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 HOMKOW, PAUL R | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $71,828.20 | Date 10/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARVIDSON, WILLIAM C | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,828.13 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KEE, NANCY B | Employer name East Hampton UFSD | Amount $71,827.80 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LICATA, CINDY | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $71,827.41 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TARBELL, SHERRY M | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,827.38 | Date 04/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACEK-BENNETT, POLLY A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,826.96 | Date 11/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDECK, RAYMOND | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,826.93 | Date 10/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRINCE, JAIME R | Employer name Village of Monroe | Amount $71,826.66 | Date 07/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, CHAD A | Employer name Liverpool CSD | Amount $71,826.64 | Date 09/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRELLA, MICHAEL | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $71,826.35 | Date 07/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLT, GLEN A | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $71,826.14 | Date 08/30/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGONE, DANIEL F | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,826.10 | Date 12/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, RICHARD L | Employer name Town of Mt Pleasant | Amount $71,826.09 | Date 12/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIDGEMAN, YVONNE | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $71,826.02 | Date 09/02/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, PAUL W | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,825.90 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINGELSKI, JOSEPH, JR | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,825.78 | Date 09/20/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, PAULA J | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,825.78 | Date 05/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, FRED J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,825.21 | Date 07/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIHALY, CRYSTOL L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,825.05 | Date 09/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERDMAN, JOSEPH E | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $71,824.50 | Date 02/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELOW, JEFFREY J | Employer name Livingston Correction Facility | Amount $71,824.49 | Date 09/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, SEAN J | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $71,824.22 | Date 06/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUATTROCCHI, ROBERT J | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,824.07 | Date 11/12/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINERLY, BRIAN P | Employer name City of Middletown | Amount $71,824.04 | Date 08/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, CHAD M | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,823.96 | Date 01/24/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, DAVID W | Employer name NYS Office People Devel Disab | Amount $71,823.96 | Date 01/26/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMSEY, MATTHEW S | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $71,823.96 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKAM, RUSSELL E | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $71,823.86 | Date 06/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHOLSKY, MICHAEL J, JR | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $71,823.61 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOUSTON, RITA E | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,823.43 | Date 11/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCANTLEBURY, ELIZABETH M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,823.26 | Date 01/30/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $71,822.94 | Date 02/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELAMERE, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $71,822.55 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEROUX, MATTHEW P | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,822.37 | Date 01/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIERKO, MARIE T | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $71,821.46 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPINOLA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $71,821.14 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAGENDORF, LAWRENCE | Employer name Albany County | Amount $71,820.61 | Date 01/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, KRISTIN M | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $71,819.87 | Date 06/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAVER, RALPH L, III | Employer name Div Military & Naval Affairs | Amount $71,819.53 | Date 09/08/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLLIER, NANCY L | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $71,819.27 | Date 01/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMALKOWSKI, MICHAEL | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,819.09 | Date 03/08/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FETCHO, PAMELA L | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,818.88 | Date 07/11/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOPER, BRIAN A | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,818.69 | Date 09/05/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PORTER, KELLY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,818.40 | Date 10/20/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, LOIS K | Employer name Mohawk Valley Library System | Amount $71,818.08 | Date 04/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CELISCA, NAOMI | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,817.69 | Date 01/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIMER, I'ANTHA P | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,817.64 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARCIA, CAROLE S | Employer name City of Plattsburgh | Amount $71,817.24 | Date 11/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POSNER, SCOTT T | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $71,817.20 | Date 08/07/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANSOTTA, SANDRO D | Employer name White Plains City School Dist | Amount $71,816.94 | Date 07/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPA, MARIE L | Employer name City of New Rochelle | Amount $71,816.68 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLAS, DAVID C | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,816.56 | Date 03/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODRIQUEZ, MICHELLE M | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $71,816.51 | Date 01/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BONACUM, PATRICIA | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $71,816.24 | Date 03/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FARINA, KATHLEEN | Employer name Nassau Otb Corp. | Amount $71,816.18 | Date 07/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDAU, LISA A | Employer name Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD | Amount $71,816.08 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, JOANNE L | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,816.00 | Date 07/01/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BYRNE, SHANE L | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,815.89 | Date 02/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VON KRAMER, LINDA A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,815.72 | Date 10/02/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRAFT, RICHARD J | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,815.72 | Date 03/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICH, LORI L | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,815.72 | Date 06/30/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,815.72 | Date 05/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, TIMOTHY A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,815.72 | Date 05/12/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, PHYLLIS A | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,815.72 | Date 05/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCLAVOUNOS, PHIL J | Employer name No Westchester Joint Water Works | Amount $71,815.69 | Date 12/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SCIPIO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Town of Colonie | Amount $71,815.59 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITKOWSKI, MATTHEW J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,815.42 | Date 08/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, RYAN T | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $71,813.93 | Date 09/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAUDHURI, ARUNDHUTI | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,813.73 | Date 08/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLIFFORD, LYNN M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $71,813.59 | Date 11/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLLOCK, PATRICIA E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,813.30 | Date 07/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLON, ERICA | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $71,812.80 | Date 08/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUSER, JOHN C | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $71,812.60 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOORE, HILDA A | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,812.45 | Date 09/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBS, JILL E | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $71,812.39 | Date 07/08/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SEMKOVA, SVETLANA | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $71,812.18 | Date 02/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEPASQUALE, MICHAEL J | Employer name City of Amsterdam | Amount $71,811.27 | Date 05/15/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, KEVIN J | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,811.07 | Date 06/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDWELL, ERIC T | Employer name Village of Sleepy Hollow | Amount $71,809.62 | Date 04/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANE, KRISTINE M | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $71,809.55 | Date 05/22/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASTERNAK, CAROLYN J | Employer name Boces-Del Chenang Madis Otsego | Amount $71,809.50 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOMPKINS, SHEILA M | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $71,809.49 | Date 04/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURIONE, JOHN V | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $71,808.88 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name ARNOLD, MICHELLE M | Employer name City of Glens Falls | Amount $71,808.86 | Date 07/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PICENTE, RENEE | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $71,808.43 | Date 09/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON-STEVENSON, ROMANDA | Employer name SUNY Brockport | Amount $71,808.40 | Date 12/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLGATE, MARY ELLEN | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $71,808.10 | Date 09/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIESLER, JEAN ANNE | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $71,808.10 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENBORN, WADE E | Employer name Town of Clifton Park | Amount $71,808.04 | Date 01/18/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMEL, FREDERICK L | Employer name Village of Webster | Amount $71,808.00 | Date 07/15/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNDON, WILLIAM J | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $71,807.94 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAILLANCOURT, JOAN K | Employer name Village of Hastings-On-Hudson | Amount $71,807.66 | Date 06/30/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WADE, KELLY A | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $71,806.61 | Date 07/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONOHUE, DEBORAH H | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $71,806.55 | Date 12/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDWARDS, JOSEPH H | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,806.49 | Date 11/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORIO-SCHELD, YUKO | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $71,805.97 | Date 04/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGHES, MARY LOUISE | Employer name Veterans Home at Montrose | Amount $71,805.97 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARILE, BIAGIO B | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,805.39 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STOKES, ANTHONY | Employer name Middle Country CSD | Amount $71,805.37 | Date 12/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRODMERKEL, ADAM M | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,805.30 | Date 06/21/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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