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 AMBUHL, JOHN K | Employer name NYS Teachers Retirement System | Amount $69,799.70 | Date 01/21/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREHOUSE, FRANK E, JR | Employer name Warren County | Amount $69,799.29 | Date 04/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEDINA, JEANETTE | Employer name Bronx Psych Center | Amount $69,798.27 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARONE, SHELLEY | Employer name East Ramapo CSD | Amount $69,798.07 | Date 02/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVESQUE, MICHELLE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $69,798.04 | Date 05/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPATA, ALBERTO | Employer name Port Chester Housing Authority | Amount $69,797.96 | Date 06/01/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FURMAN, SUZANNE | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $69,797.89 | Date 03/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENJAMIN, DAVID J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,797.78 | Date 03/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERMAN, LISA M | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,797.78 | Date 08/07/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PIHL, WILLIAM H | Employer name Rochester City School Dist | Amount $69,796.92 | Date 06/12/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILLIPS, DERRICK G | Employer name SUNY Albany | Amount $69,796.67 | Date 11/28/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ILES, SUSAN E | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $69,796.65 | Date 05/22/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERWIN, DAWN M | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $69,795.27 | Date 08/06/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIGGINS, EDWARD P, JR | Employer name Taconic DDSO | Amount $69,794.53 | Date 05/17/1971 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATES, RICHARD G | Employer name Town of Riverhead | Amount $69,794.36 | Date 02/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLES, KYLE C | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $69,794.28 | Date 04/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRANCE, JOHN J, JR | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $69,793.86 | Date 06/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE PAGE, COREY J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $69,793.37 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, JASON J | Employer name Boces-Westchester Putnam | Amount $69,793.23 | Date 12/27/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALVARADO, RICHARD M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,793.18 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name STREIFERT, KARLYNN A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $69,793.14 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTURLA, EDWARD M | Employer name Town of Babylon | Amount $69,792.68 | Date 03/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENT, MICHAEL J | Employer name Department of Motor Vehicles | Amount $69,792.44 | Date 05/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHARON, NEIL R | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,792.28 | Date 05/23/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAUER, JUSTIN P | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,791.21 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HANLEY, MARY JANE | Employer name Rensselaer County | Amount $69,791.09 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC QUEEN, LA JUAN A | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $69,791.08 | Date 01/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, TOULON M | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $69,790.88 | Date 01/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EBERL, DEBRA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,790.82 | Date 05/03/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGLOIRE, PIERRE R | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $69,790.76 | Date 02/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLS, DAVID J | Employer name Franklin Corr Facility | Amount $69,790.73 | Date 12/14/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSE, CHERYL R | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $69,790.62 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWRENCE, ROBERT F | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $69,790.56 | Date 09/04/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSEPH, JENINE | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $69,790.56 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COYNE, TAMARA L | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $69,790.54 | Date 01/18/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUGAN, JAMES T | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,790.21 | Date 02/18/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOODS, DALE S | Employer name Fulton County | Amount $69,790.15 | Date 05/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMONSON, THERESA | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,790.15 | Date 12/16/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOEFFLER, ROBERT D | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,789.40 | Date 09/30/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, JEROME | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $69,789.38 | Date 12/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZAPASEK, DAVID J | Employer name Long Island St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $69,789.29 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAGO, BRENDAN | Employer name Town of Greenburgh | Amount $69,789.22 | Date 09/13/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DOROTHY A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,788.95 | Date 08/23/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARDS, YAHNIQUE J | Employer name Metro New York DDSO | Amount $69,788.63 | Date 12/12/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ERARDI, CLINTON A | Employer name Fourth Jud Dept - Nonjudicial | Amount $69,788.44 | Date 04/09/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWALL, MARY J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $69,788.37 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TIME, JEFFREY J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,788.00 | Date 07/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATE, CHARLES E | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $69,787.80 | Date 07/25/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LARM, DONNA M | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $69,787.33 | Date 10/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHARLOT, SONIA C | Employer name NYS Veterans Home at St Albans | Amount $69,787.30 | Date 04/17/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRUDELL, CHAD D | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $69,786.86 | Date 01/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, SEAN P | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $69,786.77 | Date 04/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, JAMIE D | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,786.42 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name YOUNG, THERESA L | Employer name Off Alcohol & Substance Abuse | Amount $69,785.82 | Date 01/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEAN, JEANINE M | Employer name Div Criminal Justice Serv | Amount $69,785.79 | Date 08/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETRY, ERIC M | Employer name Chautauqua County | Amount $69,785.70 | Date 05/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANNON, DANA A | Employer name Schenectady County | Amount $69,785.01 | Date 03/02/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SURAF, STEVEN W | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $69,784.69 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OJEFUA, ISIBOR O | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,784.46 | Date 03/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAFFERTY, EARL E, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $69,784.31 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AGOSTINI, RICHARD S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 06/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALIFFI, GAIL K | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 06/23/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EHRENSHAFT, LINDA J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 03/31/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FENEKOS, MAUREEN A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 08/21/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GORDON, JEAN | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 04/30/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, WILLIAM P | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLEY, JANIS | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 06/14/1974 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIPPEL, DEBORA A | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 12/22/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENSTEIN, SHARON E | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,784.20 | Date 12/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEVINE, PETER F | Employer name New York Public Library | Amount $69,783.77 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LETOURNEAU, ARSENE F | Employer name Village of Rouses Point | Amount $69,783.34 | Date 02/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEISER, LEE T | Employer name Boces Eastern Suffolk | Amount $69,783.29 | Date 11/13/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAMOWSKI, RICHARD L | Employer name City of Niagara Falls | Amount $69,783.15 | Date 03/28/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MULLEN, DARRIN A | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $69,783.12 | Date 04/05/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZASSO, DENNIS G | Employer name Putnam County | Amount $69,782.92 | Date 05/06/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STONE, JEFFREY G | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $69,782.51 | Date 09/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRISCITELLI, JULIA J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,782.40 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEYMAN, JOHN | Employer name Sachem CSD at Holbrook | Amount $69,781.73 | Date 04/05/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOLBER, JUSTIN F | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $69,781.59 | Date 07/08/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIEDERER, AMY J | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $69,781.32 | Date 10/09/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, MAUREEN E | Employer name Pilgrim Psych Center | Amount $69,780.97 | Date 06/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUDENKO, PETER | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $69,780.82 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIGNONE, ROBERTO J | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,780.50 | Date 04/14/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REID, STACEY N | Employer name Education Department | Amount $69,780.36 | Date 08/11/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESQUILIN, LUCIA C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,780.08 | Date 01/17/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FEATHERSTONE, ANNETTE R | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $69,779.51 | Date 08/01/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPPELLI-STRONG, TAMMIE L | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $69,779.47 | Date 10/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLIPS, KAREN S | Employer name Cayuga County | Amount $69,779.39 | Date 11/30/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRUSAK, TONY | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,778.69 | Date 08/10/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHERMAN, HONOR A | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $69,777.74 | Date 02/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name INGERSOLL, WENDY | Employer name Dept of Agriculture & Markets | Amount $69,777.38 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC DONNELL, JOANNE | Employer name Eastchester UFSD | Amount $69,777.00 | Date 07/12/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORD, RICHARD D, JR | Employer name Minisink Valley CSD | Amount $69,776.99 | Date 02/13/1995 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CLEARY, KEVIN J | Employer name Auburn Corr Facility | Amount $69,776.98 | Date 05/01/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CAFFREY, JENNIFER B | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $69,776.85 | Date 03/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALIZAY, ANDREW J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $69,776.47 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PEDRICK, ROBERT F | Employer name City of Newburgh | Amount $69,776.46 | Date 07/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HOAGLUND, TODD S | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $69,776.43 | Date 11/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROMANELLO, ROBERT | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $69,776.33 | Date 11/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCALETTA, LORI L | Employer name Buffalo Sewer Authority | Amount $69,776.03 | Date 05/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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