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 ESCOBAR, LETY Y | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $72,010.63 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYLES, CAROL J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $72,010.34 | Date 10/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNDERWOOD-CASOLO, BRANDEN | Employer name Albany Housing Authority | Amount $72,009.75 | Date 12/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, CHRISTINE A | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $72,009.58 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, BRYAN E | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $72,009.40 | Date 06/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE PONCEAU, CHRISTOPHER A | Employer name Village of Lakewood | Amount $72,009.35 | Date 07/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MILEY, FREDDIE, JR | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $72,009.14 | Date 10/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PATTERSON, SHIRLEY M | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Brooklyn | Amount $72,008.88 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILLIGAN, JOSEPH E | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $72,008.84 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, CHARLES E, JR | Employer name Albany County | Amount $72,008.59 | Date 07/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERRIE, LYNN C | Employer name Seaford UFSD | Amount $72,008.55 | Date 12/10/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIERSON, SETH C | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,008.52 | Date 03/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVAS, TYLER H | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $72,008.36 | Date 06/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLTER, RICHARD C | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $72,008.24 | Date 10/03/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTINO, GEORGE E | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $72,008.24 | Date 08/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALAZZO, KATHRYN M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $72,008.15 | Date 07/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FERRARA, ANTHONY S, JR | Employer name Village of Lake Success | Amount $72,007.85 | Date 08/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, BRIAN T | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $72,007.79 | Date 09/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALTSAS, PAUL W | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $72,007.43 | Date 11/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUERIN, KURTIS L | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $72,007.31 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINLING, JOSEPH J, III | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,007.24 | Date 10/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOLTON, WILLIAM W, JR | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $72,007.21 | Date 05/07/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, ROBERT C | Employer name Massapequa Bd of Water Commis | Amount $72,007.11 | Date 11/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSI, NANCY E | Employer name Mt Sinai UFSD | Amount $72,007.11 | Date 10/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOUTH, ERIC J | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $72,007.00 | Date 04/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, JAMES R | Employer name Town of New Windsor | Amount $72,006.46 | Date 01/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWNS, ROBERT J | Employer name Sachem Public Library | Amount $72,006.42 | Date 12/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, KAROL A | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $72,006.03 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, JAMES | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $72,006.02 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWLETT, JILL D | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $72,005.78 | Date 06/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, MARTHA J | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $72,005.69 | Date 10/15/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EURY, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $72,005.69 | Date 11/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAW, EDWARD M | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $72,005.21 | Date 03/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERNARD, BRYAN D | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $72,005.18 | Date 09/21/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARSILLO, NICHOLAS J | Employer name Wyoming Corr Facility | Amount $72,004.93 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ABRAHAM | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $72,004.37 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KARAS, ANASTASIA | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $72,004.24 | Date 01/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTZ, KIMBERLY-ANNE | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $72,003.12 | Date 03/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMANATION, NEIL J | Employer name City of Saratoga Springs | Amount $72,002.70 | Date 06/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, MARJORIE | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $72,002.58 | Date 04/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILONAS, ANN M | Employer name Farmingdale UFSD | Amount $72,002.51 | Date 09/29/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCAFFREY, KEVIN M | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $72,002.28 | Date 03/10/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUGLIONE, STEVEN J | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $72,002.20 | Date 11/23/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, KEM M | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,002.08 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, PAUL A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $72,001.52 | Date 09/15/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, KAREN A | Employer name Rye City School Dist | Amount $72,000.76 | Date 04/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, ELAINE Y | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $72,000.42 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOSEPH B | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $72,000.32 | Date 09/26/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, SUSAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $72,000.21 | Date 04/22/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARLANTI, MICHAEL | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $72,000.02 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FAUL, BRENDA M | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $72,000.00 | Date 06/24/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALESSANDRO, LAURA J | Employer name Village of West Hampton Dunes | Amount $72,000.00 | Date 01/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERESI, SAMUEL | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $71,999.98 | Date 02/20/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANCOL, STEVE | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $71,999.98 | Date 11/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRANDO, VANESSA J | Employer name Waterfront Commis of NY Harbor | Amount $71,999.98 | Date 09/18/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UNRUH, ELLEN B | Employer name Welfare Research Inc | Amount $71,999.97 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORTON, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $71,999.61 | Date 08/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLGAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Village of Johnson City | Amount $71,999.58 | Date 09/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC ELLIGOTT, ROBERT W | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $71,999.34 | Date 06/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLEMING, MARIA F | Employer name Village of Washingtonville | Amount $71,998.73 | Date 02/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GABRIEL, THOMAS J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,998.58 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEELEY, DEBRA A | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $71,998.06 | Date 08/31/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, DAVID W | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $71,997.94 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWEICKERT, THOMAS J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $71,997.91 | Date 12/31/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYN, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $71,997.58 | Date 11/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, MICHELE E | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $71,997.15 | Date 08/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OAKES, DAVE J | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $71,996.95 | Date 12/14/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAM, PETER F | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $71,996.84 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DANIEL, LAURA R | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $71,996.26 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, PAUL J | Employer name Orange County | Amount $71,996.23 | Date 12/17/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MISITANO, FRANCIS C | Employer name Oceanside Sanitary District #7 | Amount $71,996.02 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHMOND, VANESSA Y | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $71,995.79 | Date 12/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYERL, DAVID P | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,995.60 | Date 12/08/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, KEVIN D | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,995.59 | Date 01/22/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXANDER, JOHN | Employer name Town of Carmel | Amount $71,995.45 | Date 02/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIELEFELDT, RYAN M | Employer name Hudson Corr Facility | Amount $71,995.27 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LILIEN, JEFF A | Employer name Syosset CSD | Amount $71,995.14 | Date 10/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORAKER, RONNIE F | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,994.95 | Date 02/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, KIMBERLY E | Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept | Amount $71,994.64 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIMBLE, TIMOTHY K | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $71,994.43 | Date 03/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBOURNE, DARRIN A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $71,994.32 | Date 09/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENNON, DIANA J | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $71,993.38 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMOS, C DENNIS | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,993.29 | Date 07/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREENE, LINDA A | Employer name Garden City UFSD | Amount $71,993.16 | Date 03/17/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRICE, WILLIAM H, JR | Employer name Town of Southold | Amount $71,992.83 | Date 01/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FICO, ADELE M | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $71,992.12 | Date 08/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, MERLENA A | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $71,991.87 | Date 08/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERNANDEZ, GABRIEL | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $71,991.83 | Date 10/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, RODERICK B, JR | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $71,991.04 | Date 09/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTANEZ, MIRIAM | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $71,990.87 | Date 06/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA BRUZZI, DOMINICK A | Employer name Baldwin UFSD | Amount $71,990.24 | Date 07/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERRAZZA, JEROME | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,990.17 | Date 12/19/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EVANS, MYRLANDE FELIX | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $71,990.07 | Date 03/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDRE, ANDREW G | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $71,989.93 | Date 11/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDMUNDSON, CAITLYN E | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $71,988.80 | Date 11/08/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPEANBURG, SCOTT A | Employer name Off Prevent Domestic Violence | Amount $71,988.80 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOCE, FRANK W | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $71,988.67 | Date 11/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARWOOD, WILLIAM C | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $71,988.55 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORTES, MARGOT M | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $71,988.08 | Date 04/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGANTE, ROBERT J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,987.56 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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