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 SCHIFFMAN, JANICE L | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $71,470.30 | Date 10/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, GREGORY R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,470.04 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNELL, STANLEY J | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $71,469.99 | Date 01/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSENBAUM, ERIC M | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $71,469.59 | Date 08/09/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAERTNER, RANDY | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $71,469.26 | Date 05/29/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARLOW, MICHAEL J | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $71,469.12 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, BRIDGET D | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,469.01 | Date 11/19/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROMBLEY, CAROL A | Employer name Clinton County | Amount $71,468.59 | Date 09/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANSTEY, ROBERT M | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $71,468.26 | Date 05/03/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNISTER, JOE | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,468.14 | Date 12/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULVER, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name North Salem CSD | Amount $71,467.43 | Date 07/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINSON, GRETA V | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $71,466.76 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINNEBORN, SCOTT | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $71,466.70 | Date 06/19/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KWAS, DEBORAH A | Employer name Hicksville Public Library | Amount $71,466.18 | Date 12/02/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APONTE, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $71,466.01 | Date 03/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIALE, ARMAND M | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,465.89 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURI-FINN, JILLIAN | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,465.67 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SUTERA, JOSEPH F | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $71,465.46 | Date 12/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEIRNE, THERESA E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 09/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHLICH, BARBARA L | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 02/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIORLANDO, VIRGINIA | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 02/24/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSH, TRACY A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, JOANNE E | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 01/12/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COPPA RUNFOLA, DONATELLA | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 12/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VINELLI, GLORIA J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 09/11/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, KEVIN P | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $71,465.33 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARLIN, ALAN S | Employer name NYS School Bd Association | Amount $71,465.25 | Date 05/21/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOZLOWSKI, EDWARD V | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $71,464.76 | Date 06/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALNUTT, CAROL N | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $71,464.51 | Date 11/15/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLER, DEBORAH L | Employer name Oswego County | Amount $71,464.49 | Date 09/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VENEZIA, LENORA M | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,463.52 | Date 12/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUPREY, HARRY G | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 7 | Amount $71,463.46 | Date 11/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LAUTER, JACOB E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,463.00 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIATTINO, PETER V | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,463.00 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHATZKES, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,463.00 | Date 08/08/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURSO, JEANNE M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,462.88 | Date 06/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name USEO, VINCENT J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $71,462.44 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUSNER, SUSAN G | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $71,462.42 | Date 07/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACCARINO, THOMAS M | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $71,462.29 | Date 01/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANSFIELD, WILLIE J | Employer name Yonkers Mun Housing Authority | Amount $71,462.03 | Date 04/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHAUBER, TODD J | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,461.70 | Date 05/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SICARI, MARY K | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $71,461.52 | Date 11/02/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REGIS, PATRICK J | Employer name Bernard Fineson Dev Center | Amount $71,460.90 | Date 08/16/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JANGA, KAVITHA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,460.87 | Date 02/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVOIE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $71,460.43 | Date 07/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGLOIS, MARIE G | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $71,460.17 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALEXIS-THERMITUS, MARIE F | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $71,460.12 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMONTE, JAMES E | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $71,460.07 | Date 04/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RODGERS, ALYSON T M | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,459.97 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBEY, TODD R | Employer name Town of Brighton | Amount $71,459.86 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, RANDOLPH M | Employer name Beaver River CSD | Amount $71,459.58 | Date 06/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNY, MELVIN H | Employer name Town of Somerset | Amount $71,458.99 | Date 05/01/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHANAN, KENNETH S | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,458.39 | Date 11/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICKS, BERNARD L | Employer name Amityville UFSD | Amount $71,457.38 | Date 09/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ADRIAN L | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,456.62 | Date 03/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUCK, WILLIAM S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $71,456.57 | Date 10/12/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEDD, MICHAEL A | Employer name Mohawk Municipal Commission | Amount $71,456.51 | Date 10/18/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIPP, SUSAN K | Employer name Herkimer County | Amount $71,456.30 | Date 04/26/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFO, AMY D | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $71,455.93 | Date 11/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FARNHAM, JAMES R | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,455.90 | Date 09/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORSON, EDWARD J | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,455.80 | Date 01/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HECHT, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,455.80 | Date 12/13/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HYNDMAN, PAUL M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,455.80 | Date 06/28/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLIA, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,455.80 | Date 03/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUEX, SCOTT C | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $71,455.80 | Date 12/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERKINS, MICHAEL W | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,455.66 | Date 03/02/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLVIN, DEBORAH S | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $71,455.14 | Date 08/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, KEVIN O | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,454.51 | Date 04/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNNE, JOHN K | Employer name Town of East Hampton | Amount $71,454.45 | Date 08/06/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETKEWICH, RACHEL A | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $71,454.04 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDKOWSKI, THOMAS W | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,453.98 | Date 01/17/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RUGGIERO, DIANE M | Employer name Village of Croton-On-Hudson | Amount $71,453.84 | Date 05/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YARDLEY, MATTHEW J | Employer name Village of East Hampton | Amount $71,453.68 | Date 11/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELLA POSTA, MILLICENT | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $71,453.51 | Date 10/13/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, ERIN A | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $71,453.44 | Date 06/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTUNE, MARIE GISELE | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $71,453.18 | Date 06/14/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICE, NICOLE | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,453.10 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC NULTY, TIMOTHY I | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,453.10 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANLEY, MICHAEL T, III | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $71,452.25 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAND, RICHARD W, JR | Employer name Broome County | Amount $71,452.14 | Date 06/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRY, JASON R | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $71,452.14 | Date 05/02/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DALY, LORRAINE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $71,451.88 | Date 06/19/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORRADO, MARIO | Employer name Somers CSD | Amount $71,451.46 | Date 12/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, FRANCESCA A | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $71,451.34 | Date 07/06/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARROS, CHANCE H | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $71,451.06 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE STEFANO, NEAL J | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $71,450.48 | Date 08/29/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIRD, MEREDEL L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,450.48 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CHAIN, LINDA M | Employer name Mt Pleasant Blythedale UFSD | Amount $71,450.06 | Date 06/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, JOHN H | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,449.90 | Date 09/01/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERTONICA, ANTHONY M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $71,449.64 | Date 08/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOWLING, WILLIAM P | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $71,449.33 | Date 07/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HELMERS, PHILIP T | Employer name Boces Westchester Sole Supvsry | Amount $71,449.09 | Date 05/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAGAN, TREVOR | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $71,449.07 | Date 05/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JANE N | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $71,448.57 | Date 09/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOOS, JOSEPH T | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $71,448.31 | Date 05/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYED, AZRA | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,448.00 | Date 06/04/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARQUITT, MARTIN J | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $71,447.84 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEWTON, SALLY E | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $71,447.48 | Date 01/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, JONATHAN R | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $71,447.37 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LIVINGSTON, STEPHANIE C | Employer name Capital Dist Psych Center | Amount $71,447.35 | Date 10/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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