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 SHULTZ, JOY A | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $75,011.10 | Date 03/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITNEY, DONNA C | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $75,010.72 | Date 12/27/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABRECHE, JEANNETTE L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $75,010.61 | Date 04/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WILDE, LISA A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $75,010.60 | Date 08/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, WILLIAM S | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,010.00 | Date 04/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SABATELLI, JAMES | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $75,010.00 | Date 01/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANFREDO, LINDA C | Employer name Mid York Library System | Amount $75,008.60 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTO, DENNIS V, JR | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $75,007.45 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, MARY ELLEN | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $75,006.78 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITING, PAUL M | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $75,006.68 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FAROUL, JEAN R | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $75,006.63 | Date 01/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPETTI, SERGIO | Employer name Village of Bronxville | Amount $75,006.37 | Date 08/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAINALDI, ROGER A | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $75,006.04 | Date 01/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDERMAN, MARY F | Employer name Boces-Sullivan | Amount $75,005.92 | Date 11/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHEPP, ELISE C | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $75,005.44 | Date 03/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $75,004.77 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILDT, CORY C | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $75,004.33 | Date 04/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KETCHUM, TERESA L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $75,003.99 | Date 11/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, BLANCA SONIA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $75,003.50 | Date 05/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, SHELLEY M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $75,003.13 | Date 11/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSIADLO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Village of Kenmore | Amount $75,003.10 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GATZ, PETER H | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $75,003.07 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, RAUL | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $75,003.01 | Date 10/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTERPOLE, PETER J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $75,002.84 | Date 08/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, JOHN M | Employer name Village of Northport | Amount $75,002.44 | Date 03/29/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, JOSEPH G | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $75,002.37 | Date 06/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAW, KIM L | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $75,002.32 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRNSTILL, DOUGLAS S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $75,002.24 | Date 03/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAVANAGH, SEAN M | Employer name Broome County | Amount $75,002.00 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, KELLY E | Employer name Town of Camillus | Amount $75,001.99 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAY, LISA C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $75,001.53 | Date 12/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CASEY N | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $75,000.91 | Date 12/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, DAVID T | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $75,000.84 | Date 06/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JAVIER | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $75,000.33 | Date 03/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPARKS, SHANTAL D | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $75,000.33 | Date 01/10/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUIS, RUTH A | Employer name Eldred CSD | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 08/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARREN, ERIC S | Employer name Empire State Development Corp. | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIGONDE, PEDDY | Employer name Housing Finance Agcy | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 10/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURILLO, SHIRLEY M | Employer name NYS Mortgage Agency | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENDER, ANDREA M | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSON, RICHARD P | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 04/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLISON, VICTOR L | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POVINELLI, MARCUS R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 12/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANELLONE, DANIEL R | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 06/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLEY, LAURIE | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $75,000.12 | Date 09/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIGAJ-SOBOL, PEGGY L | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $75,000.09 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRNER, CHRISTINA | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $75,000.06 | Date 02/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOBELIS, VAIDOTAS A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $75,000.00 | Date 11/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNI, JOHN T | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $74,999.86 | Date 09/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, ANNE M | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $74,999.83 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIETROSANTI, ANTHONY J | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $74,999.66 | Date 06/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VELEZ-GOLDBERG, MELISSA | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $74,999.60 | Date 04/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLINSWORTH, HOPE T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $74,999.40 | Date 10/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PESTLE, SCOTT E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $74,998.53 | Date 03/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKERICH, JAMES R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $74,997.59 | Date 12/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIGANI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $74,996.88 | Date 07/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISTALLO, JOSEPH | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $74,996.84 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CURDY, JIMMIE C | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $74,996.70 | Date 05/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARTAGLIONE, FRED J | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $74,996.19 | Date 07/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, CORINNE F | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $74,996.05 | Date 07/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, SALLY E | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $74,996.00 | Date 09/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CEPONIS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Capital Dist Trans Authority | Amount $74,995.96 | Date 03/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEECHUM, LONNEL R | Employer name Pleasantville UFSD | Amount $74,995.54 | Date 03/05/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRESTON, PAULA J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $74,995.46 | Date 03/11/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NARRACCI, CORA | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $74,995.36 | Date 02/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASON-PAYANO, SDHARI N | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $74,994.45 | Date 09/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIRADO, ADAM J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,993.94 | Date 10/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, ALEXANDRIA | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $74,993.87 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINES, ANDRES F | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $74,993.61 | Date 07/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBLIN, THOMAS G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $74,993.55 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHN, DANIEL J | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $74,993.23 | Date 07/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE MARCO, MICHELLE C | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,993.12 | Date 06/19/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAGELMACHER, LYNN M | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $74,993.11 | Date 04/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYSEK, PAUL R | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $74,993.01 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, VICTORIA D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $74,992.72 | Date 03/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAYE, MILTON E, II | Employer name Brockport CSD | Amount $74,992.46 | Date 10/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STILWELL, RAYMOND W | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $74,992.44 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSCHETTO, ANDREW W | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $74,992.39 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, JOSEPH P | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $74,991.82 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, TANISHA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,991.67 | Date 09/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBONDONDOLO, PHILIP M, JR | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $74,991.07 | Date 03/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINK-BRENNAN, JENNIFER L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,990.87 | Date 04/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFUSE, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $74,989.81 | Date 06/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, CAPRICE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,988.92 | Date 03/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOERN, PAMELA J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,988.75 | Date 06/01/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUREY, DONNA J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $74,988.38 | Date 11/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORALES, JOHN A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,988.37 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, UTE K | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $74,988.16 | Date 06/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERWILLIGER, JAMES T | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $74,987.80 | Date 06/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEBER, KEITH A | Employer name Town of Thompson | Amount $74,987.56 | Date 10/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, MARK A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $74,987.32 | Date 07/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, SARAH L | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $74,986.99 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARONCZYK, KEVIN J | Employer name Village of Garden City | Amount $74,986.90 | Date 08/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, CHARLES V | Employer name Albany County | Amount $74,986.37 | Date 06/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, DANIEL C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $74,986.36 | Date 05/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, ROBERT C | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $74,986.36 | Date 01/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, VERNON J | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $74,985.87 | Date 12/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUIRES, DAVID R | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $74,985.85 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEAR, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $74,985.36 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ANGELIS, PAUL | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $74,985.31 | Date 06/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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