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 MACKEY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $70,172.36 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REED, MURIEL L | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $70,172.00 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ETZ, PAUL A | Employer name Pulaski CSD | Amount $70,172.00 | Date 04/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANADY, DAVID N | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,171.29 | Date 07/12/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BATT, MICHAEL | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $70,170.70 | Date 11/10/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN TASSEL, BRUCE R | Employer name Town of Cortlandt | Amount $70,170.59 | Date 09/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, JAMES L | Employer name North Colonie CSD | Amount $70,170.43 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORAN, JEFFREY J | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $70,170.41 | Date 01/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONEILL, JOHN F | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,170.26 | Date 11/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOLDMAN, EDEN V | Employer name Rockland Co Solid Waste Auth | Amount $70,170.13 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLAO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $70,169.61 | Date 06/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOVELADY, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $70,169.52 | Date 04/06/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMP, GREG M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $70,169.22 | Date 04/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INFANTINO, DAVID M | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $70,169.17 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, AMY | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $70,168.80 | Date 01/06/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLARK, CAROL A | Employer name Office Parks, Rec & Hist Pres | Amount $70,168.57 | Date 08/27/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name D'AVERSA, ROSE | Employer name Hauppauge UFSD | Amount $70,168.44 | Date 11/20/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATCHUK, STEPHEN S | Employer name Office of Technology-Inst | Amount $70,168.37 | Date 08/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILMER, WILLIAM R | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $70,168.16 | Date 05/23/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUNGELLO, JOSEPH V | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $70,167.77 | Date 11/01/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUIROS, MYRIAN I | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $70,167.52 | Date 06/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLUBER, TERRENCE J | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $70,166.80 | Date 06/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GENDRON, JENNIFER L | Employer name Workers Compensation Board Bd | Amount $70,166.20 | Date 08/28/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUGH, GRETCHEN A | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $70,166.16 | Date 06/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANNA, AMANDA L | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,166.07 | Date 10/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATHEWS, RICHARD L, JR | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,166.00 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CULVER, DARRIN T | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $70,165.78 | Date 06/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, ANDRE R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,165.74 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VEGA, JOSE M | Employer name Hale Creek Asactc | Amount $70,165.65 | Date 09/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PASCARELLI, MARY I | Employer name Town of Southeast | Amount $70,165.36 | Date 01/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVANAUGH, ROBERT F | Employer name Collins Corr Facility | Amount $70,165.18 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONACO, STEVEN | Employer name Copiague UFSD | Amount $70,164.73 | Date 12/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORTIZ, DAVID | Employer name Lawrence Sanitary District #1 | Amount $70,164.64 | Date 05/14/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMAN, ELLEN K | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $70,164.38 | Date 03/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRECKMAN, JAMES T | Employer name Town of Penfield | Amount $70,164.33 | Date 08/08/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWATZ, JESSICA L | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $70,164.29 | Date 11/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SALAU, SHARON P | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $70,164.16 | Date 07/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARVARD, BRANDON W | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $70,163.58 | Date 02/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KAUR, DEVINDER | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $70,163.54 | Date 12/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWAK, RICHARD V, JR | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $70,163.47 | Date 08/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Holland Patent CSD | Amount $70,163.40 | Date 09/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOLDER, JEFFREY A | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $70,163.17 | Date 09/23/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYALA, MANUEL | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $70,163.10 | Date 05/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIVERS, TA-SHONNA C | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $70,163.04 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LABROZZI, ALBERT L, JR | Employer name Town of Shelter Island | Amount $70,162.98 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRAGON, ANDREW F | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $70,162.69 | Date 02/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURANO, ANTHONY | Employer name Cattaraugus County | Amount $70,162.05 | Date 01/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIGNATARO, KIMBERLY A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,162.01 | Date 12/06/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, WENDY E | Employer name Rochester Psych Center | Amount $70,161.82 | Date 03/26/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPISAK, JOSHUA R | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $70,161.53 | Date 07/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEHR, TRAVIS M | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $70,161.38 | Date 03/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, SARENIA F | Employer name Boces-Jeff'son Lewis Hamilton | Amount $70,161.28 | Date 02/25/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWELL, BERNARD F | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $70,160.24 | Date 10/29/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARDINAL, BONNIE M | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $70,160.22 | Date 12/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAVA, DONNA A | Employer name Boces-Oneida Herkimer Madison | Amount $70,160.06 | Date 01/06/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRATTS, RICHARD T | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $70,160.02 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIMOND, ROY S | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $70,159.84 | Date 04/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCAS, JON E | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $70,159.65 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, JASON S | Employer name Riverhead Water District | Amount $70,159.58 | Date 02/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARGANO, BERNADETTE, MS | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $70,159.58 | Date 09/16/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRANIERI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $70,159.25 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHOEMAKER, THERESA L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $70,159.16 | Date 02/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOUCKS, THOMAS J, IV | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $70,158.62 | Date 01/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN NOSDALL, BRENT P | Employer name City of Poughkeepsie | Amount $70,158.14 | Date 10/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SPYLIOS, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $70,157.56 | Date 11/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name NASH, MARYBETH | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $70,157.29 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELDHUSEN, WILLIAM T | Employer name Department of State | Amount $70,156.42 | Date 09/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, STACY L | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $70,156.30 | Date 09/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILDENBRAND, JOSEPH C | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $70,156.29 | Date 07/15/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAGOWSKI, SUSAN M | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $70,155.92 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, KERRY E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $70,155.65 | Date 06/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEPLOWSKI, FRANKLIN J, JR | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $70,155.61 | Date 04/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUCKMAN, HANNAH L | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $70,155.45 | Date 11/13/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMBO, RINO A | Employer name Mt Vernon City School Dist | Amount $70,155.41 | Date 09/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AHMAD, HAAFIZ S | Employer name Brooklyn Public Library | Amount $70,155.30 | Date 05/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEAUDIN, AMY L | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $70,155.15 | Date 08/23/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REIMERS, GLADYS | Employer name NYS Corr Serv,NYC Central Adm | Amount $70,155.04 | Date 02/18/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITSELL, EMIL M | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $70,154.89 | Date 04/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTER, RICHARD L | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $70,154.73 | Date 07/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODENAK, PAM D | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $70,154.60 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA PRADE, MOLLY A | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $70,154.60 | Date 07/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOWLAN, TERESA C | Employer name Finger Lakes DDSO | Amount $70,154.60 | Date 08/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCARDELLO, VALERIE | Employer name Bethpage UFSD | Amount $70,153.53 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEFRUSCIO, JEFFREY A | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $70,153.43 | Date 12/27/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPERS, CECILIA T | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,153.08 | Date 03/24/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRETT, HEATHER M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $70,152.81 | Date 03/20/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD FOX, SUSAN E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $70,152.81 | Date 09/11/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSSENFORT, AMANDA E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $70,152.81 | Date 03/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SITTERLY, CAROL | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $70,152.81 | Date 11/06/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERLMAN, LINDA L | Employer name Glen Cove City School Dist | Amount $70,152.71 | Date 07/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORME, DANA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $70,152.64 | Date 05/07/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VICTOR, JIMMLY R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $70,152.60 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDEK, ROSEMARY | Employer name Erie County | Amount $70,152.08 | Date 10/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUGINO, MARK N | Employer name Village of Fredonia | Amount $70,151.77 | Date 09/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWMAN, JUDY | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $70,151.63 | Date 09/02/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOSEY, KATHLEEN M | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $70,151.54 | Date 03/18/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAMOR, PHILIPPE | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $70,151.39 | Date 06/28/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O`BRIEN, JANET L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $70,150.62 | Date 10/13/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEDNARCZYK, CHESTER M | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $70,150.58 | Date 06/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DENISE | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $70,150.54 | Date 05/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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