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 FOLKS, CLAUDINE V | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $73,637.29 | Date 10/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WACH, JOHN J | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $73,637.22 | Date 04/27/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VARGAS, JOHN B | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $73,637.16 | Date 10/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULEY, GRANT R | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $73,637.12 | Date 03/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, LORI | Employer name St Lawrence Childrens Services | Amount $73,636.89 | Date 07/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GOWAN, STEPHEN J | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $73,636.79 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEADOW, BONITA R | Employer name Boces-Ulster | Amount $73,636.78 | Date 03/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEHLER, DAVID G | Employer name West Seneca CSD | Amount $73,636.53 | Date 01/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNIGAN, GLORIA J | Employer name Clarkstown CSD | Amount $73,636.25 | Date 01/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TYSON, CHARLOTTE M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,635.47 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCK, CHRISTOPHER D | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,635.40 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERKIZ, WILLIAM T | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $73,634.94 | Date 04/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KRUEGLER, MARGARET T | Employer name Albany County | Amount $73,634.89 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELAWA, GREGORY J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $73,634.66 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIERTON, MAUREEN | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,634.63 | Date 09/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, JOHN J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,634.60 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, SUSAN L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,634.60 | Date 07/06/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRY, KARA M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,634.60 | Date 11/08/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, BETH L | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,634.60 | Date 08/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, DAVID M | Employer name NYS Bridge Authority | Amount $73,634.38 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATO, EVIS J | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,634.34 | Date 06/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAO, QING X | Employer name Education Department | Amount $73,634.34 | Date 03/15/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNE, DWAYNE M | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $73,634.34 | Date 07/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINOVIC, SONIJA | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $73,634.34 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTERNAK, JEAN P | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $73,634.34 | Date 07/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HONDORF, THOMAS R | Employer name Webster CSD | Amount $73,633.76 | Date 08/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, CORRY S | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $73,633.57 | Date 07/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAWSON, GURTUDE | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $73,633.47 | Date 06/05/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LUCIEN, JEAN J | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $73,633.42 | Date 10/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, RICHARD B | Employer name Orange County | Amount $73,633.31 | Date 11/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECLERC, ROXANNE M | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $73,632.85 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MICHAEL J | Employer name Boces St Lawrence Lewis | Amount $73,632.78 | Date 10/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIEDLEWICZ, DOUGLAS | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $73,632.41 | Date 10/08/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOTTA, RICHARD M | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $73,632.23 | Date 04/21/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUMINOVIC, BAJRAM | Employer name Department of Civil Service | Amount $73,631.74 | Date 02/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, CRYSTAL M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,631.44 | Date 04/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELDERT, JOHN K | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $73,630.92 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCKMAN, MONICA | Employer name Greenburgh CSD | Amount $73,630.87 | Date 03/09/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEEN, DELORIS E | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $73,630.75 | Date 07/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JOHN D | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $73,630.49 | Date 02/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLCOVICH, BRIAN | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $73,630.39 | Date 11/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPTAK, PATRICIA A | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $73,630.07 | Date 11/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELSEY, TERESA M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $73,629.77 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGMANN, NORMAN T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $73,629.30 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, SCOTT A | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $73,629.25 | Date 06/23/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, JACKI F | Employer name La Fargeville CSD | Amount $73,629.25 | Date 05/04/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHELLEY, BRIAN S | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $73,629.22 | Date 10/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HATCHER-TOUSSAINT, TONYA | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $73,629.12 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCARONE, RICHARD M | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $73,628.83 | Date 11/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHERKIS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $73,628.60 | Date 03/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, DIANE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,628.29 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MORTE, ANNE L | Employer name Glen Cove Community Dev Agcy | Amount $73,627.92 | Date 07/24/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOKOLOVIC, JAMES L | Employer name SUNY College at Old Westbury | Amount $73,627.63 | Date 12/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIRESTONE, SCOTT R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $73,627.51 | Date 10/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSARA, CHARLES C | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $73,627.20 | Date 02/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RANOUS, TODD A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $73,627.02 | Date 10/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSNIERCZAK, MICHAEL W | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $73,626.89 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEVITO, JENNIFER A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $73,626.78 | Date 08/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, TODD M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $73,626.73 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULLER, TYLOR M | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $73,626.29 | Date 12/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRUNAUER, JEANNE A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $73,626.01 | Date 02/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, DONALD L, JR | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $73,625.93 | Date 10/02/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, ROBERT D | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $73,625.52 | Date 03/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, SUSAN L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,625.45 | Date 02/02/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENKINS, AMY L | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $73,625.43 | Date 03/09/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORCORAN, SEAN M | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $73,624.96 | Date 07/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAJ, JAMES A | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $73,624.47 | Date 05/27/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABLE, ADRIENNE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $73,623.76 | Date 11/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLOCK, TANISH W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,623.75 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, IVY L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,623.09 | Date 12/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLATT, JAMES F | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $73,622.85 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLMAN, ANN E | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,622.69 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMSEN, ERIC A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $73,621.72 | Date 04/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALCALA, ROSANNA Y | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $73,621.33 | Date 03/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVALERI, VERNE A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $73,621.19 | Date 12/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARWACKI, JOHN A | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $73,620.90 | Date 07/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name OST, JEANNE | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,620.67 | Date 09/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARABEE, PAMELA D | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,620.51 | Date 08/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, MIGUEL A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,619.91 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGNITA, EUGENIE | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,619.74 | Date 01/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICE, LING Y | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,619.69 | Date 01/02/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGO, PETER | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $73,619.30 | Date 02/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AITCHISON, DANIEL C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,618.54 | Date 06/16/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, JAMES J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $73,617.81 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSCHNER, ERIKA W | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $73,617.76 | Date 08/02/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GLEESON CARR, MARY T | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $73,617.43 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LISBOA, VITOR E O | Employer name Village of Mineola | Amount $73,617.43 | Date 02/19/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBBONS-GLINSKI, KELLY | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $73,616.70 | Date 09/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMIKLE, LOEL O | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $73,616.61 | Date 01/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDELE, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,616.27 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARTIN, KRISTIN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,615.84 | Date 12/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, MATTHEW B | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $73,615.48 | Date 01/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOTTERER, KOREY R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,615.31 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, JOHN J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,615.14 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, BRENDAN P | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $73,614.66 | Date 03/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, SALLY A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $73,614.55 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONNELL, GRACE MARIE | Employer name SUNY College at Purchase | Amount $73,614.07 | Date 02/06/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, WILLIAM A, II | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $73,613.64 | Date 07/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMANN, KELLY A | Employer name SUNY Empire State College | Amount $73,613.56 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EICHHORN, BRIAN K | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $73,613.55 | Date 03/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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