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 WOOD, DAVID J | Employer name Village of Scotia | Amount $92,582.35 | Date 03/05/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CIMINO, SARAH L | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $92,581.28 | Date 02/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CWIAKALA, MICHELE | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,581.12 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRACCHI, RENO | Employer name Port Washington Library | Amount $92,581.07 | Date 05/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLINGS, MAUREEN | Employer name Bedford Hills Corr Facility | Amount $92,579.80 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, JAMES F | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $92,579.75 | Date 01/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURINO, DENNIS J | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $92,579.18 | Date 04/09/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHALAN, SUSAN L | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,579.17 | Date 12/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOUSIGNANT, STEPHEN A | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $92,578.12 | Date 12/19/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINS, THEODORE R | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,577.73 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONDS, GARY L | Employer name City of Beacon | Amount $92,577.64 | Date 12/17/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAUGHAN, ERIC J | Employer name Town of East Fishkill | Amount $92,577.49 | Date 11/23/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DEWEY, THOMAS C, II | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $92,577.32 | Date 03/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, SHARON D | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $92,577.01 | Date 05/01/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, JUDD D | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $92,576.19 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADESUYI, VICTOR | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,576.00 | Date 12/10/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ASFAW, GIRMA | Employer name NYS Psychiatric Institute | Amount $92,575.61 | Date 05/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABAMWA, GRACE E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $92,573.85 | Date 07/15/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASCU, LORING M | Employer name Wende Corr Facility | Amount $92,573.06 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLEY, THOMAS M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $92,572.93 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRIEANT, ADAM C | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,572.83 | Date 09/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, JUSTIN R | Employer name Boces Madison Oneida | Amount $92,572.06 | Date 09/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLCZYNSKI, ZOE E | Employer name Gorham Middlesex CSD | Amount $92,570.94 | Date 08/21/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANGUBAT, ROSARIO S | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,569.99 | Date 09/22/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEYERT, DEBORAH D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,568.90 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WLOCH, DAVID J, JR | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $92,568.64 | Date 06/22/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, BETTY PEIDI | Employer name Education Department | Amount $92,567.19 | Date 07/29/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLUTH, KARIN A | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $92,566.92 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, PAUL | Employer name Hoosick Falls CSD | Amount $92,565.56 | Date 07/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GILL, DONALD L, II | Employer name Gouverneur Correction Facility | Amount $92,565.27 | Date 11/04/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KACZOR, JILL E | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,563.58 | Date 05/05/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GELLER, HANNAH L | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,563.49 | Date 05/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULLA, NICHOLAS P | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,563.10 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, CLAUDIA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,562.44 | Date 12/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCKLAND, STACY L | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $92,562.23 | Date 05/18/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCCARTHY, MICHAEL A | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $92,561.93 | Date 06/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, LORI A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $92,560.98 | Date 12/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC BRIDE, OTIS K | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,560.60 | Date 10/29/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANLEY, RETA E | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,559.89 | Date 07/21/1969 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, LEANN K | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,559.42 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name METALLO, DEBORAH A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $92,558.27 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBER, MARCIA D | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $92,558.15 | Date 08/28/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINGER, PAUL A | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,557.54 | Date 03/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SAGER, LAURA L | Employer name Columbia Soil,Wtr Cons Dist | Amount $92,556.54 | Date 02/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, SHAWN A | Employer name Village of Fairport | Amount $92,555.92 | Date 01/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BIRO, RENEE K | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $92,555.79 | Date 01/19/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAFT, MELISSA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,555.79 | Date 09/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SARNO, JOHN J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,555.70 | Date 12/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KALET, MEAGAN | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $92,552.71 | Date 06/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DONALSON, RICARDO R | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $92,552.54 | Date 07/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BURRETT, DANIEL