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 LEMPA, MAURA J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,246.26 | Date 01/08/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEHRMANN, CHRISTOPHER L | Employer name Attica Corr Facility | Amount $92,245.69 | Date 11/29/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMEN, ROSE JEAN D | Employer name Westchester Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,245.15 | Date 10/05/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BURNS, GARY R | Employer name Boces-Broome Delaware Tioga | Amount $92,244.66 | Date 04/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOHERTY, KATHLEEN E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,243.72 | Date 06/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MONROE, JAMES G | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,243.23 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAGE, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Niagara County | Amount $92,242.64 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRVIN, EDWARD J | Employer name Mid-State Corr Facility | Amount $92,241.31 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TILLISTRAND, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Yorktown | Amount $92,241.20 | Date 07/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KENDRICKS, DONALD | Employer name City of Albany | Amount $92,241.19 | Date 08/10/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUNN-WATKINS, CATHERINE M | Employer name St Lawrence Psych Center | Amount $92,240.67 | Date 09/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINN, DANIEL B | Employer name City of Utica | Amount $92,240.51 | Date 06/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCIME, STEVEN V | Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth | Amount $92,239.64 | Date 04/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHELAN, SHARON M | Employer name Harborfields CSD of Greenlawn | Amount $92,239.31 | Date 04/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTWRIGHT, KEITH T | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $92,238.87 | Date 11/03/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, MARK A | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,238.49 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CALDERON, GLERIA R | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,238.13 | Date 03/10/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHIELINI, ROBERT | Employer name Town of Hempstead | Amount $92,238.09 | Date 03/20/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HIGGINS, DONALD N | Employer name Livingston County | Amount $92,237.97 | Date 12/20/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYER, RAYMOND W | Employer name Suffolk County Water Authority | Amount $92,237.79 | Date 10/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERLMAN, LAWRENCE S | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,236.87 | Date 11/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZEILINGOLD, ZEV | Employer name Office of Court Administration | Amount $92,235.48 | Date 07/16/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOFENSON, JEFFREY G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $92,235.33 | Date 11/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, GINA M | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,234.90 | Date 09/09/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HODGES, CHETTINA | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,234.66 | Date 12/13/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUBA, DMYTRO | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $92,233.56 | Date 09/28/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNETTLER, JEFFREY E | Employer name Albion Corr Facility | Amount $92,233.39 | Date 12/27/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ONDREK, MELISSA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $92,232.73 | Date 06/20/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALLEY, STEPHEN J | Employer name Essex County | Amount $92,232.57 | Date 11/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NUERMBERGER, CARL H | Employer name Erie County | Amount $92,232.22 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PLACE, ROBERT M | Employer name Town of Perinton | Amount $92,232.18 | Date 08/09/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, JOHN J | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 8 | Amount $92,231.77 | Date 03/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NAKHLA, MILAD E | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $92,230.91 | Date 01/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VIUP, ROBERT | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,230.87 | Date 09/26/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REDDY, PREMILA K | Employer name NYC Civil Court | Amount $92,230.78 | Date 01/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LADLEE, BRIAN R | Employer name Orange County | Amount $92,230.20 | Date 06/20/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUCKSTADT, ERIC C | Employer name Dept Transportation Region 10 | Amount $92,229.74 | Date 12/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLNER, BARBARA N | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $92,229.31 | Date 01/11/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANLEY, DONNA L | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $92,229.01 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, LINDA A | Employer name Buffalo Psych Center | Amount $92,227.56 | Date 01/03/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSON, RONALD G | Employer name Great Meadow Corr Facility | Amount $92,227.43 | Date 03/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRY, MICHAEL R | Employer name Village of Ossining | Amount $92,226.95 | Date 01/11/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHMIDT, DAVID C | Employer name City of North Tonawanda | Amount $92,226.82 | Date 04/06/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DOUGLAS-DUFFY, KERRY J | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $92,226.03 | Date 06/10/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAYLES, GREGORY T | Employer name Thruway Authority | Amount $92,225.93 | Date 08/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OCAMPO, MARIA VICTORIA G | Employer name Central NY Psych Center | Amount $92,224.14 | Date 01/07/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMBERS, MICHELE M | Employer name Children & Family Services | Amount $92,223.82 | Date 04/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STANHOPE, DAVID R | Employer name Division of State Police | Amount $92,223.54 | Date 08/04/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DUCHATELIER, IVENS C | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $92,223.13 | Date 07/24/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAUSER, KEITH C | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $92,223.04 | Date 01/25/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LENIHAN, KRISTEN D | Employer