00 | Date 04/15/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FLANDERS, VERONICA M | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $75,028.71 | Date 08/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, JEANETTE A | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $75,028.54 | Date 12/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, LORI A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $75,028.40 | Date 08/30/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, HOLLY J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,028.28 | Date 08/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, THOMAS H | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $75,028.02 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDSAY, LIANA F | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $75,027.97 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, JOSHUA G | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $75,027.51 | Date 06/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARQUART, LEE R | Employer name Village of Waterloo | Amount $75,027.45 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROWSER, SHIRLEY A | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $75,027.17 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MARSHEA | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $75,027.09 | Date 11/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICOTTA, CATHERINE J | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $75,026.35 | Date 09/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLIGMAN, BRANDI S | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $75,025.97 | Date 01/17/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROMKA, JAMES H | Employer name Village of Waterloo | Amount $75,025.53 | Date 07/28/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISCHKE, ADAM S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,025.38 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, KAREN J | Employer name SUNY Construction Fund | Amount $75,025.08 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, SEAN P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,024.83 | Date 09/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSCH, RICHARD A | Employer name Town of Cairo | Amount $75,024.67 | Date 06/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, DAVID W | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $75,024.37 | Date 01/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICALIZZI, MATTHEW | Employer name Mamaroneck UFSD | Amount $75,024.01 | Date 10/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTON, LARRY J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $75,023.80 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGGINA, ANTHONY P | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $75,023.80 | Date 07/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINK, SARA M | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $75,023.75 | Date 09/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APPLIN, BRIAN E | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $75,023.45 | Date 06/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, RICHARD M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $75,023.33 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEGRETTI, ROBERT C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,023.28 | Date 07/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLINA, LISA | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $75,022.80 | Date 03/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIRTO, THOMAS W | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $75,022.71 | Date 01/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NATALE, NICOLE A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,022.62 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLETTI, MICHELE L | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $75,022.31 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASHBY, JONATHAN E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $75,022.01 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGRAO, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Ellicott | Amount $75,021.84 | Date 05/04/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, DAWN M | Employer name Boces Erie Chautauqua Cattarau | Amount $75,021.46 | Date 08/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, GERALD L, JR | Employer name City of Canandaigua | Amount $75,021.32 | Date 10/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CROWELL, ERIC W | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $75,021.03 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAHOS, RAMIRO A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $75,020.88 | Date 09/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PERNO, ROCCO A | Employer name Madison County | Amount $75,020.63 | Date 06/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVE, MARKAND | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $75,020.35 | Date 07/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTER, JULIE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $75,020.25 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, LIZETTE | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $75,020.22 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARELLA, JAMES J | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $75,020.09 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, ERIC D | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $75,019.63 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISMAEL, OTHMAN H | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $75,019.10 | Date 01/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, PHILIP J, JR | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $75,019.04 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, KEVIN B | Employer name Hempstead UFSD | Amount $75,018.92 | Date 04/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENNON, RONALD J | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $75,018.20 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name URBANIAK, PAUL J | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $75,017.95 | Date 09/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GERO, TRUDY H | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $75,017.64 | Date 05/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, AMY E | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $75,017.43 | Date 03/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUMP, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $75,017.14 | Date 03/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EINBOND-PALEY, ANNE | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $75,016.93 | Date 09/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAISER, JAMES R | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $75,016.80 | Date 03/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KHOURY, NADINE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $75,016.44 | Date 06/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPEY, KAREN L | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $75,016.42 | Date 03/14/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REMCHUK, JEREMY M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,016.21 | Date 09/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REEVES, PATRICK J | Employer name Genesee County | Amount $75,015.90 | Date 02/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSHNIR, BRIAN J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,015.80 | Date 03/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, DONNA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $75,015.77 | Date 05/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONELLI, MICHAEL S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $75,014.76 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, HOWARD W, III | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $75,014.29 | Date 02/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ROBERT L | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $75,013.81 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SATAR, SAFRAZ | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $75,013.64 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARCEY, CHRISTOPHER K | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $75,013.64 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLEN, DAWN L | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $75,013.43 | Date 04/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, CHARLES R | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $75,012.81 | Date 11/04/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRINSHPUN, YEVGENIY P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $75,012.60 | Date 07/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, SUSAN M | Employer name Boces-Franklin Essex Hamilton | Amount $75,012.57 | Date 10/11/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSNAK, GEORGINE C | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $75,012.53 | Date 09/16/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WULFORST, MATTHEW J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $75,011.79 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, MARLENE | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $75,011.33 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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