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 COTTON, BRIAN J | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $74,848.02 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAUCH, SCOTT A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $74,847.36 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINTZE, MATTHEW J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $74,847.28 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, WILLIE L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $74,847.20 | Date 06/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICSEVIC, NANCY | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $74,846.85 | Date 07/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, JETTIE K | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $74,846.77 | Date 03/26/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, RENEE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $74,846.51 | Date 06/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTON, LINDA AUCHMOODY | Employer name SUNY College at New Paltz | Amount $74,846.28 | Date 07/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNFORD, LUCILLE M | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,846.17 | Date 07/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, DORIS L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,846.13 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUTIA, GRENICO A | Employer name Nathan Kline Inst | Amount $74,845.72 | Date 12/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIESLAK, MARTHA C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,845.46 | Date 12/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMS, DENISE A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,845.03 | Date 05/18/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUZZI, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $74,845.00 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANDERWERKEN, LORI A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,844.99 | Date 01/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEPTIMO, FRANCES | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,844.80 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYDUKE, MARIA R | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $74,844.71 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAYSHULER, SUSANNA | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $74,844.52 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICHMANN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $74,844.39 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARITATO, MICHAEL A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $74,844.32 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PLARR, JANET L | Employer name Village of Blasdell | Amount $74,844.26 | Date 04/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LORRETTA B | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $74,844.23 | Date 03/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYO, BRIAN D | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $74,844.18 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OKENICA, MARY C | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,843.92 | Date 11/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARGWOOD, WARREN | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $74,843.65 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCH, SANFORD A | Employer name Orleans County | Amount $74,843.64 | Date 06/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JEROME A | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,843.63 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRUNZI, ARCHIE M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $74,843.62 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENGEL, JENNIFER M | Employer name Warwick Valley CSD | Amount $74,843.60 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEETARAM, VIJAY H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,843.29 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HIRSCH, DANIEL P | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $74,843.25 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC NEILL, DAVID B | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $74,843.16 | Date 09/01/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, PHILIP L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $74,842.89 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, TAFT A | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $74,842.00 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIMPSON, MARY SUSAN E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $74,841.68 | Date 10/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, WILLIAM A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $74,840.84 | Date 05/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASAVIS, NANCY ALICE | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $74,840.75 | Date 11/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNER, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $74,840.00 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARMER, PAUL J | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $74,839.59 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STECKER, MICHAEL S | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $74,839.48 | Date 04/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITAKER, JESSICA M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $74,839.47 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFIO, BRUCE W | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $74,839.21 | Date 12/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HITSOUS, JONATHAN D | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $74,839.14 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $74,838.37 | Date 01/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, BARBARA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,838.00 | Date 06/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSIDY, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Evans - Brant CSD | Amount $74,837.45 | Date 01/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANKOWICZ, DOREEN | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $74,836.53 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODA, ALAN C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $74,836.00 | Date 09/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, TROY G | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $74,835.90 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORRAY, KAREN L S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,835.62 | Date 10/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRUPSKI, ALBERT N | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $74,835.37 | Date 07/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BITJEMAN, ANTHONY P | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $74,835.33 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKHAM, TERRY E | Employer name Washington County | Amount $74,835.09 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PISTOIA, LORA M | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $74,834.65 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, DANIEL W | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $74,834.64 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, MICHAEL P | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $74,834.36 | Date 03/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARKER, THOMAS M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,834.12 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADLEY, KEITH J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $74,833.66 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, MICHAEL C | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $74,833.65 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMINIAK, MARY LOU | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $74,833.39 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, MICHAEL V | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $74,833.36 | Date 12/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IPPOLITO, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $74,833.19 | Date 07/02/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASON, PHILLIP F | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $74,833.14 | Date 07/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, THOMAS F | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $74,833.03 | Date 03/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCELLIGOTT, THOMAS M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $74,832.89 | Date 01/26/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODWIRNY, MARK J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $74,832.73 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IPPOLITO, EILEEN | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $74,832.16 | Date 02/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANKEY, LAURA J | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $74,831.97 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVEY, STEVEN P | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $74,831.93 | Date 10/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSIKA, JASON L | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $74,831.69 | Date 03/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENIS, ERIC M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $74,831.44 | Date 05/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRINKLE, JOANNE E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, BRYAN C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LURIE, MELISSA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGERT, JASON W | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 09/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIERNO, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 09/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, ADAM L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 05/24/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPOLI, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 06/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MENYENG, SALOMON T | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COURTNEY, KATHLEEN H | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 09/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, LEITH C | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TSYN, OLEG | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $74,831.12 | Date 11/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONALEYE, OLAKUNLE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,830.89 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LO DESTRO, DANA L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $74,830.69 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FYVIE, ANTHONY J | Employer name Schenectady Housing Authority | Amount $74,830.51 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUVAL, SOPHIE | Employer name Roslyn UFSD | Amount $74,829.55 | Date 10/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUCCULERI, MARYELLEN | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $74,829.45 | Date 11/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUX, SHARON A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $74,829.19 | Date 07/16/1966 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAVAS, MICHAEL T | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $74,828.68 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $74,828.63 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAUCCIO, LINDA M | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $74,828.20 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVAK, ROBERT E | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,828.19 | Date 05/17/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMOSTHENE, MARYANN | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $74,828.07 | Date 02/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, SUSAN L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,827.45 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, PATRICIA | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $74,827.26 | Date 04/30/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPLANN, MARTIN T | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $74,827.07 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGHTY, HUGHROY A | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $74,826.56 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA-SHAPIRO, MIRIAN | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $74,826.52 | Date 04/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOTINA, JOHN | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $74,826.38 | Date 03/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADRETTE, PATRICIA A | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $74,826.27 | Date 06/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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