R | Employer name City of Peekskill | Amount $92,551.41 | Date 01/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTIANO, VINCENT J | Employer name Town of Tonawanda | Amount $92,551.41 | Date 01/17/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, SCOTT A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $92,551.01 | Date 12/16/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMS, LATOYA Z | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $92,550.61 | Date 12/13/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TEW, GERALD A | Employer name Village of Pelham | Amount $92,549.12 | Date 07/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EGAN, CARLA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,548.40 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GITTER, SHARYN H | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,548.40 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRIS, DEBORAH W | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,548.40 | Date 01/03/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURK, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,548.40 | Date 08/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIKOLIC, VESNA | Employer name Washington Hts Unit | Amount $92,548.02 | Date 09/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROSA, VICTOR T | Employer name Half Hollow Hills CSD | Amount $92,547.68 | Date 03/10/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGNOLA, FRANK, JR | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $92,546.92 | Date 08/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEUN, FLORA A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,546.60 | Date 12/05/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ADAM H | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $92,544.55 | Date 10/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EAGAN, JANET L | Employer name Connetquot Public Library | Amount $92,544.52 | Date 01/30/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RALTON, MARK S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $92,543.06 | Date 03/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIESNET, CHRISTINA M | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $92,542.63 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPENCER, STEVEN G | Employer name Erie County Water Authority | Amount $92,541.71 | Date 08/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALLIS, DONNA J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,541.34 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POWERS, JOHN D | Employer name City of Ithaca | Amount $92,540.76 | Date 10/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-MURRAY, ANITA L | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $92,539.90 | Date 03/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEYSOR, CHAD E | Employer name Clinton Corr Facility | Amount $92,538.57 | Date 03/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAY, DEBRA A | Employer name Edgecombe Corr Facility | Amount $92,537.13 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERZO, STEPHEN E | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 9 | Amount $92,536.64 | Date 08/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHIELDS, TODD F | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $92,536.34 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANGELLA, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,536.30 | Date 06/04/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANUSO, REGINA | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,536.17 | Date 07/21/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOAGLAND, LAURIE M | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $92,535.62 | Date 10/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORDERO, CARMEN N | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $92,535.12 | Date 11/15/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDELA, KENNETH | Employer name Dept Transportation Reg 2 | Amount $92,534.54 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRIGNANI, IRENE | Employer name Supreme Court Clks & Stenos Oc | Amount $92,534.53 | Date 05/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHABOT, MICHAEL W | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $92,532.87 | Date 02/23/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name AUGSTELL, MICHAEL J | Employer name Dept of Public Service | Amount $92,532.06 | Date 12/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DORIA, CAROLYN M | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $92,532.06 | Date 01/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNWALL, TRAVERS B | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,531.92 | Date 11/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALLEN, TIMOTHY S | Employer name Riverview Correction Facility | Amount $92,531.85 | Date 09/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERS, ADRIENNE M | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $92,531.59 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARROYO, EDWIN M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,531.56 | Date 03/31/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FERNANDEZ, HECTOR L | Employer name Albany County | Amount $92,530.02 | Date 01/14/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUSFELD, MATTHEW | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $92,528.32 | Date 08/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN COTT, KENNETH J | Employer name Town of Oyster Bay | Amount $92,527.33 | Date 01/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCEVOLA, JOSEPH F | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $92,526.90 | Date 11/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALANTI, RALPH J | Employer name City of Lackawanna | Amount $92,526.01 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VUOTTO, STEPHEN M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,525.96 | Date 10/14/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGNONE, VINCENT L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,525.87 | Date 03/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIGULAR, ROGER R | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $92,524.44 | Date 03/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOJDYLA, EDWARD L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,523.85 | Date 01/13/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HAWKINS, JENNIFER A | Employer name Department of Transportation | Amount $92,523.01 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PELOW, WILLIAM J | Employer name Town of West Seneca | Amount $92,522.59 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'BRYAN, LISA M | Employer name Mohawk Valley Psych Center | Amount $92,522.47 | Date 11/01/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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