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 MUSTO, MARK A | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,036.32 | Date 11/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYAM, OSCAR, III | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $72,036.01 | Date 09/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, LYNN M | Employer name Iroquois CSD | Amount $72,035.94 | Date 11/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLIN, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $72,035.72 | Date 08/13/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSMA, JOSEPH R | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $72,035.69 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAKUBCZAK, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $72,035.28 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, BRIAN A | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $72,035.09 | Date 04/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KELL, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $72,035.02 | Date 05/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLETCHER, EDWARD C | Employer name Office of Public Safety | Amount $72,034.46 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABREU, CECILIA E | Employer name Nanuet UFSD | Amount $72,033.15 | Date 09/21/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHRAGEL, TODD R | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $72,032.58 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, DENNIS M | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $72,032.34 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTWAY, STANLEY | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,032.21 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGEE, PATRICIA A | Employer name Elmont UFSD | Amount $72,031.93 | Date 12/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILLERY, DONNA R | Employer name Putnam Valley CSD | Amount $72,031.65 | Date 09/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENTHAL, KELLY F | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $72,030.98 | Date 07/05/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAMINSKI, ANDREW P | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $72,030.88 | Date 08/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEARS, KENNETH A, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $72,030.87 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA FOREST, JOANNE | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $72,030.72 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, JOSEPH M | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,030.02 | Date 05/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL MAR, KATHRYN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,029.50 | Date 08/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWACZYK, DONALD F | Employer name Western New York DDSO | Amount $72,029.34 | Date 02/06/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COAKLEY, REBEKKA M | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,029.19 | Date 09/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, GREGORY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,029.10 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE JESUS, DARIUS S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $72,029.10 | Date 10/18/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, MARY ELLEN | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,029.03 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, FREDDY | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,028.79 | Date 12/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PARHAM, SHANNON C | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $72,028.00 | Date 06/08/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCHANT, JAMES C | Employer name Village of Hempstead | Amount $72,027.87 | Date 05/13/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, JACKIE J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $72,027.66 | Date 04/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, THOMAS E | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $72,027.60 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIKER, JOSEPH K | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $72,027.09 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, DAVID A | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $72,026.92 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLACIDE, JEAN CHRISTOPHE | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,026.92 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALGER, MITCHELL M | Employer name Allegany County | Amount $72,026.73 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARVAT, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $72,026.68 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREDERES, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Walworth | Amount $72,026.46 | Date 03/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, JEFFREY R | Employer name Saratoga County | Amount $72,026.35 | Date 09/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARASZEWSKI, JOSEPH G | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,025.97 | Date 05/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NEILLY, CARISSA L | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $72,025.41 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHO BRENNAN, INKYORS | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,025.05 | Date 07/17/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRISON, JUDITH L | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $72,024.92 | Date 01/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROGAN, EDWARD | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,024.86 | Date 10/03/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALPIN, JONATHAN J | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $72,024.53 | Date 06/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZZA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $72,024.25 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHEAUME, DARREN G | Employer name North Syracuse CSD | Amount $72,023.60 | Date 11/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TREPICCIONE, JOSEPH V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $72,023.51 | Date 11/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, CRAIG T | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $72,023.29 | Date 01/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, RICHARD L | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,023.23 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLINSKY, PETER J | Employer name City of Fulton | Amount $72,023.15 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LANGA, FRANK J, JR | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $72,022.99 | Date 12/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, CRAIG P | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,022.93 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NASH, CHANDRA L | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $72,022.42 | Date 03/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYMES, SIDNEY J | Employer name Justice Center For Protection | Amount $72,022.29 | Date 07/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIELDS, FREDERICK | Employer name Oceanside UFSD | Amount $72,021.73 | Date 07/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA CHAPPELLE, FRANCIS G | Employer name Jamestown Community College | Amount $72,021.17 | Date 01/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIDNEY, JAMES | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $72,021.09 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEON, ALBERT D | Employer name Essex County | Amount $72,020.94 | Date 09/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMER, EVE I | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $72,020.81 | Date 12/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIOS, CARMEN M | Employer name New York City Childrens Center | Amount $72,020.41 | Date 11/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERY, ANITA J | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $72,020.26 | Date 02/23/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OGBORN, RAYMOND D, JR | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $72,020.13 | Date 08/28/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, SONYA R | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $72,020.11 | Date 08/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NG, DANNY Y | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,020.00 | Date 01/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULCOV, STEVEN K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $72,020.00 | Date 04/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELTS, GREGORY A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $72,019.92 | Date 09/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONICA, ERIC J | Employer name Bare Hill Correction Facility | Amount $72,019.42 | Date 01/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLESAK, JEREMY S | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $72,019.19 | Date 11/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRUZ, SHANE J | Employer name Ulster Correction Facility | Amount $72,019.09 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULHANE, MICHAEL G | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $72,018.19 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATAN, WILLIAM L | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $72,018.09 | Date 11/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBICHAUD, MARION T | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $72,017.31 | Date 06/04/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, PAIGE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $72,017.17 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOK, JUSTIN R | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $72,017.11 | Date 09/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERR, SANDRA L | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $72,016.84 | Date 12/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JAYSON M | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $72,016.79 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROWBRIDGE, JOHN | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $72,016.75 | Date 07/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAVID O | Employer name Village of Freeport | Amount $72,016.69 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTHILL, RICHARD L | Employer name Bay Shore UFSD | Amount $72,016.65 | Date 06/15/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $72,016.52 | Date 11/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISS, PEGGY D | Employer name Taconic Corr Facility | Amount $72,016.39 | Date 09/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, CAROLYN W | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $72,015.81 | Date 05/26/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURRIGLIO, PATRICK M | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $72,015.78 | Date 02/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISE, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $72,015.41 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDOIN, JANET L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,015.13 | Date 08/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JEREMY D | Employer name Town of Wallkill | Amount $72,014.91 | Date 10/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SADOWSKI, VINCENT R, II | Employer name City of Troy | Amount $72,014.46 | Date 03/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOPLER, BONNIE L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $72,014.27 | Date 10/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SCOTT R | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $72,013.92 | Date 02/15/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, ALLAN E | Employer name Watertown Corr Facility | Amount $72,013.75 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RINEFIERD, JOSEPH W | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $72,013.72 | Date 01/23/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALL, DENNIS A | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $72,012.83 | Date 04/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNUZZI, JANET | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $72,012.68 | Date 04/21/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAWFORD, DONNA M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $72,012.67 | Date 05/13/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, EFRAIN, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $72,011.87 | Date 09/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MERCURIO, MATTHEW P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $72,011.73 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, KATHERINE A | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $72,011.59 | Date 08/29/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSSAW, JAMES C | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $72,011.16 | Date 02/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BALISTRERI, MARK J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $72,011.11 | Date 10/17/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDFISCHER, DEBORAH J | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $72,011.02 | Date 12/13/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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