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 DORIA, RAYMOND, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $93,313.26 | Date 09/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUHN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Town of Irondequoit | Amount $93,313.23 | Date 07/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GILMAN, DIANNE | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,313.20 | Date 02/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMBRUSTER, LORI | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $93,312.04 | Date 01/08/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, ELIZABETH A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $93,311.90 | Date 01/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELESTE, DAVID P | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $93,310.44 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERCIO, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Town of Webster | Amount $93,310.21 | Date 10/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, RICHARD R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $93,310.15 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUEZ, ANTONIO R | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $93,309.96 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, DULANI E | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $93,309.86 | Date 10/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAGNATO, LOUIS F | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,309.00 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, AMY E | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $93,307.85 | Date 01/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANACORE, ANNMARIE E | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,307.06 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, JAMES L, JR | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $93,306.84 | Date 06/23/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, MATTHEW D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,306.46 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OSGOOD, JOHN L | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $93,305.97 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, MATTHEW B | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $93,305.64 | Date 06/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CLEMMENS, HENRY B | Employer name Village of Ocean Beach | Amount $93,305.59 | Date 04/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LYDON, CASEY M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,305.58 | Date 11/05/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENRICK, JOHN P | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $93,304.08 | Date 08/13/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALFAN, LOUIS J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $93,303.93 | Date 07/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGGIO-SMITH, DEBORAH C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,303.76 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLENN, DEIRDRE J | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $93,303.24 | Date 12/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEFORTE, ALBERT | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,303.18 | Date 12/10/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, SEAN D | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $93,303.14 | Date 02/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEEVARGHESE, KOCHUMMAN | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $93,302.92 | Date 09/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANNETTE D | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,302.85 | Date 02/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALWYN, MICHAEL | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,302.02 | Date 02/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISSELL, AMY E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $93,301.16 | Date 10/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRO, NICOLAS G | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,300.00 | Date 08/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGULIES, MAUREEN | Employer name Manhasset UFSD | Amount $93,299.40 | Date 06/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEGROSA, DANIEL T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $93,298.97 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, DELIA L | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $93,298.97 | Date 06/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGODA, DANIEL A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $93,298.46 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AMRHEIN, WILLIAM | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $93,298.36 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPETA, JOHN J | Employer name North Greece Fire District | Amount $93,296.89 | Date 02/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RUELIUS, MAUREEN N | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,295.67 | Date 01/24/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAUFIELD, DANIEL K | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $93,294.78 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, DALE C | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $93,294.76 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IP, VANESSA K | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $93,294.48 | Date 03/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITH, LUKE C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $93,293.82 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODD, ROGER F | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,292.90 | Date 11/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADENHAUF, DANIEL | Employer name Sullivan Corr Facility | Amount $93,292.69 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SONG, SOONKYOO | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $93,292.46 | Date 07/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERVICE, KARLA P | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $93,291.95 | Date 08/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, BARBARA J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $93,291.55 | Date 05/06/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASSIC, CARL L | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,291.19 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONG, ANDRE E | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $93,291.19 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMATO, MICHELE A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $93,291.03 | Date 03/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, DAVID V | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $93,289.94 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORAN, DONALD J | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $93,289.42 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, NICOLE A | Employer name City of Port Jervis | Amount $93,288.88 | Date 09/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COUPAL, EMANUEL R | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $93,287.64 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HULL, TANYA M | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $93,286.68 | Date 05/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEM, JAMES E | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,286.10 | Date 10/22/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, PAUL J | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $93,285.66 | Date 04/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MBOTCHAHAWO, JOSEPH | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $93,285.64 | Date 12/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTER, WENDI B | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $93,285.17 | Date 01/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARREN, BRIAN JAY | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $93,285.01 | Date 06/03/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONSAKER, ADAM D | Employer name Orange County | Amount $93,284.24 | Date 02/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $93,283.94 | Date 01/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMING, JUSTIN H | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $93,283.12 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELLEGRINO, JAMES | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $93,283.11 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOAKYE, ABENA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $93,282.68 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARCHER, PHILIP S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,282.49 | Date 06/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, VERONICA | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $93,282.39 | Date 01/20/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELU, LARISA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,282.39 | Date 08/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPHENS, BARBARA ANN | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,282.39 | Date 10/19/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WESTERDAHL, ELVIA R | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $93,282.39 | Date 05/03/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONSERRATE, CARLOS I | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,282.39 | Date 01/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULAKOS, CHRIS M | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $93,282.39 | Date 08/03/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPITELLI, LUCIA | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $93,282.39 | Date 09/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUS, SHANELL A | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $93,281.96 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHURCH, ROBERT G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,281.20 | Date 04/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCHE, DAVID P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,280.37 | Date 09/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SENA, MARK | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $93,279.01 | Date 06/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRULISH, WAYNE P | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $93,278.98 | Date 01/21/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TINELLI, DOUG C | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $93,278.57 | Date 01/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DE SIMONE, KAREN S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $93,278.12 | Date 01/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENCZYK, CAROLYN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $93,277.89 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGENDORFF, KERRY T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,277.59 | Date 09/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODDOUBNYI, IGOR | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $93,277.44 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEBORN, KATHARINE M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $93,277.33 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGRESTA, ELAINE A | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $93,277.28 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DEANNA G | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $93,277.16 | Date 10/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATON, BERNARD A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,276.90 | Date 05/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCK, ANN MARIE T | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $93,276.58 | Date 07/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POST, SCOTT E | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $93,275.69 | Date 09/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH BOENING, PAMELA A | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $93,274.21 | Date 07/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGHTMAN, LORI A | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $93,274.06 | Date 12/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRECHT, GEORGE D, V | Employer name Town of Orangetown | Amount $93,273.77 | Date 01/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASSETT, CAROLYN R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,273.30 | Date 08/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKMAN, JOHN V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,273.30 | Date 06/18/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURI, EMILY R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,273.30 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REAGAN, SHEILA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,273.30 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANKLES, ANN MARIE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,273.30 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST FLEUR, CAROLE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $93,273.30 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, DONNA MARIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $93,271.03 | Date 01/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NOBILE, ALYSSA M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $93,271.03 | Date 05/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJUMDAR DAS, SMITA | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $93,270.34 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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