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 PALAMARA, JOHN M | Employer name Onondaga County Water Authority | Amount $69,648.98 | Date 01/12/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, JASON M | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $69,648.90 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHAM, JOHN D | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $69,648.46 | Date 01/12/2014 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YEAGER, SHANE T | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $69,648.30 | Date 07/21/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANDFORD, ANN MARIE | Employer name Pine Plains CSD | Amount $69,647.73 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILLIARD, JANELLE E | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $69,647.72 | Date 12/28/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, JAMES M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $69,647.70 | Date 07/05/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUGENT, KEVIN M, JR | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $69,647.42 | Date 07/27/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIESNET, CHRISTINA M | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $69,647.24 | Date 06/26/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATKINS, FLORENCE E | Employer name Brooklyn DDSO | Amount $69,646.91 | Date 03/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARRITT, OWEN C | Employer name Eastern NY Corr Facility | Amount $69,646.71 | Date 06/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FANTIGROSSI, PETER C | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $69,646.42 | Date 05/01/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TURDO, ROCCO A | Employer name Town of Vestal | Amount $69,646.20 | Date 09/02/1978 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOHLFAHRT, NANCY L | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,644.94 | Date 09/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABBOTT, DOUGLAS L | Employer name Monroe County Water Authority | Amount $69,644.87 | Date 08/11/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COTUGNO, MARY K | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $69,644.03 | Date 09/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMERON, DAVID M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $69,643.80 | Date 12/01/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABINS, AGNES L | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,643.69 | Date 07/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWIFT, ROXANNE | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,643.64 | Date 09/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, ERIN E | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $69,642.63 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRIEN, SHARON E | Employer name Mohawk Valley Library System | Amount $69,642.00 | Date 02/19/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, MATTHEW J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $69,641.65 | Date 03/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTISTELLA, BARBARA A | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $69,641.24 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, RICHARD A | Employer name Erie County | Amount $69,641.14 | Date 10/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORNROTH, GEORGE J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,641.14 | Date 04/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVE, JULIE A | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $69,640.79 | Date 01/15/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOLD, GAIL B | Employer name Boces-Monroe Orlean Sup Dist | Amount $69,640.75 | Date 11/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWNE, GREGORY D | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $69,640.45 | Date 07/11/1984 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAGOSTINO, DARLENE M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $69,640.34 | Date 04/25/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAY, JASON E | Employer name City of Hornell | Amount $69,640.30 | Date 10/31/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name REUTER, CHRISTOPHER W | Employer name City of White Plains | Amount $69,639.87 | Date 12/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVER, DANIEL J | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $69,639.32 | Date 07/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTZ, BLAINE | Employer name Southport Correction Facility | Amount $69,639.15 | Date 07/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOEPER, RANDALL C | Employer name West Islip UFSD | Amount $69,639.01 | Date 03/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONTEMORANO, PAUL K | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,638.61 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEZIOLOWSKI, LORRANIE L | Employer name Chemung County | Amount $69,638.56 | Date 11/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOROSKI, WENDY M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $69,638.46 | Date 06/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTKOWIAK, JAMES D | Employer name Oneida County | Amount $69,638.40 | Date 03/13/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'BRYAN, SONDRA E | Employer name Ulster County | Amount $69,638.24 | Date 09/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, THOMAS A | Employer name City of Auburn | Amount $69,637.89 | Date 10/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MONTES, RICHARD K | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $69,637.88 | Date 04/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHOENIG, KURT A | Employer name Brentwood UFSD | Amount $69,637.62 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STURTZ, DAVID M | Employer name Village of Liverpool | Amount $69,637.48 | Date 11/22/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name COMESKEY, MAUREEN P | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $69,637.29 | Date 12/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IERACI, VINCENT | Employer name Dept of Correctional Services | Amount $69,637.17 | Date 07/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMONDS, GEORGE H | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $69,637.05 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HATTENRATH, JOHN H | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $69,636.98 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CRAM, DONALD P | Employer name SUNY College at Oswego | Amount $69,636.91 | Date 02/18/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'HARA, BETH A | Employer name Five Points Corr Facility | Amount $69,636.83 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, MONTREECE B | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $69,636.82 | Date 03/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOULD, PATRICIA A | Employer name Three