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 CLAUSEN, PATRICK A | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,174.74 | Date 04/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GERACITANO, MARK J | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $71,174.35 | Date 03/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CICCONE, MERINO J, III | Employer name City of Rome | Amount $71,174.31 | Date 07/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FELLOWS, GARY A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 5 | Amount $71,174.14 | Date 10/29/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMISANO, DANIEL D | Employer name Village of Herkimer | Amount $71,173.49 | Date 07/23/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANDREW S | Employer name Town of Somers | Amount $71,173.31 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GICOBBI, PHILIP A | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,173.18 | Date 04/28/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTILLO, TERESA L | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $71,172.81 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMANN, KEVIN M | Employer name Jefferson County | Amount $71,172.42 | Date 03/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOLEN, JEFFERY, JR | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $71,172.34 | Date 05/20/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRMINGHAM, CAROL A | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $71,172.21 | Date 06/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSADO, JESSICA | Employer name Central Islip UFSD | Amount $71,172.11 | Date 04/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, ERIKA | Employer name Coxsackie Corr Facility | Amount $71,171.86 | Date 02/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PENCHANSKY, SCOTT M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $71,171.84 | Date 12/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PECKA, SUZANNE | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $71,171.67 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STAER, JAMES J | Employer name Connetquot CSD | Amount $71,171.65 | Date 01/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETZEL, MARY E | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $71,171.26 | Date 10/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALASSO, JAMES J, III | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $71,171.05 | Date 03/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, DAVID | Employer name NYC Criminal Court | Amount $71,170.58 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRYANT, EDDIE A | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $71,170.42 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGNUSON, NELS G | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $71,169.99 | Date 11/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARR, WILLIAM L | Employer name Village of Cazenovia | Amount $71,169.86 | Date 01/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALIERNO, MICHAEL | Employer name Village of Scarsdale | Amount $71,169.68 | Date 01/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMS, LAZARUS U | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $71,169.19 | Date 03/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, KENNISHA D | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $71,169.09 | Date 06/28/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEHAN, MEGHAN B | Employer name SUNY Stony Brook | Amount $71,169.07 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYBKA, WILLIAM L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $71,169.02 | Date 10/21/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEALEY, JESSICA L | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $71,168.01 | Date 10/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOKS, ANDREW H | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $71,167.82 | Date 12/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LITTLE, FRANCES M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,167.72 | Date 06/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAVITZ, BEN A | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $71,167.63 | Date 01/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HALL, WILLIAM W, III | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 10/14/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, DARLA A | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 10/21/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCLAUGHLIN, LOLISA P | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 08/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENT, DEBBIE S | Employer name Division of Human Rights | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 03/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAKE, CATHY ANN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 03/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANGEMI, MATTHEW D | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUCAN, VALERIE L | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 11/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE MIEUX, DORIAN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LESSARD, EDWARD T | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 05/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, DAVID | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 08/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLOW, SONAM BEN | Employer name Education Department | Amount $71,167.20 | Date 03/25/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIRK, RYAN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $71,167.15 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LAKE, JAMES P | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $71,166.95 | Date 04/01/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FEDRIZZI, BETTIE B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $71,166.68 | Date 03/31/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIMES, GAYNELL L | Employer name Downstate Corr Facility | Amount $71,166.68 | Date 08/09/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MATTHEW T | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,166.51 | Date 04/23/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNSON, PAMELA J | Employer name SUNY College at Plattsburgh | Amount $71,165.99 | Date 06/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOLTIS, KRISTA L | Employer name Broome County | Amount $71,165.84 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERIDAN, JAMES J | Employer name Village of Mamaroneck | Amount $71,165.78 | Date 05/02/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALKER, PATRICK J | Employer name Erie County | Amount $71,165.12 | Date 05/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOJDULA, DANIEL M | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $71,165.03 | Date 06/02/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, NICHLOAS P | Employer name Town of East Greenbush | Amount $71,164.89 | Date 08/30/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOUNTAIN, KIANI S | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,164.87 | Date 11/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HLOSTA, CARMEN M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $71,164.73 | Date 07/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, TODD N | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $71,164.60 | Date 04/12/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, BRET M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $71,163.90 | Date 01/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CURRAN, CHRISTOPHER B | Employer name Town of Lewisboro | Amount $71,163.89 | Date 05/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEWARD, SIMONE A | Employer name SUNY Health Sci Center Syracuse | Amount $71,163.81 | Date 02/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICKLEY, DARWIN A | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $71,163.42 | Date 03/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRESLIN, MARIAN A | Employer name Carmel CSD | Amount $71,163.24 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADDISON-AMOYAW, JANE | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $71,162.60 | Date 08/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POELKER, CHRISTOPHER H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,162.58 | Date 11/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, MICHELE E | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $71,161.92 | Date 01/05/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEKER, RANDY A | Employer name Niagara Falls City School Dist | Amount $71,161.84 | Date 04/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASS, ALYSON R | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $71,161.71 | Date 11/18/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUSCI, STEPHEN L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $71,161.31 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LIU, HONG | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $71,161.28 | Date 11/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANRAHAN, BRENDAN C | Employer name Boces-Nassau Sole Sup Dist | Amount $71,161.10 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLBY, KEVIN P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,161.08 | Date 01/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name QUAYYUM, NAZMUL | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $71,159.76 | Date 01/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLANTONIO, DONATO F | Employer name Town of Mamaroneck | Amount $71,158.99 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, JAMES G | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $71,158.89 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, LISA L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,158.68 | Date 02/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DONNELLY, DEBORAH J | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,158.68 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDING, MARTIN D | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,158.68 | Date 12/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEFFERS-TAYLOR, JUDITH L | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,158.68 | Date 04/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, VANESSA A | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,158.68 | Date 08/05/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NERF, LISA | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,158.68 | Date 02/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMINES, JONEEN M | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $71,158.68 | Date 06/03/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAFORGE, RACHEL J | Employer name Tri-Valley CSD at Grahamsville | Amount $71,158.19 | Date 07/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHILDS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $71,158.06 | Date 09/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTORILLO, DANIELLE T | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $71,157.84 | Date 05/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIDGEON, MARGARET E | Employer name Town of Amherst | Amount $71,157.72 | Date 12/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, ODESSA C | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,157.45 | Date 06/27/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUFFY, CHARLES P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $71,157.45 | Date 01/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ULMA, JOHN F | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $71,157.35 | Date 03/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC EVOY, JAMES R | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $71,157.25 | Date 10/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINK, AMY T | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $71,156.87 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, DEBRA A | Employer name SUNY College at Buffalo | Amount $71,156.87 | Date 10/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PADMORE, HANSON S | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $71,156.56 | Date 07/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURKE, NANCY | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $71,156.54 | Date 01/03/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAIN, RICHARD A | Employer name Schoharie County | Amount $71,156.43 | Date 12/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DENNIS, MICHAEL E | Employer name Town of Huntington | Amount $71,156.31 | Date 08/31/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTTA, DIANE M | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $71,156.28 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, VINCENT J | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $71,156.07 | Date 08/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LINDBOOM-DORT, LAURA M | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $71,155.77 | Date 05/24/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, ANDREW C | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $71,155.58 | Date 04/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAOLUCCI, DAN | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $71,155.11 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAMBUCCI, DELIA A | Employer name Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD | Amount $71,154.97 | Date 07/22/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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