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 RUTHERFORD, ROBERT J | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $74,495.75 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDANY, AUSTIN G | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,495.66 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TISDALE, JOSEPHUS | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $74,495.51 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESBIENS, RICHARD B | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $74,495.16 | Date 01/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WATERSON, GEORGE A, JR | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $74,494.69 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIX, JOSEPH A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,494.58 | Date 02/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEARLES, JASON A | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $74,494.51 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VULCANO, CINTHIA L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,493.70 | Date 03/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, PATRICK R | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $74,493.68 | Date 06/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERSCHENFELD, LISA | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,493.53 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVA, PETER V | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $74,493.46 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESTA, MELLO A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $74,493.21 | Date 03/27/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, JEREMIAH J | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $74,493.15 | Date 11/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFARDIN, PETER | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,493.00 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANCOCK, LAURIE A | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $74,492.90 | Date 09/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUCHOWSKI, DEBORA B | Employer name Hutchings Psych Center | Amount $74,492.84 | Date 10/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALZANO, MARTHA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,492.39 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELFAVERO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $74,492.32 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACHUT, THOMAS J | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,492.14 | Date 01/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARTAZARYANTS, DANIEL M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,492.12 | Date 12/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GARY W, JR | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $74,491.48 | Date 11/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVLIN, JOHN J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $74,491.26 | Date 12/14/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, WILLIS G | Employer name Haverstraw-StoNY Point CSD | Amount $74,491.18 | Date 01/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, SAMUEL C | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $74,491.15 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALOMAR, LEONDRA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,491.09 | Date 07/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAULKS, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $74,490.90 | Date 08/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOBRINSKI, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Village of Sloatsburg | Amount $74,489.80 | Date 03/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGDEN, SUSAN Q | Employer name Rochester School For Deaf | Amount $74,489.57 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, JASON V | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $74,489.44 | Date 06/02/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWAN, RICHARD M | Employer name Warren County | Amount $74,488.91 | Date 09/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUADAGNOLO, KYLE T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $74,488.76 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCUADRONI, LILIA | Employer name Orange County | Amount $74,488.71 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VASNANI, LISA J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,488.63 | Date 09/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, JOHN L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $74,488.46 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, KARYN P | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $74,488.38 | Date 10/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VINNEY, JEFFREY L | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $74,488.19 | Date 02/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCENTE, KAREN | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $74,488.13 | Date 07/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NIGRO, MARY ANN | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $74,488.11 | Date 03/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, ALICE V | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,488.11 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SUSMAN, EDNA W | Employer name Half Hollow Hills Comm Library | Amount $74,488.05 | Date 10/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUCCIARDI, ANTHONY M | Employer name Town of Manlius | Amount $74,487.87 | Date 10/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, BETHZAIDA | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $74,487.50 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINDAHL, WILLIAM | Employer name Western Regional Otb Corp. | Amount $74,487.37 | Date 04/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDARD, CHRISTIANE | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $74,487.34 | Date 09/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, TRACEY L | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $74,487.29 | Date 08/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, MARC E | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $74,486.96 | Date 05/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERT, MARK L | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,486.63 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LOOZE, LESLIE J | Employer name Richmond Memorial Library | Amount $74,486.40 | Date 02/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANNUZZI, JOSEPH M, JR | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $74,485.94 | Date 12/27/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEJIA, MICHELLE L | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $74,485.78 | Date 01/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOD, DONNA LYNN | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $74,484.74 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONT, ROLAND N, JR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,484.02 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RING, ISABEL | Employer name St Joseph's School For Deaf | Amount $74,483.96 | Date 09/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COHEN, JUDI L | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $74,483.53 | Date 06/25/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GODETTE, MONICA I | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $74,483.34 | Date 09/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, EDGAR | Employer name Longwood CSD at Middle Island | Amount $74,482.93 | Date 09/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARTAKOVA, MARINA L | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,482.82 | Date 07/27/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUBY, NATHAN L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $74,482.65 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, REBECCA A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $74,482.54 | Date 05/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN J | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $74,482.01 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WASHINGTON, TANYA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $74,481.48 | Date 05/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATTON, GARY P | Employer name Greenlawn Fire District | Amount $74,481.47 | Date 01/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADI, JANE E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,480.90 | Date 06/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRINKLEY, HYLA M | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $74,480.69 | Date 08/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORREGGIANI, WILLIAM L | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $74,480.65 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KULAKOWSKI, RICHARD J | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $74,480.55 | Date 09/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NYE, CAITLIN M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,480.44 | Date 09/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONOV, ALEKSANDR R | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $74,480.06 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, CHARLES B | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $74,479.70 | Date 04/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, RAUL P | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $74,479.16 | Date 05/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DENISE S | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $74,479.01 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STATON, MICHAEL G | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $74,478.86 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, EMILY L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $74,478.02 | Date 02/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULTZ, JOHN D | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $74,477.99 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHEL, JAMES J | Employer name Village of Lindenhurst | Amount $74,477.90 | Date 12/01/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN-COLKITT, LINDA A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $74,477.87 | Date 09/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, DAVID | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $74,477.70 | Date 12/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHER, CHRISTINA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,477.20 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALY, FREDRICK J | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $74,477.08 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUITER, TAMMY J | Employer name Lewis County | Amount $74,476.89 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERA, RAYMUNDO J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $74,476.09 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, MICHAEL D | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $74,476.03 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, DAVID N | Employer name Village of Brockport | Amount $74,475.87 | Date 10/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWTER, JOHN W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $74,475.29 | Date 07/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTO, CONNIE L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $74,475.01 | Date 10/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANOR, TAMMY R | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $74,474.48 | Date 01/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Cortland | Amount $74,474.41 | Date 03/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAGNONE, CARMINE | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $74,474.07 | Date 06/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, FONDA M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $74,473.85 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, DANIEL R | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $74,473.56 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARAK, GREGORY W | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $74,472.99 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYLY-HENSHAW, NICOLE | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,472.36 | Date 02/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNATTA, AARON M | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $74,472.08 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAUL, JOSHUA M | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $74,472.02 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVE, ZACHARY A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $74,471.60 | Date 08/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWANDOWSKI, ROSEANN T | Employer name Jericho Public Library | Amount $74,471.31 | Date 02/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YURCHO, DIANE R | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $74,471.13 | Date 12/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTOS, ALBERTO | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $74,471.09 | Date 06/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSELL-RINGGOLD, ELIZABETH F | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $74,471.07 | Date 07/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCKWELL, MELISSA K | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $74,471.02 | Date 10/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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