name Boces Suffolk 2Nd Sup Dist | Amount $92,223.00 | Date 09/07/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARNER, JOHN C | Employer name Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Amount $92,221.28 | Date 11/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARRINGTON, DOLLY R | Employer name No Hempstead Housing Authority | Amount $92,221.22 | Date 08/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAXWELL, MARIA L | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $92,221.06 | Date 03/22/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COCOZZA, GERALD T, JR | Employer name Town of Marlborough | Amount $92,220.85 | Date 03/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CONIGLIARO, DEBRA G | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,220.69 | Date 09/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FUTIA, ANTHONY, III | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $92,220.15 | Date 10/27/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLAGHER, ROBERT | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,220.08 | Date 01/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEORGE, SCOTT R | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $92,218.74 | Date 02/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WONG, PAUL KAI WAI | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,216.60 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIRSCHENHEITER, JOHN | Employer name Town of Brookhaven | Amount $92,216.46 | Date 10/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA MAY, BRIAN H | Employer name Adirondack Correction Facility | Amount $92,216.03 | Date 10/07/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAKESLEE, KAREN W | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $92,215.67 | Date 05/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KREISLER, DAVID B | Employer name City of Yonkers | Amount $92,214.94 | Date 10/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVAPOTENZA, JOSEPH | Employer name Byram Hills CSD at Armonk | Amount $92,214.43 | Date 09/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STERNBERG, DAVID P | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $92,214.09 | Date 11/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FACIN, BARBARA | Employer name Capital District DDSO | Amount $92,214.09 | Date 01/20/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ROGER W, JR | Employer name Dpt Environmental Conservation | Amount $92,212.77 | Date 01/14/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEELAN, CHRISTOPHER S | Employer name Town of Cheektowaga | Amount $92,210.94 | Date 07/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRUCHIS, WANDA R | Employer name Mid York Library System | Amount $92,210.90 | Date 01/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, HERBERT W | Employer name Village of Rockville Centre | Amount $92,209.49 | Date 09/25/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AYERS, SHARI L | Employer name Supreme Ct-1St Criminal Branch | Amount $92,209.47 | Date 06/17/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STALA, JOSEPH R | Employer name Village of Solvay | Amount $92,209.38 | Date 05/14/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIEPPO, THOMAS | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,209.32 | Date 05/06/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALARIS, ANTONIOS A | Employer name Monroe County | Amount $92,209.30 | Date 11/30/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERA, SIOMARA | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $92,209.23 | Date 07/21/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, BARBARA M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $92,208.08 | Date 06/09/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMON, ALISON D | Employer name Town of North Castle | Amount $92,208.00 | Date 01/01/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BONO, JOSEPH N | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $92,207.96 | Date 10/29/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, DENISE, MRS | Employer name Nassau Health Care Corp. | Amount $92,207.46 | Date 09/06/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOCHENAUR, MARTIN G | Employer name Ontario County | Amount $92,207.19 | Date 03/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHEY, ANDREW J | Employer name Upstate Correctional Facility | Amount $92,207.00 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNEDY, DANIEL J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $92,207.00 | Date 10/25/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARFORD, JOHN P | Employer name NYS Joint Comm Public Ethics | Amount $92,206.92 | Date 10/10/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA ROCCO, CHRISTOPHER | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $92,206.66 | Date 12/15/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name EPHRAIM, JANE E | Employer name Kingsboro Psych Center | Amount $92,205.62 | Date 11/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAHMOOD, HAFIZ F | Employer name Otisville Corr Facility | Amount $92,205.61 | Date 02/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | Employer name Levittown UFSD-Abbey Lane | Amount $92,205.43 | Date 06/22/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ROBERT H, JR | Employer name Elmira Corr Facility | Amount $92,205.21 | Date 09/09/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUZAK, KEVIN D | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $92,205.07 | Date 12/14/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMAS, ERANUS | Employer name Supreme Ct-Richmond Co | Amount $92,204.95 | Date 07/14/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSIGLIERE, ROCKY M | Employer name Town of Harrison | Amount $92,204.30 | Date 01/30/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIGGALL, THOMAS W | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $92,203.40 | Date 09/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PHILIP, SHEELA | Employer name Rockland County | Amount $92,202.67 | Date 05/31/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ST JOHN, CHERYLANN R | Employer name Creedmoor Psych Center | Amount $92,200.25 | Date 05/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPAGNE, KATHERINE A | Employer name Div Housing & Community Renewl | Amount $92,199.21 | Date 01/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, ELEANOR K | Employer name Office of Mental Health | Amount $92,199.09 | Date 07/28/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEMYAN, GLENN | Employer name South Beach Psych Center | Amount $92,198.87 | Date 01/05/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, KENNETH T | Employer name W NY Veterans Home at Batavia | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 06/26/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHECHTER, JEANANN C | Employer name Greater Binghamton Health Center | Amount $92,198.75 | Date 01/05/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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