Village CSD | Amount $69,636.78 | Date 07/21/1975 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KILLENBEC, JERRY R | Employer name Pittsford CSD | Amount $69,636.62 | Date 11/19/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GUINNANE, SEAN P | Employer name Erie County Medical Center Corp. | Amount $69,636.31 | Date 02/25/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREINER, JEFFREY M | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $69,636.31 | Date 12/20/2012 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FAMA, PATRICK A | Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth | Amount $69,636.07 | Date 05/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, JOEL W | Employer name Sunmount Dev Center | Amount $69,636.01 | Date 10/07/1999 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, JAMIE LYNN | Employer name Staten Island DDSO | Amount $69,635.14 | Date 10/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JEAN, ROBERT E, JR | Employer name Wayne County | Amount $69,635.00 | Date 09/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGNELL, DOLORES J | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $69,634.87 | Date 03/28/2000 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, JAMES M, JR | Employer name Shawangunk Correctional Facili | Amount $69,634.73 | Date 04/01/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KINSEY, WENDY | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $69,634.60 | Date 07/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCUDERI, JAMIE | Employer name Westchester County | Amount $69,634.35 | Date 12/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNCE, RONALD A | Employer name Cornell University | Amount $69,634.30 | Date 10/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARLOW, TREASIA L | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $69,633.97 | Date 10/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, ARNOLD S | Employer name Manhattan Psych Center | Amount $69,633.94 | Date 12/11/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOILEAU, LISSA A | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $69,633.94 | Date 03/31/2011 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROJAS, GABRIEL E | Employer name Woodbourne Corr Facility | Amount $69,633.84 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE FALCO, ANTHONY M | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,633.63 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHARD, ARLANDO | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,633.29 | Date 02/07/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NABER, SALEEM I | Employer name Yonkers Parking Authority | Amount $69,633.06 | Date 10/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROCQUE, MARCIA G | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $69,632.46 | Date 01/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOCH, CARL S | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $69,631.99 | Date 05/10/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASSOUD, DONNA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,631.86 | Date 09/19/1985 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'LEARY, THOMAS F, JR | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $69,631.69 | Date 06/28/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENZFEIER, MICHAELA A | Employer name Off of The Med Inspector Gen | Amount $69,631.64 | Date 03/29/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALFANO, DIANA L | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $69,631.43 | Date 12/23/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYLMER, MICHAEL J | Employer name Washington Corr Facility | Amount $69,630.57 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUTLER, RICHARD | Employer name Sullivan County | Amount $69,630.15 | Date 03/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEMPIEN, MELODY A | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $69,629.81 | Date 04/09/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATEMAN, PAUL | Employer name Niagara Falls Pub Water Auth | Amount $69,629.50 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEENEY, NICOLE B | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $69,629.04 | Date 09/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLEIN, KATELYN C | Employer name Statewide Financial System | Amount $69,629.04 | Date 06/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, ANGELIA M | Employer name Education Department | Amount $69,628.78 | Date 03/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIAMMARRUSCO, MICHAEL | Employer name Sewanhaka CSD | Amount $69,628.09 | Date 05/16/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEMCONSKY, STEVEN P | Employer name SUNY Binghamton | Amount $69,628.00 | Date 03/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, PATRICIA LOUISE | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $69,627.89 | Date 11/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MECCA, ANTHONY J, JR | Employer name City of Rye | Amount $69,627.54 | Date 12/31/1990 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DROST, ERIN M | Employer name Taconic St Pk And Rec Regn | Amount $69,627.48 | Date 03/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, MATTHEW W | Employer name Town of Greece | Amount $69,627.48 | Date 04/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, JOHN C | Employer name Town of Southampton | Amount $69,627.14 | Date 08/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZACCAGNINO, DANIEL L | Employer name Rye Neck UFSD | Amount $69,627.09 | Date 07/30/2007 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUBALDI, MICHELLE M | Employer name Hudson Valley DDSO | Amount $69,626.71 | Date 11/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIRE, NICHOLAS B | Employer name City of Olean | Amount $69,625.85 | Date 07/20/2009 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RICKETTS, EARL A | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $69,625.62 | Date 03/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAKHMANOV, RAVSHAN | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $69,625.20 | Date 05/15/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHISEN, JEREMY J | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $69,624.99 | Date 08/14/2006 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHELPS, DAWN M | Employer name Off of The State Comptroller | Amount $69,624.88 | Date 06/26/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONE, RYAN J | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $69,624.57 | Date 03/02/2015 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUCE, ROBERT | Employer name Brighton CSD | Amount $69,624.48 | Date 03/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name POCHATKO, PATRICK C | Employer name Queens Borough Public Library | Amount $69,624.32 | Date 11/09/2008 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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