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 GATES, JOHN B | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,075.04 | Date 05/06/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, NICHOLAS M | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $72,075.00 | Date 08/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BORDERS, ANDRE M | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $72,074.95 | Date 09/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REESE, CHARLES J | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $72,074.89 | Date 04/20/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLINS, KATHLEEN M | Employer name William Floyd UFSD | Amount $72,074.68 | Date 04/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANESE, RONALD M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $72,073.87 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULSON, DOUGLAS E | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,073.69 | Date 11/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRENCH, MATTHEW D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,073.23 | Date 02/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUNCAY, NANCY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,070.90 | Date 09/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINAL, SCOTT G | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,070.78 | Date 09/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOENCH, JOHN F | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $72,070.74 | Date 09/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOWMAN, ROBERT C | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $72,070.56 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, ALFREDO, JR | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $72,070.51 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PFEIFFER, CORINNE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,070.50 | Date 12/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, NATHAN A | Employer name Town of Evans | Amount $72,070.45 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOPPE-FREITA, JOAN L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,070.01 | Date 06/24/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOYLE, TAMMY A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $72,069.46 | Date 12/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WANG, CHIANG A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $72,068.41 | Date 11/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYNCH, ELIZABETH | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $72,068.36 | Date 01/07/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLELLA, VITO J | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $72,068.31 | Date 02/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSEN, INGRID F | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,068.23 | Date 12/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, EDWIN | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,067.97 | Date 11/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNN, SCOTT G | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $72,067.73 | Date 04/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLPORT, EARLE W | Employer name Albion CSD | Amount $72,067.72 | Date 06/06/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBUSKIE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Education Department | Amount $72,067.32 | Date 08/08/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAVE, DEBY | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $72,067.09 | Date 07/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTS, STEPHEN R | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $72,066.98 | Date 01/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGOGLIA, BRADLEY C | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,066.88 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NOSTRAND, GLENN ERIC | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,066.54 | Date 07/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, SHAWN T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $72,066.30 | Date 02/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AMICO-WRIGHT, THERESA A | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,066.29 | Date 01/03/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, FLOYD E, JR | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $72,065.90 | Date 03/29/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELCAMP, GREGORY L | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,065.84 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, DOUGLAS J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $72,065.75 | Date 10/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTTENSCHON, ANDREA M | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $72,065.37 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN BRAMER, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Waterford | Amount $72,065.24 | Date 08/19/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEYMOUTH, AMY M | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $72,064.78 | Date 07/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFFMANN, ROBERT W | Employer name Great Neck UFSD | Amount $72,063.98 | Date 07/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANCHE, DONALD C | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,063.94 | Date 04/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, PIERRE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,063.61 | Date 05/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE VITO, DEBORAH L | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $72,063.29 | Date 11/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLAZA, ISMAEL M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $72,063.22 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LLOYD, TROY W | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $72,063.20 | Date 08/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COMSTOCK, KATHRYN A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,062.91 | Date 08/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERONE, ROBERT J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,062.85 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, TARA L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $72,062.82 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TESAR, JASON J | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $72,062.79 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, GREGORY L | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $72,062.65 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEILER, KELLEY B | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $72,062.05 | Date 07/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIESE, ANDREW W | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,062.00 | Date 04/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANN, ADRIA S | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,061.92 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIUS, DENISE L | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $72,061.73 | Date 05/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBONE, STEVEN G | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $72,061.45 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLAS, JULIE R | Employer name Syracuse City School Dist | Amount $72,060.99 | Date 08/20/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEVERE, JODELET A | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $72,060.88 | Date 04/16/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLSWORTH, BARTON S | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $72,060.49 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WAITE, MARK M | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $72,060.17 | Date 10/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGELE, THOMAS | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $72,059.80 | Date 07/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BAR, KIRK S | Employer name Village of Tuxedo Park | Amount $72,059.70 | Date 04/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATALANO, MICHELE | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,059.26 | Date 02/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOPER, CHARMAINE E | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,059.26 | Date 01/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAMIANO, ROSEMARIE A | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,059.26 | Date 06/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERROSE, BONNIE L | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,059.26 | Date 06/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARISE, JACQUELINE S | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,059.26 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, PAULA J | Employer name Town of Hamburg | Amount $72,058.91 | Date 03/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, THOMAS W | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,058.74 | Date 09/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMOS, MARIA V | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $72,058.68 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROWBACK, WILLIAM A, JR | Employer name City of Gloversville | Amount $72,058.64 | Date 04/17/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LONGO, JOSEPH L | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $72,058.64 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEE, MELINDA J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,058.45 | Date 04/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFIN, RODNEY J | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $72,058.35 | Date 01/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEN, KATHRYN A | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $72,058.35 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINEZ-BRADWELL, MARIBEL | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $72,058.35 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLY, DAN F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,058.35 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROTH, HEATHER L H | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $72,058.35 | Date 07/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, JOHN F | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,057.92 | Date 04/14/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, WENDY A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $72,057.89 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAORMINA, MARK A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $72,057.87 | Date 05/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, BARRY | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,057.87 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, TRAVIS D | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $72,057.51 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEINZE, JENNIFER L | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $72,057.26 | Date 06/21/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, VALERIE H | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 | Amount $72,057.26 | Date 10/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE GROAT, ROBERT C | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $72,056.86 | Date 10/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARWINSKI, KATHLEEN | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,056.53 | Date 08/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUEYOR, CYNTHIA D | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,056.48 | Date 09/11/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, MARIOLY | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $72,056.38 | Date 07/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, GREGORY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,056.26 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERO, KATHERINE P | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,056.00 | Date 01/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAUMCHIK, JOHN C | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $72,055.93 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIATEK, PHILIP T | Employer name Iroquois CSD | Amount $72,055.56 | Date 07/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARGAN, JEFFREY A | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $72,055.55 | Date 12/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FONTANES, JOHN | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $72,055.28 | Date 04/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARZIA, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $72,055.03 | Date 09/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCIO, JOHN | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,055.00 | Date 01/01/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST MARY, SCOTT F | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $72,054.91 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOEK, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $72,054.86 | Date 03/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, TIMOTHY M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $72,054.84 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KITCHING, TORY M | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $72,054.71 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTT, UMAR A | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $72,053.98 | Date 03/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAULOSE, SAMUEL T | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,053.79 | Date 12/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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