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 GOTT, JOSEPH | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,948.96 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOYER, RONALD E | Employer name Altona Corr Facility | Amount $69,948.57 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOSEPH M | Employer name East Meadow UFSD | Amount $69,948.05 | Date 02/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, EUGENE | Employer name Syracuse Urban Renewal Agcy | Amount $69,948.02 | Date 03/31/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENRIE, CRAIG E | Employer name Valley CSD at Montgomery | Amount $69,948.02 | Date 11/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINGENHEIMER, ANNE R | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $69,948.01 | Date 09/24/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POTRAFKA, CANDICE M | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $69,948.01 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, GRANT E | Employer name Palisades Interstate Pk Commis | Amount $69,947.90 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVILAND, RAYMOND L, JR | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,947.49 | Date 07/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMSTER, FERN | Employer name Onteora CSD at Boiceville | Amount $69,947.43 | Date 09/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIANESE, CARMELA M | Employer name Scarsdale UFSD | Amount $69,947.40 | Date 09/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IANNI, DANIELLE D | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $69,947.36 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BANNISTER, GILLIAN C | Employer name County Clerks Within NYC | Amount $69,947.26 | Date 09/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, TIMOTHY | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $69,947.23 | Date 06/06/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name VAN GORDER, ANDREW P | Employer name Energy Research Dev Authority | Amount $69,946.85 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINA, ROBERTO C | Employer name UFSD of The Tarrytowns | Amount $69,946.74 | Date 06/08/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CATUCCI, LOUIS V | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $69,946.66 | Date 10/03/1972 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CARTHY, BRIAN J | Employer name City of Corning | Amount $69,946.63 | Date 10/16/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AQUINO, GASPAR | Employer name Pelham UFSD | Amount $69,946.62 | Date 10/25/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTOLINI, DEBORAH A | Employer name Middle Country Public Library | Amount $69,946.25 | Date 06/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KAPPERMAN, NATHANAEL C | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,946.23 | Date 08/01/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAUNDERS, ERIC M | Employer name City of Kingston | Amount $69,945.97 | Date 07/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COONRADT, RICHARD A | Employer name Albany County | Amount $69,945.89 | Date 03/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROGAN, IRENE H | Employer name Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls UFSD | Amount $69,945.88 | Date 07/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SOTO, JESUS M | Employer name Yonkers City School Dist | Amount $69,945.63 | Date 10/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, MARK E | Employer name Village of Horseheads | Amount $69,945.58 | Date 09/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TAVERAS, SUSANA R | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $69,945.09 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMSTRONG, WALTER W, III | Employer name Boces-Albany Schenect Schohari | Amount $69,944.63 | Date 02/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DECKER, JOHN N., JR | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $69,944.49 | Date 10/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOMOSINSKI, ELLEN B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,944.35 | Date 04/15/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECHTNER, MICHAEL A | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $69,943.91 | Date 01/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATIAS, CRAIG A | Employer name City of Binghamton | Amount $69,943.90 | Date 02/19/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FINGER, JASON E | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $69,943.38 | Date 08/29/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KORTMANN, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Smithtown CSD | Amount $69,943.10 | Date 07/08/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREZ, CLARA M | Employer name Ninth Judicial Dist | Amount $69,943.04 | Date 05/29/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLORIN, JOSEPH T | Employer name Harrison CSD | Amount $69,942.42 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOWKER, HEATH J | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $69,942.39 | Date 08/30/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANDAVERDE, KATHLEEN | Employer name Appellate Div 2Nd Dept | Amount $69,942.35 | Date 12/30/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISSELL, RANDY J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $69,942.18 | Date 03/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURDYKE, JASON J | Employer name Lackawanna Mun Housing Auth | Amount $69,941.87 | Date 03/16/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEDDO, JUNE | Employer name Third Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,940.97 | Date 06/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEATON, CAROLE S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $69,940.11 | Date 10/12/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLER, MIRNA E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,940.08 | Date 04/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, MARK A | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 1 | Amount $69,939.84 | Date 10/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, KIMBERLY A | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $69,939.43 | Date 09/05/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORNIKIEWICZ, DANIEL A, JR | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $69,939.34 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GULICK, RONALD L | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,939.22 | Date 10/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COSTINE, ADAM J | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $69,938.76 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONOUGH, ROCHELLE L | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $69,938.67 | Date 09/05/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EWIN, RUDY P | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $69,938.32 | Date 03/16/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALOE, ROCCO | Employer name Huntington Public Library | Amount $69,938.12 | Date 05/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBINSON, CANDICE A | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,937.43 | Date 06/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, LYNN M | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,937.14 | Date 10/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VANCE, DIANA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $69,937.02 | Date 07/21/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELEHAN, GREG D | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,936.73 | Date 08/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABARCA, JORGE D | Employer name Uniondale UFSD | Amount $69,936.40 | Date 02/12/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCAGLIONE, CARMELO R | Employer name Town of Haverstraw | Amount $69,936.22 | Date 01/16/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAURANGE, ANTHONY | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $69,936.17 | Date 10/10/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, SHELIA B | Employer name Long Island Dev Center | Amount $69,935.98 | Date 04/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, WILLIAM | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,935.94 | Date 03/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOSHIER, GARY | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $69,935.84 | Date 06/19/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHUMACHER, FRED A, JR | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,935.82 | Date 02/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRUBLE, THOMAS R, III | Employer name Village of Watkins Glen | Amount $69,935.75 | Date 05/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WECHSLER, GAIL R | Employer name Steuben County | Amount $69,935.19 | Date 10/21/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI SARRO, GINA M | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $69,934.54 | Date 06/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, TYREE D | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $69,934.47 | Date 03/04/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AUGELLO, MICHAEL A | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $69,934.20 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMIERI, VINCENT | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $69,933.97 | Date 05/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LEAN, SHARITA L | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,933.80 | Date 11/19/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUFFINI, JOSEPH R | Employer name Rockland Psych Center Children | Amount $69,933.74 | Date 02/09/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZWIELEWSKI, JOSEPH P | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $69,933.62 | Date 01/29/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRY, DANIEL M | Employer name Town of Wappinger | Amount $69,933.45 | Date 01/25/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPERANZA, JONATHAN V | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $69,933.43 | Date 11/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIRAINO, LIZABETH M | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $69,932.81 | Date 05/16/1977 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOPERA, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $69,932.71 | Date 04/04/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICHOLS, DAWN I | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $69,932.64 | Date 10/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAIL, SAMUEL I, JR | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,932.60 | Date 11/18/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHOADES, DEBRA M | Employer name Albany County | Amount $69,932.34 | Date 10/08/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYON, MARTHA J | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,932.32 | Date 07/01/1968 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, ROBERT W | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $69,931.82 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, BRIAN | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,931.67 | Date 03/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HORVATH, STEVEN L | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $69,931.63 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAIN, BEENA R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $69,931.60 | Date 02/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RITTER, MAUREEN E | Employer name Orleans Corr Facility | Amount $69,931.15 | Date 07/06/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CADY, PATRICK D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $69,930.96 | Date 05/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANCIS, SANDRA A | Employer name Greene County | Amount $69,930.80 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASKINETT, KENNETH H | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,930.48 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LECCESE, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Mineola UFSD | Amount $69,930.39 | Date 08/01/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POLISHCHUK, VLADIMIR | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $69,929.88 | Date 01/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DZEMBO, JASON E | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $69,929.69 | Date 05/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, SUSAN | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $69,929.28 | Date 10/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, CALEB | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $69,929.15 | Date 06/28/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARRACO, SALVATORE A | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $69,929.13 | Date 06/26/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNOZ, ANTHONY | Employer name Town of North Hempstead | Amount $69,929.09 | Date 02/02/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOBERGER, JAMIE L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,928.96 | Date 06/25/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GAMBINO, MICHAEL P | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,928.92 | Date 10/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARQUIETT, ROBERT W | Employer name Ogdensburg Corr Facility | Amount $69,928.74 | Date 03/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DI BUONO, DENNIS P | Employer name New Rochelle City School Dist | Amount $69,928.55 | Date 06/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BERGENE, SARA J | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $69,928.39 | Date 04/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAFT, TODD J | Employer name City of Elmira | Amount $69,928.03 | Date 05/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
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