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 OBRYON, DALE | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $74,084.76 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRE, KARL P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,084.40 | Date 12/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUCKEL, RAYMOND A | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $74,084.29 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PICKENS, AFRICA | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $74,084.15 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CARR-GATHMANN, ADRIENNE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,084.11 | Date 07/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, NGAI CHING | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $74,083.88 | Date 06/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEM, JUDITH A | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $74,083.58 | Date 08/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, MARK A, JR | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $74,082.97 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAHNA, ANITA M | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $74,082.85 | Date 10/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, SHANNON L | Employer name SUNY College at Fredonia | Amount $74,082.38 | Date 10/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERCULES, JOLEINE L | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,082.32 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, THOMAS M | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $74,081.63 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARPER, PEGGY M | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $74,081.50 | Date 04/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUAX, ADAM R | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $74,081.45 | Date 09/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOY, SCOTT R | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $74,081.10 | Date 02/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTON, KENDRA E | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $74,081.09 | Date 03/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBERG, JOAN R | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $74,080.73 | Date 09/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBA, MARK J | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $74,080.40 | Date 04/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEE, BENNY T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $74,079.80 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWAB, GEORGE W | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $74,079.66 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRALD, ANDRE | Employer name Port Chester Housing Authority | Amount $74,079.36 | Date 09/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $74,079.20 | Date 09/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APOLLONIO, JOSEPH M | Employer name Village of Tarrytown | Amount $74,078.85 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTHONY, JOANNA | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $74,078.83 | Date 08/06/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILOABACHIE, NONYEM | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $74,078.79 | Date 02/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAZQUEZ, RAFAEL | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $74,078.52 | Date 08/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRANCO, LAURA | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $74,077.95 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHURANAYAGAM, RAYAPPU J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $74,076.84 | Date 10/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, ERIC D | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $74,076.55 | Date 05/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIGHARD, ROBERT W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $74,076.46 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNRETT, GERARD W, III | Employer name Albany County | Amount $74,076.33 | Date 07/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOANIS, DEBORAH S | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $74,076.24 | Date 03/19/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBORN, GREGORY K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,076.16 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TABONE, THOMAS C | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,076.10 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEARTY, JOSEPH R | Employer name Arlington CSD | Amount $74,075.66 | Date 08/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANNING, MAUREEN M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,075.45 | Date 01/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, GAIL M | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $74,075.24 | Date 11/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSO, LOUIS J | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $74,074.89 | Date 07/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORSE, SHANNON L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,074.29 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, JOSE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,073.98 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEINSTEIN, JAY | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $74,073.86 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIN, YICK H | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $74,073.64 | Date 08/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, ROBERT M | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $74,073.47 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, CHRISTIAN L | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,073.30 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSA-MC DONALD, ANNETTE F | Employer name Valley Stream UFSD 30 | Amount $74,073.10 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCANDREW, MATTHEW J | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $74,072.77 | Date 07/23/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEINFELD, ZACHARY A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $74,072.32 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUDEWIG, ALEX R | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $74,072.31 | Date 06/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUM, GREGORY P | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $74,072.30 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BEROTTI, CHRISTOPHER G | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $74,072.11 | Date 10/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ANDREWS, PATRICK J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $74,072.02 | Date 10/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WONG, JEFFREY | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $74,071.38 | Date 12/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SGROI, JAMES C | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $74,071.38 | Date 01/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEEWALD, DIANE R | Employer name South Huntington UFSD | Amount $74,071.07 | Date 10/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNHAM, CHERIE ANN A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $74,070.83 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOULERMOS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $74,070.64 | Date 11/03/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIFFRINGER, TAMELA D | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $74,069.88 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELLAGAMBA, GREGG A | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $74,069.71 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,069.46 | Date 11/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN D | Employer name Town of Lancaster | Amount $74,067.16 | Date 06/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, TOMMY L | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $74,067.05 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, SCOTT J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $74,066.41 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMMER, PATRICIA B | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $74,066.21 | Date 01/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERENFANT, CLAUDE B | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $74,065.24 | Date 10/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMONTEREY, SEVERIN P | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $74,065.17 | Date 09/27/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEE, RAYMOND A | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $74,065.04 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, RONALD D | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $74,064.87 | Date 01/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DAMOUR, JOSEPH J | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $74,063.85 | Date 11/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLER, LORIN | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,063.48 | Date 03/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DONNA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $74,063.46 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLEN, MICHAEL T | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $74,062.78 | Date 08/31/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEVILACQUA, SUSANA E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $74,062.30 | Date 01/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAXTER, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $74,062.15 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDELKEN, NICHOLAS | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $74,061.97 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDSTEIN, SCOTT A | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $74,061.59 | Date 08/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, ROBERT J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $74,061.33 | Date 11/03/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTS, CHAD D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $74,061.29 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADESUYI, VICTOR | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $74,061.10 | Date 12/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, STEVEN B | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $74,061.04 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ANDREW J | Employer name East Greenbush CSD | Amount $74,060.57 | Date 08/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANIELA, NATHANIEL S | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $74,060.53 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENNER, ROBERT J | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $74,060.10 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAYNARD, WILLIAM H, II | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $74,060.02 | Date 02/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOHM, AMY | Employer name South Beach Childrens Serv | Amount $74,059.77 | Date 01/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILKENS, CHRISTINE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $74,059.26 | Date 11/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDERHOFF, PAMELA A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $74,058.49 | Date 09/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIACCIA, SALVATORE J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $74,058.44 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETERSON, JULIE A | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $74,058.34 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRABAN, MICKI L | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $74,057.96 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHANDLER, JOHN F | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $74,057.68 | Date 10/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, MICHAEL T | Employer name Warren County | Amount $74,057.08 | Date 02/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEA, FRANCIS W | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $74,056.78 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERREIRA, ANTONIO R | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $74,056.61 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCICHILONE, RICCARDO | Employer name Boces-Rockland | Amount $74,056.46 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEY, BRIAN P | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $74,056.44 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, MARTIN D | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $74,055.89 | Date 03/24/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAZ, YAZMIL Y | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $74,055.64 | Date 08/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRAND, MATTHEW J | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $74,055.63 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, TRISTAN M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $74,055.41 | Date 10/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEI, RINO B | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $74,055.20 | Date 10/25/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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