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 SIMMONS, RAHEEM J | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $74,257.31 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDBERG, GEORGE, JR | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $74,257.23 | Date 02/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAKRIS, BROOKE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $74,257.17 | Date 08/17/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILA, DONNA J | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $74,257.07 | Date 09/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELBY, ANDREW J | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $74,256.52 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIZVANOVIC, SALIH I | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $74,256.51 | Date 08/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WESTERMEYER, DONALD | Employer name Town of Hyde Park | Amount $74,256.16 | Date 05/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATCHELL, DAVID | Employer name South Jefferson CSD | Amount $74,255.80 | Date 08/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MAHON, COLLEEN M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,255.50 | Date 02/19/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARNEY, JEAN T | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $74,255.50 | Date 02/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, PAMELA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $74,255.33 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ANDREA A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $74,255.28 | Date 01/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, JOAN E | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $74,254.40 | Date 08/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, CLAY R | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $74,254.26 | Date 07/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, NICOLE A | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Civil Branch | Amount $74,253.89 | Date 07/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLS, DARCY M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $74,253.79 | Date 03/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWEN, NATHAN P | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $74,253.79 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, GARLAND | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $74,253.75 | Date 11/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREATHOUSE, TOM A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $74,253.74 | Date 09/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRAPP, VANCE J | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $74,253.48 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, SCOTT L | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $74,253.26 | Date 05/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMILTON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $74,252.97 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OAKLEY, DENISE M | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $74,252.93 | Date 07/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SZCZEPANSKI, RICHARD L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,252.78 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GICOBBI, KELLY A | Employer name Education Department | Amount $74,252.36 | Date 09/30/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARP, STANLEY G | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $74,251.83 | Date 12/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROMBLEY, LINDA | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $74,251.43 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICASTRO, JODI S | Employer name Education Department | Amount $74,251.29 | Date 09/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, AMANDA R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,251.18 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOGA, LAURI A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,250.20 | Date 01/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EPP, DONNA J | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $74,250.11 | Date 06/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FABRIZIO, WALTER J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,249.50 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEABODY, SCOTT M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,249.50 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, HELEN M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $74,249.32 | Date 09/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KURUTZ, LINDA H | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $74,249.07 | Date 07/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, CHRISTOPHER E | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $74,248.88 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONALDSON, JOHN | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $74,248.63 | Date 11/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, JEFFERY | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $74,248.54 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RECORE, DOUGLAS J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $74,248.34 | Date 09/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEAN BAPTISTE, GINA | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $74,248.14 | Date 11/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, JULIE A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,247.76 | Date 10/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARBINSKY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $74,247.54 | Date 07/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNIBAL, JOHN J, IV | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $74,247.42 | Date 12/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE COTEAU, LANCE J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,247.42 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUNSON, TEREN J | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $74,246.69 | Date 08/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSEY, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $74,246.40 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, AUDREY Y | Employer name Education Department | Amount $74,246.38 | Date 08/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC MULLEN, KEVIN W | Employer name Education Department | Amount $74,246.38 | Date 04/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROLON, LOURDES I | Employer name Education Department | Amount $74,246.38 | Date 04/13/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, LESLIE D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $74,246.38 | Date 11/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDREDGE, KEVIN R | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $74,246.08 | Date 11/20/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIETLICKI, FRANK J, JR | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $74,245.64 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESTRELLA, DANIEL, JR | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $74,245.56 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, ZILPHA | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $74,245.56 | Date 05/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUFFA, BRADLEY J | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,244.99 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BAHLERT, PATRICK J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,244.94 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANSON, LISA D | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,244.94 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABCUGA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $74,244.43 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPOSTA, ANGELO V | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $74,244.41 | Date 01/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, MELISSA J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $74,244.38 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, APRIL MARIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,244.23 | Date 04/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STELLA, RICHARD A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,243.78 | Date 10/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, ARNETTA A | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $74,242.58 | Date 03/17/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLSEN, ANDREW A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $74,242.22 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, EMMA S | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $74,242.12 | Date 03/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREEDLOVE, BENJAMIN W, JR | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,241.58 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIN, JOSE I | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $74,241.37 | Date 11/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEGARD, CHRISTIAN S | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $74,241.03 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGERA, MARIA | Employer name Pearl River UFSD | Amount $74,240.76 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, MARK J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $74,240.68 | Date 08/31/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DININNY, JASON M | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $74,240.66 | Date 06/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LA FOREST, DERREK J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,240.10 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YING SARAH, YUET MING | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $74,240.00 | Date 08/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUM-JAKUBIAK, LYNDA A | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $74,239.88 | Date 04/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JULIANA L | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $74,239.68 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEVARA, YUKLIN | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $74,239.68 | Date 03/22/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSARIO, ROSELIE | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $74,239.68 | Date 10/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ALEXANDER | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $74,239.68 | Date 05/25/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JILES, SAMANTHA A | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $74,239.68 | Date 06/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPATES, WARDELL M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $74,239.59 | Date 02/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUPONITSKIY, DMITRIY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,239.24 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, HARRY J | Employer name Broome County | Amount $74,238.78 | Date 08/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORREALE, THOMAS J, JR | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $74,236.62 | Date 07/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARESTIN, ANDRES V | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $74,236.52 | Date 02/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDY, DANIEL R | Employer name Education Department | Amount $74,236.24 | Date 07/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MATTHEW J | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $74,235.92 | Date 08/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, SHARLON | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $74,235.85 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BABBIE, THOMAS M | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $74,235.72 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERLING, PAULA S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $74,235.54 | Date 10/21/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEHR, JEFFREY E | Employer name Town of North Greenbush | Amount $74,235.45 | Date 01/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMS, JAMES W, JR | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $74,235.41 | Date 02/09/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, SCOTT M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $74,234.82 | Date 04/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, LISA M | Employer name Brighton CSD | Amount $74,234.48 | Date 09/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOWNSEND, PATRICK L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $74,233.26 | Date 06/26/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASEY, KENNETH T | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $74,232.71 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUPERNALL, ALISON M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $74,231.82 | Date 12/02/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTTER, MATTHEW F | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $74,231.82 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUKASZEWICZ, SUSAN M | Employer name Batavia City-School Dist | Amount $74,231.59 | Date 07/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURDEN, JOSEPH | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,231.25 | Date 11/19/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICINA, CHRISTINE L | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $74,231.13 | Date 12/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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