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 GIBLIN, PATRICK J | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $73,244.02 | Date 03/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HULETT, KEVIN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $73,243.95 | Date 04/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OPINANTE, AVRIL L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,243.94 | Date 06/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, KATHERINE A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $73,243.28 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHACKO, THOMAS | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $73,243.17 | Date 04/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THURSTON, EDWARD C | Employer name Financial Control B0Ard | Amount $73,242.86 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MELCHER, NORMAN J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $73,242.48 | Date 03/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCATO, JAMES A, II | Employer name City of Dunkirk | Amount $73,242.08 | Date 01/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROTUNDO, BENEDICT D, III | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $73,241.92 | Date 05/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THORNTON, MICHAEL E | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $73,241.78 | Date 01/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSS, TERI L | Employer name Town of Queensbury | Amount $73,241.58 | Date 02/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROSS, WILLIAM L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,241.25 | Date 10/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ORVIS, CRAIG P | Employer name Watertown City School District | Amount $73,241.02 | Date 10/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEBNER, LOUIS | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $73,240.97 | Date 08/05/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FAVE, AARON P | Employer name SUNY Inst Technology at Utica | Amount $73,240.86 | Date 12/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, HOLLY S | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $73,240.76 | Date 08/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEADLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $73,240.53 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIDLA, ANITHA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $73,240.37 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BELANGA, STEPHANIE E | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $73,240.06 | Date 01/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, EPHRAIM | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $73,239.91 | Date 07/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWANEKAMP, BENJAMIN M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,239.33 | Date 12/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, HARRY T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $73,239.24 | Date 10/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PIERRE, JAMES A | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $73,238.94 | Date 07/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SQUAIRS, DAVID J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $73,238.37 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, PATRICIA A | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $73,238.08 | Date 02/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INCITTO, KYLE P | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $73,237.88 | Date 01/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, DAWN M | Employer name Village of New Hyde Park | Amount $73,237.31 | Date 09/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAURISANI, GARY N | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $73,237.02 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name IZZO, DEBORAH M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,237.01 | Date 11/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, RAYMOND J | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $73,236.92 | Date 05/09/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, MICHAEL A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $73,236.89 | Date 05/24/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TRACY L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $73,236.69 | Date 04/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUBERDANZ, CAROL L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,236.60 | Date 11/05/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, JANET EDWARDS | Employer name NYC Judges | Amount $73,236.34 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIS, MARGARET R | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $73,235.39 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHEAL, VIKKI | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $73,234.72 | Date 05/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUNST, JAMES R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $73,234.72 | Date 03/28/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHULDT, RALPH N | Employer name Susquehanna Valley CSD | Amount $73,234.70 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUKIEWICZ, KATHRYN M | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,234.61 | Date 06/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHA, MARVIN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,233.71 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRACE, KEVIN R | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $73,233.36 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, SCOTT T | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $73,233.33 | Date 10/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAMER, STEPHANIE L | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,232.87 | Date 07/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIVARGIDZE, JENNA M | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $73,232.25 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, TIMOTHY W | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,232.16 | Date 11/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, NANCY M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,232.16 | Date 11/29/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, ANTONIA | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $73,232.04 | Date 09/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORMINTON, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $73,231.88 | Date 09/18/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, ROBERT A, III | Employer name SUNY Central Admin | Amount $73,231.36 | Date 12/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARGAL, JACOB B | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $73,231.30 | Date 08/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOOL, JASON C | Employer name City of Lockport | Amount $73,231.07 | Date 11/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSWALD, LAURA E | Employer name Washington County | Amount $73,230.61 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLONEY, MARGARET L | Employer name Smithtown Spec Library Dist | Amount $73,230.57 | Date 05/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENITO, MATTHEW H | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $73,230.08 | Date 10/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIGUES, DAVID M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $73,229.63 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACCHIA, ARTHUR V | Employer name Village of Tuckahoe | Amount $73,229.62 | Date 06/12/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENDELL, LYNETTE K | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $73,229.22 | Date 07/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOEBLIN, ROBERT P | Employer name Geneva Housing Authority | Amount $73,229.21 | Date 12/31/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATEL, RAJENDRAKUMAR N | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 11 | Amount $73,229.17 | Date 03/15/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRASIE, NATHANIEL L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $73,228.53 | Date 12/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLER, WANDA I | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,228.35 | Date 02/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DEBRA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,228.30 | Date 04/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA MURA, ANTHONY | Employer name City of Mount Vernon | Amount $73,228.01 | Date 04/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NILSEN, PAUL W | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $73,227.95 | Date 12/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANCHEZ, MELVIN O | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $73,227.46 | Date 07/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGUILAR, MARK A | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $73,227.10 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASWELL, CHARLES D | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $73,226.91 | Date 05/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREVIL, YVELORD | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $73,226.57 | Date 10/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUSKOWSKI, DOROTHY | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $73,226.36 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINKEAD, BRIAN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $73,226.13 | Date 03/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTRAND, ROBERT D | Employer name Town of StoNY Point | Amount $73,225.75 | Date 01/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARTUSO, LAURA | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $73,225.74 | Date 10/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, JOANN M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,225.29 | Date 02/10/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JARKOWSKI, MELISSA M | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $73,224.77 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACHOLZ, LINDA H | Employer name Fairport CSD | Amount $73,224.75 | Date 11/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAITSHOLTS, DAVID J, JR | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $73,224.72 | Date 01/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRETTA, JUSTINE N | Employer name Copiague Memorial Library | Amount $73,224.41 | Date 05/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVERT, JANETTE J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,224.18 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOEPFEL, JEAN L | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $73,224.18 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $73,224.10 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, JASON E | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $73,223.92 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PANNELL, KRAIG A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $73,223.92 | Date 02/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGELE, PAMELA S | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $73,223.84 | Date 09/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATCHEN, KEVIN S | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $73,223.83 | Date 09/22/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILBRIDE, MICHAEL E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,223.67 | Date 04/11/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCFEV, ELIZABETH C | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $73,223.56 | Date 06/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLISS, APRIL L R | Employer name Whitesboro CSD | Amount $73,223.28 | Date 09/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAGNELLO, MICHAEL V | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $73,223.22 | Date 09/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, WILLIAM J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $73,223.13 | Date 11/09/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIPPER, IRA | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $73,223.10 | Date 10/02/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFLER, AMY L | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $73,222.85 | Date 10/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, GERALDINE | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $73,222.67 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTICE, JASON R | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $73,222.61 | Date 01/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKINNER, DAVID M | Employer name Erie County | Amount $73,222.58 | Date 12/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULASKI, AARON A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $73,222.40 | Date 06/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, EUNJU | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $73,222.25 | Date 09/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROUSSEL, THERESA M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,222.22 | Date 11/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOULKS, ROBERT L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $73,222.20 | Date 02/28/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASKORSKI, MATTHEW R | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $73,221.99 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUEST, DAVID | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $73,221.95 | Date 11/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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