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 KASS, LAURA | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $73,293.48 | Date 12/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALT, KATHLEEN | Employer name West Islip Public Library | Amount $73,293.41 | Date 12/14/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BULLEN, FERNANDO A | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $73,293.26 | Date 10/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, SPALDING P | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $73,293.25 | Date 09/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMANN, DIANE | Employer name Inst For Basic Res & Ment Ret | Amount $73,293.13 | Date 04/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESORIERO, JOSEPH J | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $73,292.88 | Date 06/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNELL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,292.69 | Date 07/16/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, CARLA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,292.15 | Date 06/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRITTON, BENITA R | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $73,291.99 | Date 03/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENTHNER, JASON A | Employer name Henrietta Fire District | Amount $73,291.86 | Date 10/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, SEAN PATRICK | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $73,291.35 | Date 09/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWERY, JAMES R | Employer name City of Ogdensburg | Amount $73,291.26 | Date 05/02/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KORZENIEWSKI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $73,291.26 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, JOHN | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $73,291.24 | Date 12/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXON, IVETT L | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $73,290.70 | Date 11/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, DEBORAH M | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $73,290.70 | Date 08/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAINE, BEVIN D | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,290.62 | Date 10/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WENDT, ANDREW | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,290.62 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIMBOONCHAJ, VIRIYA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,290.62 | Date 08/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SHARON C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,290.61 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HABERMANN, BETHANNE M | Employer name Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD | Amount $73,290.61 | Date 09/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, MATTHEW T | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,290.56 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CORMACK, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,290.22 | Date 02/11/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYD, JAMES H, JR | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $73,290.19 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLESSE, PHILIP J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,290.03 | Date 05/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAGA, JANET B | Employer name Education Department | Amount $73,289.87 | Date 05/18/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHICO, MIGUEL A | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $73,289.67 | Date 01/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MEADORS, PATRICIA J | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $73,289.19 | Date 12/16/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, SHERIN P | Employer name Kirby Forensic Psych Center | Amount $73,289.15 | Date 01/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ALEXANDER | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $73,288.50 | Date 04/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALHOUN, ALAN F | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $73,288.28 | Date 06/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERGUSON, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $73,288.24 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DEBBIE S | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $73,288.02 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORRELL, ANGELA D | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $73,288.02 | Date 04/18/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, ANN | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $73,287.20 | Date 05/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NAMEE, MICHAEL K | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $73,286.87 | Date 07/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SANDERS, EMILY M | Employer name Hoosick Falls CSD | Amount $73,286.72 | Date 12/18/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARKNER, MITCHELL W | Employer name Guilderland CSD | Amount $73,286.62 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANCEL, EMELY | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $73,286.29 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITEHEAD, JASON S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $73,285.73 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEDFORD, ROBERT J | Employer name City of Batavia | Amount $73,285.56 | Date 05/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, CHRISTINE W | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $73,284.59 | Date 01/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEON, STANLEY S | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $73,284.58 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, STEVEN A | Employer name South Orangetown CSD | Amount $73,284.55 | Date 07/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNETT, CLOTUS | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $73,284.44 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLO, DENISE M | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $73,284.37 | Date 05/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREIERMUTH, DENNIS C | Employer name Town of Fallsburg | Amount $73,284.17 | Date 04/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AZZARELLI, SUSAN C | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,284.09 | Date 10/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'ORAZIO, ERICA T | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,284.09 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALZA, TRINA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,283.86 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUPIEC, HEATHER | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,283.86 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEROSE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,283.61 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DANIELLE K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,283.56 | Date 06/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMBERTSEN, JASON M | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $73,282.91 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JO ANNA E | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $73,282.56 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENEDETTO, JAMES C | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $73,282.55 | Date 04/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENDALL, LEONARD W J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,282.52 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RALPH G, JR | Employer name Town of Patterson | Amount $73,282.22 | Date 02/08/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELTON, REGINALD T C | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $73,282.16 | Date 03/18/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, ROBERT E | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $73,281.76 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LATHAM, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,281.34 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHOICE, DENISHA S | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $73,281.21 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'ROURKE, JAMES P | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $73,280.72 | Date 12/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYRACUSE, WENDY A | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,280.67 | Date 09/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYAN, PATRICK M | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $73,280.21 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGES, RICK A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $73,280.11 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VILA, HELGA V | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $73,280.07 | Date 09/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKENBACKER, LAWAN | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $73,279.37 | Date 12/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOODOO, PATRICE L | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $73,279.28 | Date 09/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTA, PATRICIA A | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $73,279.18 | Date 08/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEFALO, MARLA S | Employer name Gates-Chili CSD | Amount $73,279.04 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTER, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $73,279.01 | Date 03/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, SCOTT T | Employer name Village of Ballston Spa | Amount $73,278.96 | Date 03/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACKNEY, CORWIN J | Employer name SUNY College Technology Alfred | Amount $73,278.84 | Date 07/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENYIN, KAREN A | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $73,278.76 | Date 06/02/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBSTER, BENJAMIN G | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $73,278.75 | Date 04/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, ESTHER M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $73,278.43 | Date 12/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULLIN, JEFFREY S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,278.16 | Date 02/17/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINN, ANNAMARIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,278.01 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOORHEES, THOMAS G | Employer name Town of Mendon | Amount $73,277.47 | Date 03/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATUSIAK, IWONA A | Employer name Financial Control B0Ard | Amount $73,277.44 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SQUITIERI, VINCENT N | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $73,277.41 | Date 07/26/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JESSICA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $73,277.34 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAILLANT, JACQUELINE | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $73,277.30 | Date 11/21/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, DOUGLAS T | Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $73,276.73 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GALI, ABDULLAHI | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $73,276.11 | Date 12/05/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRISON, JESSICA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $73,275.92 | Date 08/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN WERT, JOHN H | Employer name Tioga County | Amount $73,275.13 | Date 11/28/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, MICHELLE L | Employer name Mill Neck Manor Schl For Deaf | Amount $73,273.32 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOYCE, DANIEL G | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $73,273.12 | Date 02/19/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOCE, CARMINE J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,272.09 | Date 01/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEE, RANDY | Employer name Bellmore UFSD | Amount $73,270.99 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPRIO, JAMES G | Employer name Jericho UFSD | Amount $73,270.99 | Date 09/26/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, KIMBERLEY | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $73,270.49 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLAPWALD, MAURICE B | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,269.78 | Date 06/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRASIER, MARVIN H | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $73,269.72 | Date 06/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHNEIDER, ELENA | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $73,269.69 | Date 04/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES, JR | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,269.66 | Date 07/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIAN, LORNA | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $73,269.16 | Date 01/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FILIPSKI, KYLE E | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,269.10 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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