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 ERNST, JOYCE M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $72,244.70 | Date 11/07/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLSON, KRISTIN E | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,244.38 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GHENOIU, LISA M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,244.38 | Date 12/23/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RILEY, AMANDA L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,244.38 | Date 10/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, CATHERINE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $72,244.16 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAEZ, MICHELE | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $72,244.05 | Date 05/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINGWOOD, WILLIAM J, JR | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $72,244.01 | Date 01/07/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BALDYGA, BETH A | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $72,243.80 | Date 05/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMATO, JANICE MARIE | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $72,243.80 | Date 02/07/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHITTI, MARCO T | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $72,243.45 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FENNELLY, WILLIAM D | Employer name Levittown Fire District | Amount $72,243.19 | Date 04/02/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNWALL, NERISSA | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $72,242.49 | Date 02/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCH, DAVID P | Employer name Churchville-Chili CSD | Amount $72,242.34 | Date 05/07/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRATH, ROBERT | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $72,241.65 | Date 08/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCCO, JERRY A | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $72,241.44 | Date 09/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIX, OMAR K | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $72,241.39 | Date 10/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBS, KARIN K | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $72,241.24 | Date 10/17/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHLEMMER, JOSHUA W | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,241.19 | Date 05/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUENTES, HECTOR J | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $72,241.01 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAYHORN, KATHRYN A | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $72,240.86 | Date 01/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SERDY, ANDREW J | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,240.60 | Date 09/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEEHAN, PATRICK S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $72,240.57 | Date 10/18/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEZUBEK, BARRY J | Employer name Village of Southampton | Amount $72,240.53 | Date 03/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLA, SARINA | Employer name Essex County | Amount $72,240.50 | Date 01/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOHLBERG, PAUL F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,240.22 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIKA, MICHAEL E | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $72,240.21 | Date 06/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHABAZZ, SONNY | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $72,239.84 | Date 02/14/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLINGS, HANOKYA L | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,239.73 | Date 09/16/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIPKEY, COLLEEN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,239.43 | Date 05/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWETT, DAVID P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,239.26 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLADIAN, ANDREW F | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $72,238.59 | Date 03/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALSH, BRETT T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,238.28 | Date 06/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUELLE, LORI A | Employer name NYS Dormitory Authority | Amount $72,237.90 | Date 03/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADKINS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $72,237.88 | Date 02/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, LYNN M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,237.81 | Date 08/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, MARIO M | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $72,237.65 | Date 07/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEOD, SHAUN D | Employer name Erie County | Amount $72,237.63 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPRIOLA, THOMAS S | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $72,236.75 | Date 11/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIZ, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $72,236.65 | Date 10/25/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRILLI, ERIN M | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,236.48 | Date 07/17/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHROSTOWSKI, NORBERT, MR | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $72,236.47 | Date 10/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACHLIN, LOUIS F | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $72,235.88 | Date 05/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARETTE, ERIC J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $72,235.84 | Date 03/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMODEO, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $72,235.75 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECHAR, SARAH A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $72,235.61 | Date 06/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORSINO, MARY K | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $72,235.43 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLMSTED, JARED M | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $72,234.32 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINEO, LUCI A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,234.19 | Date 06/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KISS, STEPHEN | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $72,233.98 | Date 08/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASMAN, MICHAEL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,233.94 | Date 10/11/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUDJINSKI, JEAN MARIE | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,233.92 | Date 07/16/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIPICH, GREGORY | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $72,233.91 | Date 04/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEASLEY, TARA L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,233.89 | Date 01/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERREAU, MICHAEL A, SR | Employer name NYS Higher Education Services | Amount $72,233.87 | Date 02/16/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDES, JOHN L | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $72,232.81 | Date 12/07/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNOSPE, WARREN S | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $72,232.81 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALEK, STEVEN P | Employer name Boces-Erie 1St Sup District | Amount $72,232.81 | Date 10/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDS, MARK R | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,232.58 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JOHN D | Employer name Boces-Wayne Finger Lakes | Amount $72,232.35 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANGANIS, THOMAS | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $72,231.94 | Date 02/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLINE, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $72,231.62 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOCMEN, OMER F | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,231.45 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, RACHEL L | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,231.33 | Date 03/30/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAVER, SARAH J | Employer name New York State Assembly | Amount $72,231.02 | Date 07/09/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEACH, DEBORAH G | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,230.83 | Date 10/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAUGHLIN, VINCENT C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,230.68 | Date 03/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANFORD, DANIELLE K | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $72,230.53 | Date 02/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, WILLIAM H, JR | Employer name Hudson City School Dist | Amount $72,230.48 | Date 01/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFLIEGER, GREGORY J | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $72,229.96 | Date 04/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRICK, JASON P | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $72,229.49 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBAN, EDISON A | Employer name Department of State | Amount $72,229.25 | Date 12/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERNOOY, BRIAN P | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $72,228.95 | Date 10/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEACON, JOSEPH T | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $72,228.91 | Date 08/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLOMB, JOLIE D | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,228.90 | Date 04/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TENNANT, DONALD P, JR | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $72,228.56 | Date 12/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISI, ERIK J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $72,228.46 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTHELON, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,228.24 | Date 09/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KADEL, MICHAEL W, JR | Employer name Village of Valley Stream | Amount $72,228.20 | Date 11/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, ROBBYN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,228.00 | Date 11/12/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERMINARO, STEPHEN P, JR | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,227.90 | Date 01/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOD, GEORGE L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,227.85 | Date 06/27/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURLEY, RODNEY L | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $72,227.66 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COREY, CARLEEN E | Employer name Ithaca City School Dist | Amount $72,227.44 | Date 04/12/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENNOCK, DOUGLAS W | Employer name Town of Cicero | Amount $72,227.07 | Date 10/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JARVIS T | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $72,226.69 | Date 05/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAGGERTY, KELLY A | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $72,225.94 | Date 02/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, JOSEPH A | Employer name Village of Arcade | Amount $72,225.83 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNHAM, THOMAS J | Employer name Village of Penn Yan | Amount $72,225.67 | Date 02/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GOOT, REX A | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $72,225.32 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTIJO, JOSE | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $72,224.99 | Date 04/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSBOURNE, KHADIJAH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,224.86 | Date 07/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLECHNER, KARL L | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $72,224.59 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZNANIECKI, JOHN G | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $72,224.51 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLINSKI, GARRY E | Employer name Cayuga Correctional Facility | Amount $72,224.45 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, DEANNA P | Employer name Orange County | Amount $72,224.13 | Date 07/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDNICK, JONATHAN H | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,224.00 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DESIMONE, JIM | Employer name Broome County | Amount $72,223.79 | Date 11/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODDS, SAMANTHA D | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $72,223.37 | Date 10/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARCHIAPONE, MARIE ANN E | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $72,222.98 | Date 08/21/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENTON, CAROLYN | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $72,222.90 | Date 02/01/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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