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 VICTORIO, TARA J | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,639.97 | Date 09/16/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEETER, STEPHEN E | Employer name Village of Groton | Amount $72,639.88 | Date 11/20/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANOWSKY, SUZANNE S | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,639.63 | Date 01/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMADAMA, MARIA | Employer name Education Department | Amount $72,639.32 | Date 10/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGG, GODFREY A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,638.67 | Date 02/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUTZ, DAVID R | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $72,638.40 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROOT, MICHAEL T | Employer name Village of Marathon | Amount $72,638.25 | Date 04/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, ALAN L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $72,637.54 | Date 07/31/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNOW, CATHERINE L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,637.21 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAINWRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,636.85 | Date 10/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE WISPELAERE, DIANE | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $72,636.84 | Date 09/01/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, MATTHEW R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,636.37 | Date 07/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ROLLS, HOWARD | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 05/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENING, BRETT M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 05/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROSS, NICHOLAS E | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 08/10/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNTER, JEFFREY L | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 06/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOSCHNICK, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 04/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETTEER, MATTHEW A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 11/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STASHENKO, STEPHANIE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, JOSEPH J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 06/22/1970 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODSON, MICHAEL H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 04/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORKA, ROBERT D, II | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 4 | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANERJEE, HIRENDRA N | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 09/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, MICHAEL I | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANZAFAME, MARK R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARRINGTON, STEVEN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUYMON, JACK R | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 04/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONAHAN, PATRICK J | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GALE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, DIANE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOZORETZ, DEBRA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOOTE, CANDACE L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 09/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREGER, AMANDA LYNN | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, MIA R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 12/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLA, DANIEL M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,636.20 | Date 02/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENDERSON, FAYRIECE T | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,636.12 | Date 01/11/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERRY, JAMES J | Employer name Victor CSD | Amount $72,636.08 | Date 02/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANY, PATRICIA S | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,635.62 | Date 02/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROSEMARIE A | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $72,635.50 | Date 09/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINELLI, PATRICIA A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $72,635.46 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JOY, VINCENT, III | Employer name Jamestown Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $72,635.15 | Date 01/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYSEDORPH, JOSEPH W | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $72,634.67 | Date 01/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, RANDOLPH | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $72,634.43 | Date 09/30/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTROSS, JENNIFER M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,634.32 | Date 07/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, MICHAEL R | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $72,634.27 | Date 07/06/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, PATRICIA | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $72,633.94 | Date 06/16/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAGNER, CARMEN D | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $72,633.59 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEALY, RICHARD A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $72,633.24 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURGOS, STACIE C | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $72,633.20 | Date 07/20/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALZARANO, GINA M | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,633.14 | Date 12/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMEISCHEL, PATRICE A | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $72,633.04 | Date 06/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURACO, LAURA L | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $72,633.04 | Date 04/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUVOLO, NATALIE C | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $72,633.04 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, ARLENE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $72,632.76 | Date 01/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, JASON G | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $72,632.65 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, PETER J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $72,632.56 | Date 10/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRIEDBERG, FREDERICK W | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $72,632.40 | Date 05/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRASMICK, GLORIA Y | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $72,632.24 | Date 01/08/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEMAN, SCOTT T | Employer name Labor Management Committee | Amount $72,632.13 | Date 03/07/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, EMROY K | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $72,632.06 | Date 03/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IP, DAWN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,631.92 | Date 05/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAN, GEORGE Q | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $72,631.90 | Date 01/10/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUSACK, REBECCA K | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,631.85 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ARTHUR J | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $72,631.79 | Date 03/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLOTT, SUSAN L | Employer name Essex County | Amount $72,631.77 | Date 08/31/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, STEVEN L | Employer name City of Long Beach | Amount $72,631.60 | Date 07/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUNSBERY, JULIO A | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $72,631.47 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, DARRELL R | Employer name Wallkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,631.08 | Date 06/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENNINGS, THERESA G | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $72,630.77 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESTER, ROBERT D | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $72,630.66 | Date 02/19/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JURKOWICH, JOAN | Employer name Tompkins County | Amount $72,630.56 | Date 01/29/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUITENKANT, STEVEN M | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $72,630.15 | Date 11/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OTTAVIANO, AMY R | Employer name Division of The Budget | Amount $72,630.10 | Date 07/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, DIANE M | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $72,630.06 | Date 02/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERNQUIST, JERRY L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $72,629.51 | Date 12/31/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, THOMAS A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $72,629.45 | Date 03/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURST, RICHARD A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $72,629.39 | Date 08/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGELHART, KURT L | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,628.98 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARRELL, KEVIN P | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $72,628.76 | Date 11/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ENGELBRECHT, BRIAN J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,628.58 | Date 05/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINTAK, CARLA A | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $72,627.99 | Date 03/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, TONYA Y | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $72,627.77 | Date 10/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, ROBIN K | Employer name Boces-Clint Essx Warr Wash'Ton | Amount $72,627.26 | Date 04/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, DAVID P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,627.25 | Date 07/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISPYN, EILEEN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,627.22 | Date 12/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KEVIN G | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $72,627.20 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LISE M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,627.20 | Date 05/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORBES, MARIA L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,627.12 | Date 01/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISH, MITCHELL A | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $72,626.50 | Date 11/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZUCH, LAWRENCE M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,626.09 | Date 10/21/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUGEMAN, WILLIAM R | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $72,625.87 | Date 01/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PERRYMEN, MICHAEL S | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $72,625.82 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWRY, REBECCA A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $72,625.77 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVIN, BETH A | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $72,625.70 | Date 06/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, MISHA A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $72,625.65 | Date 09/11/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LARESE, JOHN V | Employer name Lakeland CSD of Shrub Oak | Amount $72,625.35 | Date 12/06/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROA, GEORGE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,625.00 | Date 06/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, MATTHEW D | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $72,624.68 | Date 11/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, MARY A | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $72,624.63 | Date 08/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, SUSANNA R | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,624.55 | Date 11/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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