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 KURTZ, ELIZABETH R | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $73,009.35 | Date 09/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALVIN, ANTHONY J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,009.04 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, STANLEY F | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $73,008.54 | Date 08/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULTON, JASON K | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $73,008.26 | Date 04/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YAGODA, JULIE A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $73,008.14 | Date 02/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACDONALD, JUSTIN | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $73,008.10 | Date 01/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPAWN, KEVIN W | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $73,008.08 | Date 10/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEST, CHAUNTE R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $73,008.05 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMERICAN, HEAVYN-LEIGH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,008.00 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAONESSA, DIANE | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,008.00 | Date 03/16/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAEFER, DENISE C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $73,008.00 | Date 01/20/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEARDSLEY, MICHELLE | Employer name Eastport/S. Manor CSD | Amount $73,007.99 | Date 09/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CREADY, KELLY M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $73,007.95 | Date 06/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, P MICHAEL | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $73,007.93 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, MARK F | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $73,007.57 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANZIGER, MARK E | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $73,007.48 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGBEE, LARRY A | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $73,006.65 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, EDWARD G | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $73,006.65 | Date 09/09/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIANNUZZI, JOSEPH A, JR | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $73,006.36 | Date 01/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, DENNIS M | Employer name City of Watertown | Amount $73,006.19 | Date 07/29/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, WILLIAM, JR | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $73,005.80 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEE, MICHAEL S | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,005.66 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNZINGER, DANIEL P | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $73,005.66 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHMIEL, PETER W | Employer name Village of East Rockaway | Amount $73,005.63 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTIVEGNA, ROBERT | Employer name Rocky Point Fire District | Amount $73,005.48 | Date 01/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIMULI, PETER S | Employer name Capital Dist Child&Youth Serv | Amount $73,005.22 | Date 01/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICE, JEFFREY S | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $73,004.92 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORBETT, CRAIG W | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $73,004.89 | Date 08/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COVEY, CHARLES W | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $73,004.89 | Date 04/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIMIA, ENRICO, IV | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $73,004.65 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MALLAHAN, EDMOND M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $73,004.45 | Date 04/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COUCH, SHEILA O | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $73,004.20 | Date 04/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MARK A | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $73,004.16 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VASCELLO, SHARLEEN D | Employer name Susquehanna Valley CSD | Amount $73,004.01 | Date 05/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, DONALD K | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $73,003.87 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUZMAN, TROY A | Employer name Lincoln Corr Facility | Amount $73,002.88 | Date 03/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, WAYNE F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $73,002.67 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, DIANA L | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $73,002.66 | Date 06/29/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POINSETTE, ATIF B | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $73,002.32 | Date 03/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, ROBERT D | Employer name Washingtonville CSD | Amount $73,001.45 | Date 06/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUISE, JUSTIN D | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $73,001.02 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KASOW, JILLIAN D | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $73,000.20 | Date 07/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, EVAN T | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $73,000.20 | Date 02/13/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, CHRISTOPHER C | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $73,000.06 | Date 01/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, KEVIN | Employer name Suffolk Otb Corp. | Amount $72,999.94 | Date 02/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ACEVEDO, RICHARD | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $72,999.68 | Date 08/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSH, JAMES R | Employer name Ramapo CSD | Amount $72,999.45 | Date 09/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOOMIS, JEFFREY F | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,999.38 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDLI, LORI A | Employer name Mamaroneck Public Library Dist | Amount $72,999.20 | Date 09/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, FRED J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $72,998.65 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMAN, MARTIN E | Employer name Bellmore-Merrick CSD | Amount $72,998.64 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MU'MIN, LATEEF A | Employer name NY City St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $72,998.57 | Date 06/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHODES, WILLIAM C | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $72,997.87 | Date 03/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUKSTAKALNIS, MELISSA C | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $72,997.79 | Date 07/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,997.57 | Date 09/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, JOSEPH J, JR | Employer name Oyster Bay-East Norwich CSD | Amount $72,997.40 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINHAS, MOHAMMED S | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $72,997.04 | Date 10/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTANZA, DOMINICK M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $72,996.44 | Date 03/18/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, ANDREW | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $72,996.11 | Date 06/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, DANIELLE M | Employer name Dept Health - Veterans Home | Amount $72,995.74 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, TASHA A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $72,995.62 | Date 02/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUEL, CINDY L | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,995.60 | Date 10/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARCUCCI, EDGARDO E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $72,995.23 | Date 08/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KING, MELANIE R | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $72,993.99 | Date 06/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIVITERA, PAUL M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,993.88 | Date 10/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONSECA, LAURIE A | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,993.81 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPRINGER, DOUGLAS C | Employer name Broome County | Amount $72,993.54 | Date 07/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFRANE, CHAD W | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $72,993.33 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NENOV, STANIMIR N | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $72,993.12 | Date 01/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAUCH, THOMAS E | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $72,992.99 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE NARDO, ANTHONY J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 6 | Amount $72,992.46 | Date 03/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, GARY T | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 09/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, KEVIN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIPRES, AURORA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWSON, MONICA B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 04/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURNEY, OWEN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 04/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLAGG, CINDY E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FROST, GILLY | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 08/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDBERG, FREEDA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 12/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUER, CINDY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, J CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 12/02/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, MELISSA C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 12/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANO, DAYNA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 03/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, GLENN E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,992.30 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALDRON, BRIAN K | Employer name Village of Patchogue | Amount $72,992.28 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAGARIELLO, FRANK | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $72,992.07 | Date 11/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KI, CHI SHING | Employer name Locust Valley CSD | Amount $72,991.85 | Date 08/26/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEPKOWSKI, ROBERT P | Employer name Island Trees UFSD | Amount $72,990.64 | Date 02/13/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POZGAY, CURT E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $72,990.62 | Date 09/15/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RABIDEAU, PAULINE E | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,990.38 | Date 08/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES-MILONE, MADELINE | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $72,989.82 | Date 11/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJECKI, JOHN W, JR | Employer name North Merrick UFSD | Amount $72,989.81 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATCHETT, DARIEN J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,989.51 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACBETH, MARY JEANNE | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $72,989.13 | Date 02/03/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DATRI, ERIN L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $72,989.08 | Date 10/26/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIE, ALTHEA A | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $72,988.37 | Date 10/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALEO, GARY L | Employer name City of Glen Cove | Amount $72,987.85 | Date 08/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAWLIKOWSKI, JOSHUA J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $72,987.32 | Date 05/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, WYNEKA S | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,987.02 | Date 12/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVIGNI, WANDA C | Employer name Town of La Grange | Amount $72,986.40 | Date 06/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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