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 BUTTS, BILLIE M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $74,667.75 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULO, MATTHEW C | Employer name Village of Harrison | Amount $74,667.55 | Date 03/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAUFFER, DANIEL J | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $74,667.53 | Date 09/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEGEL, MATTHEW G | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $74,667.50 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $74,667.02 | Date 06/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, DAVID E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $74,666.76 | Date 01/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PAULO, GERARD P | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,666.76 | Date 02/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, LESLYN N | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $74,666.13 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, JOE MICHAEL M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $74,666.02 | Date 10/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOEFFEL, PAMELA C | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $74,665.65 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALCOLM, YVONNE P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,665.58 | Date 10/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, HERBERT A | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $74,665.45 | Date 01/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, ISAM J | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $74,665.42 | Date 03/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIGAN, JAMES H, JR | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $74,665.39 | Date 07/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIAUD, PIERRE | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $74,665.25 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLES, DESIREE P | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 11/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORRING, DEBRA-ANNE | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 02/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YUDIN, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CLAIR, JESSICA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 02/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, PERCIVAL A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 04/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, STEPHEN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 10/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESIC, FIKRET | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 09/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGDAUE, RICHARD W | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $74,664.72 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRY, KEITH | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $74,664.46 | Date 05/22/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, ANGELA L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $74,664.30 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDOSO, LYDIA | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,664.20 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGHORN, DAVID A | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $74,664.15 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIKE, SUSAN J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $74,663.52 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTABROOK, CHAD | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $74,662.76 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSHALL, TAMMI L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $74,662.13 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTT, ROBERT J | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $74,662.01 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, SYLVIE C | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $74,661.86 | Date 11/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COGAR, GREGORY | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $74,661.40 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Canton Housing Authority | Amount $74,660.93 | Date 07/24/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, FRED H | Employer name Brasher Falls CSD | Amount $74,660.89 | Date 10/19/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JORDAN, HOLLY | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $74,660.82 | Date 02/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTRICH, STACEY S | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $74,660.82 | Date 08/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIESENBERGER, DIANE P | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $74,660.82 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REICHE, STEVEN G | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $74,660.70 | Date 12/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORES, JAMES J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $74,660.56 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANORRO, DONNA | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $74,660.55 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEARHART, KEVIN B | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $74,660.53 | Date 04/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHA, KELLY L | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $74,660.27 | Date 01/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROACHFORD, MICHAEL J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $74,660.23 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, MARC J | Employer name Hendrick Hudson CSD-Cortlandt | Amount $74,660.14 | Date 02/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, MATTHEW | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $74,660.08 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSKOPF, ROBERTA D | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,660.04 | Date 10/13/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNACCHIO, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $74,659.75 | Date 11/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, AILEEN | Employer name Emma S Clark Memorial Library | Amount $74,659.10 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, DAWN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,658.74 | Date 03/04/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYMCHYN, CHRISTINA B | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,658.74 | Date 10/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, MICHAEL D, SR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $74,658.70 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANELLI, MARY L | Employer name Millbrook CSD | Amount $74,658.67 | Date 09/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAU, JEAN | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $74,658.37 | Date 10/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUS, DEBRA A | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $74,658.31 | Date 01/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STARK, SARA B | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $74,658.30 | Date 06/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCHIONE, PAUL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $74,658.02 | Date 11/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, TRALANE V | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $74,657.40 | Date 04/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAMMARO, PAUL A, JR | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $74,657.21 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECCLESTON, MELISSA M | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $74,657.17 | Date 04/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NANDLAL, SUMINTRA A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $74,657.17 | Date 02/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOHLER, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $74,657.14 | Date 01/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CABIC, DANIEL S | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $74,656.41 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKINS, RYAN E | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,656.39 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, RONALD S | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $74,656.11 | Date 12/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRILLO, JOSEPH G | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $74,655.92 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENSISI, JOSEPHINE | Employer name Glen Cove Public Library | Amount $74,655.72 | Date 05/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNORR, COLLEEN J | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $74,655.70 | Date 02/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURSKI, WILLIAM | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $74,655.30 | Date 12/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ILWEE, DANIEL D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $74,655.11 | Date 12/03/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSH, ROBERT L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $74,654.47 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERCE, MONTRICE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $74,653.99 | Date 12/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSON, BENJAMIN R | Employer name Village of Geneseo | Amount $74,653.90 | Date 03/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZER, STEPHEN A | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $74,653.77 | Date 12/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCADIPANE, MICHAEL | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $74,653.62 | Date 11/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDICK, MARY M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,653.57 | Date 10/29/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, PATRICE M | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $74,653.31 | Date 09/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVEY, SCOTT D | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $74,653.26 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKS, DEBRA D | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $74,653.21 | Date 11/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, ALFRED C, JR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $74,653.12 | Date 05/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, CHARLES R | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 05/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHSERDJIAN, KRIKOR | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 04/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, ADAM | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 04/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARKE, ROBERT C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICA, AURELIA | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERS, JAMES G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 04/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINCLAIR, ERIC N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZIMMERMANN, MICHAEL L | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 07/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, THOMAS D | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 05/03/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMEL, MATTHEW P | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILBERT, MEGHAN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 09/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORICK, EDWARD J, III | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STORRINGS, REBECCA A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, ROBERT M | Employer name Finger Lakes St Pk And Rec Reg | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 07/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASS, STEVEN J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $74,653.02 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICK, JENNIFER P | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $74,652.58 | Date 01/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMATO-NEFF, ADAM L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,651.46 | Date 01/24/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAVINO, KATHLEEN G | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $74,651.05 | Date 09/03/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINI, ENRICO, JR | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $74,650.76 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, GEORGE E, JR | Employer name City of Oswego | Amount $74,650.67 | Date 03/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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